Sentences with phrase «century icons as»

Waddington's personal collection featured many of the artists the dealer most admired — including such 20th - century icons as Alexander Calder, Agnes Martin and Jean Dubuffet — as well as works by the contemporary artists he represented.

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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates (and 20th century's other creative icon - Walt Disney) shared the same blind spot: They suggested execution executives as their successors.

A sea of Catholic devotees jostle for position as they try to touch the life - size statue of the Black Nazarene as it arrive at the Quiapo Church during the annual procession in honor of the centuries - old icon of Jesus Christ in Manila on January 9, 2013.

Major icons of the transfiguration, moreover, such as the sixth - century mosaics in the apse of the monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai and St. Apollinaris Church in Ravenna, or the 14th - century icons of Andrei Rublev and Theophane the Greek, did not just reflect but substantially contributed to the development of Byzantine theology.

Besançon first earned his reputation as a historian of Soviet politics and of Russian nationalism (toward both of which he entertains understandably dim views), and he thinks that the Russian nationalists of the nineteenth century, among their other sins, killed the genre of icon «painting when they began to praise the icon's superiority over Western art.

From the vestments (which are really nothing more than the Fourth Century CE court clothing of the Eastern Roman Empire), the canonized saints (which are essentially «Christian» demigods that replaced the pagan pantheon), the numerous feast days and holy days (which replaced pagan holidays), the statues and painted icons (which replaced pagan idols), and the episcopal structure (in which «third sons» of landed aristocrats who had no hope of inheriting their fathers» titles and lands could become «princes of the church» with as much worldly comfort as the «first sons» and almost as much wealth and power), the Anglican Church was practically indistinguishable from the Roman Church except that they used English in the Mass instead of Latin.

Toward the end of Ut Unum Sint, John Paul cites some of the questions that must be addressed in conversation with the communities issuing from the tragic divisions of the sixteenth century: (1) The relationship between Sacred Scripture, as the highest authority in matters of faith, and Sacred Tradition, as indispensable to the interpretation of the Word of God; (2) The Eucharist as the Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ, an offering of praise to the Father, the sacrificial memorial and Real Presence of Christ and the sanctifying outpouring of the Holy Spirit; (3) Ordination, as a Sacrament, to the threefold ministry of the episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate; (4) The Magisterium of the Church, entrusted to the pope and the bishops in communion with him, understood as a responsibility and an authority exercised in the name of Christ for teaching and safeguarding the faith; (5) The Virgin Mary, as Mother of God and Icon of the Church, the spiritual Mother who intercedes for Christ's disciples and for all humanity.

-- Deepak Chopra, Bestselling Author (heralded by Time magazine as one of the top heroes and icons of the century)

He continues, «I want to tell the story of Norma Jean as a central figure in a fairytale; an orphan child lost in the woods of Hollywood, being consumed by that great icon of the twentieth century.»

This biopic about such an unconventional subject who died nearly half a century ago and has been revived by Ms. Herrara's book and raised to icon status including first - name celebrity recognition, called for a script that wasn't as straightforward.

But just as Warner Bros. and Lionsgate are respectively surging ahead with the latest from Stallone and Schwarzenegger, 20th Century Fox surely felt a boost of confidence pushing Die Hard in the current film landscape, where musclebound»80s icons are giving many folks déjà vu.

Dickinson may have been a proto - feminist, but the film is hardly a resurrection of the 19th - century poet as an icon of social justice — surely one market - friendly direction this project could have taken — but rather a hard look at the contours of her sequestered social universe, and how those sometimes limiting parameters nevertheless fueled her work.

It is said that a horror director will cast you as a victim because he admires you — or, in this case, because he admires your hypothetical camp value — but I can't help but sense some rage in the targets Mancini chooses: Set loose in La - La Land, the doll family goes on to kill unworthy pop stars (a Britney Spears look - alike), icons of cinematic change (John Waters — himself much more talented with the whole camp thing — here playing a doomed paparazzo), and pretentious, unlikely filmmakers of the 21st century (rap artist Redman, standing in for Mel Gibson -LRB-!)

About a half - century later, long after the Mini Cooper had established itself as an icon, John Cooper's son, Michael, launched John Cooper Works out of Sussex, England, and started popping performance parts for production Minis.

The historic Caribbean Motel is widely regarded as the quintessential icon of «Doo Wop» architecture in the New Jersey beach resort community of The Wildwoods — home to the largest surviving collection of mid-20th century commercial beach resort architecture in North America.

This water temple has stood as an icon of exoticism and Balinese culture for centuries.

The Swarovski Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon is to be given to Howard Hodgkin for his presence as a central figure in contemporary art for over half a century.

The Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon award was given to Joan Jonas for her presence as a central figure in contemporary art for over half a century.

Testament to his vision, most that came on board with Arne have stayed, including 20th century canonical icons such as Robert Ryman, the estate of Agnes Martin, Chuck Close, Jean Dubuffet, Zhang Xiaogang and Willem de Kooning.

While Emily Carr remains a national icon, she has now begun to be appreciated as an important twentieth - century artist, as witnessed by her inclusion in several recent major exhibitions.

It includes pieces by 20th - century icons Josef Albers, Alexander Calder, Milton Avery, Agnes Martin, Francis Picabia and Jean Dubuffet, as well as works by many of the contemporary artists he represented, and with whom he developed enduring friendships.

A preview of artistic duo Walter & Zoniel's new series, The Untouched, reviving a nineteenth - century technique known as tintype, reflects this with life - size portraits of British icons displayed in the Stamp Staircase alongside a video of the artists» process.

As well as paintings by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol, Christie's will showcase an extraordinary grouping of works by Jasper Johns, including one of the most famous icons of 20th Century art, Jasper Johns» Flag (Estimate: $ 10,000,000 - 15,000,000As well as paintings by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol, Christie's will showcase an extraordinary grouping of works by Jasper Johns, including one of the most famous icons of 20th Century art, Jasper Johns» Flag (Estimate: $ 10,000,000 - 15,000,000as paintings by Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol, Christie's will showcase an extraordinary grouping of works by Jasper Johns, including one of the most famous icons of 20th Century art, Jasper Johns» Flag (Estimate: $ 10,000,000 - 15,000,000).

By the 1960s and 1970s, his well - known images of the Twentieth Century Fox logo, gas stations, and other icons of American culture — as well as his association with the renowned Ferus Gallery group — had established him a leader in the West Coast Pop art movement.

As part of Modern Masters: 20th Century Icons from the Albright - Knox Art Gallery, we had the pleasure of installing a very large and impressive Jackson Pollock painting.

As the title suggests, the exhibition addresses 21st - century Nature, explored as a surviving model, a stimulating yet melancholy icon, or else an image mediated by the digital culturAs the title suggests, the exhibition addresses 21st - century Nature, explored as a surviving model, a stimulating yet melancholy icon, or else an image mediated by the digital culturas a surviving model, a stimulating yet melancholy icon, or else an image mediated by the digital culture.

Recognised as a forefather of conceptual art and a remarkable documentarian of human diversity, Sander's pivotal and lifelong project, People of the 20th Century, has inspired generations of photographers, including notable icons such as Diane Arbus, Walker Evans and Bernd & Hilla Becher.

James Young, in his book At Memory's Edge, describes these changes as «a metamorphosis of the monument from the heroic, self - aggrandizing figurative icons of the late nineteenth century celebrating national ideals and triumphs to the anti-heroic, often ironic, and self - effacing conceptual installations.»

Throughout these discussions with Obrist, in which architects and artists such as Rem Koolhaas and Gustav Metzger also participate, this icon of twentieth - century culture shows herself to be a generous and smart personality, and a multifaceted artist of enormous influence.

Modern Masters: 20th Century Icons from the Albright - Knox Art Gallery will bring together about 70 iconic artworks by Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Georgia O'Keeffe, Salvador Dalí, Frida Kahlo, and Andy Warhol as well as one of Jackson Pollock's finest drip paintings.

This richly illustrated survey spans the artist's prolific career from the early Flag and Target paintings — which were central to establishing his reputation as a major young artist in the mid 1950s, and have since become icons of twentieth century art — to the compelling compositions of the recent «Catenary» series - works that testify to Johns's continuing artistic ambition at the start of the twenty first century.

Switching to a career in fine art from his dream of becoming a commercial artist, Ed Ruscha first came into prominence in the early 60s with his large word paintings and paintings of commercial icons, such as Twentieth Century Fox and Standard Station, that related in manner and style to the nascent Pop art movement.

As an icon of beauty and object of desire, the blonde has captivated the American public for nearly a century.

His work was then based on long established styles and subjects favored by such European Modernists as Pablo Picasso and Paul Klee, as well as on kitschy icons of 19th - century American painting such as Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware (1851).

As a grand icon of a bygone era, she constitutes an imaginary projection plane for the Romantic yearnings and desires of the 21st century.

Just as a reminder of how un-invested the United States is in energy inquiry, I can't resist republishing a graph that has become an icon here on Dot Earth — a portrait of half a century of federal investment in basic civilian research and development (provided by Kei Koizumi of the Office of Science and Technology Policy):

That list includes two of the most infamous, discredited scientist - activists of the 20th Century — Carson, whose fake analysis led to the global ban on DDT that has caused millions of deaths from malaria, and Ehrlich, whose absurd visions of a «population bomb» laid the foundation for China's horrific One Child policy.34 The third icon listed by Brulle, Barry Commoner, was far better known as a political activist and «eco-socialist» presidential candidate than as a scientist.

As we approached the design process with Ford, which had decided to invest $ 2 billion over 20 years to transform the Rouge into an icon of 21st century industry, many wondered if a blue chip company with a sharp focus on the bottom line could take a step toward something truly new and inspiring.

We noted here recently the surprising transition of a civil liberties icon — the layoff of Nat Hentoff after half a century as a columnist for The Village Voice.