Sentences with phrase «as classical history»

Mundane objects and everyday people took the place of long - established «high art» themes such as classical history and mythology.

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In this episode of teleSUR's Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges interviews economist Michael Hudson on the history of classical economics and explores Marx's interpretation of capitalism as exploitation — March 22, 2016

Instead, we have two competing research programs, each with its own fundamental intuitions and program of inquiry to pursue, as in Imre Lakatos's philosophy of science.15 Only «over the long haul» can we judge which will be more progressive more able to handle the classical challenges raised by the entire history of metaphysics, by dialogue with existing religions (Christian and otherwise), and by the experience of contemporary religious believers.

As one studies the constitutive elements of a classical eucharistic prayer, for example; Christian doctrine, church history and one's knowledge of people are fused.

Although patriarchy as a complete sociopolitical system has been modified in the course of history, the classical politics of patriarchal domination has decisively shaped — and still does so today — modern Euro - American forms of democracy.

Philosophy, history, poetry, and drama were also taught not as specialized departments of knowledge, but as components of the classical literary tradition.

In all cases, however, to accept such statements as true is to challenge the full autonomy of science and history within their own proper spheres; and it is this challenge to a genuinely secular outlook, rather than any particular statement in itself, which makes classical theism so widely unacceptable to contemporary men.

The exceptional powers of sympathetic imagination and of literary expression possessed by this evangelist make his work the most effective of all as a human and, so to speak, secular approach to the «Jesus of History,» but it does not lie on the main classical line of development from the apostolic Preaching.

In his schematism of the «natural history of Satanism,» Bakan speaks of this self - defeating anxiety syndrome as «denial»; in classical theology it is better known as «bondage of the will.

As usually presented, then, even by its more sophisticated spokesmen, classical theism requires acceptance of statements about the world, about its origin or end or the happenings within it, which men today are willing to accept, if at all, only with the backing and warrants of science or history.

Present states or movements in the inorganic arena appear to us to be determined totally by the history of past commotion in the macroscopic order as described by classical physics.

There are many medical indications why a repeat c - section may be a safer option than a trial of labor after cesarean, such as a prior classical incision, prior uterine rupture or a history of three or more cesarean sections.

How about the history classroom, where instead of listening to a teacher lecture about ancient Athens, students take a virtual tour and then use 3 - D design software like SketchUp to build a simple model of a Greek temple as a way to internalize classical principles such as balance?

- Mary Lefkowitz is a professor of classical studies at Wellesley College and the author of Not Out of Africa: How Afrocentrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as History.

Families following a classical style of home education will likely cover ancient history as part of the four - year history cycle for high school.

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The Golden Age offers up United States history as only Gore Vidal can, with unrivaled penetration, wit, and high drama, allied to a classical view of human fate.

Tripr helps if you're seeking out someone who shares your interests, such as classical music, yoga, skateboarding, or medieval history.

The company's cruise portfolio includes a range of in - depth, general interest itineraries exploring local culture, cuisine and history, as well as voyages on the Rhone and Danube designed specifically for families, and themed cruises focused on classical music, French food and wine, fine art and Europe's traditional Christmas markets.

The Gran Hotel La Perla is also the perfect place to celebrate social events such as conferences or meetings, thanks to its four meeting rooms, each of them with its own history, completely equipped with the latest technology and decorated in harmony with the classical line of the hotel.

- Kataoka believes the world of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the true protagonist of the game - at times, really beautiful and delicate, and other time's it's rough and ruthless - the natural beauty is one of the main appeals of the game - she wanted the music to not just reflect, but also enhance that appeal - she wanted the music to reflect the long History of Hyrule, but also the ordeals of the Link and Zelda of this particular entry - in order to express the idea of a world in ruin, yet so vibrant, she decided to use traditional instruments - these included the shinobue and the erhu, which are not commonly used in orchestras - these contrast the synthesizer sounds of the ancient civilization - the main theme includes chord progressions which are not really suited to classical music - Kataoka wanted reflect Link's 100 - year sleep in the main theme, which explains the rather strange break in the song - the break represents Link taking a «new breath», after 100 years in stasis - the break basically serves as the division between Zelda and the past, and Link and adventure in the present day - she usually does not pay much attention to such details, but had the opportunity to do so this time

Defy history as you try to become part of real classical paintings in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.

This is actually a classical motif in art history, and an extensively exhibited sujet with prominent progenitors such as Botticelli and Rubens and Manet and Cézanne and Picasso — and... Read more

Among contemporary American photographers, Opie is exceptionally attuned to the histories of representation, and Portraits and Landscapes vigorously embodies the artist's conversation with classical European portraiture as well as the American Pictorialist idiom within landscape photography championed by Alfred Stieglitz in the early 1900s.

Histories and theories of Western sculpture have typically favored idealized representations, as exemplified by the austere, white marble statuary of the classical tradition.

Taking influence from classical portraiture, Egyptian hieroglyphs and Japanese woodblock prints, as well as public signage, information boards, and traffic signs, the artist connects the clean visual language of modern life, with the fundamentals of art history.

Infusing her work with the themes and motifs from Classical Greek art and literature that have been explored throughout the canon of Western art history, Brown situates her female protagonists as the main lead and erases men's presence all together.

Drawing influence from classical portraiture, Egyptian hieroglyphs and Japanese woodblock prints, as well as public signage, information boards and traffic signs, the artist connects the clean visual language of modern life, with the fundamentals of art history.

Although her work results from deep observations of the history of painting — from Velasquez, Rembrandt, Caravaggio and Cezanne among others — her personal vision transcends classical notions of genre and narrative as she invites viewers into a delicious domain of confident brush strokes with a new aesthetic.

Thomas's work grows from a long study of art history, drawing inspiration from the classical genres of portraiture, landscape, and still life, as well as from contemporary popular culture, the imagery of which she uses to explore issues of identity and race, as well as beauty and the self.

His work combines the classical ballet of his training with the music of David Bowie, Wire, and The Fall, amongst others, and collaborations with artists and designers such as Sarah Lucas, Peter Doig, Leigh Bowery, and Bodymap have all been part of this ongoing history.

Those images combine the commercial and classical as icons of art history are juxtaposed with contemporary painting, commercial illustration, photojournalism, and three - dimensional household items.

Posed before a violent tableaux (a picture within the picture that pays homage to the sweeping compositions of classical history painting), the scene appears as a suspended moment in a mysterious narrative.

Classical art history celebrates portraiture as one of the highest genres of art for its ability to elevate the status of the sitter.

At a time when art history was less and less the standard measure in contemporary art, Kasseböhmer — who regularly skipped school as a teenager so that he could visit art museums instead — returned to the classical repertoire.

The three works selected for Soundtracks are Sphere Packing: Mozart (2014; white polymer, 565 audio channels), Sphere Packing: Wagner (2013; glazed porcelain, 110 audio channels), and Sphere Packing: Cage (2014; plastic, 269 audio channels)-- an abridged walk through the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries.2 The series as a whole, featuring seventeen composers, constitutes nothing less than a broad history of classical music, with surprising insights in terms of productivity, ranging from seventeen compositions (by Claudio Monteverdi) to 1,128 (by Johann Sebastian Bach).

Monkman reinstates these lost dandies into his landscapes, where they act as observers of reinterpreted classical Western allegories and imagined scenes from North American colonial history.

Thomas's works often reference art history, as evidenced in her Andy Warhol - inspired compositions and coloration to her subjects» classical poses.

In The Meatgrinder Madrigal, the artist spins a dense and complex web of narrative, allusion and dark humour to create a new mythos, making classical works from art history serve as her «found objects».

The article analyzes how Sandberg opted for the subject of vitality in great detail, and how he tried to abandon the classical categories of art history as the basic model for art exhibitions.

An heiress of pathbreaking abstractionists like Lee Krasner and Joan Mitchell, the British painter Cecily Brown updates the idiom of Ab - Ex painting by reaching back farther into history, summoning such figurative touchstones as the harrowing caricatures of Goya and the classical reposes of Poussin and Ingres.

The artist references classical mythology, Egyptology, graffiti, politics and poetry to present works that act as a meditation on the complexities of history across the worlds of politics and art.

Using architectural elements like Corinthian columns as well a replica of Michelangelo's David, Ullman references classical art history.

The next several hours I spent examining his art, and what I found was rather curious: the lenses that proved most helpful in understanding the paintings were those that at first glance seemed the least important, namely my own experiences as a European expat, my history as a lover of all thing classical music, and my scholarly expertise in a number of nonwestern art traditions.

As the curators of Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg see it, the loop is omnipresent on all our cultural levels — the self - contained circuit, the endless loop has constantly been founding itself in the midst of fields such as culture, history, alchemy and philosophy since classical antiquitAs the curators of Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg see it, the loop is omnipresent on all our cultural levels — the self - contained circuit, the endless loop has constantly been founding itself in the midst of fields such as culture, history, alchemy and philosophy since classical antiquitas culture, history, alchemy and philosophy since classical antiquity.

Depicting ancient, medieval and contemporary warriors, as well as dinosaurs, bears and mythical beasts, along with nudes lifted from classical masterpieces, glossy magazines and salacious websites, Kuksi's Baroque confections treat history as primordial soup — a burbling stew of thrilling highlights and epic tragedies that not only resonate in the mind's eye but also inspire all sorts of emotions — good, bad and otherwise.

While his approach is unconceivable without Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol as precursors, the subject of art history is a constant undercurrent in his work, whether Koons elevates kitsch to the level of classical art or produces works in the manner of Baroque sculptures.

Her practice has been described as engaging in her own unique form of myth - making, one in which the interweaving of fact with fiction opens up possibilities for another group of symbolic female characterisations, markedly different from those that appear in either classical history or popular culture.