Sentences with phrase «described by a contemporary»

His uncompromising sermons on «The Sins of Society» attracted large audiences; they also drew criticism, and he was described by a contemporary as a modern Savonarola.

A particular highlight is the refurbished Robert Adam designed library, described by his contemporaries as «superior to anything of the kind in England» and now returned to its original colour palette thanks to an extensive paint analysis project.

On the contrary, he was described by a contemporary as «a man of liberal education and enlarged notions».

Not exact matches

Nevertheless, many contemporary critics (including Jewett) insist that everything in the letter must be directed by Paul to the historical circumstances of his first readers: everything in chapters 1 - 13 should be understood in terms of the community differences described briefly in chapter 14: the strong are contemptuous of the weak because of their observance of dietary and Sabbath rules, while the weak are judgmental of the strong for their failure to observe the same.

An article by the president of Religious Science International describes the denomination's approach to the contemporary issue, «Dealing Spiritually with Terrorism.»

The familiar immediate presentation of the contemporary world, which philosophers of the day described as the awareness of sense - data, is called by Whitehead «Experience in the Mode of Presentational Immediacy.»

Many traditional Protestant churches in the late 1960s and early 1970s criticized charismatic beliefs as divisive and questioned whether the spiritual gifts described in the New Testament were identical to those practiced by contemporary Christians.

This contrasts with the climate of American public schooling as described by sociologist Anthony Bryk et al. in Catholic Schools and the Common Good (1993, 2009): «Mirroring the spiritual vacuum at the heart of contemporary American society, schools now enculturate this emptiness in our children....

The help proposed is to affirm that there is significance for preaching in the contemporary search for theological method, designate and describe an aspect of that search by reference to an impressive discussion of it, and finally delineate what its findings suggest for the public declaration of the Word.

It is a tragic feature of the contemporary West that the Jews have so often been invoked as a convenient stand - in for the evils wrought by elites afraid of community — a typical response of those who would attempt to sacralize an ethnic community in order to form a new chosen people, as described by David P. Goldman.

If our theology is to be taken seriously by scientists and other intellectuals, it is imperative that we frame our theories of revelation in terms that reflect our living in the universe as it is described and understood by the best of contemporary science.

Of course Christ's continual efficacy here described presupposes the original reception of the historical Jesus by a tiny but significant minority of his contemporaries, who thereby constituted the original Christian church.

Describing what it's been like to be a Christian in the past year in Egypt, Archbishop Angealos said: «It's in a very painful time, it's the first time in our contemporary history we've seen bombings of churches - we've had three churches bombed in this last year, we've had churches attacked, people killed by gunfire attacks on worshipers as they were leaving, Christians attacked just for being christian, in their homes, in their shops and on the street.

The growing difference within evangelicalism regarding contextualization is described helpfully by David Wells in his essay: «In the one understanding of contextualization, the revelatory trajectory moves only from authoritative Word into contemporary culture; in the other, the trajectory moves both from text to context and from context to text...» Increasingly, evangelicals are opting for the second of these models - an «interactionist» approach, to use William Dymess» terminology.

Described by VegCooking.com as being «poised on the leading edge of contemporary vegan cooking», he is the author of six books, the founding chef of the celebrated Blossoming Lotus Restaurant, and winner of a prestigious I» lima Award for «Best Restaurant on Kaua'i».

It is further bolstered by contemporary neuroscience showing that emotions are fundamentally material and the neurochemicals responsible for these observed states can now be specified and described with a high degree of sophistication, although much more will be known in the future about their nature, diversity and mechanisms of action.

Written as a follow - on from Stindberg's 1888 play Miss Julie, which describes the sexual liaison between a lowly footman and an aristocrat, the play is a contemporary take on the reality of a relationship blighted by outlooks moulded by class.

Additional contemporary samples were kindly supplied by Carl André (University of Gothenburg) and Marije Booman (Fisheries and Oceans Canada), with origins of the rest described by Hutchinson et al. [43], Case et al. [14] and Heath et al. [32].

This very contemporary film tries to describe today's world but also the hopes and dreams of each and everyone within a social environment marked by the outbreak of the supernatural.

Described as a contemporary thriller, «The Vatican» was hotly tipped during Showtime's development season in 2013: not only was Scott producing and helming the pilot, but it was based on an idea by Sony chief Amy Pascal, penned by Oscar - nominated «Quiz Show» and «Donnie Brasco» writer Paul Attanasio (who was intended to be the showrunner) and starred a very hot cast.

A script by first - time screenwriter Andrew Sodroski from the 2013 Hollywood «black list» of unproduced screenplays, Holland, Michigan is a contemporary dark comedy set in what Morris describes as «this strange city on the Western coast of Michigan.»

Bodet filmed a documentary on him in 2007 (Le carré de la fortune, co-directed with Emmanuel Levaufre) and she and Bozon edited a collection of Delahaye's critical writings for Capricci in 2010, À la fortune du beau, a book which has ensured his work remains accessible to contemporary readers.11 Upon Delahaye's death, Ropert described him as a «powerful speaker with humble roots from another age, hardened by a life of brutal detours, passing from fury to kindness without warning, he was a character straight out of Victor Hugo.»

This has much in common with Steve James's award - winning documentary Hoop Dreams as it pursues and records the moment - to - moment responses of young people struggling to improve their lot, and in doing so reveals a penetrating socio - cultural study of contemporary America through a competition described by one parent as «a form of child abuse».

Invariably the song arouses emotion in my high school and college students, because» «Ea» describes historical and contemporary Hawaiian issues, including the loss of culture and the 50 percent blood quantum required to gain the very few Hawaiian rights that are offered by the government.

In 2014, Contemporary Issues in Technology and Social Studies Teacher Education will publish articles by social studies researchers who describe the evolution of technology integration in the field of the social studies and future research in this area.

Racing in the early 1950s — Another collection of evocative contemporary photographs by Alan Smith / 1928 Morris Oxford Flatnose — Zoe Harrison describes a superbly restored example of the doctor's coupe model / The Essen Show — An illustrated report by Dick Serjeantson of what is now probably the biggest show of its kind in Europe / The Russo - Baltique — Surviving examples of this little - known make are preserved in a museum visited by Dennis Harrison / Frederick Simm's archway workshop — Did the British motor industry start under a railway arch in Fulham?

The car is described as a «contemporary traditionalist's car» by Chrysler designers, who note that the rounded sculptural elements of the exterior reflect a muscular rather than an aero look.

October 2003 Publishers Weekly Review: The Best American Nonrequired Reading By Jeff Zaleski «In his deliciously kooky foreword, Eggers (You Shall Know Our Velocity) describes this excellent literary compilation as a gathering of «good writing from contemporary writers,» but it's much more than that.»

Described by one travel writer as the «Grande Dame of San Sebastian Hotels», the Hotel Maria Cristina celebrated its centenary in 2012 with a revamp.The old fashioned chintz was replaced with a clever mixture of traditional and contemporary decor.

Described by many as the best vacation property on Bonaire — one of the top diving destinations in the world, Elegancia del Caribe offers oceanfront beauty along with contemporary amenities and a stellar reputation among our many repeat guests.

The release of Final Fantasy VII solidified this as a commercial and artistic trend, and as a result, while Breath of Fire III was received politely, it was describe by most contemporary reviews as straightforward, old - school, and plain, criticisms that the series had already faced, and that only became exacerbated in a post-Final Fantasy VII world.

Screening: AMBOY at the Kitchen AMBOY, a film originally produced by Frances Scholz and Mark von Schlegell for an exhibition at the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco, is described by the artists behind it as a horror - documentary hybrid.

ESTABLISHED BY WILLIAM S. ARNETT in 2010, Souls Grown Deep describes itself as «the only nonprofit organization dedicated to documenting, preserving, exhibiting and promoting the work of contemporary African American artists from the American South.»

It begins by describing the work as a «deeply evocative painting which combines American history and contemporary politics.

Koons's Cat on a Clothesline (Red), 1994 - 2001 — a colossal dangling cat figurine seemingly suspended by clothes pins, with a pink and blue daisy on either side — was once described by the artist as a contemporary crucifixion.

Widely revered and remembered in Miami, and in general by collectors and scholars of contemporary Latin American art, Alfonzo's painting can once again be seen at the Whitney Museum of American Art, in the current show, described here, «Fast Forward: Painting from the 1980s.»

«Total Service Artists» by Raphael Rubinstein, Art in America Putting a name on some percolations in contemporary art via the notion of the «total service artist,» a term originally used to describe Martin Kippenberger's maniacal drive to self - design every aspect of both his life and art, and all the connecting tissue between the two.

Joe Hall, whose work has been described by prominent contemporary poetry critic Seth Abramson as «some of the most addictive being written today,» will be reading from his latest book, The Devotional Poems.

Marten, 31, was praised by judges for her «fresh, exciting and new» contribution to contemporary art, and Hepworth Wakefield director Simon Wallis director described her as «one of the strongest and most singular voices working in British art today».

Villar Rojas, who is described by the Serpentine curators as being «on the brink of gaining international renown for his dramatic, large - scale sculptural works», 1 operates in the tradition of Merz and her fellow Arte Povera artists in focusing his work on clay and brick, but with a contemporary twist of conceptualism and site - specificity.

The event, that for 10 weeks takes over the city, is not a Biennial in the commonly used sense of the word on the art circuit — derived from the oldest of its kind, the Venice Biennale — that nowadays describes an international contemporary artistic showcase with a curatorial project that permeates artworks chosen by a curatorial team.

His approach — aligned with the practices of his Californian contemporaries Larry Bell and DeWain Valentine, among others — was described by art historians as the «L.A. finish fetish.»

[19] Lyrical Abstraction is a term that was used by Larry Aldrich (the founder of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield Connecticut) in 1969 to describe what Aldrich said he saw in the studios of many artists at that time.

European Abstraction Lyrique born in Paris, the French art critic Jean José Marchand being credited with coining its name in 1947, considered as a component of (Tachisme) when the name of this movement was coined in 1951 by Pierre Guéguen and Charles Estienne the author of L'Art à Paris 1945 — 1966, and American Lyrical Abstraction a movement described by Larry Aldrich (the founder of the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield Connecticut) in 1969.

Drawing upon social - sculpture practice where other strategies have failed, Saro - Wiwa advances different ways of knowing about the Niger Delta and its global implications while prompting a reconsideration of the parameters of contemporary «Afropolitan» identities — a term coined in 2005 by writer Taiye Selasi to describe the transnational experience of a new generation of globally mobile Africans.

The display prompted the respected art critic Herbert Read to coin the term «geometry of fear» to describe the mood of post-war anxiety evoked by the work of Armitage and his contemporaries.

Described like this, the project may sound dusty and unpromising, the kind of contemporary art loved by people who hate contemporary art.

Rather, it can best be described as a carefully selected cluster of major works by leading international contemporary artists.

How can we describe the singular contributions by the Latina and Latin American women artists to contemporary art of this period?

By collapsing these two spaces, Douglas describes a contemporary landscape in constant upheaval, when global problems intrude into the home or the neighborhood where we might feel safest.