Sentences with phrase «aristocratic family»

She envisions a pair of fictional aristocratic families in a new series of life - sized charcoal, pastel, and pencil portraits.

Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Patrick Melrose, the son of a decadent and damaged aristocratic family who embarks on a one - man odyssey of redemption and recovery.

And, historically at least, upper ranks in the RC church were filled by people from aristocratic families with a class distinction existing between them and others.

In «To Wander Determined» at the Whitney Museum's lobby gallery, her first museum show in New York, Toyin Ojih Odutola works in the same genre — portraiture — except her subjects are two fictional aristocratic families in her native Nigeria.

What turned an ambitious officer from an old aristocratic family into the mastermind of a coup détat?

Lake Como large four bedroom historical villa, is located on the western shores of Lake Como and is owned by a local aristocratic family since the XIX century.

Lake Como large eight bedroom villa with two swimming pools: one indoor and one outdoor, located on the western shores of Lake Como and has been owned by a local aristocratic family since the XIX century.

Diana was born in 1961, into the Spencer family, a British aristocratic family with royal ancestry.

He was born in 1878 into one of Germany's old aristocratic families with a tradition of service in both Church and nation.

They believed that Parliament had grown to be dominated by aristocratic families, its members incapable of passing any measure that was not in their direct interests.

Patrick Melrose, son of a decadent and damaged aristocratic family, embarks on an odyssey of redemption and recovery.

He could have arrived in a center - city aristocratic family and gathered to Himself a dream team of young, budding scholars.

Furthermore, the birth spacing effects of breastfeeding, largely forgotten in our day and age, were well known in those times, and aristocratic families wanted to have many children, so that breastfeeding by the mother was definitely discouraged amongst the nobles.

That's right DVF was married to Prince Egon von Fürstenberg of the German aristocratic family.

Meanwhile, a playboy from an impoverished aristocratic family is preparing to marry a wealthy socialite to restore his fortune.

Based on a novel by Sarah Waters, who wrote the book on which Park Chan - wook's The Handmaiden is based, it's a Gothic ghost story about a country doctor (Domhnall Gleeson, who starred in Abrahamson's Frank) who gets involved with a supernaturally tormented aristocratic family in 1947 Warwickshire.

In an exquisitely detailed adventure set in the Austro - Hungarian empire, Ibbotson skillfully enfolds deliciously cruel villains, crumbling aristocratic families, stolen jewels, and a cast of lovable, intrepid characters into a 12 - year - old's search for her true family.

Walter Kirn's chilling new memoir, Blood Will Out, details his fascinating, 15 - year friendship with Clark Rockefeller, the man who claimed to be of the well - known aristocratic family but who ended up being not only an imposter but also a murderer.

Characters besides Julie's aristocratic family include a deaf librarian, a dashing young contractor, a lovesick French nanny, a conniving archivist, and members of the local constabulary (including a particularly violent and hostile Water Bailiff).

They were brought to Cuba from Europe during the 17th century and enjoyed immense popularity during the 18th and 19th centuries amongst aristocratic families in Cuba.

The Batthyány Castle Hotel was built in 1490 and owes its name to the Batthyánys, a famous Hungarian aristocratic family.

The novel chronicles the history of the French invasion of Russia, as seen through the eyes of five Russian aristocratic families.

Sofonisba Anguissola (1532 — 1625)-- Born into a minor aristocratic family in Cremona, Italy, Sofonisba Anguissola became one of the most successful female painters in the Renaissance, and was renowned for her portraits.

Often with apathetic expressions, the drawings render various characters from the UmuEze Amara Clan, a fictionalized aristocratic family.

It's a rare opportunity to see a single aristocratic family through Goya's eyes, and to appreciate a pivotal moment in his career: when he was shoring up his reputation as a pre-eminent court painter.

Edward Krasiński was born in 1925 in Lutsk (Volhynia) into a Polish aristocratic family.

Indeed, the subjects of these artworks range from members of important aristocratic families to humble servants, from clergymen to scientific personalities, as well as courtiers and comedians, thus providing an extensive overview of the aesthetic possibilities afforded by the art of portraiture.

Create works in response to the life - size intimate drawings of Ojih Odutola that are rendered in charcoal, pastel, and pencil and tell the story of two fictional Nigerian aristocratic families.

The British channel ITV announced Sunday that it has commissioned a fifth season of the popular television show, a costume drama about a British aristocratic family and their servants in the 1910s and 1920s.

This very large villa sleeping 20 pax, with lake view is located on the western shores of Lake Como and is owned by a local aristocratic family since the XIX century.

At the Whitney, she envisions a pair of fictional aristocratic families, considering class and wealth with an emphasis on place and space in a new series of life - sized charcoal, pastel, and pencil portraits.

That case caused outrage among Thais on social media over how a girl with an aristocratic family surname managed to escape jail.

Born in 1905 to an aristocratic family in Lucerne, Switzerland (hence the honorific «von»), von Balthasar was raised in a household where high culture and simple faith walked hand in hand.

The most successful British costume drama since Brideshead Revisited (based on viewer figures), it paints a broadly sympathetic picture of an aristocratic family and a considerable staff of servants as they deal with a whirlwind of social change during the early part of the 20th century.

A Dominican, Vincent Ferrer (1350 - 1419), severely ascetic, of an aristocratic family, traveled widely, preaching repentance and impending judgement.

The show is about an aristocratic family who...

This ensemble murder mystery satire, set in 1930's England, revolves around an elegant hunting party weekend at a country estate, featuring an aristocratic family and their friends.

Their lives sound very dramatic to me; there's suicide (Percy's first wife killed herself), secret pregnancies, and all sorts of drama with Percy's aristocratic family and his own radical views.

Vikander fills the role of Lara Croft in the video game adaptation, playing the only daughter of an aristocratic family who ventures out into dangerous locations in search of ancient artifacts with supernatural powers.

Production has already started on Warner Bros. and MGM's Tomb Raider reboot and the first photos from the set have debuted online from The Daily Mail, featuring Alicia Vikander in costume as Lara Croft, «the only daughter of an aristocratic family who ventures out into dangerous locations in search of ancient artifacts with supernatural powers.»

Both the aristocratic family he fled in shame and scorn, and their dilapidated country estate, bathed in an oppressively nostalgic light, prove ultimately inescapable.

I don't have a uniform, especially one as strict or rigid as anyone working for an aristocratic family, but the tedium of the work becomes both enjoyable and terrifying.

She belongs to the aristocratic family.

Patricia Grasso is the author of eighteen historical romances including the Douglas Series which follows the love stories of the amazing Douglas sisters (Angelica, Samantha and Victoria) in Regency London and the Lords of Stratford Series, Regency historical romances with a fairy - tale twist about the aristocratic families in Stratford - on - Avon.

As secrets unravel, Brunetti suspects an aristocratic family might be connected to the case.

At any rate a Greyhound - like dog was destined to find its way, perhaps through Persia, to Afghanistan, where it grew a long, shaggy coat for protection against the harsh climate and found favour with the royal and aristocratic families of that land.

Several paintings by Dutch and Spanish artists portrayed many of these small pampered spaniels along with their aristocratic families.