"...distinctive, sometimes picturesque characteristics or peculiarities of a place or period as represented in literature or drama, or as observed in reality...." www.dictionary.com
2/25/15 interesting art lecture re Degas @ Newport Beach Library + Biblical Inspiration
'Come now, let us reason together,' says the Lord. 'Though
your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red
as crimson, they shall be like wool.'
