Sentences with phrase «classical myths»

While the subjects of their works were taken from classical myths, Cézanne did not use direct literary sources.

Harry Potter director Chris Columbus tackles another childrenâ $ ™ s fantasy novel in this teenage take on classical myth.

In the mid-forties the artists of the New York School gradually stopped evoking classical myths (to which both surrealist artists and the existentialist writers made frequent recourse) and they looked beyond surrealism toward a subject matter of even more immediate and personal introspection.

Tapestry is the art form of grand houses: depicting classical myths, historical and religious scenes and epic battles.

Indeed, classical myths warned of the detrimental consequences of such vices as self - love, vanity, and pride.

Twombly often quoted the poets as Stéphane Mallarmé, Rainer Maria Rilke and John Keats, as well as many classical myths and allegories in his works.

He loved classical myths but disdained self - mythologizing.

In the early»40s, Rothko rejected realism and began a series of abstract works meant to evoke classical myth; in the late»40s he created his first color field paintings, the works on which his stature as one of the most famous American painters of the post-war period rests.

For a classical myth of Renuka see MBH.

He has fashioned a method of storytelling that is closer to classical myth than to modern realism.

Infant Potty Training Book # 2 also provides historical writings on early potty training, dispels the classical myths about infant potty training, and discusses the changes in child - raising philosophies that instigated the Western world's move away from this traditional means of toilet training.

Classical myth - makers didn't spend much time with this constellation, although it was thought to represent an uncharacteristically wise centaur that figured in the mythology of Heracles and Jason.

We see the stories of gunfighters on the range with increasing «realism» as first the classical myth (promulgated by Richard Harris's English Bob) is deflated by Hackman's revisionism, and then by Eastwood's nihilism.

P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center is pleased to present the first of an ongoing series, Orpheus Selection, inspired by the museum's unique basement boiler room and the classical myth of Orpheus, the bard who attempted — unsuccessfully — to rescue his bride Eurydice from the underworld.

Among the exhibits are works such as Leda, a late 16th - century take on the classical myth by the Swiss artist Joseph Heintz the Elder, and Max Pechstein's Szene im Wald from 1910, which idealises nature as an earthly paradise and celebrates the naked body as something beautiful and free.

The exhibition presents two contrasting Victorian preoccupations: the acting out of classical myths, and portraying real people

Impulses and returns is a sculptural project linked to works that I have been doing in recent years, which display relationships between autopsies, anatomies, deities and classical myths, traditions and popular superstitions.

Installation view of works by Don Voisine June 24 — September 24, 2007 P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center presents the first of an ongoing series, Orpheus Selection, inspired by the museum's unique basement boiler room and the classical myth of Orpheus, the bard who attempted, unsuccessfully, to rescue his bride Eurydice from the underworld.

In a single performative assemblage, Allora & Calzadilla merge human and avian destinies and the disciplines of zoology, ecology, archaeology, musicology and classical myth.

His first works were naïve paintings of remembered Greek scenes and episodes from classical myth, on display in his first show, at Contemporary Arts on 57th Street, in 1938.

The artist's practice continues to foreground portraiture and the figure, often seemingly introspective and irreverent, referencing both classical myths and popular culture.

So many of the works on view relate to classical myths and legends, yet also speak to the time and culture in which they were made.

Wallace is co-editor, with Jennifer Hirsh, of Contemporary Art and Classical Myth (2011), and with Nora Wendl, of Architectural Strategies in Contemporary Art, (2013).

In this exhibition, we find a select group of artists from across the country and abroad, who are united by a shared interest in the timeless appeal of classical myths, the imaginative nature of storytelling and visual fantasy.