Sentences with phrase «by incongruous»

His clipped humour and clarity is only exaggerated by the incongruous, brilliantly paired photo backdrops.

Blinded by the form that is nothing more than a pretext, bothered by the incongruous and vulgar supports, the spectator will sometimes be thrown off course.

In one gallery, flat black paintings of circular or triangular or rectangular forms are contained by incongruous wood edges that define deep shadows around the picture.

Abstract forms are both represented and undermined by incongruous perspective or colour scheme.

In the midst of the artworks live piano music is heard — played according to precise instructions from the artist and witnessed by an incongruous marathon runner who periodically passes through the museum.

Not exact matches

Sentiments that are incongruous with the second century B.C. are proposed» usually by the brothers» wives» without being explicitly endorsed.

As a brother caught in an incongruous world, I was, by their efforts, loved but not led to healing.

It may seem incongruous to review a book by a reigning Pope alongside a novel by a writer famed for her Vampire Chronicles, but both bring us face to face with the mystery of the Incarnation.

«Mohamed» by any spelling is equally incongruous as a boy's name in Great Britain.

By confronting the spontaneous religious constructions with the results of natural science, philosophy can also eliminate doctrines that are now known to be scientifically absurd or incongruous.

When there emerges into consciousness an object coupled with an incongruous affect, then one can investigate association paths, argue from the incongruous to the initial object of the affect, and conclude that this combination of initial object and affect has been inhibited by repression.

That God's love, manifest in diverse ways throughout the duration of the universe, might come to a full and unsurpassable self - expression in an individual human being who lived and died in the Middle East almost two thousand years ago does not seem incongruous with what we now understand about the nature of an evolving universe, especially if we regard religion as a phenomenon emergent from the universe rather than just something done on the earth by cosmically homeless human subjects.

Though the thinking of our animistic ancestors may seem to us naïve, it remains true that a multitude of whimsical gods, so constituted that they are likely to be pleased or displeased by almost anything, is not incongruous with the welter of man's joys and miseries, befalling him, at least when superficially observed, with irrational capriciousness.

Since the occasions that make up the universe are themselves through and through experiential by nature, there is nothing incongruous in our holding that the creative ground of the universe is also the ultimate experiencing recipient of the events of world process.

Is it the players who are failing to come to terms with the system deployed by their manager or, is the system incongruous to Arsenal's style of football given the kind of players Wenger has at his disposal?

The people, almost 2,000 in number, are millionaires and manual laborers, businessmen and farmers — an incongruous group made one by an age - old preoccupation with the perfection of fine dogwork.

Tory Boyz, which Graham wrote in 2008 but has now revived for a run by the National Youth Theatre at the Ambassadors Theatre, is equally as incongruous for modern theatre - goers.

Let's be honest, this Akufo - Addo inspired Suspension is the worst thing that has ever happened to the party and the reasons predicated for this gross impudence by Akufo - Addo are so bizzare and incongruous.»

It's an unapologetically over-the-top premise that, although employed to exceedingly entertaining effect within the book, inevitably results in a middling cinematic endeavor, as Howard - working from a script by David Koepp and Akiva Goldsman - emphasizes a consistent tone of reverence that proves an incongruous match with the comparatively light - hearted nature of Brown's eponymous bestseller.

The film's padded - out vibe is compounded by an assortment of oddly incongruous subplots, with the best and most apt example of this everything revolving around Dylan's Alzheimer's - afflicted father (Richard Jenkins, in an admittedly stirring performance).

The score, by Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury, shifts effectively between incongruous acoustic guitar and oppressive breathing - synth sounds that I associate with Denis Villeneuve's Arrival — a film with which Annihilation shares more than a few elements.

The film, also written by Blair, manages an impressive balancing act in term of its tricky, quicksilver tone, which constantly oscillates between foreboding, menacing, hilarity and absurdity without ever feeling incongruous.

by Bill Chambers David Lindsay - Abaire is the poor man's Tom Stoppard and Jason Bateman smothered whatever vulgar charms his directorial debut Bad Words may have possessed in an incongruous autumnal burnish, but they have a neutralizing effect on each other: Together, the strained seriousness of the former and the preposterous seriousness of the latter (Bateman shoots this one like The Godfather) create a curiously palatable harmony.

In short, expository flashbacks cast Angela's awkwardness in a new light even before the justly - famous closing image, one of the most baffling and incongruous climaxes in a genre known and celebrated by devotees for its WTF factor.

An over-scaled purple people eater and disaster of silly - looking CGI character design, voiced with a pleasingly incongruous sensitivity by Brolin — this big bad guy from outer space jumps around dimensions gathering magic space rocks to fit into a hilarious tin glove that will grant him infinite powers once the collection is complete.

Ford Prefect (Mos Def) is black, and decidedly odder than the original; Zaphod Beeblebrox now conceals his second head beneath the first, and is played with hyperkinetic gusto by Sam Rockwell as a President of the Universe whose patent idiocy recalls one or two Presidents much closer to home; Marvin the eeyore - like Android (voiced by Alan Rickman) has a cute appearance comically incongruous with his deeply depressive nature; and Trillian (Zooey Deschanel), the well - nigh disposable token female of the original radio show, has been elevated up to a genuine love - interest for dressing - gowned hero Arthur Dent (Martin «The Office» Freeman capably taking over from Simon Jones — although Jones turns up briefly as a «ghostly image»).

Its incongruous architecture, reclaimed by nature, and hostile automatons reflect Nier: Automata.

The story of how the warrior Moses, highly favoured adopted son of the Pharoah Seti (played with papery, sun - dried quaveriness by an entirely incongruous John Turturro), is denied a potentially priceless inheritance when his Hebrew origins are revealed, is a plot driver of Sopranos - like dimensions (below, left to right, Christian Bale, John Turturro, Sigourney Weaver and Joel Edgerton).

Despite the film being initially driven by the New Vision (a revolutionary movement of writing that defies rules, boundaries, and authority), Kill Your Darlings looses track, falling into this bizarre, incongruous murder mystery.

The narrative is partly driven by the culture shock produced by Everett's incongruous arrival in the rural Irish outback, a bit like those recent scenes of President Obama quaffing Guinness in the Emerald Isle except transplanted to the set of Father Ted, and partly by the impudent, ambiguous, seemingly indolent figure of Boyle.

Maybe not the happiest shape in the 911's long evolution — the «fried egg» headlights always looked like an aesthetic aberration — the on - road presence of Mark's car is further suppressed by its rather murky navy blue paintwork, while the caramel - coloured interior is a tad incongruous.

All of the sporty look is on the outside — the interior is as nice as you've specified by choosing either the LT or Premier trim levels, meaning that your wicked - looking, urban street - inspired Tahoe can feature incongruous fake wood trim on the inside.

At the same time, these same fabulous designs were often ruined by the restrictive federal crash requirements in the States, requiring installation of bulky, incongruous bumpers.

As incongruous as it might seem to start a weeklong road trip solo, the me time allows your narrator to absorb the G90's curiously quiet cabin while framed by the gloriously expansive California desert.

Any piece of art worked on by a group of artists will be incongruous and strange.

This common cause of fore - limb lameness occurs in many large breeds and is caused by several possible defects, including osteochondrosis and an incongruous growth rate between the radius and ulnar of the fore - arm.

Elbow Dysplasia — This common cause of fore - limb lameness occurs in many large breeds and is caused by several possible defects, including osteochondrosis and an incongruous growth rate between the radius and ulnar of the fore - arm.

Flores, the island given an incongruous Portuguese name by its 16th - century colonists, has become Indonesia's «Next Big Thing».

Given that the game is burdened by the weight of reality through Senua's movement and the level of detail, the mission seems incongruous.

Inspired by filmmakers such as Werner Herzog, Jim Jarmusch, and Béla Tarr, Cheng's subsequent films and videos often registered his curiosity as he observed the overlooked and incongruous aspects of everyday life and chronicled his interactions with remote and historic sites.

Marked by their luxuriant use of materials, different styles, and incongruous combinations — like an eggshell nesting in a bronze tablet — the objects sit on the floor with an air of nonchalance.

The figures in his delicate, sly and playful world are almost invariably focused on an event, animated by a mutual curiosity, pointing out something that is odd, incongruous or comically strange.

In this incongruous juxtaposition, Smith tacitly comments on an inconvenient issue: species extinction by unintentional human consumption of the natural world.

By Robert C. Morgan Over the decades, David Hammons's aesthetic originality has maintained relevance through his oblique use of materials and subtle manner of transmitting meaning through seemingly incongruous, yet fertile combinations of objet trouvés.

Less synchronised are the anarchically incongruous experiments depicted in Mooing Here and Now, 2014, a work filled with loose ends and unexpected turns: a deep - sea diver fastens an industrial milking device to a garlanded cow; a marauding elephant, its intentions toward another floored cow unclear, is fired at from above by a soldier - cum - scientist.

Work No. 135 by Martin Creed, is a protrusion that grows from and becomes part of the wall itself, finished in the same material and painted white so that it appears simultaneously at home and incongruous.

Because the works «take by force a structure that was on the verge of asserting itself» (as Felix Guattari wrote on George Condo's paintings in an early text, 1990), they generate disquieted and often humorous images: incongruous, absurd, anachronistic, kitsch, regressive or hybrid works.

Inspired by objects and the body language of daily life, Martin Kersels builds not only staged spaces where body and machine interact, but also animated sculptures producing incongruous actions and sounds.

The encounter is complicated by the inclusion of printer - paper images taped willy - nilly to the sides that layer incongruous odds and ends — clover flowers, nesting dishes, a garden, (memories, or clues?).

By reversing hierarchies of foreground and background and making incongruous compositional choices, both artists upend pictorial conventions and invite viewers to consider painting's inherent falsity while acknowledging its potential as a catalyst for communication and ideation.