Sentences with phrase «creating mythological figures»

But Lüpertz has made these precedents his own, pulling off the tough trick of creating mythological figures that feel entirely contemporary.

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Essenhigh's large scale paintings create an enigmatic world in which animated action figures are cast alongside mythological characters and the demimonde in roles where time - honoured human concerns such as patriotism,...

Paradoxically, the surface created with thousands of bullets on each figure cloaks the animal in a golden glowing skin that brings to mind mythological beings or armored warriors.

It was after 1900 that his most characteristic works were created — idyllic scenes of elegant nude figures and mythological creatures gracefully grouped in frieze compositions before stark Romantic landscapes — e.g., «Crescendo» (1910; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City).