Sentences with phrase «in society portraits»

In society portraits that delighted the wealthy in Britain between the wars, Frampton paints porcelain skin and frozen, glassy faces with meticulous precision.

The figures are loosely worked, their spectacles and Rolexes and signet rings glimmering like the jewels in society portraits.

In a society portrait, who and what has been left off a list — or snubbed, or retired to a distant corner — is no less telling than who occupies the center table.

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The portrait of God as self - giving love, capable of sharing in our suffering, can have a very destabilizing effect on society and its history.

In the rosy portraits of assisted suicide drawn by the likes of the Hemlock Society, cool - headed patients put their affairs in order, make their peace with Heaven, and drift away peacefully to the dulcet strains of their favorite music, surrounded by loved ones and kindly, compassionate medical assistantIn the rosy portraits of assisted suicide drawn by the likes of the Hemlock Society, cool - headed patients put their affairs in order, make their peace with Heaven, and drift away peacefully to the dulcet strains of their favorite music, surrounded by loved ones and kindly, compassionate medical assistantin order, make their peace with Heaven, and drift away peacefully to the dulcet strains of their favorite music, surrounded by loved ones and kindly, compassionate medical assistants.

Though Crossan says that «Jesus» Jewishness is particularly important in terms of the body / society interaction» (body as microcosm), there is virtually nothing particularly Jewish left in Crossan's portrait of this Mediterranean peasant.

Fuchs, 76, who has been commissioned to paint portraits of five U.S. presidents, was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1975, and last week the Telluride Gallery of Fine Art opened a retrospective of his career.

Captain William Ranken, whose portrait adorns the clubhouse lounge, was elected as the first Captain of the Society, but among the other founding members was one Daniel Conolly, landlord of the Golf Inn, who clearly had an interest in making sure his fellow members made full use of his facilities.

Kane, director of the Cortland historical society, said Miller's portrait will be a centerpiece in a permanent exhibit of «political faces.»

The threat to caribou is just one of many detailed in the 2008 - 2009 edition of the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) State of the Wild: A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans, which assesses «where we think we are and where we think we can be,» says Steven Sanderson, WCS president and CEO.

In Meetings with Remarkable Trees, Irish Tree Society chairman Thomas Pakenham shared his photographic portraits of the majestic trees of Ireland and Britain.

The most comprehensive Aztec exhibition ever mounted provides a riveting portrait of a society obsessed with the natural cycle of life and death — a fiercely refined culture in which nobility and war, scholarship and human sacrifice went hand in severed hand.

The latest finding, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, shows sheep can be trained to recognize human faces from two - dimensional portraits, and can identify a picture of their handler without prior training.

Released in the Bicentennial year, after Vietnam, Watergate, and attention - getting attempts on President Ford's life, Taxi Driver's intense portrait of a man and a society unhinged spoke resonantly to the mid -»70s audience — too resonantly in the case of attempted Reagan assassin and Foster fan John W. Hinckley.

At the other end of the spectrum, French directors Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar's «Ernest & Celestine,» the watercolored portrait of a mouse and bear who become friendly in spite of resistance from their respective societies, has a gentle, handcrafted look that suits the innocent quality of the material.

Hungry for Love / Adua e le compagne Antonio Pietrangeli, 1960, Italy, 35 mm, 106m Italian with English subtitles A trio of iconic European actresses — Simone Signoret, Emmanuelle Riva, and Sandra Milo — headline this potent, proto - feminist portrait of down - and - out women fighting to beat the odds in a patriarchal society.

«Lettres d'amour» (1942): A transporting period piece with ornate costumes by Christian Dior, «Lettres d'amour» paints a blithely pointed portrait of life in a highly stratified society.

Any of these films would be worthy of an Oscar win, but I'm personally rooting for the race documentary «13th» (a must - see for anyone, the kind of film they should show in schools) and «O.J.: Made in America,» which is a marathon at nearly eight hours in length (it was shown in parts on ESPN earlier this year), but a completely fascinating look at race, media and society as it was in the 1990s and today, and just happens to be a tragic portrait of the worst fall from grace for a sports star in the history of our country.

From his early films Benny's Video (1992) and 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994) to his Palm D'Or and Academy Award winning Amour (2012), he has used cinema to paint a portrait of humankind alienated in modern society, lacking in compassion at best and utterly amoral at worst.

In setting up the rudiments of this situation, the film can't be faulted, at least on the level of its script (Rafael Yglesias adapting his own novel), direction (Peter Weir returning to a relatively serious mode after the claptrap of Dead Poets Society and Green Card), and performances (Bridges and Perez give uncharacteristic, highly arresting portraits of people in a sustained state of shockIn setting up the rudiments of this situation, the film can't be faulted, at least on the level of its script (Rafael Yglesias adapting his own novel), direction (Peter Weir returning to a relatively serious mode after the claptrap of Dead Poets Society and Green Card), and performances (Bridges and Perez give uncharacteristic, highly arresting portraits of people in a sustained state of shockin a sustained state of shock).

Regardless of location, Inarritu paints a bleak portrait of society, where remote villages can be infiltrated by foreigners, and at the same time, in the middle of a bustling city, someone can feel very isolated and alone.

In 1985, six years before the release of Slacker, Richard Linklater's iconic portrait of a generation, the Texan filmmaker founded the Austin Film Society.

Mitnick's script also keeps changing the narrative, introducing new characters and subplots that broaden the scope of the story, giving us a portrait not just of Edison and Westinghouse but also the world and society they existed in.

In the same time they give an accurate portrait of the youngster America society in the 1960's - 70'In the same time they give an accurate portrait of the youngster America society in the 1960's - 70'in the 1960's - 70's.

Through the mixing of these distinct voices, Laura Restrepo creates a searing portrait of a society battered by war and corruption as well as an intimate look at the daily lives of people struggling to stay sane in an unstable country.

Sharp, witty, kinetic, and utterly engrossing, Quicksand is a subversive portrait of twenty - first - century society in all its hypocrisy and absurdity.

It is at once a strikingly insightful portrait of a mysterious, complex, and sophisticated society, reminiscent of Norman Mailer's Ancient Evenings in its wonderful detail and feel for the past, and a fast - paced detective story that reads like the best of twenty - first - century thrillers.

Heartbreaking and exhilarating, misfit hero Edgar Jones» rite of passage into adulthood is also a Darwinian portrait of a society in upheaval.

-- The Times (UK) «This impressive debut creates, in deceptively simple prose, a portrait of a marriage in crisis in a deeply patriarchal and oppressive society.»

Cranford presents a sensitive and moving portrait of a Victorian town, captured at a crucial moment of transition in English society.

Emerging in these pages is a finely textured portrait of a society rife in complexities, contradictions, and postponed but...

Starting from $ 1,500, artist Julia Breckenreid, recipient of a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators Museum in New York, will paint a custom conceptual portrait just for you.

Britt has exhibited across America, has been featured in Southwest Art, American Art Collector, The Artist's Magazine and High Fructose, and is the 2016 Grand Prize awardee of The Artist's Magazine all media competition plus awardee of the Portrait Society of America annual conference full tuition scholarship.

He gained a small following through painting society portraits and had his first one - man show at M. Knoedler & Co. in 1917.

His photos of the day - to - day life of gangs in the Bronx and the radical black liberation movement the Black Panthers are much more than a documentary illustration of a given period in time: they represent an insider's view, one which paints the portrait of the contrasts in American society.

In intimate portraits of these single mothers and their homes, Dhlamini raises a range of questions about the roles women are expected to play, and how the act mothering is framed and perceived in contemporary South African societIn intimate portraits of these single mothers and their homes, Dhlamini raises a range of questions about the roles women are expected to play, and how the act mothering is framed and perceived in contemporary South African societin contemporary South African society.

In subtle visual narratives, Sala often depicts what appear to be fragments of everyday life, and his intimate observations experiment with fiction to double as enigmatic portraits of society.

Mary Sauer's painting «Erin» was chosen as one of 20 finalists in the Portrait Society of America's 2013 International Portrait Competition.

Kelly Carmody's «Self Portrait» was selected the third - place winner in the Portrait Society of America's 2014 International Portrait Competition.

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: «High Society: The Portraits of Franz X. Winterhalter,» through Aug. 14; «Sculpted in Steel: Art Deco Automobiles and Motorcycles, 1929 - 1940,» through May 30; «Statements: African American Art From the Museum's Collection,» through Sept. 25; $ 7.50 - $ 23; 5601 Main; 713-639-7300, mfah.org.

For her first solo institutional exhibition, «Tenderheaded,» on view at The Renaissance Society in Chicago through November 5, Packer further explores emotional and physical vulnerability through new portraits as well as a developing series of painted funerary bouquets.

KLIMT AND THE WOMEN OF VIENNA»S GOLDEN AGE, 1900 - 1918 Gustav Klimt's «Portrait of Adele Bloch - Bauer I» (1907), the trophy of the Neue Galerie's collection, will be reunited for the first time in a decade with a pendant painting, «Portrait of Adele Bloch - Bauer II» (1912) and shown alongside other Klimt society portraits.

Sarah Forbes Bonetta, captured as a slave and later a Victorian society figure, among more than 40 sitters featured in National Portrait Gallery exhibition

,» on view at The Renaissance Society in Chicago through November 5, Packer further explores emotional and physical vulnerability through new portraits as well as a developing series of painted funerary bouquets.

Imbued with a powerful psychological dimension, Neel's portraits bear witness to almost a century of evolution in attitudes towards gender and ethnicity, and to radical changes in fashion at the heart of American society.

Her psychologically charged portraits tell intimate and unconventional stories, as much about people living on the margins of society and in subcultures as about the New York cultural elite and her own family.

In 2016, she exhibited work at the IAPS Twenty - Eight Juried Exhibition in New York City, The Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, and the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, OhiIn 2016, she exhibited work at the IAPS Twenty - Eight Juried Exhibition in New York City, The Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, and the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohiin New York City, The Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, and the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohiin Youngstown, Ohio.

He has received many awards for his work, including 2017 Semi-Finalist, Figurativas Painting & Sculpture Competition, Barcelona Spain, 2012 Finalist, The 4th Annual International Portrait Competition hosted by the Portrait Society of America, «Honorable Mention» in the International 2010 - 2011 ARC Salon, «Honorable Mention» Salmagundi Club 34th Annual Exhibition, 2011 Finalist, Figure Now / Exhibition at Fontebonne University Fine Arts Gallery, St. Louis, Scottsdale Salon of Fine Art Juried Show and Competition, Scottsdale Arizona, 2010 Certificate of Excellence, 12th Annual International Portrait Competition hosted by the Portrait Society of America, 2008 Certificate of Excellence, 10th Annual International Portrait Competition hosted by the Portrait Society of America, Stephen was commissioned to participate in the project entitled «Star Wars: Visions» by George Lucas.

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In January 2015 his Society Portraits were on view at Jablonka Maruani Mercier Gallery.