Spectacle
In general, spectacle refers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates. Derived in Middle English from c. 1340 as "specially prepared or arranged display" it was borrowed from Old French spectacle, itself a reflection of the Latin spectaculum "a show" from spectare "to view, watch" frequentative form of specere "to look at." The word spectacle has also been a term of art in theater dating from the 17th century in English drama.
The masque and spectacle
Court masques and masques of the nobility were most popular in the Jacobean and Caroline era. Such masques, as their name implies, relied heavily upon a non-verbal theater. The character lists for masques would be quite small, in keeping with the ability of a small family of patrons to act, but the costumes and theatrical effects would be lavish. Reading the text of masques, such as The Masque at Ludlow (most often referred to as Comus), the writing is spare, philosophical, and grandiose, with very few marks of traditional dramatic structure. This is partially due to the purpose of the masque being family entertainment and spectacle. Unlike The Masque at Ludlow, most masques were recreations of well-known mythological or religious scenes. Some masques would derive from tableau. For example, Edmund Spenser (Fairie Queene I, iv) describes a masque of The Seven Deadly Sins.
Abrostola tripartita
The Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout much of the Palearctic ecozone including all Europe, Russia, Siberia Amur, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan.
Description
From South (1907) "This species, has the basal and outer marginal areas of the fore wings whitish grey, finely mottled with darker grey ; the central area is greyish brown, mottled with darker brown. The spectacle mark in front of the thorax is whitish grey, ringed with black, and the raised scales on the cross lines and central area of the fore wings are more distinct in this species" [than in Abrostola triplasia]
The larvae feed on Urtica species.
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Spectacle (disambiguation)
A spectacle is an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates.
Spectacle or spectacles may also refer to:
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Podcasts:
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ALBUMS
- Glow in the Dark Soul released: 1998
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- Permanent Vacation: Selected Label Works 2 released: 2010
- Prism / The Mask of Sanity released: 2010
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Growing Pains
by: SpectacleI've been sick and silenced
forgot I had a heart at all
I know I know I should have known
But it's hard to remember when life is such a short time
But it's hard to remember when time is a long time
And I was told that I would never die or grow old
Or at least that was what they sold me
Weeds are growing in my playground, haven't been there for a long time
and if we are born to fail then just slit your throat
life has to be more than this, at least I hope for more
and if we are born to fail what's the point of living at all?
weeds are growing in my playground, haven't been there for a long time
and if we are born to fail then just slit your throat
and it's hard to remember when life is such a long time
and a long long long time it went exactaly as I planned
and a long long long time it went exactaly as I planned
and a long long time ago it went exactaly as I planned
back then we had no plans, we had no worries
we had no home, nor a resting place
they say you can't be a kid forever and ever
but I beg to differ, but I beg to differ
why would I ever trade my skateboard for your working life?
for you working knife stealing every tace of life
we once slept under upen skies, told stories in the wind
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