Sentences with phrase «figures such icons»
Her work conveys the concept of cult and investigates what made these figures such icons in the world of art, fashion and design.
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If Georgi's profile is correct, then Paul's opponents had become icons for the presence of such divine figures as Moses and Jesus.
The Byzantine emperors who first issued the edict to smash and destroy the icons (Leo the Isaurian and his son Constantine V, both of whom reigned in the eighth century) do remind one of Oliver Cromwell, for both sets of rulers were military leaders with a loyal army from the provinces; such figures often have a puritanical streak and tend, moreover, to command soldiers who themselves are suspicious of the decadent mores of the cities.
The iconic style figures such as Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, and Elizabeth Taylor belong to the list but I've also selected some of my favorite modern style icons who constantly stand out in their outstanding panache.
It took me a little while to figure out that the home button called up a main screen with touch icons for navigation, media, radio, phone, and apps; while the menu button called up context - sensitive menus, such as destination entry when the navigation system was up.
With visitor figures from the GCC to the UK up by 10 per cent in the first nine months of 2013, Luxury Hotels Group offers 34 hotels in London alone, including icon properties such as the 143 - room Montcalm conveniently located near Oxford Street shopping, as well as the new 200 - room M by Montcalm opening later this year in London's so - called «Silicon Roundabout».
Alongside the exhibition, pioneering works by Gerhard Richter from the collection of the Museum Ludwig are being presented, including icons such as Ema (Nude on a Staircase) from 1966, 48 Portraits of German intellectual figures from 1971/72, the abstract painting War from 1981, and the glass work 11 Panes from 2003, among others.
Leckey's interests might have shifted throughout the last decade — from an obsession with pop culture, subculture and the figure of the dandy in earlier films such as Parade (2003), and in his band collaboration DonAteller, with fellow artists Ed Laliq, Enrico David and Bonnie Camplin; to the high / low culture face - off of his BigBoxStatueAction performances (2003 — 11), in which Leckey's giant speaker stack confronts icons of modernist British sculpture, such as Jacob Epstein's Jacob and the Angel (1940 — 1); to his later multimedia performance lectures, the Internet - driven epiphany of dematerialisation In the Long Tail (2009) and its antithesis Cinema - in - the - Round (2006 — 8), with its more reflective inquiry into the physicality of images via, among others, Philip Guston, Felix the Cat, Gilbert & George, Homer Simpson and Titanic (1997).
sculpture has assumed a central position in contemporary art and has followed the patterns of the various postmodern art movements, for example, the three - dimensional pop icons of Claes Oldenburg, Koons's purposely banal, often erotic figures, and the minimalist constructions of such artists as Carl Andre, Donald Judd, and Robert Morris.
His most popular are perhaps his text - based paintings using quotes from renowned individuals such as writers Zora Neale Hurston and James Baldwin, political figure Jesse Jackson, and comic icon Richard Pryor.
In the exhibition Bootleg Baby, content - rich icons such as Moors, Black Power figures, consumer logos, blackface children, cheap signage, graffiti, and celebrities are layered one upon another in paintings that are stacked and hinged on the walls as charms.
The almond or vulva shaped mandorla enclosing divine figures such as Christ in Byzantine and Russian icons, or the radiating light around the Virgin of Guadalupe is another example.
It took me a while to figure out where apps such as Gallery and Browser were, since Huawei's custom icons for them were so different from a regular Android's.