Sentences with phrase «ancient classical art»

Fred Wilson: Panta Rhei: A Gallery of Ancient Classical Art, Metro Pictures, New York, September 16 — October 3, 1992.

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The history of ancient Greek coinage can be divided (along with most other Greek art forms) into four periods, the Archaic, the Classical, the Hellenistic

Set in ancient Japan and presented in a classical Japanese «sumi - e» ink art style, Sumioni is literally translated from Japanese as «ink demon», and puts players in control of Agura, a single Inkdemon who has been summoned from a long slumber to help rid the land of a sinister evil.

Although numerous books cover the history of classical art, and many reference books cover art and architecture, this is one of very few reference titles treating just the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.

The Renaissance was triggered by a new interest in the ancient classical texts and a desire to learn how they could be applied to the arts and sciences - the result was a rebirth of European culture as a whole.

The Renaissance was triggered by a new interest in the ancient classical texts and a desire to learn how they could be applied to the arts and sciences - the...

The classical era is still evident in the city, which is bursting with ancient monuments and works of art, the most famous of all being the Parthenon, considered a key landmark for early Western civilization.

Inspired by the kind of classical Greek art one might find on an ancient Grecian pot, this Bronze Age brawler most definitely looks the part.

In 1977 Andy Warhol conceived of the «Torsos» series, a group of works inspired by both the high art tradition of the classical nude and the ancient history of erotic art.

Other strengths in the collection include European medieval art, European and American paintings, Outsider art, classical antiquities, African art and ancient American art.

Spearheaded by Leon Golub and united by a shared interest in the figure during a period that is often seen as dominated by abstraction, the group created deeply psychological works that drew on classical mythology and ancient art.

In Forbes, Sarah Bond ponders over depictions of the hunchback in classical art and what they tell us about how ancient Greeks and Romans understood disability.

Always interested in the work of ancient peoples, Mr. Emmerich mounted insightful exhibitions of pre-Columbian art and classical antiquities.

Organised in collaboration with Rupert Wace Ancient Art, «CLASSICITY «will re-represent classical art through the lens of contemporary responses (by artists including Edward Allington, Rachel Kneebone, Sarah Lucas and Alexandre Singh), inviting us to see antiquities not as museum artefacts but as seductive, emotive and provocative works of art in their own rigArt, «CLASSICITY «will re-represent classical art through the lens of contemporary responses (by artists including Edward Allington, Rachel Kneebone, Sarah Lucas and Alexandre Singh), inviting us to see antiquities not as museum artefacts but as seductive, emotive and provocative works of art in their own rigart through the lens of contemporary responses (by artists including Edward Allington, Rachel Kneebone, Sarah Lucas and Alexandre Singh), inviting us to see antiquities not as museum artefacts but as seductive, emotive and provocative works of art in their own rigart in their own right.

Professor of Classical Studies, The College of William & Mary; Seth D. Pevnick, Chief Curator and Richard E. Perry Curator of Greek and Roman Art, Tampa Museum of Art; and exhibition co-curators Nicole Stribling, Curator of Permanent Collections, National Sporting Library & Museum, and Dr. Peter J. Schertz, Jack and Mary Ann Frable Curator of Ancient Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Inside the Neo-Classical style museum, is a permanent collection of some 12,000 items, including ancient, classical, and modern art from around the globe.

It also features smaller collections of art from prehistory, the Ancient - Americas and Classical Antiquity.

But for Maria Brito, the similarities became apparent after her research into the reasons why Classical Greece became such a reference point for Western civilisation: «Ancient Greece was, in many ways, similar to what New York is nowadays: an art - centric place filled with curious thinkers, creative artists, and centres for cultural advancement propelled by a cosmopolitan view of the world.»

His interest in the heritage of art is immense — from the Paleolithic cave paintings of Africa through the ancient Greeks and Romans to the glories of the Italian Renaissance, he calls on his classical birthright for inspiration (including his Madonna's Raphael - like blue robe).

Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt is organized by Edward Bleiberg, Senior Curator, Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Art, and Yekaterina Barbash, Associate Curator of Egyptian Art, Brooklyn Museum.

«The objects assembled in this exhibition challenge the way African - Americans have historically been seen, creating alternate narratives to the traditional Western art accounts from ancient Egypt and classical Greece, to the birth of modern painting, to postwar abstraction and conceptual practice,» according to a news release.

Thus, we might discern, just below the surface, the faint echo of the classical sculptures that once inspired the pioneers of modernism, the fluid linearity of early Chinese art, or the angular forms of ancient Egyptian funerary sculptures.

Louvre (Paris) The greatest art museum in Europe, it possesses one of the world's greatest collections of ancient, classical, Renaissance and French art.

These paintings from 1962 and 1963 radiate a symmetrical serenity in their velvety colors, classical forms that speak to the art of ancient Greece and Egypt, and their interlocking patterns that evoke Moorish tile decorations.

Antiquity Revived: Neoclassical Art in the Eighteenth Century examines early efforts of stylistic reform, how the renewal of classical taste found its roots in ancient sources, and how artists in a variety of disciplines forged an imaginative, classical style that satisfied the needs of their own age.

The Gazing Ball series is grounded in distinctive narratives and art - historical precedents — from ancient classical sculpture to Rubens and Manet.

After primitive forms of cave painting, figurine sculptures and other types of ancient art, there occured the golden era of Greek art and other schools of Classical Antiquity.

• For information about classical sculpture from Ancient Rome, see: Roman Art.

Lewis» art derived energy from his vast interests in music — both classical and jazz - as well as nature, ancient ceremonial rituals, and social justice / equality issues central to the civil rights movement.