Sentences with phrase «diminutive scale»

Richard Tuttle commonly refers to his art as drawing rather than sculpture, emphasizing the diminutive scale and idea - based nature of his work.

Even when considering his three - dimensional works, Richard Tuttle commonly refers to his art as drawing rather than sculpture — the distinction emphasizing the diminutive scale and idea - based nature of his work.

As this Muslim empire fell into decline, so did its art form, marked by a meticulous attention to minute detail, lush jewel tones, epic subject matter, and diminutive scale.

There are just a few sad examples of artists who are marginalized due to the diminutive scale of their work (like Müller's quietly beautiful abstractions that went overlooked down a side hallway).

With its diminutive scale, and installed as it is in the brutally simple architecture of a slaughterhouse on the outskirts of town, WE is a sculpture you visit like an old friend at a hospital, with that same sense of familiarity, embarrassment, and fear.

Richard Tuttle commonly refers to his work as drawing rather than sculpture, emphasizing the diminutive scale and idea - based nature of his practice.

The papers with their studied perfection often lack the vitality of the large paintings, and their diminutive scale places these works outside the viewer's experience; without the shimmering motion of multiple veils of color, these small works remain earthbound.

Many of Kathy Muehlemann's abstract paintings from the past half decade are animated by a tension between diminutive scale and an allover deployment of images.

Though working on a diminutive scale as compared to Rosenquist's monumental compositions, Steele draws on rigorous observations of the real world to create fragmented images that waver between recognizable form and nonobjective abstraction.

Although most of Tuttle's prolific artistic output since the beginning of his career in the 1960s has taken the form of three - dimensional objects, he commonly refers to his work as drawing rather than sculpture, emphasizing the diminutive scale and idea - based nature of his practice.

The diminutive scale accentuates the model digital realm, inviting us to revel in this alternate universe and pretend for a moment that this virtual scene is real.

The lines of its sensuous bodywork — nevermind its Italian fit and finish nor its unconventional ergonomics — constantly remind you that, yes, this is undeniably an authentic Italian exotic supercar, if on a diminutive scale.

Not exact matches

She never wore «ditsy» or obnoxiously large prints of any kind; everything, and this is important, because it's always important to pay attention to one's size and scale, everything of hers was scaled to her rather diminutive size.

Even the supporting characters change on a smaller scale, with the diminutive Newt learning that she can trust someone again, while the big - talkin» Hudson (Paxton, Apollo 13) eats a bit of humble pie once he gets a taste of how dominating the menace truly is.

The vessels vary in scale, from diminutive to monumental.

«Nothing has to take grand scale, if it can be expressed in a diminutive, delicate and yet no less sophisticated way.»

Haffner is a mixed - media artist whose gritty and aesthetically graphic artworks range from large - scale installations to diminutive works on paper.

His compositions are as much lightscapes as landscapes; the artist forgoes scale for subtlety, exploring the luminous cadences of beaches, forests, and sunsets in relatively diminutive works that sometimes harken back to Whistler and Monet.

But these recent things have been viewed from a more objective angle and although their present size is diminutive, I feel that there is no limitation to the scale to which they can be enlarged... There is one thing, in particular, which connects them with history.

Unafraid of radical shifts in scale, Pindell also creates diminutive, vibrant collages that sing with moments of hand drawn arrows and numbers running through their constituent parts.

O'Keeffe's more moderately scaled paintings were so closely cropped to their subjects that they instill in the viewer a sense of having physically shrunken to a diminutive, nearly insect - like size.

Often working at immense, room - filling scale, the British artist Karla Black undercuts the imposing size of her installations by making them as light and sweet as can be — all cotton - candy pastels, diaphanous drapery, and powders, strewn with cosmetics and other diminutive objects seemingly sourced from her medicine cabinet.

Tuttle's diminutive solids proposed a kind of presence wholly unlike that of Minimalism's comparatively towering objects, which were assertive and obdurate and scaled to the full height of the body rather than to its grasp.

These 12 small scale — but not diminutive — pieces make the argument cogently.

It is also a mistake to believe that his preference for working on a small scale makes him derivative of Paul Klee, an acknowledged master of the diminutive.

But with the ZTE Axon 7 Mini and many other so - called diminutive devices, smallness is about cost and scaled - back hardware goods even more than it is about size.

The diminutive size of the tiles — an inch or so wide — suited the scale of the generally cramped spaces and allowed for a wide variety of patterns, which ranged from simple to intricate.

Pedestal Sink This slim silhouette is a favorite in diminutive powder rooms and small - scale baths, but offers zero hidden storage and negligible deck space.

Play with scale Add a tall lamp to a diminutive table for interest.

All my Thomasville pieces are comfortable, but relatively diminutive and graceful in scale, working well in both small and large environments.