Sentences with phrase «17th century work»

Cappuccetto Rosso is the title for a show gathering around 20 works and framing a collection of loose associations on the topic of Little Red Riding Hood, reaching from Karl Marx, his face adorning a decorative sovjet vase, to a Nike campaign becoming the mouthpiece for a heroic attempt, vanity seeping through what seems to be a colouring activity or something ambivalent like whitefacing, while a painted sky introduces ambiguity in a Martin Margiela perfume advertisement, blurring the lines with a 17th century Work.

Apparently, the essence of this proverb can be found in Pleasant Notes upon Don Quixote, a 1654 commentary by E Gayton on Miguel de Cervantes» early 17th century work.

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Recently, through a translation of his work provided by William Clebsch, we have been reminded that in the 17th century the well - known English cleric John Donne raised serious questions about the established view.

Or, you can read the works of 17th century believers who gave their theory of god.

Of particular note is Clarissa Atkinson's essay on the work of the 17th - century French Jesuits and Ursuline missionaries among the Huron Indians in Canada.

Paul Bloehm returns home after his divorce to work on a translation of 17th - century Dutch verse.

It gathered momentum through the 17th century, fired by the work of a British mathematician and natural philosopher named Isaac Newton.

Sometimes feels like we're in the 17th century when it comes to smart actionable data and we worked to improve that.»

In 17th century England, for instance, it was typically upper - class women who hired wet nurses, while working - class women nursed their own children.

Although green pigments and dyes were available in 17th century Seville, where he worked, Velázquez preferred to create his own greens by mixing blues and yellows.

The mathematical explanation has its roots in the work of the 17th century Dutch mathematician Huygens.

Scientific examinations have also provided insight into materials and techniques of a 17th century painting long thought to be by an anonymous Spanish artist, bolstering evidence that the painting could be an early work by Diego Velazquez, according to Ian McClure, the Susan Morse Hilles chief conservator at the Yale University Art Gallery.

When the British gained control of Jamaica in the 17th century, they began feeding turtles to slaves brought from West Africa to work the sugar plantations.

He is now working on two books, one that could be titled «America's Secret NASA,» the other a work of fiction featuring the 17th - century microscope inventor Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.

He spent 10 painstaking years working out how our blood really circulates: 17th - century physician William Harvey deserves his own London exhibition

The Japanese sword maker developed this work I believe in the 17th century.

Art lovers in West Yorkshire are being asked to choose their favourite painting as the county's finest art works go online for the first time... 100 paintings held in collections across Yorkshire, dating from the 17th to the 21st century and...

We don't know whether in the original 17th century version the Bard used a real trained bear, or a man in a bear's costume, or something that worked as a special effect at London's Globe theater, but ol' Will would be amazed if he could have seen what happens to Leonardo DiCaprio in «The Revenant.»

Martin Scorsese's new film about Christian missionaries in 17th - century Japan is a powerful work that is in part undone by the director's own passion.

A period piece set in 17th Century colonial America, early word on the film raved about the eerie sense of dread that permeated the work, the beautiful attention to detail regarding the period setting and Eggers» refusal to pull any punches with what promises to be one of the more disturbing films of 2016.

A period piece set in 17th Century colonial America, early word on the film raved about the eerie sense of dread that permeated the work, the beautiful attention to...

Juggling three timeframes — golly — this novel about a Dutch painter of the 17th century whose work casts a long shadow into the 20th century is both hugely ambitious and beautifully written.

The plot of The Garden of Evil revolves around a 17th - century painting by Caravaggio, so understanding the artist's life and work is important to the overall plot.

In this twisty thriller from a Pushcart Prize nominee, a museum curator is confronted with her youthful forgery — a work thought to be the last surviving painting of a 17th - century Dutch artist.

Lisa See's previous work has highlighted the lives of women in China from the 17th century to the present.

The Standard poodle hails from Germany and records place it back as far as the 17th century where he was used as a working dog in the military.

Described as patient, friendly and outgoing, this wonderful family dog also shares some genes with the Standard Poodle, which joined the AKC in 1887 but has been around since the 17th century where he was used as a working dog in the military.

This pup has come a long way since the 17th century when they were bred as companions for people working the barges in Holland.

The Lundehund was a valuable working animal, essential in hunting puffin birds along the Norwegian coast for food as well as the commercial export of puffin down from the Viking Age through the 16th and 17th centuries.

This powerful working breed is a descendant of the original working Bulldogs brought to this country from England in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Built at the beginning of the 17th century, it displays golden altars and silversmith's work, as well as oil canvases and mural paintings from Cusco's School of Art.

A boutique hotel is in the works, but for now stay at the five - room Farm Lodge, a 17th - century plantation house where the décor and home cooking are reminiscent of a bygone era — like the island itself.

Why you'll love it: Located in a 17th - century building but featuring chic and elegant modern design with the occasional classic element such as bare stone or art work.

Here working fishing boats and small leisure vessels congregate at the harbour, overlooked by historic, sloping streets lined with 17th century buildings.

Building began on the sandstone monument in the 13th century, but it wasn't completed until the 17th; much of the interior was remodeled by Gaudi at the beginning of the 20th century, and it is said that his use of natural light here was practice for later work on his famous Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

Named after Michael H. de Young, a long time champion of the museum, the copper - clad landmark building is home to an impressive collection of arts from Africa, Oceania and the Americas, works from the 17th to the 21st centuries and contemporary art.

* The Hague (2 nights; available with Tulips & Windmills)-- Following a guided tour of The Hague, guests can have their Viking Concierge arrange for visits to local great art collections from 17th - century Dutch Masters like Vermeer and Rembrandt, to modern works by Monet, Mondrian and Picasso.

Together they'll work to vanquish supernatural foes and restore order across 17th - century Europe.

His latest works, inspired by the 17th century French painter Nicolas Poussin («I'm always in a dialogue with painting and its history,» he says), are on view at the Savannah College of Art Design Museum of Art, in Georgia, where W caught up with him.

The public display includes an extraordinary collection of over 400 works by 125 artists and other practitioners from around the world, dating from the late 17th century to today.

The precedents of modern abstract art are investigated through works by the followers of Hindu Tantric art (17th century) and the Theosophists (19th century) who used forms - color as sources for meditating and the immaterial transmission of thought.

Employing his standard materials — paint and the flyers and advertisements he finds displayed around his South Central Los Angeles neighborhood — his latest body of work is inspired by 16th and 17th century sea maps and the foreboding mysteries that lie beneath the waters.

They range from examples by Flemish artists working in Britain in the 16th and 17th centuries, to British artists» experiments in modernism after the First World War.

119 Latin American colonial artworks donated to five museums The Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros (CPPC) has donated 119 works of 17th - to 19th - century colonial art from Latin America to five museums in the United States and South America, it was announced today.

WHO: Pratt Institute's Department of History of Art and Design and Department of Fine Arts will present a film titled a woman like that, which explores the dramatic life and work of 17th Century female artist Artemisia Gentileschi, who is considered one of the most important female artists in history.

This exhibition should broaden our understanding of what the late 16th - and early 17th - century artists who encountered Caravaggio or his works in Rome and Naples were then able to achieve, from Neapolitan masters such as Mattia Preti and Jusepe de Ribera through to French and Dutch «Caravaggisti», including Georges de la Tour and Gerrit van Honthurst.

Among his most celebrated bodies of work are the photographs he took during 1953 and 1954 of the legendary 17th - century Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto.

The exhibition features works by sculptors, painters, photographers and printmakers from the 17th century to the present day, representing the key movements that have shaped Scotland's artistic identity.

Her current Artangel project, Surround Me, insinuates itself down alleys and courtyards in the City of London, her voice like an Elizabethan ghost, singing melancholy works by John Dowland and other 16th and 17th century composers.

A necklace by a pioneer in Art Nouveau Design, a rare wooden gong from the Gabon's Tsogo culture, an 17th century Ethiopian icon and a selection of photographs including a work by Richmond - based Cynthia Henebry, are among the works acquired by VMFA in October.