Sentences with phrase «colors as counterpoints»

Kline is viewed as the master of black and white Abstract Expressionism, using the two colors as counterpoints in compositions of gestural velocity, such as Ninth Street.

Kline, the catalogue noted, «is viewed as the master of black and white Abstract Expressionism from the 1950s, using the two colors as counterpoints in his masterful compositions of gestural velocity and collision.

The portraits combine exaggerated characteristics with occasional use of text or vivid color as a counterpoint to the familiar forms of the human face and body.

She captures its movement, reflections of light, and colors as a counterpoint to the still forest around it.

Not exact matches

Hap and Leonard's wildly off - color repartee provides both through line and funny counterpoint to the extended, violent action scenes (which our reviewer referred to as «print versions of Sam Peckinpah's six - gun ballets»).

As thin doilies of color or tufts of mold - like growth spread over the object's surface, these hybrids work like a counterpoint and respond to the idealized representations of nature found in domestic patterns.

Employing devices such as blades, rubber squeegees, T - squares, and pieces of cardboard and wood, she presses and scrapes her surfaces, imbuing the edges of her colored bands with lush textures that act as a counterpoint to the painted ground.

Alongside the formal experiments of the Abstract Expressionists, figurative works are also included as a counterpoint to the non-representational uses of the color red.

We differentiate now between formal tensions and color tensions, just as we differentiate in music between counterpoint and harmony.

Its organic shape and warm honey color reference nature and serve as counterpoints to all the straight lines in the space.

It serves as a perfect simple counterpoint to open shelves displaying beautiful dishes or art, and it keeps the focus on statement marble, a pretty tiled backsplash, or colored cabinetry.