Sentences with phrase «between classical mythology»

The museum describes Bearden's series as «rich in symbolism and allegorical content» creating «an artistic bridge between classical mythology and African - American culture.»

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This distinction between the scientific world view and its extension as a mythological Weltanschauung would, logically, apply to the classical mythology also.

And there is something like the heft of classical mythology in the resolution of their tale: in how the film is nearly a three - hour Mexican standoff between the three as they shuffle through betrayals and deceits and cheats and being horrible to those they love in the name of that love.

In true revisionist Western style, he wavers back and forth between amoral mercenary desires and noble actions — he's not classical Hollywood's Western hero, but he draws on that mythology, breathing new life into the genre.

Mr. Twombly painted vast canvases marked by smears of paint, half - erased graffiti, random scratches and occasional lines of poetry that evoked a connection between the world of classical mythology and the vibrant street culture of modern life.

In the Black Odyssey series, Bearden establishes an artistic bridge between Homer's poem — arguably the definitive work of classical mythology — and African - American culture by depicting Homeric characters as black players on the timeless stage of antiquity.