Sentences with phrase «by old mythologies»

It's haunted by old mythologies and out - of - date thinking, which directly reflect the lack of an evidence base for rescue.

Not exact matches

Living by these 2000 year old mythologies in today's nuclear world is absolutely absurd.

Some people don't like the notion of a universe forming from quantum foam, but, instead, would much rather imagine a god forming the universe, which is why we have thousands of creation myths, including the two biblical ones, the one written by the Priestly Source in Genesis 1 and the older creation myth written by the Jahwist in Genesis 2, which borrow from older Sumerian mythology.

Some people don't like the notion of a universe forming from quantum foam, but, instead, would much rather imagine a god forming the universe, which is why we have thousands of creation myths, including the two biblical ones, the one written by the Priestly Source in Genesis 1 and the older creation myth written by the Jahwist in Genesis 2, myths which borrow from older Sumerian mythology.

When one looks at the various Christian beliefs that were once firmly believed — Adam and Eve, Noah's flood, people living to be 700 or 900 years old, the Red Sea splitting, water turning into wine, a talking snake, a man living in a whale's belly, people rising from the dead, Jesus driving demons out of people and into pigs — but which are now acknowledged by most thinking people to be mere mythology, it is pretty hard to give a lot of credibility to what's left.

African American leaders, African American sports stars, Artists, Baby names inspired by great American men, Children's books, Classic, Disney characters, Elegant baby names, Famous writers, Military heroes, Musicians, Mythology, Old - fashioned, Oscar winners, Saints, Shakespeare, Short and sweet, U.S. presidents

The essential characters are rounded out by Brendan Gleeson's dour sheriff, Oliver Platt's rich and eccentric mythology buff, and Betty White as the colorful local little old lady with a secret or two.

From the old — Forest Whitaker (Ghost Dog, The Last King of Scotland, Rogue One)-- to the new — breakout star and Academy Award nominee Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out)-- Black Panther celebrates its blackness by filling every nook and cranny of the film with African symbolism, mythology, and memorabilia, in addition to its host of talent with their multitude of African roots.

Understanding what could be meant by the title of the series goes some way towards understanding the structure of the story's cosmology, here a future - scape where the only distinct characters are bounty hunters and the fugitives that they hunt, sometimes with the help of a gloriously cheesy television program that apes reality shows on the one hand (and the Japanese have a long history of outrageous television that no number of «Fear Factor «s can approach), but more trenchantly, the Japanese infatuation with the mythology of the American Old West.

The fairy tale of the Boy Wonder, discovered by an older artist or discerning patron, usually in the guise of a lowly shepherd boy, has been a stock - in - trade of artistic mythology ever since Vasari immortalized the young Giotto, discovered by the great Cimabue while the lad was guarding his flocks, drawing sheep on a stone; Cimabue, overcome with admiration by the realism of the drawing, immediately invited the humble youth to be his pupil.7 Through some mysterious coincidence, later artists including Beccafumi, Andrea Sansovino, Andrea del Castagno, Mantegna, Zurbaran and Goya were all discovered in similar pastoral circumstances.

Partially in response to an exhibition at the Jewish Museum, Artists of the New York School: Second Generation (1957), organized by Meyer Schapiro, which included twenty - three artists, not one of them affiliated with the Tanager, gallery members at the Tanager spent five years developing what they envisioned as their own New York project, a series of five two - week exhibitions organized around five themes: Old Masters, nature departed, natured observed, paint, and personal mythology.

Influenced by Reginald Marsh, the artist explored the mythology, American History, and folklore, paying homage to the old masters.

By integrating new and old materials, Bearden created complex narratives that were often inspired by the African American experience, mythology and religion; many of his works have titles with origins in literature and music, two lifelong passionBy integrating new and old materials, Bearden created complex narratives that were often inspired by the African American experience, mythology and religion; many of his works have titles with origins in literature and music, two lifelong passionby the African American experience, mythology and religion; many of his works have titles with origins in literature and music, two lifelong passions.

Drawing from the legacies of the European Old Masters and Christian iconography, as well as mythology and cultural lore, the artist layers existing histories with new narratives suggested by contemporary world events to create a psychological terrain of pathos, tenderness and repulsion.

One of the most respected Old Masters, and one of the foremost artists in Rome during the era of Baroque art, French painter Nicolas Poussin was greatly influenced by historical Greek and Roman mythology, and as a result abandoned mainstream Baroque painting in his early 30s, preferring to develop his own unique style of classicism.

On this week's episode, Chris dropped by the kitchen to talk about his recent solo exhibition at Sargent's Daughters, his fascination with science fiction book covers, working on found materials, a love of the Dutch old masters, wrestling with making funny work, childhood terrors, mythologies, and the time he and his brother were driving a van and then it exploded.

The two galleries have set up a Michelin Star - quality pop - up restaurant in the cavernous Old Vic Tunnels, near Waterloo, which also serve as the background for a Greek mythology - inspired exhibition by Lazarides's artists (including Stanley Donwood, Antony Micallef, and Doug Foster).

Like it's some arcane, arbitrarily constructed body of knowledge that can be disputed by anybody who don't think it «feels» right, and should take a backseat to Old Testament mythologies.