Sentences with phrase «classical mythology»

This body of work evolved to incorporate animals, domestic objects, and narrative tropes from classical mythology and folk tales.

He is researching a PhD on classical mythology in contemporary visual art.

The artist is aware that many of the references contained in the paintings will be unknown to audiences, unlike classical mythology which has been extensively used in European painting.

This body of work evolved to incorporate animals, domestic objects, and narrative tropes from classical mythology and folk takes.

One is reminded of the way in which John Milton so frequently used the terms of classical mythology in his poetry in order to express his Christian faith.

The imagery reflects Ofili's ongoing interest in classical mythology and the stories, magic, and color of the Trinidadian landscape he inhabits.

The artist references classical mythology, Egyptology, graffiti, politics and poetry to present works that act as a meditation on the complexities of history across the worlds of politics and art.

John de Fazio has produced an idiosyncratic body of work that blends themes of pop culture with classical mythologies.

I know that it's become trendy to just flat - out deny these, but most of this just comes from the internet and, to anyone who bothers to fact check these claims, they will find that these are just attempts to rewrite classical mythology.

The next suggestion — that art is what religious artists do — saw its highest expression in the Renaissance when the church employed great artists who experimented with themes not only from biblical settings but from classical mythology as well.

Later in his artistic life he was using a more symbolic image language with many classical mythology references - also presented in his titles (and in the quotes).

The challenge is that the Standards themselves do not require specific content beyond classical mythology, one (any) play by Shakespeare, and a selection of founding American documents.

«A public commission several years in the making, the iconography of Uraeus evokes classical mythology,» Public Art Fund director Nicholas Baume commented, «Kiefer returns to the symbolism of the book: elevated and powerful but also dangerous and vulnerable.»

The museum describes Bearden's series as «rich in symbolism and allegorical content» creating «an artistic bridge between classical mythology and African - American culture.»

A visual artist working primarily in the realm of self - portraiture and narratives inspired by classical mythology and allegory, Shimoyama seeks to depict the black queer male body as both desirable and desirous.

He has recently embarked on a PhD focusing on the impact of classical mythology on contemporary art

These epic installations collapse historical and narrative time, placing equal emphasis on classical mythology, art history and the socio - political conditions of the present.

The textile's image reflects the «ongoing interest in classical mythology and the stories, magic, and colour of the Trinidadian landscape he inhabits.»

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

Titles like Persephone and Lethe are derived from visual events taking place in the works themselves that imply rippling water and bright flame respectively, but also obviously reference classical mythology.

For his first New York solo show, the young Pittsburgh - based Shimoyama weaves together personal narratives, as a black queer male, with classical mythology to develop allegorical paintings of desire and self - exploration.

It's a version of Eos and Tithonus in classical mythology — and of Arwen and Aragorn in Lord of the Rings.

The Biblical gospel has burst the bonds even of classical mythology, as may be seen from what happened to the idea of the Logos; but it has done so only by first taking that mythology up and using it.

This distinction between the scientific world view and its extension as a mythological Weltanschauung would, logically, apply to the classical mythology also.

The very naïveté of the classical mythology, on the other hand, which provided the environment for the New Testament, expresses that openness for the idea of transcendence.

1 Arguably the inspiration for much science fiction traces back to classical mythology.

Pluto's five moons, including recently discovered Kerberos and Styx, all have names relating to the underworld from classical mythology.

And there is something like the heft of classical mythology in the resolution of their tale: in how the film is nearly a three - hour Mexican standoff between the three as they shuffle through betrayals and deceits and cheats and being horrible to those they love in the name of that love.

The name «Uranus» was first proposed by German astronomer Johann Elert Bode in order for it to be in conformity with the other planetary names - which are from classical mythology.

Circe by Madeline Miller (signed) Madeline Miller gives vibrant life to ancient Greece and its classical mythology.

About Emily Windsor: I grew up in the north of England on a diet of historical romance and classical mythology.

This is not so much related to subject matter or narrative reference (i.e., to classical mythology) but instead it is more about composition and visual effect.

With three landmark exhibitions in London this year — including the inaugural show of the RA's new galleries — the artist discusses mysteries of the cosmos, classical mythology and chance encounters at her LA studio.

He has also superimposed his trademark females on famous nudes from art history and classical mythology.

These works, which take months or even years to create, draw on biological diagrams, high - tech machinery and biblical or classical mythology, as well as art - historical touchstones like the works of Altdorfer, Dalí and Audubon.

The narratives in his work include references to classical mythology, stories from his Southern heritage, and opera and the staging of story - telling.

In deceptively cheery colors, 91 - year - old artist Charles Garabedianreimagines famous tales of woe from classical mythology, where murder, torture, and madness abound.

The imagery reflects Ofili's ongoing interest in classical mythology and the stories, magic, and colour of the Trinidadian landscape he inhabits.

Some of his works directly evoked characters from classical mythology.

Marshall's use of cultural symbolism and pictorial devices are informed by his own experiences of the world and his avid collecting of artifacts from classical mythology, folklore, African and African - American history, film history, art, literature, posters and comic books.

Spearheaded by Leon Golub and united by a shared interest in the figure during a period that is often seen as dominated by abstraction, the group created deeply psychological works that drew on classical mythology and ancient art.

JMcK: Your own paintings evoke a mood of reverie, where the characters and creatures appear to be an extension of your self, in the context of classical mythology or the detached worldview of Henri Rousseau.

Judith Raphael who is known for her paintings of girls in the poses of classical mythology is here presenting the iconic image «Pandora / Caught Red - handed», of a young girl wielding an open red box surrounded by war planes.

THE OLYMPIC GAMES as we know them were born out of a late - nineteenth - century marriage of classical mythology and political science fiction.

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.

The dark and moody reliefs alluded to the region's landscape and as with most of his oeuvre had undercurrents of doom, both in the imagery and in the titles sourced from classical mythology, political and philosophical ideas.