Sentences with phrase «baroque altarpiece»

The ensemble is a wretched Baroque altarpiece, like a hippie church - offering of pedestrian enlightenment.

But if Brazil sounds a tad more manageable, it's still quite a lot to fit into one exhibition: four centuries of art and culture represented by 350 items ranging from Dutch depictions of the Brazilian landscape, Amazonian feather capes, and a monumental Baroque altarpiece to Neo-Concrete objects by Hélio Oiticica and Lygia Clark and works by contemporary artists like Ernesto Neto.

«Hammer Projects: Kevin Beasley» presents «an elaborate environment inspired by Bernini's Baroque altarpiece in Saint Peter's Basilica and an infamous image of Black Panther Huey P. Newton.»

Beasley's installation transforms the space into an elaborate environment influenced by a seemingly unlikely pairing: Bernini's Baroque altarpiece in Saint Peter's Basilica and an influential image of Black Panther Huey P. Newton.

To that end, Beasley brings together two seemingly unlikely antecedents: Gian Lorenzo Bernini's seventeenth - century Baroque altarpiece for Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, and the iconic 1967 photograph of Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton wearing the party uniform of black leather jacket and beret, holding a shotgun in one hand and a spear in the other.

Inspired by the Vault Gallery's arched ceiling's allusion to sacred architecture, the installation is a contemporary interpretation of Bernini's seventeenth - century Baroque altarpiece in Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome.

New York — based artist Kevin Beasley transforms the museum's Vault Gallery into an elaborate environment inspired by Bernini's Baroque altarpiece in Saint Peter's Basilica and an infamous image of Black Panther Huey P. Newton.

Not exact matches

The facades shows a transition between the Valencia and styles of the Baroque and neo-Classical, although the old altarpiece was preserved.

Many of the «54 works have an altarpiece flavor, with doors that look as if they've opened to reveal a painting; Collection has the tripartite structure of a grand cathedral picture, with clunky baroque woodwork fragments atop the center panel and a little reproduction of a baroque sculpture at the right hand edge.

Its permanent collection encompasses: Medieval and renaissance stonework; Gothic wooden statues; Late Gothic altarpieces; Renaissance and Baroque artworks; Modern art, notably 19th and 20th century painting, sculpture and numismatics; Contemporary art, notably by Laszlo Paal and Mihaly Munkacsy.