Sentences with phrase «against the white walls of»

The colors as well as the blacks against the white walls of the republic ships create a nice contrast.

Viewed against the white wall of the gallery, shape and volume are foregrounded, recalling the socially acute minimalism of Rachel Whiteread's «Ghost House».

Yet, stripped of context, they also appear vulnerable and naked, awkwardly exposed against the white walls of the gallery.

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The portion of the program that likely galvanized the White House was the startling report by prosecutors that had worked under Breuer in the criminal division of the DOJ that there wasn't even a pretense of a real investigation against the major Wall Street firms: no subpoenas, no document reviews, no wiretaps.

A «retro - lit» blue glass sign and reception desk — a nod to the company's ubiquitous use of blue glass — set against floor - to - ceiling white marble walls, signal arrival at the elegant eatery.

Hung against the white walls among Spanish wineskins are swords, brilliant capes, the odd - shaped black hats and the glistening trajes de luces, or «suits of lights,» in which matadors fight.

I prop up my prints against a plain white wall on a little table I bought from a junk shop — it was only cheap but it's made of nice wood which looks good in the photos.

Let your preschooler hold them one by one in front of their torch and shine it against a white wall.

In places (e.g., south of the dotted white arrow), the ridges run against the dotted boundaries, suggesting flow was once redirected along a valley wall.

The Wall Street Journal editorial page has for years railed against these scientific findings on climate change, even as the global consensus has reached nearly 100 percent of the scientific community, including the reports commissioned by the skeptical Bush White House.

The cause of heart disease is not animal fats and cholesterol but rather a number of factors inherent in modern diets, including excess consumption of vegetables oils and hydrogenated fats; excess consumption of refined carbohydrates in the form of sugar and white flour; mineral deficiencies, particularly low levels of protective magnesium and iodine; deficiencies of vitamins, particularly of vitamin C, needed for the integrity of the blood vessel walls, and of antioxidants like selenium and vitamin E, which protect us from free radicals; and, finally, the disappearance of antimicrobial fats from the food supply, namely, animal fats and tropical oils.52 These once protected us against the kinds of viruses and bacteria that have been associated with the onset of pathogenic plaque leading to heart disease.

Against white walls, floors and chairs, this zebra - inspired rug adds a shock of color and becomes the room's focal point.

We left the original carpeting and wall color when we bought the house — I went with a black - and - white theme for all of the decor to pop against the pretty teal carpet.

We have ours displayed in the kitchen on those thin Riba shelves from Ikea, against a white wall, and the entire collection (which I'm not showing you here, on account of lack of time) is just so much fun.

A light beige upholstered bed sits against a beige wall painted Benjamin Moore Embassy Green and is dressed in blue bedding accented with a yellow chevron bolster pillow placed in front of blue and white pillows.

Bright white table lamps and the Gabby Home May Nightstand pop against the greige walls while the gold adds a bit of warmth and shine.

I used large wood cutting boards for the backdrop, which help bring your attention to the pumpkins placed in front of them, which otherwise might get lost against the white wall.

I think it may be a combination of the two things: against my greige walls and very ivory / cream trim, the Old White probably looks cooler than it would against a white background on a color cWhite probably looks cooler than it would against a white background on a color cwhite background on a color chart.

A mosaic of Granada Tile transformed this room into a jewel box and helps the floor stand out against walls painted Decorators White by Benjamin Moore.

Transitional bathroom clad in gray marble chevron floor tiles boasts light gray upper walls holding a polished nickel towel rack over a seagrass x-stool sat against a white subway tile backsplash in front of a walk in glass shower fitted with a gray marble chevron floor and ceiling tiles and a polished nickel shower kit mounted on a large beveled white subway tile shower surround finished with stacked corner shelves.

Featuring a crisp retro mic against a background of white wood slats, the Retro Microphone White Wood Wall Art by Marmont Hill is an eye - catching, contemporary piece printed on natural pine white wood slats, the Retro Microphone White Wood Wall Art by Marmont Hill is an eye - catching, contemporary piece printed on natural pine White Wood Wall Art by Marmont Hill is an eye - catching, contemporary piece printed on natural pine wood.

The bar cart I got comes in a lot of fun colors, but I went with white (again, thinking long - term investment since I won't grow tired of it) but it almost got lost against the white walls.

Tall taupe mirrored cabinets sit against white herringbone wall tiles on either side of a walk in shower fitted with a subway tile and glass enclosure and his and her doors.

Curved bathroom features vaulted ceiling adorned with large crystal chandelier illuminating his and her washstands topped with white marble paired with white beveled mirrors leaning against upper walls painted chocolate brown and lower walls tiled in white subway tiles accented with pencil rail situated across from freestanding bathtub placed in front of windows atop white and grey marble floor.

The production design is about as exciting as poorly toasted bread, and we're constantly subjected to images of people simply sitting against bland white walls.

When we had deprived the house of all its items, when the objects had vanished and the colors had faded into eight gray suitcases, like errant genies evaporating into their bottles, my students and I stood against the bare white wall of the dining room and took two photographs.

The houses of Mykonos Town, with their exuberantly colored wooden doors, windows, and balconies, line the narrow streets forming a typical Cycladic labyrinth town, and mixing with beautiful churches and chapels, purple bougainvillea displaying its blousy wares against the bright white walls.

The warm teak wood floors, richly grained coconut wood Pillars, creamy white Palimanan stone terraces, cool marble fixtures, Slate floors, and random rock walls form the dominant components, juxtaposed against koi (fish) Ponds, water spouts and the natural greenery of Bali's exotic plants.

When a solid S / SW swell rolls across the kaleidoscopic coral reefs, there aren't many surfers who would want to be anywhere else: the waves are an exercise in perfection — spitting barrels run into long smackable walls, the turquois water and white spray of the sea set against the intense green background of the rainforest.

It showed a perfectly white arena, giving the user the opportunity to define it by throwing big globs of black paint everywhere, which spattered convincingly against walls and acted as a sort of acrylic sonar to guide the player through the world.

Delicately hung against satisfyingly white - washed and marble walls, the various semi-transparent panels are made from a mixture of soft materials, including plastic, latex and polyurethane foam.

In a modest sized rectangular white walled exhibition space, objects of daily use, artifacts ancient and new, paintings and pots, quilts, and kimonos were arrayed on two tiers, hung from the ceiling, against works hung on wall that were subtly dematerialized by natural light coming from unseen skylights along the edges of the dropped ceiling.

Accompanied by Bove's own monumental sculpture, Cretaceous (2014), an ancient, four - metre chunk of petrified wood bolted directly to an I - beam, the works are seen against white walls, with sunlight flooding in through the skylights of the gallery — a fitting homage to Scarpa in more than one way.

In a 1992 letter to Rosen, he described one of his stack works as «a chance to alter one's life and future, an empty passport for life... A simple white object against a white wall, waiting.»

A total of 14 black and white photographic works, framed in white and unmatted, and hung against cream colored walls in the main gallery space, the smaller side room, and the entry area.

Also included is a work from 1969 in which lengths of braided stainless steel wire form a horizontal sequence of five subtly - reflective squares, mounted flat against the wall; and Untitled (Eight - part Vertical Construction), 1992, a composition of black, gray, white, and red lengths of yarn stretched vertically between floor and ceiling in perpendicular and parallel configurations that relate to the surrounding walls of the gallery.

Both are photographs of photographs — old postcards pictured leaning against a white wall.

The video, staged against a white wall in a drug - invested section of Johannesburg, is shrouded in violence, yet it is choreographed and performed with elegance and wit.

Since the entire room was painted in white — instruments included — the wall arrangements, with the instruments set against the lines, took on the appearance of minimal drawings that invited to musical reverie.

Meanwhile, across the street at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, ghostly shadows doubled and tripled against the walls of chapel - like, white - cube rooms as guests passed before projected lights chiseled by Olafur Eliasson, who appeared a bit more grizzled than usual and slightly dazed by the commotion around him.

In the Main Gallery, Untitled (Unfold), a group of 6 large white aluminum panels lean against the walls and lie on the floor.

Maybe the excitement of the simple is most evident now in the largest and freest work, in the back room, with the choice between primaries on one wall and blacks against purples over white and yellow on another.

Baldessari has installed his Brain / Cloud, a large white brain that protrudes from the wall against the backdrop of a blue sky.

Rarely was there a situation where a student is capable of attracting so much attention with her piece as was the case with Kara and her mouthful of a mural — it wasn't just the theme of the piece that caught the notice of critics, but its notorious form of placing black paper silhouette figures against a white wall.

Sprawling across two gallery walls, the monumental black - and - white installation contains traces of markings typically found in Rodriguez's abstract work: solid rectangles juxtaposed against flattened transparent forms and ghosts of rectangles hovering in the distance.

On the other two walls of the main gallery, which are painted a customary white, there is an oil painting of blue balls on a white field, «Bloobs» (2014) by Mathew Cerletty; a loopy, oddly affecting drawing, «Untitled (shit)» (2011) by David Shrigley, of concentric circles emanating from the word «shit»; Vern Blosum's «Off The Hook» (2015), a larger - than - life - size graphite drawing of a vintage payphone with its receiver dangling, appropriately, off the hook; and Emily Mae Smith's «The Studio (Science Fiction)» (2015), which depicts the split halves of an eggshell hovering above a flying saucer / fried egg, the edge of its white perimeter forming the words «THE STUDIO» against the starry blackness of outer space.

We walked in and were welcomed by the soft light coming in through multiple skylights, creating beautiful effect of the exposed wood beams standing out against the white walls.

The Five Senses assumes the hybrid form of a five - channel video installation crossed with (studio) performance, featuring a young Claflin, filmed against a bare white wall, invoking the five Aristotelian senses in five performances each lasting about five minutes: hearing, scent, touch, taste, and seeing.

These sculptures, made from stone and welding steel, are juxtaposed against gestural works hung on the stark white walls of the gallery.

The collective effect of the pieces, displayed against white gallery walls, is one of calm.