Sentences with phrase «against the dark background of»

To be sure, Niebuhr set his doctrine of grace against a dark background of original sin.

The paintings look so lovely against the dark background of the wall - it really brings out the colours!

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It forms the dark - gold background against which the radiant words of Jesus are set off.

And they have the same complexion: a sprinkling of white spots against a dark background.

The researchers speculate that the streaks formed when water bubbled up from a subsurface reservoir and ran down the gullies, leaving behind a pale - toned trail of sedimentation that is seen in the Surveyor snapshots as a bright line against a darker background.

The repeating pattern of high contrast seen in clusters of holes, for example, is similar to the pattern on the skin of many snakes and the pattern made by a spider's dark legs against a lighter background.

Extremely dense clouds of gas and dust are seen in silhouette, appearing dark against the bright background stars.

Now, for the past six years, I have had seven dresses that I always wear for formal events (black - tie, weddings): (1) a long sleeved, high - necked, knee length black lace dress by Lover, whose darts I removed entirely so that it falls straight from my shoulders to hips to knees in a very loose, comfortable cut (no need to pull any waists in, and I can eat as much as I like) that I made an underskirt for, so it can also be calf length (2) an ivory version of the same above, with the optional lace underskirt (3) an amazingly intricate ivory leather macrame flapper dress uner which I wear a dark brown long, stretch singlet dress (so comfortable again)(4) a vermillion small V - neck, long bell sleeved, straight cut, long, widens - at - the -(just above ankle) hemline dress I sewed in the most gorgeous lace for twenty dollars (5) a burgundy lace version of the vermillion lace dress in (4)-- for the same price (6) a knee length, Romance Was Born silk shift three sizes up so it sits away from the waist — again — its all about «a'll the better to eat dinner with, my dear», in a huge, wild sunflower graphic print before graphic prints were trendy: it's giant sunflowers against an intense turquoise background (7) a calf length caftan cut dress that I made from Japanese printed silk my mother had bought and kept for sixty years (it's just a giant square with a hole fro my neck and two for my arms, and has the best drape EVER owing to its being silk)

Often I'll brush out my pincurl set, add in all my sectioning clips and hairspray everything into place, feeling content I did my best with my limited skills and even more limited patience... And then I'll move to somewhere with different lighting, or go to take a picture against a lightly coloured wall, and realise there's a ton of frizz in my set that I hadn't noticed while styling it against the dark background that's reflected in my getting - ready mirror.

This stretch cotton sateen features a vibrant geometry of colored blocks against the dark blue background.

Evenly sliced and diced pieces of watermelon pop against the dark background for a style that lets the good vibes flow from your head to your colorful toe.

You ventured over to the dark side my dear — The dark floral side that is I'm with you on not being a fan of girlie florals however strong colour against a black background somehow punks it up just the right amount to turn my head.

The Kindle Fire comes with a solid set of reading tools that offers very good controls for changing font type and size, line spacing, margins and what Kindle calls color mode — three selections that let you change whether you want dark characters against a light background or light characters against a dark background, and the contrast level.

A series of lighthearted romances will look out of place against a dark, foreboding background, just as a terrifying thriller would be jarring on a pastel - tinted website that featured flowers, hearts, and ribbons.

I know that the light coloured text does not stand out especially well against background, but I purposely did not use a darker colour because this took away from the lightness (in both appearance and — more importantly — «feel») of the cover.

Silver The Silver got its name from its coat's unique colouring, a silvery sheen created by a mixture of white hairs against a dark background.

Tucson - based artist Kyle Kulakowski specializes in video game - inspired black velvet paintings, a medium that uses black velvet in place of canvas, allowing vibrant colors to pop out more against the dark background.

They have little in common with the faceless modernity of Soviet architecture, apart from their felt isolation against backgrounds dark as an early morning sky.

Executed in charcoal, ink and often ballpoint pen, her self portraits and images of her brothers and others are usually set against dark backgrounds, the subject's skin depicted in black hues defined by pattern, texture and mark making.

Erect against dark backgrounds, they have the poise of a fashion spread and the scale of a traditional standing portrait.

Influenced by Quattrocento portrait painters such as Roger van den Weyden, Hanzlová has isolated the flowers against dark backgrounds, illuminating and defining their form at different stages of life.

Set against dark backgrounds and located somewhere not of this time, the strongly contoured bodies are depicted in awkward or sexual poses, distorted or kneeling but equally conveying a sense of vulnerability.

Jan Brueghel the Elder's Flower Piece in a Blue Vase, painted in 1599, depicts a magnificent array of flowers in full bloom against a dark background.

Push through a dark curtain, and you emerge blinking into a dark space lit by a huge, elemental orange sun, glimmering against a black background: Katharina Sieverding's projection Die Sonne Um Mitternacht Schauen, SDO / NASA (Looking at the Sun at Midnight), 2011 - 12, which uses high - resolution Nasa images to create a dramatic, up - close image of the sun's surface.

Her forties were filled more with relics than much to remember as art, in photographs that dwell on Baroque or penile details of a chandelier, a goblet, or a flower against a dark background.

The painting of three lit candles against a dark background has been consigned from the Collection of Camille Oliver - Hoffmann and has an ambitious estimate of $ 4,000,000 to $ 6,000,000.

In Koyama's canvases, the simplest rotating devices of mechanical nature come apart and expand against a dark background.

Began to develop a personal painting style which included imaginary geometric elements set against dark backgrounds in which one can detect the influence of Arp.

Award - winning artist Paul Emsley created the large head and shoulders painting of the Duchess set against his trademark dark background.

Against a background of fog, windows light up and go dark in interludes marked by changes in the atmosphere.

Unlike his landscape paintings with endless skies, Winn is shifting his perspective and bringing the viewer eye - to - eye with portraits of individual blooms and luminously lit flowers set against dark backgrounds.

Larger than life Surprise Lilies bathed in magnificent light against dark backgrounds, Lotus Lilies in reflective ponds, and heavily laden branches of Azalea blossoms, are now the focal point of his large scale paintings.

At the time she described these ground - breaking paintings in personal, psychological terms as «white nets enveloping the black dots of silent death against a pitch - dark background of nothingness».

Ovals painted in a range of cool greys are set against a dark, warm grey background.

Blast Off depicts an elongated triangular arrangement of dark blue patches rising dramatically and evocatively against a background of pale pinks and oranges.

Smoothly layered on the canvas surface against a darker gray background, his multicolored volumetric circles or «cells» look like droplets of blood or molecules viewed under a microscope.

In a side gallery, several charcoal drawings from his X-ray series (1976) depict sheets of tattered white paper apparently taped against a dark background.

That, against this dark background, China — a proud country that has for all its many faults lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty — has emerged as the chief voice of a southern bloc that has consistently refused to accept the choice between developmental justice and climate stabilization.

That, against this dark background, China a proud though undemocratic country that has for all its many faults lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty has emerged as the chief voice of a southern bloc that has consistently refused to accept the choice between developmental justice and climate stabilization.

The effects can range from subtle — as a way of making sure faces are visible in shadow — to more dramatic — in which subjects look as though they've been spotlit against dark backgrounds.

Credit: Jeremy Lips / Tom's GuideOn a 1080p trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a red lightsaber popped against a dark, rainy background of Kylo Ren and his crew of baddies.

We very much enjoy the way they painted the base of the dresser in the same darker colour as the sketch so the image stands out well against the light background of the drawers.