Sentences with phrase «dramatic themes in»

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries witnessed the development of the improvisational capriccio and artists such as Jacques Callot, Francisco Goya, and Giovanni Battista Piranesi invented variations on fantastic and dramatic themes in printed series.

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In keeping with the brand's history as silversmiths, the unifying design theme incorporates the precious metal into the drapery, chandeliers and one very shiny, very dramatic curved staircase.

On a far higher level, intellectually and spiritually, is that very noble philosophical poem called the Wisdom of Solomon, and that still nobler monument of ancient Hebrew thought, the Book of Job, a dramatic dialogue in splendid and sonorous verse upon the theme of suffering and its place in a providential order.

Responding well to the rare setbacks encountered was becoming a recurring theme and so it proved once more as we recorded three straight victories, the last of those coming in dramatic fashion when Tottenham visited the Bridge.

I adopted many universal themes: — Pointy toe - shoe elongate the leg — Dressing in one color lengthens one — V - Neck looks great on everyone — Don't be Matchy Matchy, more interesting to add color and texture — If wearing one dramatic print or piece, let that be that statement — Skirt Length right at the knee is flattering for everyone

It's a shame, then, that screenwriters Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon have opted to throw in a series of increasingly dramatic interludes, as there's just no denying that such moments come off as entirely needless and flat - out forced (ie unlike certain similarly - themed efforts, the film's more schmaltzy attributes stand out like a sore thumb).

Universal in theme, the film explores the bonds that unite families in touching, dramatic, and comedic ways.

When the dance is finally beat, Robert Baker... or Alabama, there's something endearing enough about the pretty points in cinematography and score work, touching occasions in entertainingly well - paced direction, interesting spots in a colorful story, and across - the - board decent performances - especially the one by Evan Rachel Wood - for the final product to border on decent, ultimately falling under the overwhelming weight of the glaring tonal and narrative incoherencies, flat humor, dramatic contrivances, problematic themes, even more problematic leads, ridiculous story and onslaught of clichés which render Andrew Fleming's «Barefoot» an occasionally charming, but mostly mediocrely misguided romantic dramedy.

In theme and execution, in caliber of performance and level of dramatic tension, «Sleeper Cell» is an impressive, relentlessly gripping dramIn theme and execution, in caliber of performance and level of dramatic tension, «Sleeper Cell» is an impressive, relentlessly gripping dramin caliber of performance and level of dramatic tension, «Sleeper Cell» is an impressive, relentlessly gripping drama.

Kemp launched into print modeling as well, appearing in a widely seen campaign for The Gap, then segued into acting with parts in Stephen Sommers» Victorian - era supernatural thriller Van Helsing (2004) and Renny Harlin's lurid psychological thriller Mindhunters (2005), opposite Val Kilmer and LL Cool J. Kemp deftly merged his ballroom finesse and his dramatic evocations with prominent billing in Jon M. Chu's dance - themed urban drama Step Up 2 the Streets (2008); he played Blake Collins, the proprietor of a dance school who finds his chief proclivity — an utter contempt for street dancing — upstaged by the arrival of a brash and talented young newcomer at his school.

The war between faith and knowledge, science and reason, love of family over love for profession — all themes in this dramatic film — are always worthy of exploration.

Anyone who has played any of Layton or Wright's previous games will recognize familiar theme music, with an orchestrated feel that brings out the dramatic tension, but there's nothing that really gets stuck in your head after putting the 3DS down.

The only time the «Harry Potter» franchise stooped to splitting a book into two (and the book was itself not the longest of the series), while all other credentials are present and correct — David Yates is in his stride as the franchise's most reliable director; the actors are the best they'll be; the visuals are as dramatic as the themes — the installment is let down by ending in mid-air and having a whole inert section where the three kids play house in a forest.

The sports - themed picture takes no dramatic license (right «down to the costumes») in bringing audiences the true - life tale of sports agent J.B. Bernstein's (played by Job Hamm)... [Read more...]

The latter example actually delivers a more traditional dramatic treatment of many of «Mudbound's» themes, right down to the stomach - churning appearance of a lynch mob in Klan robes at the end.

The themes go through various different arrangements, the dramatic tone sometimes shifting, the melodies at their heart explored in various different ways.

The Sony Pictures economically themed dramatic thriller stars George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Jack O'Connell will likely screen the day before it opens in theaters in the U.S. on May 13th.

On the dramatic film side, I could have lived without Jerusha Hess's «Austenland,» a feather - light dingbat comedy about a Jane Austen - themed resort in England.

According to CBS, Kurtzman's show «will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966».

According to CBS, the new Star Trek series «will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations, while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of the franchise since its inception in 1966».

Absurdly prolific indie director Joe Swanberg, whose «Drinking Buddies» and «All the Light in the Sky» both came out in 2013, will also be exploring this theme with his feature «Happy Christmas» at Sundance in the U.S. Dramatic Competition.

The sort of problem Sontag has with Jameson is, of course, the very argument Bordwell has with anyone from Slavoj Žižek to Jacques Lacan, evident in a comment he makes on his blog (but not in the book) that echoes directly Sontag's: «Most of FRT [Zizek's The Fright of Real Tears] offers standard film criticism, providing impressionistic readings of various [Krzysztof] Kieslowski films in regard to recurring themes, visual motifs, dramatic structures, borrowed philosophical concepts, and the like.»

The disc opens with a nicely atmospheric main theme for guitar which sets the mood nicely, then two very different sides are heard in the second cue «Lou's Inspired», which moves from a kind of ambient drone into much more impressive and interesting dramatic music led by strings and percussion.

It's a love theme but actually when it's first heard over the main title (and again later in the score in «Motel Mirror / To Minneapolis») it's presented in an aggressive, dynamic, action - orientated arrangement with no small hint of Bernard Herrmann to it; that version is vintage 1970s dramatic music, propulsive and pacy.

World Premiere Notable: The second major gay - themed film in the dramatic competition this year.

While the film is allowed to be funny most of those funny moments were in the trailer with the remaineder of the film playing more with dramatic and action packed themes.

Similarly themed, Dror Shaul's Sweet Mud, winner of the World Cinema Dramatic competition, is an acutely observed coming - of - age memory piece set in the mid-Seventies on a rigidly Stalinist Israeli kibbutz, where patriarchal privilege is unquestioned and the beauty of the landscape can not compensate for the perversity of those in charge.

Hawke recently starred in the underrated «Born to Be Blue,» a film that played with the convergence of musical legend and stark reality, and it sounds like that likely influenced this dramatic examination of similar themes.

Accompanied by a harmoniously juxtaposing score by Lesley Barber, the film uses music to break the horrors of it's fictional realities in a way where we can handle it's dramatic themes without turning into a puddle of tears.

Lessons in the Complete Art Curriculum are: Lesson 1 Tone Lesson 2 Observation Lesson 3 From observation to abstraction Lesson 4 Relief Lesson 5 Portraiture Lesson 6 Portraiture part 2 Lesson 7 Portraiture part 3 Lesson 8 Clay Lesson 9 Clay part 2 Lesson 10 Clay part 3 Lesson 11 Color Lesson 12 Color part 2 Lesson 13 Color part 3 Lesson 14 Three dimensional Lesson 15 Three dimensional part 2 Lesson 16 Three dimensional part 3 Lesson 17 Three dimensional part 4 Lesson 18 Human figure Lesson 19 Human figure part 2 Lesson 20 Human figure part 3 Lesson 21 Human figure part 4 Lesson 22 Architecture Lesson 23 Architecture part 2 Lesson 24 Architecture part 3 Lesson 25 Architecture part 4 Lesson 26 Color abstraction Lesson 27 Color abstraction part 2 Lesson 28 Color abstraction part 3 Lesson 29 Color abstraction part 4 Lesson 30 Masks Lesson 31 Masks part 2 Lesson 32 Masks part 3 Lesson 33 Masks part 4 Lesson 34 Dramatic landscapes Lesson 35 Dramatic landscapes part 2 Lesson 36 Dramatic landscapes part 3 Lesson 37 Abstract landscapes Lesson 38 Abstract landscapes part 2 Slideshows included cover the following themes: Fall (Autumn) Birds Buildings Christmas Dramatic landscapes Fish Flowers Fungi Graffiti Insects Natural textures People Rust Sky Sea Trees Water Perspective Clay workshop Thank you for looking at our resource.

The revision cards included in this pack are: Characters - Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, The Witches, Banquo, King Duncan, Macduff; Context - William Shakespeare, James I and Divine Right, Witches and the Supernatural; Devices - Dramatic Irony, Soliloquies and Asides, Dramatic Tension; Scenes - Act 1 Scene 3 (Witches» prophecies), Act 3 Scene 4 (Banquet / Banquo's ghost), Act 5 Scene 1 (Lady Macbeth sleepwalking); Themes - Unchecked Ambition, Madness, Fate and the Supernatural.

Made up of a wide - range of interesting and exciting lessons, students should complete this scheme having gathered vital skills in: interpreting the significant meanings of the text, understanding the writer's ideas within the text, identifying the traits of key characters, settings, and themes, understanding dramatic and language devices, and relating the text to its social and historical context.

«Prop boxes enable children to act out what they know, cement their concepts, practice skills in a meaningful context, and learn with and from other children who also are engaged with the materials,» says Ann Barbour, a professor of early childhood education and the co-author of Prop Box Play: 50 Themes to Inspire Dramatic Play.

In particular, the lesson focuses upon the dramatic irony and tension used to build the themes of confusion and deception.

In classrooms that integrate content themes into dramatic play with six - to eight - year - olds, sophisticated productions of reading, writing, and oral language result.

The lesson follows a step - by - step learning journey, in which students learn through: - Defining and exemplifying the key dramatic devices; - Relating key dramatic devices to the themes of confusion and deception; - Reading and comprehending the predominant plot events in Act II Scene I. - Completing an essay style response in which they consider how dramatic devices help to create Shakespeare's intended effects upon audiences.

Printables to help you create an apple orchard theme in your dramatic play center.

What themes of change do you predict schools will be putting in place to keep up with the changing times, e.g. the dramatic evolution in technology?

I can view the big picture of a work, suggesting improvements in narrative pacing, scene - building, foreshadowing, backstory, theme, character motivation, and dramatic tension that will capture and retain your readers» interest.

Feinstein's general theme is that, in its own way, Q School is more inherently dramatic than any major tournament, mainly because, for these players, there is no tomorrow.

As well as its impeccable beaches and dramatic interior landscape, the island is full of other attractions, including the largest aquarium in the Canaries, a theme park, a water park and a nightlife that manages to be both trendy and lively in equal measure.

Dramatic landscapes are the dominant theme on every route, but perhaps none more so than this journey, which takes in the Coast Mountains range, the white - water rapids of Fraser River, and the stunning peak of Mount Robson.

They also provided me with a detailed track list, so the overall development of themes and dramatic arc in the soundtrack could be done before writing specific location tracks.

Alongside the voices, you will find a high quality orchestral soundtrack, with the battle theme in particular offering a dramatic accompaniment to your many skirmishes in Resonail.

Now, let's dive a little deeper into specific themes that have seen a dramatic increase in the past year.

Coinciding with the gallery's fifth anniversary, Shonibare's powerful work explores themes of conflict, empire and migration in the centenary year of The Battle of the Somme, poignantly shown at Turner Contemporary against the dramatic backdrop of the North Sea.

It's called Odio le favole by Ermal Meta, and follows themes of dramatic love in a temporal paradox; a logical contradiction in the sentence, «The future was very beautiful for us».

In 2013, he organized a three - act community - oriented experimental dramatic work, Chambre d'Amis, around the theme of place and memory for the Institute of American Art in Portland, MIn 2013, he organized a three - act community - oriented experimental dramatic work, Chambre d'Amis, around the theme of place and memory for the Institute of American Art in Portland, Min Portland, ME.

Kimathi Donkor's meticulously crafted compositions draw on antique traditions of portraiture and history painting to represent dramatic modern themes — with subjects ranging from urban conflict in London to the adventures of Ghana's anti-colonial heroine, Yaa Asantewaa.

In a day when artists often held to a specific type of form, Christensen changed his approach and aesthetic often, at times in dramatic reversals and at other times in a return to and an expansion of earlier themeIn a day when artists often held to a specific type of form, Christensen changed his approach and aesthetic often, at times in dramatic reversals and at other times in a return to and an expansion of earlier themein dramatic reversals and at other times in a return to and an expansion of earlier themein a return to and an expansion of earlier themes.