Sentences with phrase «art of cliff»

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John Grande, a struggling London art dealer, is thrown what he thinks is a lifeline when he is given the opportunity of handling a collection of rare masters, housed in a villa above the cliffs of Positano in Italy.

Volk: Yeah, so Icille was released into Earth's biosphere at the same time Dave was, from a limestone, from the calcium carbonate of a limestone cliff in the Dordogne valley of southern France about the same time that we have the earliest, very earliest cave art in the human prehistory; but Icille didn't last very long in the biosphere, she got trapped in this ice core.

Many of you guys are also readers of the Art of Manliness; what's more epic that scaling a cliff side using nothing but your own two hands?

All of this might be a gorgeous bore, à la the similarly languid Only God Forgives, if it weren't perched on the edge of black comedy — a cliff it slips straight off of whenever Keanu Reeves, as a shady motel manager, shows up to break the art - horror spell.

A whimsical concoction as pretty as a wedding cake, a multi-tiered tale, within a tale, within a tale, the GRAND and very PINK Hotel Budapest is presided over by one Gustave H., (Ralph Fiennes), the hotel's ultra-refined concierge, and involves a wide - eyed lobby boy named «Zero,» Tilda Swinton as a wealthy octogenarian who's «dynamite in the sack,» a family squabble over inheritance, a priceless and definitely kitschy piece of Renaissance art, a greedy evil son (Adrien Brody), a knucklebound henchman with a frightening underbite (Willem Dafoe), a lanky lawyer (Jeff Goldblum) and his soon to be airborn Persian cat, monks on skis, cliff - hanging climaxes, and plotting pastry chefs!

Written by ROBERT KIRKMAN Art by CHARLIE ADLARD & CLIFF RATHBURN Letters by RUS WOOTON The Walking Dead is on the verge of their monumental 100th issue and with this week's release of # 95 you can feel the tension mounting.

The charming outdoor Art Café has fresh cuisine, sublime views of the Caldera cliffs and the sunset, and is set along the walking trail to Oia Village.

Our guide Dean, who owns Kaslo Kayaking with his wife Daphne, took us across the lake to the opposite shore where you can see vibrant, surprisingly intact examples of First Nation rock - art paintings in the side of granite cliffs.

It's also a short drive to world - class shopping and dining in downtown Malibu, the fairways of Perenchio Golf Course, hiking in the cliffs and canyons of Topanga State Park and the art collection of the Getty Center.

There are many hidden romantic spots in Puglia whether you want to escape to the astonishing Adriatic coastline with its concealed inlets and cliffs that remain untouched by holidaymakers, or discover its capital Bari which oozes tradition and Romanesque art, like the Basilica of St Nicolas, which makes for an exciting day out.

This stunning residence, filled with modern ceramics and art, is positioned on the high cliffs of Sorrento, overlooking Marina Grande just minutes away from the centre.

This exquisite work of art created by nature stands alone on an ocean - side cliff.

Boasting an unbeatable location overlooking the Mediterranean Ocean from a rocky cliff, the Hostal de la Gavina Hotel is a state - of - the - art 5 star deluxe hotel in S'Agaró, Costa Brava.

For ten weeks, the cliffs along Little Bay, Sydney, were packed in synthetic fabric and rope for Christo and Jeanne - Claude's «Wrapped Coast — One Million Square Feet», which, like many other works of Land Art, was enormous in scale.

On the face of the cliffs, The Dogon create their art and architecture, which consists of carvings and drawings representing mythical ancestors that are part of their elaborate cosmology, including the mythical star, Sirius.»

I remembered as an art student when I first «let go» of the contour of an object it was like jumping off of a cliff.

Tapestry, selected for the Aesthetica Art Prize invites us to explore the mystery which it sets out before us: uncertain light that could be dawn or dusk; heavy air that wafts across the sky; the outline of the black, barren mountain cliffs; and soft, silent, timeless snow.

This expanse of 492 grottoes carved into the sandstone face of a nine - story - high cliff holds an unrivaled collection of Buddhist art, with more than 484,000 square feet of murals and 2,400 sculptures.

With reference points ranging from Sudanese cliff dwellings and Native American amphitheaters to classical Greek forms to the mobile structures of nomadic and seafaring groups, Rudofsky's stated goal was to «break down our narrow concepts of the art of building by introducing the unfamiliar world of nonpedigreed architecture» — a notable early instance of non-Eurocentric thinking in the American art establishment.

The arts minister Michael Ellis has placed a temporary export bar on the painting Ehrenbreitstein, first exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1835 and which shows a magnificent ruined fortress perched on a cliff overlooking the Rhine near Koblenz, Germarts minister Michael Ellis has placed a temporary export bar on the painting Ehrenbreitstein, first exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1835 and which shows a magnificent ruined fortress perched on a cliff overlooking the Rhine near Koblenz, GermArts in 1835 and which shows a magnificent ruined fortress perched on a cliff overlooking the Rhine near Koblenz, Germany.

An island of sun and sand, known for surfing and sea - scraping cliff vistas, Oahu now offers a platform to embrace the more recent flourish in its arts community.

During the course of the 20th century, Irish landscape painting has maintained all these historical forms and motivations, albeit in a diverse variety of representational art styles, from the West of Ireland landscape of cliff, bog and turf, to the realist urban streetscape and suburban vista, and the photo - realist imagery of individual sites.

«In Japan, art and poetry reflect the gentle changes in climate resulting from the islands» topography as an archipelago, whereas in China, art reflects the cycle of seasons through stunning landscape paintings of craggy cliffs, wide rivers and soaring mountains.»