Sentences with phrase «by stark light»

The result is an unusual slowness and fluidity of pace, a rhythm gently at odds with the large - scale close - ups nearly abstracted by stark light and shadow.

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God wants humanity to understand that nothing and nobody is beyond the scope of His redemptive purposes, and so by sending Jesus as the fulfillment of the most violent of religious texts, God not only revealed Himself by way of a stark contrast to that violence, but also showed how to reinterpret and understand those violent events in light of the self - sacrificial God dying on the cross for the sins of the whole world.

It is built on sand, surrounded by high barbed wire, the stark grounds spiked with immensely tall lighting poles that cast an alien sodium vapor glare at midnight: a Stanley Kubrick set for a futuristic nightmare.

The point of my [1992 book] What Robots Can and Can't Be can be distilled to this stark but, by my lights, accurate claim: We are sliding inexorably toward a time when AI will supply — despite demanding tests of «unmasking» [like the movie's Voight — Kampff test]-- creatures behaviorally indistinguishable from human persons, such as Blade Runner's replicants.

By stark contrast, grand breakthrough discoveries happen when you are, for instance, a penniless patent clerk in Switzerland, daydreaming about elevators moving near the speed of light.

I was particularly inspired by Chris's father's wood pile with its light dusting of snow and rich tones against the stark white.

Stunning bathroom boasts upper walls painted pale gray and lower walls clad in linear gray tiled wainscoting accented with black pencil tiles alongside a 2 leg washstand with black marble top under a mosaic marble tiled niche and rectangular pivot mirror lit by long box sconce atop black hex tiled floor with stark white grout.

McQueen, an acclaimed artist and director of 2008's prize - winning «Hunger,» which also starred Fassbender, heightens the mood of numb despair by using long takes, cool tones and stark lighting.

«Macbeth» is a stark, ferocious adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy from «Snowtown» director Justin Kurzel, «Steve Jobs» is a punchy biopic of the Apple computer whizz from Danny Boyle and «The Light Between Oceans» is a gloomy melodrama directed by Derek Cianfrance of «Blue Valentine» fame.

Shot by Jody Lee Lipes («Martha Marcy May Marlene»), «Bluebird» has a beautifully stark and disquieting look full of grain, dark contrast and low - lit light that isn't afraid to look unpretty.

The first immediate departures from Chris Columbus's take on the material are aesthetic; in stark contrast to Columbus's cleanly arranged sets and frames, Alfonso Cuaron's world is grimy, shady, and more reactive to light and darkness, although he's more than willing to shake up the color palette by throwing in a red, pink, or green before the whole thing starts to look like a high - budget Uncle Vanya.

From the lush gardens of Versailles to the lights and gaiety of Paris, the verdant countryside of France, and finally the stark and terrifying isolation of a prison cell, the young queen's life is joyful, poignant, and harrowing by turns.

The white sculptures metaphorically employ the light of dawn and expose all of their fragments by casting subtle shade, in stark contrast to Nevelson's black sculptures, which absorb light and enfold their key elements in mystery.

Boomoon attributes the crystalline clarity of his reductive monochromes to the stark purity of northerly light, saying: «The direction that interests me most in my work is North: it seems to offer landscapes that are the least contaminated by words and meaning.»

Her series Changing Luminosity was inspired by the play of light in the urban landscape - the flickering reflection of colourful fairground lights on rain washed surfaces, or the stark contrast of moving traffic lights, bouncing on windows and buildings, against the night sky.

The large - scale installation is over-illuminated by stark LED lights radiating from within, probing one to speculate on the impenetrable contents of the house.

by Tara Plath In stark contrast to white walls and light patchwork floorboards, the sculptures of Lionel Maunz shade the space of Bureau in New York.

Light filters softly through large windows covered by shades, illuminating a room in which everything is stark white, from the brick walls to the floors and furniture.

Seattle / Shanghai is a small, meditative exhibition, dimly lit and buzzing with a low and warm frequency, in stark contrast to the Frye's last exhibition of brassy paintings by Franz von Stuck.

Elizabeth Livingston's most recent body of work evokes all the same cinematic emphasis on visual scrutiny, moments of false security, and entrapment by employing hyper - detailed patterns of juxtaposed fabric to adorn her subjects against stark planes of color and narrative light.

We are greeted by a warm light quite different to the stark cold white one often associated with contemporary galleries.

In this luminous diptych by British light artist Chris Levine, supermodel Kate Moss is depicted against a stark white background.

Also included is Andy Warhol's Little Electric Chair, 1964 that Twombly traded directly with the artist, a cerulean blue in stark contrast with the dark silkscreen inks and, two rare early works by Bruce Nauman, including one of only three Light Trap photographs, William T. Wiley or Ray Johnson Trap, 1967.

In «Funeral Mountain,» the stark southwestern landscape with its powerful white light is both recreated with and obliterated by oil paint.

The survey results are even starker in light of research that shows increasing numbers of consumers are trying to save money by opting out of collision and comprehensive insurance, particularly for older vehicles.

The imposing monolithic structure with its stark silhouette is offset by the organic sculptural flow of the heat sink and the beautifully lit volume control and central divide.

By mixing wine red and black with white, this kitchen has managed to achieve a modern look with out feeling too cool and stark - the red warms up the black and the white keeps the room feeling light and airy.

Unfortunately my duplex is one of five in our community of 23 with gray comp roofs instead of some version of brown and through a poor choice by the Paint Committee, my house got painted a stark cold white with dark cold grey trim on the brick while the over gray roofs got a soft warm white or cream that blends well with the shades of beige and light gold in all the other houses — too bad, my lot — however, we get repainted in 2019 and I will definitely speak my piece armed with pix and other ammunition.

Recessed ceiling lights show a large portrait by David Bromley to best effect and a stark aluminium chair complements the clean lines.