Sentences with phrase «allegorical dimensions»

The erasure of any background field renders the faces and the bodies of the subjects in extraordinarily intimate detail, simultaneously capturing their unique character while often suggesting allegorical dimensions.

Opie has posed Streb against a black drop cloth and uses theatrical lighting to create a formally classical portrait that recalls seventeenth - century painting with allegorical dimensions.

She emphasizes their unique characteristics while also suggesting an allegorical dimension beyond their individual identity.

The estrangement of this language from its original setting serves to underscore the allegorical dimension of these expressions, as something from the past that can resonate in the present, to alarming or admirable effects.

Her most recent paintings combine abstraction and figuration to lyrical effect, and many of her titles suggest an allegorical dimension.