Sentences with phrase «draws upon the tradition»

and many modern critics have abandoned the belief that the author of the fourth gospel used the gospels of Mark and Luke in favour of the view that he drew upon a tradition similar in some respects to that behind these gospels.

Acclaimed internationally as a rejuvenating destination spa, experiences both distinctive and ceremonial draw upon the traditions of the land.

The show brings works from the 1960s and 1970s by the British Constructionist and Systems Group together with more recent works by artists who currently draw upon this tradition.

Jacob El Hanani's work draws upon the tradition of micrography in Judaism, a technique utilized in decoration and transcribing holy texts.

Like many artists in the exhibition, Deana Lawson (American, born 1979) draws upon the tradition of the family portrait and snapshot for much of her work, whether her photographs depict her own family members or that of others.

The work draws upon the traditions of landscape painting and natural science illustration, and incorporates the visual language of maps, diagrams, and artifacts, as a way of exploring our connection — many times via objects — to specific places and occurrences.

Melikyan's art is multilayered, drawing upon the traditions of rug and textile weaving in his native Turkey, American abstract painting, and the possibilities of computer graphics.

Drawing upon the tradition of 18th - century travel books, Smithson here presented «anti-monuments,» tributes to suburban sprawl and urban growth that exemplified the decay and deterioration of all things: «One's mind and the earth are in a constant state of erosion, mental rivers wear away abstract banks, brain waves undermine cliffs of thought, ideas decompose into stones of unknowing, and conceptual crystallizations break apart into deposits of gritty reason.»

At Breslin & Breslin, our personal injury lawyers draw upon a tradition of service to Bergen County and northern New Jersey that goes back to the 1930s.

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«The experience of the broad oriental tradition of a married clergy could also be drawn upon,» he writes, without specificying what that means in the context of the debate over married clergy in non-Eastern traditions.

Another connection is possible, I think, one that draws upon the Attic tradition of crowning the victor of the Pythian games with a laurel wreath and, more likely still, its Christian acception, symbolizing death's defeat in Christ.

Drawing upon the Western, Judeo - Christian tradition, the authors remind us that work not only defines who we are, but that it is a moral imperative as well.

If form criticism served to draw attention to the theology of the Church in the formative period of the oral tradition, scholarship today is concentrating upon the influence of the evangelists» theologies upon the Gospels.

After all, when writing a book about music and Christianity, why wouldn't one bother to emphasize that great tradition of musically - focused Christian faith, drawing upon the resources which, in God's providence, that tradition alone could provide.

Just as the ancients used the terms «wind» and «breath» metaphorically to refer to the invisible «spiritual» forces that operate in human societies and motivate their cultures, so we may need to draw upon such vague and indefinite terms in order to understand what is happening in this tradition.

Any such vision will need to draw both upon classical politico - religious conceptions and upon religious insights preserved in the traditioned communities concerned, while responding to the new challenges which beset humanity on this planet.

Whereas Rorty relies exclusively upon philosophical writings that have subverted the foundationalist project, Palmer draws primarily upon Christian classics and upon a tradition of Christian spirituality that he traces back to the desert fathers.

As thinkers in moral philosophy such as Bernard Williams and Alisdair MacIntyre — upon whom Hauerwas draws extensively — contend, there is no Archimedean point, no tradition - independent perspective from which value judgments of the sort implied by Muray's charges of sexism, racism and anti-Judaism can be made.

Reading R. Shach, I can't help noticing how much his idea of honest politics draws from the standard of judicial impartiality that the Talmudic tradition insists upon.

This is now our task: to receive the Council by drawing upon the Spirit of the texts to find power for Christian mission in the present, in continuity with Sacred Tradition.

Although the company was founded in 1993, it draws upon the long traditions established by the Bulliard family and its heritage in the business.

More specifically, particular notions of slavery that were drawn upon when establishing conceptions of liberty amongst a broad variety of republican movements had a profound influence on the way the tradition coheres.

We need to draw upon a specifically English story that points to the battle for social justice born of a proud tradition of personal liberty and independence - as resentful of corporate elites as meddling bureaucracy.

«I have not changed anything» therefore means more than anything: I am drawing upon an old tradition with the utmost respect.

Among other things, the movie makes a convincing case that the Indian tradition was one explicitly drawn upon by Charlie Patton, one of the giants of Delta Blues.

Our preschool program emphasizes developing the language skills of deaf and hard of hearing students, while drawing upon the best practices of the child - development tradition in early childhood education for deaf children.

In its early days, Christian art was eclectic and drew upon «multiple artistic traditions from a wide range of cultures.»

His recent works — vibrant, symbolic, and frequently mysterious — draw upon the lush landscapes and local traditions of the island of Trinidad, where he has lived since 2005.

His paintings, drawings and sculptures were often classified as «California Funk,» a description foisted upon a group of West Coast artists who treated tradition with cheery disregard.

Fred Tomaselli (New York, NY) draws upon art historical sources and Eastern and Western decorative traditions to create works that explode with mesmerizing patterns through the layering of resin, pharmaceuticals, and organic materials.

His work occupies a unique place within the practice of contemporary photography, employing anachronistic production techniques, borrowing from the aesthetics of the finest figurative painters of the 19th and 20th centuries, and drawing upon the longstanding tradition of vanitas imagery.

Wall has created a unique, seductive and complex pictorial universe by drawing upon philosophy, literature, nineteenth - century painting, Neo-Realist cinema and the traditions of both Conceptual art and documentary photography.

Drawing upon art historical sources and Eastern and Western decorative traditions, Fred Tomaselli's works explode in mesmerizing patterns that appear to grow organically across his compositions.

Best known for large - scale interiors, landscapes, and portraits featuring powerful black figures, Marshall explores narratives of African American history from slave ships to the present and draws upon his deep knowledge of art history from the Renaissance to twentieth - century abstraction, as well as other sources such as the comic book and the muralist tradition.

Drawing upon Rembrandt's The Slaughtered Ox (1638) and Francis Bacon's meat paintings, Huan juxtaposes human and animal flesh alongside Chinese calligraphy, thus bringing together eastern and western traditions.

Elaine Cameron - Weir's project builds upon that tradition in deeply creative ways, drawing inspiration from the past and present to address the uncertainty of our future.»

Drawing loosely upon the American Realist tradition, Sherald subverts the medium of portraiture to tease out unexpected narratives, welcoming viewers into a more complex debate about accepted notions of race and representation, and situating black heritage centrally in the story of American art.

In her essay, Galitz draws upon the research of the art historian Robert Rosenblum, who in 1975's «Modern Painting and the Northern Romantic Tradition» expounded on the connection between the Romantic sublime of the 19th century and Abstract Expressionism.

Milhazes draws upon local visual traditions as diverse as Baroque colonial art, folk styles of decorative painting and the mass - produced textiles, wallpaper, and ceramic tile of her everyday surroundings.

Evocative of the Western tradition of religious painting, in which the Madonna is often depicted with a suckling infant at her breast, The Holy Virgin Mary draws upon this repository of source imagery, with Ofili forming his Madonna's breast from dried elephant dung.

Drawing upon folklore, masquerade traditions, religious practices, food, and Nigerian popular aesthetics, Saro - Wiwa's work shuttles between documentary and performance, testing art's capacity to transform and to envision new concepts of environment and environmentalism.

This merging of visual and cultural traditions informs the practice of many Australian and Chinese artists as they retain and draw upon...

While Maisel's work is rooted in photography's tradition of recording, the monumental scale and presentation of his prints also draw upon the language of abstract painting.

With her latest work, Barbara Hammer, who is known for films about lesbian life, history, and sexuality that draw upon avant - garde tradition, examines the little - known aspects of the life of the Pulitzer Prize — winning American poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911 — 1979).

Kurland's work draws upon the nineteenth - century landscape tradition of depicting a perfect place.

Drawing upon a rich cultural tradition which embraces dreams, premonitions and superstitions she creates haunting work that transcends generation or culture.

The Kabakovs are amongst the most celebrated Russian artists of their generation, widely known for their large - scale installations which draw upon the visual culture of the former Soviet Union and narrative traditions of Russian literature, often addressing universal themes such as utopia, dreams, fears and the human condition.

Drawing upon the Classical, Romantic and Baroque artistic traditions that flourished in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries, Anne Middleton creates fastidiously rendered depictions of the natural world on...

Drawing upon a set of disparate sources and traditions, from avant - garde set design to domestic folk crafting techniques, Kielar's ornate installation seeks to arrest the viewer, engaging her in a shared moment of beauty.

«My work has drawn upon the long tradition of African portraiture since my first visit to Ghana in 1996.