Schmidt experienced a spiritual and physical breakdown after this, but achieved an artistic revival and resolution in his Fourth Symphony of 1933 (which he inscribed as "Requiem for my Daughter") and, especially, in his oratorio.

One could see something of that half-failure that haunts our artistic revivals of mediaeval dances, carols, or Bethlehem Plays.

Currently, the center's artistic direction is the responsibility of the National Center for Expositions headed by Carmen Gimenez, an important force in the country's artistic revival.

The country has experienced a recent artistic revival due to increased support from governments, NGOs, and foreign tourists.

He also cited the film's roots in exploitation as deflating hopes for an artistic revival of transgressive films, such as Midnight Cowboy (1969).

In 1988, the NBE reorganized with many younger players and Bart Schneemann (a student of Han de Vries) taking over the artistic management, which led to an artistic revival of the ensemble.

"You could have compared these artistic revivals to the shadows," she suggested.

The building boom and the surge in foreign investment that have made this country one of Africa's success stories in recent years have also been accompanied by the stirrings of an artistic revival.

Every artistic revival repudiates the present by creatively distorting the past, and the blues revivals that carried the music out of the backwoods and ghettos were no different.

He soon became the spokesperson for the artistic revival at the turn of the century.