Sentences with phrase «classical subjects as»

appropriated from the Old Masters, including Francisco de Goya, Nicolas Poussin, and Piero della Francesca, adopting their compositions and classical subjects as the basis for his works.
Thompson actively appropriated from masters including Goya, Poussin, and Piero della Francesca, adopting their compositions and classical subjects as the basis for his works.

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He taught himself the classical and European languages and several subjects such as Botany and Zoology that he might be a greater witness for the Lord.
Portrayals of classical subjects, such as Lucretia and Cleopatria, as well as of allegorical topics, increasingly depicted female figures with exposed breasts.
So weighty was this tradition that any suggestion that the divine might be other than how classical theism conceived it to be was treated as a changing of the subject.
3 In speaking of the two basic elements as «poles,» I mean to accept the classical distinction of subject («noetic») and object («ontic») rather than any so - called dialectical analysis such as that provided by Paul Tillich in speaking of «polarities,» (Systematic Theology, vol.
The substitution of career - oriented professional training for the classical notion of theology as a wide - ranging pursuit of the knowledge of God has meant the loss of the unifying subject matter of theological education.
Whereas classical philosophy grounded such laws in natures, but restricted their application insofar as matter introduces contingency, nineteenth - century physics subjected material realities to inviolable law.
But I can offer how the series maps onto the classical tradition of the four cardinal virtues, as best exemplified by Josef Pieper's fine book on the subject.
I was always fascinated by physics, especially modern physics as it moved away from the mechanistic world of classical physics into the quantum world, and I found mathematics, especially pure mathematics, a very demanding and challenging subject that requires considerable powers of abstract thought and reasoning.
Gain complete expertise and skills, both theoretical and practical as you penetrate deeply into various classical subjects such as Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Yoga Anatomy, Adjustment and Alignment, Shatkriyas, Yoga Philosophy, and much more imparted through a set of different mediums such as workshops, practicum, guided sessions (theory and practice), interactions, and many more.
The school strongly believes in propagating the most traditional and authentic teachings of yoga through classical yoga forms such as Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Kriya and Kundalini Yoga, along with imparting refined teachings and practices of intensive yoga subjects like Yoga Philosophy, Pranayama, Meditation, Shat - Kriya, Mantra Chanting, Teaching Methodology, Adjustment and Alignment, Yoga Anatomy and many more.
Louder Than a Bomb DVD Review by Kam Williams Rhyme Doc Chronicles Chicago Poetry Slam Does the hip - hop style of rhyming and its down - to - earth subject - matter about life in the «hood deserve the same respect as the classical couplets of Keats and other lofty lyricists whose work benefits from ivory - towered academia's stamp of approval?
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Apparently, an eclogue is a poem in a classical style on a pastoral subject, usually in the form of a dialogue between two shepherds - such poems are also also known as bucolics.
When it comes to adapting classical works, subjects, and themes, games have a way of literalizing what was intended as metaphorical.
Alluding to ancient Greek and Roman bas - reliefs as well as the classical motif of a rider on horseback, Ray's subject is far from monumental: a young girl in riding clothes atop a horse whose body, head, and tail have all been cropped from the frame.
As you'd expect, about half of his surviving drawings are religious, with another tenth devoted to classical or mythological subjects.
But no, Thiebaud never fully abandoned comestibles as a subject matter, and now at 95 he continues to render heartland delicacies in the same luscious way: always deriving the compositions from his imagination (and not observation), and placing his emphasis not on the food porn but on classical considerations of shadow, light, scale, color, and perspective.
Robert Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition exemplifies the artist's rapport with the elongated and elaborate forms of Mannerist art, namely the study of the human body, highlighting the underlying classicism evident in the clarity and potency of all Mapplethorpe's subjects as well as their explosive energy.
In response to the rise of Abstract Expressionism, Thompson combined both a Beat movement ideological spirit of vitality and freedom with a specific reference to the compositional achievement and classical subjects in works by masters such as Goya, Massacio, and Raphael.
Ryden's fascination with this subject matter issues from his interest and concern of ecological matters as well as the depiction of trees as the central image of a classical landscape.
He captures this belief in his work, which presents traditional subjects, such as classical and religious architecture, alongside modern ones.
Trained in East Germany in the classical art of realist painting, Richter's images have the quiet stillness of European masterworks, taking in genres such as the still life, landscape and portraiture, but of contemporary subjects that are often rendered like a slightly out of focus photograph.
Drawing inspiration from classical portrait painting of the 17th - century Dutch Golden Age to explore the relationship between her subjects and their environment, Dumas often presents her subjects as heroic, engaged in a struggle of sorts against their marginalization or confinement, and against the spatial and psychological encroachment of people.
Utilizing the classical technique of chiaroscuro, Opie's subjects — including culturally significant figures such as fashion designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, artist Kara Walker, and director John Waters — are posed in front of a black drop cloth and theatrically lit, intimately dramatizing the details of the face and body.
They emphasized the signature qualities of the etched line, encouraging the idea that each print bore the touch of the artist, and rediscovered an expressive medium suitable for gritty modern subjects as well as classical pastoral themes.
They abandoned the polished classical style that was fashionable at the time and practised by artists such as Aleksandr Laktianov and presented a subject matter that they felt better reflected the grim austerity of post war Russia.
Thomas's works often reference art history, as evidenced in her Andy Warhol - inspired compositions and coloration to her subjects» classical poses.
These sculptures function as psychological portraits of his imagined subjects — usually male, usually black — whose features are in fact an amalgamation of sources: observed individuals, «types» represented in the media, and ancient, classical and neo-classical sculptures.
Opie's work is rendered doubly persuasive by her skill as a photographer, opting for classical compositions that seduce the viewer, inviting them to feel empathy with subjects they may not ordinarily be familiar with.
However, the artist's extensive oeuvre also includes formal portraits, classical nudes and traditional subjects such as flowers (mostly Orchids and Calla Lilies), photographed in the distinctive manner, which constitutes the immediately recognizable style of Robert Mapplethorpe.
More than 30 years pass over the course of the show, beginning with such influential elder statesmen as Barkley Hendricks — whose striking late 1970s portraits blend classical tradition and Pop Art with seldom - seen African - American subjects — and Robert Colescott — whose wildly satirical takes on racial stereotypes in the 1980s get still more edge from his vibrantly expressionist brush.
Boundlessly curious, Durham takes on subject matter ranging from specific historical events or figures — such as Malinche and Cortés — to classical architecture, religious martyrdom, quantum physics, and literary sources from Shakespeare to José Saramago.
While the artist's earlier works focused on classical depictions of the female form, primarily using powerful black women as the subjects, Tête de Femme more boldly conceptualizes female faces from collaged geometric cutouts.
The article analyzes how Sandberg opted for the subject of vitality in great detail, and how he tried to abandon the classical categories of art history as the basic model for art exhibitions.
Matsuyama is influenced by a variety of subjects, including Japanese art from the Edo and Meiji eras, classical Greek and Roman statuary, French Renaissance painting, post-war contemporary art, and the visual language of global, popular culture as embodied by mass - produced commodities.
His show at Kiasma consists of classical ceramic pots and large tapestries on unexpected subjects: Brexit, aesthetic tastes and masculine ideals, as well as the artist's personal life.
In one, Koons represents the much emulated classical erotic subject, The Callipygian Venus or Venus of the round buttocks, as a gleaming turquoise monochrome.
Kristeva promulgates that the classical, Christic Madonna's release of milk and sorrowful tears helps to reify the «extralinguistic» complexity of her child while ossifying the mother - subject as non-verbal.
While his approach is unconceivable without Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol as precursors, the subject of art history is a constant undercurrent in his work, whether Koons elevates kitsch to the level of classical art or produces works in the manner of Baroque sculptures.
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