Sentences with phrase «art history and tradition»

I've always understood that there's a rich culture of art history and tradition for us to grab and run with.

Referencing the «old masters» of art history and tradition, she creates her own versions, much like Picasso did with Manet's iconic painting, Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe.

In this exhibition, Ofili continues, in a variety of media, his active engagement with art history and traditions of representation.

Not exact matches

Thus, language, law, science, art, manners, customs, history, and tradition are elaborations of the human spirit no less than is religion.

Flat, blank facades on buildings conceived as commodities — or just oddities — rather than works of civic art; flat modernist pictorial abstractions; the flattening of cultural history into pseudo-history packaged as what Henry dismissed as «applied sociology» — all spoke to him of something far more ominous, the abasement of man and the crude negation of his proper relationship to nature as embodied in the great tradition.

But it's incidents like this that make me aware of how important it is that people are exposed to the history, tradition and meaning of art.

They have created their own ways of communication, ranging from stories in oral traditions to folk art and music, from popular histories to religious and cultural sysmbolism.

Uniquely situated between the mangroves lining Shrimp Road and the new state - of - the - art 220 - slip Stock Island Marina, the 100 - room Hotel Key West will feature architecture and design styles that pay homage to the industrial history of the first of Key West's seven islands and its long tradition of working boatyards, fishing fleets and marinas.

In sharp contrast to the rich history and long - honored traditions, visitors to Kanazawa can also enjoy one of Japan's leading - edge contemporary art at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizaart at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue NishizaArt designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa.

Learn about Victorian holiday traditions during Cary's annual Heart of the Holidays festivities Dec. 2, and enjoy horse - drawn carriage rides at the Page - Walker Arts and History Center, a historic 1868 hotel, 4 - 6 p.m..

One of the highly experienced politicians in Ghana's political history, who studied at the feet of great men like Kofi Abrefa Busia, Victor Owusu, perfected their arts, corrected their mistakes and rose to become the «successful leader of the Danquah - Busia - Dumbo tradition» by serving as President of Ghana, has repeated his call for an extension of the presidential term arguing, the four - year term, is not enough to make a meaningful impact as President.

If the new dates for the Spanish cave art are confirmed, they could indicate that Neandertals and H. sapiens exchanged artistic traditions earlier than previously thought, says paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer of the Natural History Museum in London, who was not involved in the studies.

«Imagery of birds is found in all ancient art and has been repeatedly used throughout history; I was curious if I could add something to this tradition.»

Culture means more than just a set of learned behaviors that vary from place to place, some argued; culture means history and tradition, art, philosophy, and religion — the last barrier, together with language, that separates humans from other species.

Drawing from the rich Southern history and tradition, Wren's Nest invites residents and tourists from all over to catch a fable or two, belied by mysterious and eclectic storytellers, modern day troubadours, who combine the art of the spoken word with lyric for an experience that's hard to encapsulate in words.

The report findings suggest that opportunity to study different religious faiths and traditions help promote understanding among students of different religious groups, that «carrier» subjects such as history, second or foreign languages and the social sciences, as well as physical education and art are also critical to the fostering of LTLT competencies in these countries.

For an in - depth look at each city, we offer optional tours which bring the history, art and traditions of Italy to life.

Natural lovers are sure to enjoy a leisurely day spent at Hama Rikyu Garden while history buffs will embrace the rich culture and ancient traditions displayed at Ancient Orient Museum or the Bridgestone Museum of Art.

It's a unique place where history, beautiful architecture and tradition meet state of the art facilities.

Croatia has pristine nature, history, art and tradition in a friendly atmosphere and pleasant climate.

It is a contrasted city with exhilarating expressions of history, traditions, art and architecture.

Recently extended this exciting interactive museum recounts the history of the Yorkshire Dales from prehistoric times to the modern day, looking at aspects of the Dales» art, culture, tradition and industry in times past.

Park Regis Boutique is a 21 - room hotel combining elements of tradition, history, culture, arts and modern heritage.

Part homage to a civil rights hero, part critique of the traditions of art history, this large - scale painting powerfully reminds us of the exclusion of African American culture and history in the wider art historical canon.»

They all produce art that draws its power from a combination of art history, folk tales, Surrealist strategies, and a dedication to craft traditions.

Wyatt Resident Artists Gallery Negar Ahkami's expressive, tactile paintings are inspired by Iranian art, and by global visual traditions that intersect with Iran's rich art history.

James Prosek's practice is inspired by the long tradition in art history of depicting nature — starting with paintings of animals deep within the caves of Lascaux and Altamira to detailed drawings of animals by Albrecht Dürer.

«Now that Spirit and Matter has introduced North American audiences to the Keir Collection for the first time in its history, the dedicated Keir Collection Gallery will deepen and enrich visitors» appreciation for the 13 centuries of vibrant Islamic artistic traditions that the collection encompasses,» said Dr. Sabiha Al Khemir, the DMA's Senior Advisor for Islamic art, who was integral to bringing the Keir Collection to Dallas.

In planning Tate Gallery St Ives from 1991, I was sharply aware of how it had to combine respect for the history and tradition of modern art in Cornwall with fostering contemporary practice.

So painting, with its long history and high cultural status, its tradition that includes Titian and Rembandt and Rothko, has become the popular art of our time.

At the same time, Albers's long - term commitment to studying Mexican art and architecture also positions him as a prescient figure in the history of post — World War II American art, when artists such as Donald Judd, Ad Reinhardt, and Robert Smithson looked toward ancient traditions with a new sensitivity and self - awareness.

Lively and edifying, Slifkin's comprehensive text productively complicates the prescribed traditions of postwar art history and, in turn, shifts our perception of Guston and his place in the domain of modern art.

We tend to think of the history of art as a series of exceptionally unique ideas, but in fact, the figurative painting tradition is deeply conventional, and artists have mined narrow spaces for invention.

Diebenkorn pulled from the time - honored traditions of art history and recast them in an age of abstraction.

Caivano's works incorporate an uncompromising yet individual approach to the tradition of abstract painting, drawing as much on unique perceptions of colour, space, texture, volume and light as on art history.

2015 The 56th International Art Exhibition - All the Worlds Future's, Venice Art Biennale Go East, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2014 Taiping Tianguo: A History of Possible Encounters, e-flux, New York State of Emergency, Davidson College, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, USA Beyond and Between, Leeum Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea Beyond Stuff, Mizuma Gallery, Singapore The 14th International Architecture Exhibition - Fundamentals, Venice Architecture Biennale Unscrolled: Reframing Tradition in Chinese Contemporary Art, Vancouver, Canada

In 1977 Andy Warhol conceived of the «Torsos» series, a group of works inspired by both the high art tradition of the classical nude and the ancient history of erotic art.

Af Klint is now finally credited with making the first non-objective painting in the Western fine - art tradition, and it is both her grand imagination and sense of purpose, and the idea of how histories are and can be constantly re-written, that has informed and inspired McElheny's new works.

Nusra Qureshi is trained in the art of the Mughal miniature painting tradition and has developed an extraordinary contemporary painting practice that engages with the rich, visual histories of South Asia.

Terry Gunnell, professor of folklore in Iceland, and Elizabeth Hutchinson, professor of art history who specializes in Native American traditions and American art, consider the ways in which Iceland and the American southwest are rich territories for living landscapes.

The exhibition title references many facets of arts and culture traditions from ancient history to the modern day, arising out of Smith's meditations on the number's spiritual significance as a marker of immortality, as well a number of noteworthy cultural and historical facts and figures featuring the number itself.

Lynette Yiadom - Boakye is well known for her enigmatic portraits of fictional figures, which challenge the traditions of European portraiture and art history.

Hurtado Segovia's art is rooted in craft traditions with themes of art history, personal anecdotes, Christian theology, and ethnographic motifs.

Negar Ahkami creates expressive, tactile paintings inspired by Iranian art and the many global visual traditions that intersect with Iran's rich art history.

Paolini's belief that a work of art is not just reflective of the «here and now» but is also resonant of earlier traditions, has led him to investigate art's relation to the past, creating intriguing installations deeply rooted in art history from the Renaissance to today - from plaster casts of classical sculptures shattered on the ground, to photographs of iconic paintings by Northern Italian Renaissance painter, Lorenzo Lotto, or inquiries into the construction of the image.

In this new body of work, the artist continues to advance the tradition of still life painting and more specifically, the rich history of representations of flora in art.

Best known for large - scale interiors, landscapes, and portraits featuring powerful black figures, Marshall explores narratives of African American history from slave ships to the present and draws upon his deep knowledge of art history from the Renaissance to twentieth - century abstraction, as well as other sources such as the comic book and the muralist tradition.

2012 African American Art in the 20th Century, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC Tides of Provincetown: Pivotal Years in America's Oldest Continuous Art Colony (1899 - 2011), The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT; Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA; Cape Code Museum of Art, Dennis, MA Group Shoe, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX Blues for Smoke, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH INsite / INchelsea: The Inaugural Exhibition, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY Ashé to Amen: African - Americans and Biblical Imagery, Museum of Biblical Art, New York, NY; Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture; Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Memphis, TN

In a visual arts context, Picabia, Schnabel, and Willumsen challenge the same concepts in their unprejudiced treatment of the traditions of art history and mass media images as well as private photographs and stories.»

Well educated in the pictorial tradition of art history, Sprick's influences reach back to Northern European masters such as Robert Campin and Rogier van de Weyden, admiring their ability to render a convincing look at invisible realms and otherworldly occurrences.