Sentences with phrase «as icons of»

Both Steven Spielberg and Steven Bochco were in their 20s, just staring out and yet to make their mark as icons of film and TV.

They became politically connected and were brought to large events where they were put up as the icons of the movement.

Residents have killed giant tortoises out of resentment over their role as icons of preservation.

As icons of the qualities assigned to the holder, the historical depiction of the chariot in hunting scenes demonstrated the power of an individual through the creation of visual forms of their power: images of hunting and military violence; embodying victory and defeat in harmonious relief.

In any case, this intervention encourages us to understand the Tintoretto murals at the Scuola Grande less as icons of meaning than as occasions for an experience that requires neither scripture nor text.

-LSB-...] To posit a purely negative reading of skyscrapers as icons of power, to renounce them as signs of an oppressive system, and to forget everything that is human about architecture is to obviate any possible complexity — even pleasure — they might afford.

Do you recognise these as common obsessions or identify to them as the icons of our time?

Heidkamp takes inspiration from coastal towns as icons of escapism and refuge, particularly among artists such as Andy Warhol and Willem de Kooning.

Attracted to street art and hip hop, she became acquainted with many emerging artists, writers and gallerists that are now held as icons of that era.

Marcel Breuer was in his 20s, working at the Bauhaus in Germany, when he created the chairs still admired as icons of modern design.

Moreover, if the halo that surrounds the paintings in Her Eyes On (# 1 - 5) and the seductive sheen encountered in works like Field or Outlined in Stark Clarity allow us to imagine them as icons of devotion or symbols of desire, the promise of fulfillment in the ritual of viewing is foiled.

Perhaps this search began in the mid-1980s, with Johns's cycle The Seasons (1985 — 86), in which picturing this venture of thought required a detour through picturing something like a self — hard to commit to it being Johns's self — through references to some of the artist's earlier image strategies (flags, devices) as well as icons of philosophical thinking such as the Platonic forms, Joseph Jastrow's duck - rabbit diagram (the latter made famous by Ludwig Wittgenstein's inquiry into «seeing as» in the Philosophical Investigations, 1953) and Pliny's origin story of the birth of painting as the tracing of a loved - one's silhouette in shadow.

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.

Luis Sahagun creates paintings, sculptures and objects that serve as icons of an invented personal mythology.

While I understood Ha's work on an intuitive level at the time of the exhibition, it was not until my visit to the artist's studio in the winter of 2008 that I began to fully grasp the depth of his earlier burlap and barbed - wire paintings, not only as signs of military repression made evident during the late 1970s, but also as spiritual works focused on transformation and resistance that could be read as icons of the human condition.

As Robert Storr notes in his exhibition text, these drawings are full of «monumentality and forceful graphic anomalies,» traits that show them as icons of Katz's method and style.

And those paintings at Pat's function as icons of those daily moments.

Whilst I appreciate their many fine qualities; for example I love the selfless heroism, Chief being the last of his kind like a lonely samurai; and I recognise them as icons of Microsoft gaming, I am not perhaps as connected with them as many fans are.

There are many of them out there, but only a few truly stand out as icons of motherhood, some for the better, and some for the worse.

Taiwanese Women, as icons of true beauty and elegance.

Christians have a long history of valuing the undervalued, saving the discarded from society, and welcoming the differently abled as icons of Christ.

The expensive computer accessories and software that served as icons of what was called the «information age» in the 1990s were relegated to a cardboard box just a few years later, while the lowly rubber band continued its uninterrupted reign as an office necessity.

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We don't see sex as an icon of the life of God any more because we've tarred it.

Thus Paul's emissary, as the icon of Paul - in - the - letter, would be able to put the audience in the presence of the holy in a way Paul's opponents did in their performances and thereby place the Pauline apostolate on equal ground with its rivals.

Holy Maria of Guadalupe appeared as an icon of new life, as a woman expecting a child.

There are several key players and extreme positions within the movement and the government: Prime Minister Harper, Chief Teresa Spence as an icon of the Idle No More young revolutionaries, drum circles, elders, statesmen, chiefs, passionate youth, and also the brilliant Shawn Atleo as head of the Assembly of First Nations.

Mary is presented as the icon of faith.

These are the values that have made the Campari brand famous throughout the world as an icon of passionate Italian style and excellence.

He is the superstar of superstars, a man who is looked up to as an icon of both incredible quality and incredible sportsmanship.

(ironically a great Arsenal manager) Arsenal Football Club has ALWAYS been upheld as the icon of a superbly run club.

Elicia is not someone whom responsible members of the public would accept as an icon of motherhood.

Jeep brand has always been famous as an icon of freedom and expression, so no wonder why the brand has brought us a brand new line - up at a good price deal.

President Mahama said as an icon of democracy and successful elections, Ghana would continue to blaze the political trail by ensuring that only the best and positive political practices were implemented to further deepen its democratic credentials.

The magnificent building which is situated in Wa off the Wa - Kaleo Road is being described by many as an icon of a health facility in the Upper West Region.

The Pavilion keeps us connected to that history while it also serves as an icon of Queens that is recognized around the world.

Now the house — which floats atop a junk - filled river on a base of plastic bottles — is being touted as an icon of sustainable development.

She is celebrated internationally as an icon of fashion...

(NaturalHealth365) Connecting from the ribs and breastbone all the way down to the pubic bone, the «six pack» muscle or rectus abdominus is worshiped as the icon of fitness in our culture.

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If the increasingly rebellious people of his country see Katniss as an icon of revolution in the way she essentially broke the rules of her time in the Games then she could lead them to a coup.

It's also the second, and more successful, of two attempts from Davis and then - husband director Renny Harlin to usher in the Oscar winner as an icon of female action.

Thinking of your place as an icon of Hong Kong cinema, I also think of stars like Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Jackie Chan.

I searched the globe for years and had many adventures until an ancient homeless man on the London underground spotted it over 10 years ago and recognised it as the icon of a game controller.

Dickinson may have been a proto - feminist, but the film is hardly a resurrection of the 19th - century poet as an icon of social justice — surely one market - friendly direction this project could have taken — but rather a hard look at the contours of her sequestered social universe, and how those sometimes limiting parameters nevertheless fueled her work.

The project traces Bridges» construction as an icon of the civil rights movement, unearths an institutional history of Frantz Elementary, and investigates how Akili navigates the history of its home today.

The BMW 3 Series is the founder of the modern sports sedan segment and has been fêted as an icon of this vehicle class for 40 years.

With a total of 14,022 units the Gallardo is not only by far the most - built Lamborghini, it ranks among the most successful super sports cars — and has long since established itself as an icon of Italian design and the art of automotive engineering.