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Whether formulated by Durkheim (a system of beliefs and practices related to sacred things), by Weber (that which finally makes events meaningful), or by Tillich (whatever is of ultimate concern) religion in its «classical» sense refers not so much to labels on a church building as to the imagery (myth, theology, and so forth) by which people make sense of their lives — their «moral architecture,» if you will.6 That human beings differ in their sensitivity to and success in this matter of «establishing meaning» there can be no doubt.

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The Swedish film blends situational comedy, buoyant classical music, and gorgeous snowy mountain imagery to tell the story of a family on a five day ski vacation in the French Alps who have a scary encounter with an avalanche.

The work takes inspiration in part from classical imagery: The artist finds resonance in both representational Catholic iconography as well as the architectural forms of European Gothic and Islamic architecture, while recent praise in the New York Times places her in a complex lineage with both Georgia O'Keefe and Judy Chicago.

The three artists render Hindu gods and goddesses in modern and contemporary forms to refresh the classical imagery, resituate the deities in the viewers» frame of reference, and ensure their applicability in new eras.

In a statement, Thomas's newest dealer described her rhinestone - embellished works thus: «Drawing from a long study of art history and the classical genres of portraiture, landscape and still life, Thomas» political and pop - culturally infused imagery explores constructed notions of identity and the self.

From «Mother» (2017 — 2018), three new large - scale oil paintings, which borrow their imagery from Disney films, are shown in conjunction with a painted steel sculpture of a female nude in a classical twisted pose.

His works» anthropomorphic references and undercurrents of doom, both in the imagery and in titles sourced from classical mythology, invoked enduring ideological quandaries.

Gardner ties in imagery from classical painting to open up the historical perspectives while simultaneously asserting his contemporary identity into the history of art.

The oversized canvases, abundance of materials used, and divergent techniques in which collaged media and imagery were sourced from classical and contemporary culture then applied effusively in a thickly layered manner are characteristics of Schnabel's continued exploration of painting itself.

The exhibition is arranged in two parts, the first responding classical art, the second examining religious imagery and beliefs.

Whereas the artists of the Renaissance, for example, had been steeped in Classical history, mythology and the Bible, the artists of the modern era had been progressively schooled in the visual imagery of mass culture, which thus formed the chief substance of their own internal image banks.

Seamlessly blending pop cultural imagery, color theory, and psychology, Yuskavage draws on classical and modern painterly techniques and, in particular, marshals color as a conduit for complex psychological constructs.

The imagery in this new tapestry reflects Ofili's ongoing interest in classical mythology and contemporary «demigods», together with the stories, magic and colour of the Trinidadian landscape he inhabits.

«Sexualization of the human body has been an ongoing theme throughout art history, from breast imagery in churches to classical female archetypes,» explains Ysabel Pinyol, curator of the exhibition and Curatorial Director of Mana Contemporary.

The work shown in Merge Visible opens a new discourse for Loesch with a series of large and small - scale paintings which explore the interplay between digital imagery and classical painting technique.

I want to uproot the imagery from the classical and European contexts, and place it in a contemporary, global context, leaving it up to viewers to interpret it from their own perspectives,» Rana says.

Strategies range from queering pre-Columbian cosmology or hybridizing Mayan and classical European pottery to recycling imagery from currencies that failed in the face of globalization.

The featured works largely discard conventional notions of formal restraint and classical refinement in favor of a tactile and often sexual exploration of painted imagery.

Above all, what emerges from Lüpertz's diverse work is a profound love of painting, particularly in the «Arcadia» series, which is stepped in Classical imagery.

Inspired by the gems, sculptures, or jewelry at the Met, she often incorporates classical and ancient imagery in her works on paper, sculptures, and textiles.

During the early 1960s, following his first showing at the New York gallery of Leo Castelli (1907 - 99), he began to include more colour in his painting, together with numerous classical references (Leda and the Swan, the Birth of Venus) and scatological imagery, a process which peaked in the «Ferragosto paintings», as well as his series entitled «Nine Discourses on Commodus» (1963), a portrait of the power - crazy Roman emperor created under the influence of works by Francis Bacon (1909 - 93).

Unlike her last show, which was analogically themed on processed - food imagery, such as donuts and cookies (and their attendant implication of unhealthy, compulsive behavior), her present one deploys a more generalized (and perhaps more sober) template of twining vegetal daemons similar, though much more brut, to those seen in decorative friezes in classical ornament.

In his series of work, also titled Colors Thru Time, Stamatelos appropriates and manipulates classical imagery.

Painters such as Adrianne Rubenstein and Bill Saylor ride a fine line between classical abstraction and personally coded imagery in their work.

His work, which incorporates romantic and classical imagery, finds inspiration in youth and Goth culture, fashion layouts, and books, among them the Hardy Boys series, as well as the work of Wilde, Huysmans, and other writers of the Aesthetic and Decadent period of literature reimagined from the perspective of a young gay artist.

[4] VanDerBeek also uses imagery of classical figures in her work.

For his solo show at Itinerrance Gallery in Paris in 2013, Borondo produced a series of large pieces from found materials and doors featuring his unique classical aesthetics imagery.