Sentences with phrase «by stelae»
The Great Plaza is probably the most spectacular part of the Tikal ruins, surrounded by stelae, carved altars, ceremonial buildings, palaces and a ball court.
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Nim Li Punit lacks the architectural scale of Lubaantun but complements the latter by virtue of its concentration of sculpted stelae.
La Milpa is the third largest Maya site in Belize (after Caracol and Lamanai) and includes more than 20 courtyards, 19 stelae, 2 ball courts, 4 temple pyramids (the largest almost 79 feet high) and over 85 structures, with the Great Plaza being one of the largest public spaces constructed by the Maya.
With a palette of muted reds, blues, greens, and grays, the works are inspired by Chinese steles — monumental stone slabs carved with religious inscriptions dating back to AD 800.
«Martyrdom,» an oil on canvas still life / stele by Eduardo Alvarado, speaks quietly about spiritual and historical references in a tone that Nathan Oliveira would have admired.
A sculpture by Barbara Chase - Riboud, whose bronze and fabric steles are on view at the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in New York this fall, is divided horizontally, with a fabric skirt seeming to bear the enormous weight of a bronze torso.
-- If You Go: Marian Goodman Gallery presents solo exhibition by Julie Mehretu Hoodnyx, Voodoo and Stelae September 22 — October 29, 2016 Opening reception: Thursday, September 22nd, 6 - 8 pm 24 W 57th St # 4, New York, NY 10019 Phone: (212) 977-7160 www.mariangoodman.com
The Negus said: Give me the lion, keep the stele is a performative reading of an eponymous text piece by Patrizio Di Massimo (b. 1983, Italy).
Moroles has strong representation in Dallas which include commissions by the Belo Corporation, Stele Gateway, 1995, made with Fredericksburg granite; the Latino Cultural Center, Granite Weaving, 2001 made with Dakota Mahogany Granite; and three works installed at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Her votive stelae are transformed depictions of the Greek «Moschophoros» (Calf - Bearer) of the 6th century BC, found on the Acropolis of Athens in the so - called Perserschutt (the rubble of the architecture and sculptures destroyed by the Persians in 480 BC).
Three smaller side - chapel - like galleries are devoted to a progression of artists with Minimalist leanings: the colored steles of Anne Truitt, the slathered process paintings of Ms. Heilmann and finally a series of big, stuttering black inkjet X's on white linen by Wade Guyton that pledge allegiance to painting while crossing their fingers behind their backs.
The night's second - highest price was fetched by Alberto Giacometti's Stele III, a bronze sculpture with the bust of his brother Diego atop a column.
The block - like forms, looking as if carved in stone, correspond with the contemporaneous vertical, statuesque stelae of the Personnages group of sculptures, and can be seen as representations of people who were close to her but no longer by her side after she left her French homeland for America.
Two of the most anticipated fall exhibitions in New York presented new work by Julie Mehretu («Hoodnyx, Voodoo, and Stelae» at Marian Goodman gallery), and Rashid Johnson («Fly Away» at Hauser & Wirth gallery).