Sentences with phrase «almost encyclopedic»

The exhibition included important masterpieces of painting and sculpture from the National Gallery of Art, the rich holdings of prints and drawings from the Art Institute of Chicago, and the almost encyclopedic reserves from the Musée d'Orsay, representing in abundance all aspects of Gauguin's oeuvre.

Kellein offered an almost encyclopedic parade of contemporary art, from Mike Kelley (1992) to Rudolf Schwarzkogler (1993), Andy Warhol (1993), Rachel Whiteread (1994), Hiroshi Sugimoto (1995), Roni Horn (1995), Gerhard Merz (1995), and John McCracken (1995).

The collection as a whole covers a very wide range of material — historical, religious, cultural — indeed, it is almost encyclopedic in character.

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But for someone who wants an encyclopedic compendium of the state of the question for almost any topic in the field, this is an excellent reference work.

Stories are integrated with photographs and illustrations, links to journals and academic studies, related research and topics, and encyclopedic terms, to provide a wealth of relevant information on almost every science topic imaginable — from astrophysics to zoology.

Well that and my encyclopedic attention to the Best Actress category in theory long before I'd seen almost any of the movies as a kid.

In recent years his work has received increased international attention, most prominently in the 55th Venice Biennale, The Encyclopedic Palace, curated by Massimiliano Gioni, when Cindy Sherman included a suite of Madonnas in her installation, Almost 20 years after his death, Swiss Institute is thrilled to exhibit these singular bodies of work for the first time to audiences outside of Europe.