Sentences with phrase «from archaism»

By juxtaposing their works, A New American Sculpture reveals the confluences of sources — from archaism and European avant - garde art to vernacular traditions and American popular culture — that informed these artists» novel contributions to the history of sculpture.

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Another major vehicle for imperial ideology was the moral discourse of the empire, which, from the time of Augustus onwards, became dominated by an intense conservatism, bordering on archaism, particularly evident in its concern with the Roman family.

I see the radical theologian as critic of all the new polytheisms and syncretisms, as well as of the new archaisms (whether emerging from Hartford or any other life insurance center): standing like some latter - day Moses or Calvin before the unoccupied space once filled by the Christian God prohibiting re-entry by either demon or spirit) murmuring piously, «He is not here; see the place where they laid him.»

This 1964 colossus benefits from having about it a whiff of archaism.

They point out archaisms, wordy phrases, and usage comments from Ken Adams» A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting as we type.