Sentences with phrase «examples of masterpieces»

DAVE HICKEY — Well, I think the John Chamberlain sculptures being shown right now are a pretty great example of masterpieces being made in a democracy.

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He showed us some short video examples of great (and not so great) TED talks and then shared some specific suggestions as to what goes into crafting a memorable presentation — especially an 18 - minute masterpiece — to be delivered before one of the toughest and most accomplished audiences in the world.

For example, of The Great Divorce — which has powerful moments but has always seemed to me rather wooden — Wilson says:» [It] shows Lewis at his very best; it is something approaching a masterpiece.»

As an example, the world's largest particle accelerator — the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) 10 built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)-- is a masterpiece of international scientific collaboration.

There's Dee Rees» striking 2011 queer drama Pariah, Rick Famuyiwa's 2015 black nerd hit Dope and the most relevant example, Barry Jenkins» sophomore masterpiece, Moonlight, which has swept awards season and been hailed as one of the year's most moving films.

For example Angelopoulos» The Travelling Players (1975) is a colossal masterpiece which transcends the specificities of its political references.

«Mad Max: Fury Road» George Miller's masterpiece is not only a testament to the powers of creative filmmaking, incredible editing and inspired production design, but an example of a stable of actors willing to push their performances to unexpected extremes.

As an example of Aristotelian storytelling techniques married to the commercial imperative, The LEGO Movie was a near masterpiece.

Both are examples of a current vogue for book - length studies of masterpieces (Tarkovsky's Stalker and Ozu's Late Spring, respectively) and both are examples of film criticism practiced by nonprofessionals who, in this case, happen to be prestigious literary Brits.

In the world of anime there's a lot of crap (this often involves ninja lesbian schoolgirls), there are a lot of masterpieces (Akira, Ghost in the Shell), and then there are the ones that are solid yet manage to reel in a more general audience (Hayao Miyazaki's work for example).

«For example, the Washington Performing Arts Society, the Washington Institute for Dance, and Lifepieces to Masterpieces all work directly with [public schools in D.C.] to bring their own successful curriculums, which weave some level of art — dance, choir, painting, or musical instrument instruction — into the arts integration schools» curriculum.»

This 1982 example's odd aesthetic is as unmistakable today as it was over four decades ago, but the 928's futuristic design wasn't just meant to wow onlookers, though it does that quite well — designer Wolfgang Möbius Möbius» masterpiece garnered stare - downs from countless bystanders and plenty of camera phones flew up as we cruised the ocean front boulevards of the Westhampton portion of Long Island, New York.

Some of these include the tenth - century Book of Deer, which is probably the oldest surviving Scottish manuscript and contains the earliest known examples of written Gaelic; the thirteenth - century Life of Edward the Confessor, which contains masterpieces of illumination; the Cairo Genizah collections, which are glimpses into the everyday live of a Jewish community in Egypt over a period of 1,000 years; digital versions of its Islamic and Sanskrit collections of both secular and religious texts, including some of the earliest surviving Qur» ans; the Nash Papyrus, which contains one of the oldest texts from the Hebrew Bible, the Codex Bezzae, one of the most important New Testament manuscripts; and others.

The college paper for sale that you happen to purchase will be a masterpiece of logic and thought and it is a great example of what is possible when you get help from an exceptional master.

Jurgen is, if not his masterpiece, at least the most recognizable example of his work.

And any rule you care to mention, I'm betting that I or somebody on this board could find an example of how somebody broke it and came up with a masterpiece.

The gladiator mosaic is noted by scholars as one of the finest examples of mosaic art ever seen — a «masterpiece comparable in quality with the Alexander Mosaic in Pompeii.»

Like Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli did with his Museum that, already open to the general public in Milan in 1881, is one of the most important museum houses in Europe, a good example of one of the finest 19th century collections: from the fifteenth - century Lombardy maestros (Luini, Boltraffio, Solario) to masterpieces by Pollaiolo, Piero della Francesca, Botticelli, Mantegna, Bellini and Cosmè Tura through to eighteenth - century paintings (Guardi and Canaletto) and exceptional collections of decorative arts.

As such, when a game gets a 5... or less... despite having not one single technical flaw, solid game play mechanics which beat out some bigger name games, being about as long as any other game with the same presentation, and being a visual masterpiece, the merit of the review is going to be called into question... not naming names, just using an example.

Mafia, the Bioshock series or the Witcher 3 are all fine examples of digital masterpieces.

SEGA is certainly a studio that can crank out some fantastic titles — just look at the recent Yakuza 5, a prime example of the studio's prowess when it comes to cranking out a masterpiece — but these titles are few and far between when compared to the studio's glory days, and you'd be hard - pressed to find any series in their current stable of games that screams «system seller» in the same way today's Halo, Uncharted, and Legend of Zelda titles do on their respective platforms.

Yes, Elite may not be a masterpiece, but it is a very fine example of the resurgence of a genre too long silent.

Look at Call of Duty or Battlefield, for example, they have the size and money to make cinematic masterpieces that we just can't - do.

It's a resounding testament to Nintendo's unparalleled seal of quality and their pristine ability to evolve as Breath of the Wild is a remarkable masterpiece and a brilliant example of impeccable game design.

If you have ever wondered what makes Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party a masterpiece, not to mention a singular example of Impressionism, you just need to refer to other pictures belonging to this timeworn category.

It includes important regional holdings from Maryland and Baltimore, outstanding examples of Louis Comfort Tiffany's decorative works, and modern American masterpieces by Georgia O'Keeffe, Jacob Lawrence, Marsden Hartley, Joseph Stella, and many other acclaimed artists.

This masterpiece of Chinese porcelain is an important example of early blue - and - white ware from the imperially sponsored kilns of Jingdezhen.

The season of autumn provokes us to browse the history and find wonderful examples of umbrella art and bring exciting new look to the masterpieces we all know.

Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics presents key examples of Murakami's work alongside a rich selection of Japanese masterpieces spanning several centuries and arranged here according to concepts laid out by his mentor and foil, leading Japanese art historian Nobuo Tsuji.

As the fine arts museum of the University of Chicago, the Smart is home to thought - provoking exhibitions and an exquisite collection of more than 15,000 objects, including modern masterpieces, millennia - old Chinese artworks, rich examples of European painting, and provocative works of contemporary art.

This month's acquisitions include a hoard of Soviet nonconformist art, a significant example of brutalist architecture, and a Danish masterpiece

And familiar masterpieces have been given a new power to stun, notably Piero della Francesca's majestic «Virgin and Child Enthroned With Four Angels,» the greatest example of this Renaissance artist's work in this country and was seen at the Frick Collection last year.

In a discussion with the critic Michele Robecchi about the importance of drama in Italian culture, he has cited the example of Caravaggio — one of the most powerful visual presences in Rome, since half a dozen of his greatest masterpieces are scattered through churches in the centre of the city.

Many of Williams» photographic choices of a half century ago today are taken for granted as textbook examples of American modernist masterpieces.

Certainly, none rival the monumentality of, for example, Serra's 1974 paint - stick masterpiece Abstract Slavery.

It's a sort of alienation that in my country, Italy, for example, it was thoroughly documented in the fifties and in the sixties, especially in some cinematic masterpieces.

``... as strong an example of achieved abstraction in sculpture as one is likely to find» is as close as damn it to calling it a masterpiece, and certainly implies it's one of Caro's best, and better than most other peoples abstract sculpture.

One of the most significant examples of this is his Ovid paintings (ca. 2010 — 12), which reinterpret three sixteenth - century Italian Renaissance masterpieces by Titian — Diana and Actaeon (1556 — 59), Diana and Callisto (1556 — 59), and The Death of Actaeon (ca. 1559 — 75)-- and, in turn, echo themes from the Metamorphoses.

The works on view, if not quite masterpieces in most cases, are solid, mature examples of serious artists grappling seriously with their medium.

Severin Roesen's The Abundance of Nature is just one example of how the Art Camera enables visitors to view not just the entire work of art as a painting but to zoom in on the tiny strokes of genius that make it a true masterpiece.

But in the 1950s, after completing his masterpiece The Listening Room (1952, Menil Collection, Houston) along with a number of prestigious murals - for the Knocke - le - Zoute (1951 - 3) casino for example - he was given a major retrospective in Brussels (1954).

[7] For example, a painting by Rembrandt has a physical existence as an «oil painting on canvas» that is separate from its identity as a masterpiece «work of art» or the artist's magnum opus.

This season, Christie's is thrilled to present an extraordinary selection of Impressionist and Modern masterpieces representative of the full range of the field — from classic Impressionist works to Surrealist paintings and sculptures, and wonderful Modern sculptures — including examples by Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, Alberto Giacometti and Constantin Brancusi, among others.

Truly, the strength of the collection is in abstract expressionism, with some of the greatest masterpieces of that movement on view, including major signature examples by the likes of Gorky, Pollock, Motherwell, Rothko and Still, among others.

In addition to works by the political classicist painter Jacques - Louis David, the great French academic artist Jean - Auguste - Dominique Ingres, and the leader of French Romanticism Eugene Delacroix, The Hermitage collection features excellent examples from the Barbizon School of plein landscape painting, by Theodore Rousseau, Jean - Baptiste - Camille Corot, Dupre, Daubigny and others, and seven masterpieces by Claude Monet, the founder of Impressionism, including: Lady in a Garden (1867), The Pond at Montgeron, and Waterloo Bridge (1903).

The latter was America's first permanent museum of modern art, and included masterpieces by Romantic artists such as Francisco Goya and Eugene Delacroix; Impressionist paintings by Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin, Pierre - Auguste Renoir and Pierre Bonnard; works by Expressionist painters including Paul Klee, Van Gogh and Modigliani; and examples of Cubism by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso; as well as a range of American art by the likes of Albert Pinkham Ryder, Thomas Eakins and Mark Rothko.

The P20 Pro sky is a freaking masterpiece compared to the Pixel 2 XL sky, which serves as a good example of the trouble most phones have with nighttime photography.

Joan's house is simply a masterpiece, if you love the actual work of a maestro, then it should serve as examples where you can borrow a few tips to decorate your home.

This fireplace is a prime example... a couple months ago it was straight out of the box and now it is an absolute masterpiece!