Sentences with word «efflorescence»

Although that claim may sound far - fetched (even to those who neither celebrate nor bemoan the medium's purported demise), I'd hazard that the past decade has witnessed the greatest efflorescence of painting since the mid-1980s, when the battles engulfing it were at their bloodiest and the stakes seemed accordingly high.

Their large - scale efflorescence in 1960s L.A. represents the end of something — albeit in a time and place defined by a rambunctious sense of new beginnings.

It helps cut back on efflorescence and seals the brick which helps cut back on the amount of primer to absorb into the brick.

This brief and bloody civil war, however, was followed by a remarkable period of artistic and cultural efflorescence, known as the Belle Époque.

More than anything else, it seems now in retrospect, the sudden efflorescence of cosmopolitanism during the war was the inspiration of the new abstract art movements.

This exhibition will feature the amazing diversity of artists from every major reference point in the New York art world of the period: Abstract Expressionism, Color Field, Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptual and Performance Art — a creative efflorescence rarely seen in art history.

Fiber: Sculpture 1960 — present addresses the cultural and critical forces that contributed to the initial efflorescence of the fiber revolution in the mid-century, its contraction in the 1980s, and its recent reclamation by contemporary artists.

In what he calls «this last great efflorescence,» de Kooning had simplified his palette with red, yellow and blue dominating, and orange, green and violet used as occasional counterpoints.

The group show Efflorescence, containing the works of four brilliant artists (Alexi Torres, Ellen de Meijer, Gavin Rain and Zhuang Hong Yi), all range in style — from pointillism to non-objective, three - dimensional wall pieces — but share the use of high chromatic, vibrant, energetic hues.

Every year, the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approves more than 100,000 labels for beer, wine and spirts, according to Robert C. Lehrman, founder of the law firm Lehrman Beverage Law in Oakton, Va. «In these approvals you can see the bursting efflorescence of the American (and the world) economy,» he writes.

... During that astonishing efflorescence or research that would mark the seventeenth century science and metaphysics drew further than ever apart....

Specifically a number of insoluble crusts and accumulations (i.e. efflorescence salts) found on the surface of the Palace of Knossos and the Venetian fortress of Koules, both located in the city of Heraklion, Crete, Greece, are investigated in - situ using advanced, non-contact laser - based technologies.

They range from hydrothermal activity, acid fog from extinct volcanos, and even efflorescence, which is how salt deposits form in basements or on brick walls.

Rockiest splining Winslow, the founder begriming efflorescence impermissibly.

Salles is interested not only in the brief efflorescence of radicalism and rebellion in those years.

Water Damage In addition to failing to mention any structural damage, the Mellems argued that Smith failed to report «extensive and significant evidence» of outside water intrusion and water damage in the basement, including efflorescence, also known as salt staining, rusted foundation wall metal, rust weep down the basement walls and stained and rotted wood.

This last Saharan phenomenon has wowed everyone from Aldous Huxley, who described them in a Vogue essay as being «furred with a bright saline efflorescence,» to video artist Bill Viola, whose 1979 short on the largest flat, Chott El Djerid, is in the Museum of Modern Art film collection.

More suggestive of a human presence, although still entirely abstract, is Lenox (1960), a work executed in hot reds and steely blues whose central efflorescence of bulbous shapes conjures one of Picasso's extravagantly behatted women.

Pop art is usually regarded as an especially American phenomenon, but a British critic, Lawrence Alloway, coined the term, and several British artists of the»50s (e.g., Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi) antedate the US efflorescence.

Artist Statement My work's abstractions arise from the subjects I portray: ecological and geological cycles, processes of chemical corrosion and natural efflorescence.

A companion ambient sound installation by Compartment organically interprets pieces of Shannon Amidon's Efflorescence series resulting in musical vignettes that are sometimes alarming, sometimes whimsical.

The salty water that evaporates at the brick's surface leaves behind a white flakey - looking deposit called efflorescence.

Some astute real estate agents might note efflorescence in the home, most likely to be prevalent on basement walls.

The best way to remove efflorescence depends on the surface and the composition of the salts.

You can easily recognize efflorescence on walls, floors, retaining walls, and other surfaces made of brick, stone, concrete, or stucco.

In general, cleaning efflorescence from a surface is an ongoing solution rather than a cure.

Before we get carried away with hyperbolic proclamations about LA's cultural efflorescence, it may be worth remembering that the city's history is littered with futures that failed to materialise

Perhaps if our picture were more complete we should be able to see that the transition from the culture of Predynastic to that of Pharaonic Egypt was gradual, but at this distance of time, it has all the appearance of a sudden efflorescence.

Al Taylor's recent exhibition at Zwirner & Wirth focused on the creative efflorescence that resulted from the late artist's decision in 1984 to take a break from painting.

Crisscrossing generations, nationalities, processes, and approaches, the works speak to the cultural forces and art discourses that have contributed to a rich, and often overlooked, legacy of art making, from the initial efflorescence of the international fiber revolution of the 1960s to fiber's recent reclamation by contemporary artists who, in an expanded field of art, create fiber - based work with a kind of «post-fiber» awareness.

This is especially concerning for homeowners who have sealed concrete floors or other solid surfaces that show efflorescence.

Wet basements, especially, are the perfect environment for efflorescence to grow.

In these approvals you can see the bursting efflorescence of the American (and the world) economy.

«Fake news» is the label that has affixed itself to the efflorescence of political hoaxes that colonized Facebook and other social - media sites in the months leading up to the 2016 election.

In any event, it seems to me more than probable that the promptings of environmental thought, combined with intensified interaction between science and theology, might well produce in the coming years an efflorescence of Christian reflection that unfolds as yet undeveloped truths that are latent in cardinal doctrines such as creation, redemption, and the promise of bodily resurrection.

Boyer's main topic is, in any event, the efflorescence of prophecy belief in America from World War II to the early 1990s.

«The true foundation of the theory of rebirth», he wrote, «is the evolution of the soul, or rather its efflorescence out of the veil of Matter and its gradual self - finding.»

Among these hypotheses, the researchers identify acid fog and hydrothermal processes as more consistent with their observations than efflorescence, even though the sensitivity of GRS to elements, but not minerals, prevents a decisive inference.

Alternatively, efflorescence, which creates the odd salt deposits on basement walls on Earth, may have contributed trace amounts of iron - sulfates over geologic time.

Long before then, Einstein's theory of general relativity had undergone an efflorescence, its dark, difficult interior yielding many interesting mathematical secrets.

If concrete lined beds are used, as in the artificial production of refined salt, the efflorescence of the cement pollutes and loads the salt with toxins.

Be transcended by the efflorescence of these soft flowers set in stunning Murano Glass.

If you've gotten used to action movies featuring an efflorescence of computer - generated images, and endlessly wobbly cameras, then Hanna will be a revelation.

The salt that forms on the surface of concrete (efflorescence) is often a combination of calcium sulphate (gypsum), salt (sodium chloride) and calcium carbonate (calcite).

The Biennale is, of course, the glitziest event of the international scene, an efflorescence of hype, ego, showmanship and, yes, art.

The Civil Rights era in the United States marked an efflorescence of black creative expression closely linked to sustained political activism in the wake of the upheavals of 1968.

, multiple venues (2010); (the efflorescence of) Walter, Contemporary Art Center of New Orleans (2008), The Kitchen (2007) and Walker Art Center (2006); The Geography Trilogy (1997 — 2004); among others.