Even in dress the artistic disorder was visible; some cast aside crinoline altogether, and stalked about with a severe simplicity of outline worthy of Flaxman.
But Augusta Read Thomas's brief entry had a severe simplicity of approach that lingered longest in the memory.
The ghastly attempt at ornamentation only serves to make ridiculous what in the severe simplicity of utility might have been forgiven.
Anyone nostalgic for chicken paprikash, goulash and apple strudel will find them prepared with severe simplicity, served in ample portions.
The woodwork of the older part of the house is marked by severe simplicity and symmetrical lines.
Zack Brown's sets offered us severe simplicity with just the touch of an oversized Erector set.
It was made with almost severe simplicity, and was unadorned, save by a soft ruffle of old Mechlin lace round the neck and sleeves.
They remain obliged to maintain severe simplicity in their churches, especially when non-parochial.
Even Brummel their fop was marked by the severest simplicity in dress.
The room was the typical bedroom of the typical boarding-house, furnished, insofar as it could be said to be furnished at all, with a severe simplicity.