Sentences with phrase «from classical myths»

While the subjects of their works were taken from classical myths, Cézanne did not use direct literary sources.

The lesson involves group work and introduces pupils to a wide range of mythological creatures from Classical myth to Harry Potter.

His first works were naïve paintings of remembered Greek scenes and episodes from classical myth, on display in his first show, at Contemporary Arts on 57th Street, in 1938.

Not exact matches

While watching The Killing of a Sacred Deer I found myself trying to identify the deeper meaning behind its stylised acting, clinical visual style, and themes of hubris and revenge (taken from the classical Greek myth of Iphigenia).

Installation view of works by Don Voisine June 24 — September 24, 2007 P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center presents the first of an ongoing series, Orpheus Selection, inspired by the museum's unique basement boiler room and the classical myth of Orpheus, the bard who attempted, unsuccessfully, to rescue his bride Eurydice from the underworld.

Featuring classical Greek Byazntine inspired images from traditional myths and legends, the entire courtyard area of the school was transformed.

As seen in this meditation on art and interpretation, Indian abstract painter Paramjit Singh's landscape paintings of the Kangra Valley open a free play of imagination, evoking diverse Eastern and Western, classical and folk associations, from Sanskrit poet Kalidasa and local myths and legends to haiku and Alice in Wonderland.

In Rapture, a life - size bronze of a woman emerging from the belly of a howling wolf, it's birth and death, myth and animism, rolled into classical form.

In this exhibition, we find a select group of artists from across the country and abroad, who are united by a shared interest in the timeless appeal of classical myths, the imaginative nature of storytelling and visual fantasy.

Her practice has been described as engaging in her own unique form of myth - making, one in which the interweaving of fact with fiction opens up possibilities for another group of symbolic female characterisations, markedly different from those that appear in either classical history or popular culture.