Sentences with phrase «against a striking background»

Silhouetted against striking backgrounds, these ginormous minimalist paintings present «hot sunsets», lit by warmth and contrasted with a cool shade.

Setting these objects against a striking background gives them a contemporary twist that results in a startling impact.

Not exact matches

It is a great pity that the casual Bible reader almost inevitably reads the Old Testament against the background of a sophisticated modern world, for then the first things to strike him are characteristics which are strange to him just because they reflect the ancient period.

Shot by Mert & Marcus, Stone looks exquisite against the background of striking violets.

Pointers on the temperature, speedometer, tachometer and fuel gauges use illuminated tubes, striking against the dark background.

Samsung provided a glimpse of a MicroLED future at CES 2018 with «The Wall,» its striking 146 - inch display that enabled the display to virtually disappear against its background.

Colors pop against dramatic black backgrounds as these truly exquisite cutouts transform scenes from the beloved tale into striking silhouettes.

Two standouts from Asia are the Mandarin ratsnake, a small and stunning beauty with a striking black and yellow pattern against a grey background, and Ridley's cave ratsnake, a large but sweetly dispositional snake with a silvery grey color and a propensity for eating bats (don't worry, they adjust beautifully to a diet of rat pups).

Because such a blue hole was so striking against a background of tranquil pastel greens of the shallow atoll lagoon, one may be reminded poetically of Homer's accounts in the «Odyssey» of the whirlpool «Charybdis» that gave one a choice of two dangers.

Tish Murtha's striking image from Youth Unemployment in the West End of Newcastle (1980 — 81) depicts children playing and making their own fun against the bleak background of an abandoned housing estate.

The rose and ribbon wreath, pots of cyclamen and gathered holly are striking against the slate grey background and drum up a traditional Christmas spirit.

The cupboard provides good storage and this striking shade of marine blue stands out against the neutral background to eyecatching effect.

It was fun to hear your plans about planting annuals and see your well planned trees and scrubs strut their forms and colors.Your Japanese maples are so striking against the sunshine ligustrums and the snowball in the background.

Colour draws attention to a bookshelf display: for an informal setting, shelves painted a strong colour draw the eye; for a more formal setting, a contrasting colour behind neutral - colour shelves is striking (picture crisp white shelves against a rich red background).

The black roll - top bath is the centrepiece of this bathroom, particularly striking against an all - white background.