Sentences with phrase «apotheosis moments»

Not exact matches

While one might well reply that Ingres's Apotheosis of Homer is as irrevocably bound to the same historical moment as Courbet's Studio, even though it attempts to establish universal values and eternal verities, in the case of Ingres's work this is despite rather than because of the intentions of the artist; one might almost say that as far as Ingres was concerned, to be of one's time was a measure of failure rather than of achievement.

Though my fragmented image was only a byproduct of the glass protecting the photos, for a moment I glimpsed an apotheosis of Baudelaire's «strange abominations»: As I walked through the gallery I was suddenly aware of how I, or rather my unintended reflection, added another layer of obstruction to the works in the exhibition.

An exhibition focusing on the year 1941, a seminal moment in Alexander Calder's career and the apotheosis of a decade of experimentation following his invention of the mobile in 1931.

As art historian David Bourdon explained, the New Realists show was «the apotheosis of the emerging Pop tendency [and]... the most provocative art event of the season, marking one of the most divisive moments in the history of the New York art world.»