Sentences with phrase «from classical sources»

Fusing archival material, readings from classical sources, and newly shot footage, the work explicitly highlights the greed, horror and cruelty of the whaling industry.

His later work also draws from classical sources, as in his Venus de Milo sculptures, infusing his art with the influence of the past.

Recently on view as part of Okwui Enwezor's All the World's Futures exhibition at the 56th Venice Biennale, the artwork unites newly shot footage from remote locations on the Isle of Skye, the Faroe Islands and the Northern regions of Norway with archival material and readings from classical sources.

Fusing archival material, readings from classical sources and newly shot footage, Akomfrah's piece focuses on the disorder and cruelty of the whaling industry and juxtaposes it with scenes of many generations of migrants making epic crossings of the ocean for a better life.

A poultice of garlic could have a natural antibiotic effect, and a rosehip tincture could deliver a whopping dose of vitamin C. Knowledge of herbs came both from the classical sources preserved and studied in monasteries (sources like the Greek Dioscorides herbal encyclopedia, De Materia Medica) and from local herbariums.

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The Bible limns a larger world, as do the classical sources from Athens and Rome.

Stung by the criticism that he offered an interpretation of Christianity as an interpretation of religion, he moved from The Essence of Christianity to The Essence of Religion and, later, to his Theogony According to the Sources of Classical, Hebraic, and Christian Antiquity (1857).

Furthermore, if we consider the teachings of «original» Buddhism to be identical with the nucleus of the older sources of the Himayana scriptures, then we must immediately admit that these teachings, as well as the whole «religion of Buddha,» underwent a marked change in their later development; and we can readily understand how, from the standpoint of the «classical ideal» this development might be viewed as nothing but deprivation and decline.

I have learned that many of the classical sources I was taught to rely on so heavily, from Augustine to Tillich, sound very different when they are read with women's questions in mind.

He admits he does not have proof «in the classical sense of the word» that the detention centres exist, but insists that a «number of coherent and converging elements», such as flight data and sources from within various intelligence agencies, point that way.

As part of the program, we studied classical teachings from Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, as well commentaries and ideas from other sources.

Whether you practice the dynamic series of Pattabhi Jois, the refined alignments of B. K. S. Iyengar, the classical postures of Indra Devi, or the customized vinyasa of Viniyoga, your practice stems from one source: a five - foot, two - inch Brahmin born more than one hundred years ago in a small South Indian village.

Those who are intent on studying Russian women will normally obtain their sources from classical literature; forever alluding to the ladies as long suffering souls.

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What attracted critical minds like Jacques Rivette, Eric Rohmer, and others to Nicholas Ray and his oeuvre — bored stiff as they were by the risk - averse, respectable, and ultimately neutered «cinema of quality» — was the stamp of the personal and the element of danger they discerned in his films, whether that meant the improvisatory handling of actors with a touch deft enough to coax remarkable performances out of even non-professionals; the «superior clumsiness,» cited by Rivette in «Notes on a Revolution,» resulting in «a discontinuous, abrupt technique that refuses the conventions of classical editing and continuity»; or the purely visual flourishes Ray relished — ranging from the sweeping, vertiginous helicopter - mounted shots in They Live By Night to disorienting, subjective POV compositions like the «rolling camera» during a car crash halfway through On Dangerous Ground, its very title indicating the source of Ray's critical appeal.

His new show, «Bright Young Things,» now on view at the Lehmann Maupin gallery, draws on sources from classical still lifes, art deco motifs and early 20th - century artists like Cecil Beaton, Marie Laurencin and Nils von Dardel.

His works» anthropomorphic references and undercurrents of doom, both in the imagery and in titles sourced from classical mythology, invoked enduring ideological quandaries.

The oversized canvases, abundance of materials used, and divergent techniques in which collaged media and imagery were sourced from classical and contemporary culture then applied effusively in a thickly layered manner are characteristics of Schnabel's continued exploration of painting itself.

The sources of inspiration from the African collection will be exhibited alongside McGinness» work as classical statements of these principles that have inspired artists in the Modern tradition, including Picasso, Vlaminck and Léger.

Stemming from various sources of inspirations including classical Italian art as well as African graffiti and Japanese decorative arts, the exhibition contained the playfulness of Arte Povera with Calzolari's unique and personal artistic pursuits that often times challenge the movement's standards.

Deeply informed by the history of sculpture — from mystical prehistoric sources up to the present moment — her ambiguous, figurative forms disrupt entrenched notions of the classical ideal.

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

His fictional portraits amalgamate a range of sources, from classical sculpture to observed individuals in London's British Caribbean communities.

Virginia Jaramillo's meticulously formed abstract pulp paintings draw on a rich variety of sources spanning history and crossing cultures, from pre-Hispanic civilisation to classical geometry.

The Award - Winning portrait artist has developed a distinctive technique which draws influences from a multitude of sources, and her appreciation of a refined technique invokes classical portraiture but with a resolutely modern viewpoint.

Boundlessly curious, Durham takes on subject matter ranging from specific historical events or figures — such as Malinche and Cortés — to classical architecture, religious martyrdom, quantum physics, and literary sources from Shakespeare to José Saramago.

They use an enormous variety of media and draw on sources ranging from pop culture and politics to ethnic heritage, classical models, and deeply personal life experiences.

Thomas's work stems from her study of art history and the classical genres of portraiture, landscape, and still life, and is inspired by a wide range of sources, from Hudson River School landscapes to Henri Matisse's nudes and Romare Bearden's collages.

Prince plays out — even satirises — the way the female nude is mapped and multiplied in art, from classical sculpture to Renaissance Venuses to the distorted and reconfigured forms of Cubism and Expressionism, as well as in other sources such as pornography and medical text books.

Alleyne replies: Well that is substantially a thought experiment from classical thermodynamics, modified to return the energy radiatively to the hot source instead of in the unspecified fashion of the original.

Using a range of sources from classical art, via legal and biblical analysis to economic and statistical data throughout the book, the author shows that it is law, rather than religion that directs behaviours and offers protection to support the means for society to be sustained.

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