Sentences with phrase «against traditional conventions»
On view thru Sept. 27, America Is Hard to See — drawn entirely from the Museum's collection — reexamines the history of art in the United States from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present and examines the themes, ideas, beliefs and passions that have inspired American artists in their struggle to work within and against traditional conventions.
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As for Mr. Trump, defender of traditional culture and religious freedom against «secular judges,» that forlorn hope is belied by the warm welcome afforded proponents of lifestyle libertinism — the principal driver of activist federal judging - as - legislating — at the Republican convention in Cleveland.
Films, such as Orpheus, which went against these conventions, were considered avant - garde or art - house because they rejected traditional storytelling techniques and often broke down the illusion of realism.
Rooted in the literary - with particular nods to the conventions of horror and romance - and yet aborted from traditional narratives, his work seeks to explore the corporeal and tactile through high spec digital technologies, highlighting their deadness and flatness as jarring against the human story.
Susan Johnson, developer of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, discusses what the science of love says about what couples can expect when they rebel too much against the conventions of traditional marriage.