Sentences with phrase «romance of a civil war»

Kara Walker, Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred b «tween the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart, 1994, paper, 3.9 x 15 m. Courtesy: the artist and MoMA, New York

Kara Walker talks about her interpretation of Gone with the Wind, and how it inspired her first silhouette piece, Gone, An Historical Romance of Civil War As it Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of Young Negress and Her Heart.

Kara Walker's 50 - foot - long wall installation Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred b» tween the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart (1994) is on view in the Marron Atrium through November 29, 2010.

So it's thrilling to see, say, Kara Walker's 50 - foot - long installation with a title nearly as unwieldy: «Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred b» tween the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart,» a slyly subversive take on Victorian - era silhouettes, suffused with sex and violence.

The same year she obtained a master's degree at the Rhode Island School of Design, Walker debuted a mural at the Drawing Center in New York City titled as Gone: A Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart.

After enjoying what may safely be considered a critical success for her Gone: A Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart, Kara Walker was offered a representation with a major gallery, Wooster Gardens — now known by the name of Sikkema Jenkins & Co..

Image: Kara Walker's Gone, An Historical Romance of a Civil War as it Occurred between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart [detail], 1994.

The piece, a mural titled «Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred Between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart,» drew praise and controversy in the art world.

KARA WALKER explains the concept behind «Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as it Occurred b» tween the Dusty Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart.»

Kara Walker, Gone, An Historical Romance of a Civil War as it Occurred between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart, 1994, Cut paper on wall.

Kara Walker, Gone, An Historical Romance of a Civil War as it Occurred between the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart, 1994, cut paper on wall, installation variable dimensions, approx. 396.2 × 1524 cm, 156 x 600 in., installation view: Selections 1994, The Drawing Center, New York, 1994, © photo: Orcutt Photo, Courtesy Kara Walker & Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, © Kara Walker

After receiving her BFA from Atlanta College of Art in 1991 and an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design three years later, Walker went on to create Gone: An Historical Romance of a Civil War as It Occurred b» tween the Dusky Thighs of One Young Negress and Her Heart (1994), first exhibited at New York's Drawing Center.

Not exact matches

What it's about: Scarlett O» Hara and Rhett Butler engage in a tumultuous romance against the backdrop of the American Civil War.

These tropes include Big Thing Falling in the Sky (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider - Man: Homecoming), Generic Bad Guy (The Incredible Hulk, Thor: The Dark World, Ant - Man), and even Forced Romances (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War, again).

Carter is the great - niece of Peggy Carter, and she had a budding romance with Captain America / Steve Rogers in Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War.

Language: English Genre: Drama / Romance MPAA rating: PG Director: Victor Fleming Actors: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, George Reeves Plot: An epic civil war tale of a strong woman, Scarlett, who loves the man she didn?t marry.

I write psychological thrillers, literary fiction and historical romance My first novel «The Eloquence of Desire» a historical romance was se in Malaysia during the 1950's during a civil war.

The setting was during the time of the Civil War and the Reconstruction Era where the plot revolved around romance and marriage, love and loss - with a twist of mystery.

The dynasty eventually produced, arguably, the two most recognizable names in the history of the British monarchy: Henry VIII and his daughter, Elizabeth I. Bennett serves up everything you might expect, and desire, from a meaty work of historical fiction set in 15th century Europe: dysfunctional royals, court intrigue, war (civil and international), romance, conniving clergy, and the occasional offspring of «questionable origin» (Darra W).

Cole's Civil War - set romance boasts one of the most delightfully, unapologetically powerful heroines in recent memory.

Styled much like a romance novel from the Civil War era (which in timing it parallels), but told with a stoniness that separates it from more romantic, sweeping novels, Conquistadora is simple in its purpose: to tell the story of those who lived and died in Puerto Rico.

Mystery, suspense and romance flourish against a backdrop of Civil War turmoil and ancestral strife — where immortality infiltrates the ancient air breathed by all who inhabit Overhome Estate.

Cindy Nord, a former Civil War Re-enactor, and Debra Parmley a Medieval and Renaissance Re-enactor, know what it is to step into the clothing and the lifestyles of the characters they write about in their historical romance novels.