Sentences with phrase «from didacticism»

While the subject matter of their work gives it an inherently political element, the artists shy away from didacticism, veering instead toward bold sexuality and intimacy.

Contemporary art is in subtle transition, from the didacticism and dry theorizing that prevailed for several years toward a lighter, more individual, more sensuous approach, whether the work involved is abstract painting or political art.

His work unmoors itself from the didacticism of American abstraction and self - reflexively seeks to picture the future while conjuring moments in the history of painting.

Not exact matches

This didacticism is redeemed from arid or smug judgmentalism by empathy, even for the destructive crusaders: «the historian as he gazes back across the centuries at their gallant story must find his admiration overcast by sorrow at the witness that it bears to the limitations of human nature.»

Didacticism occasionally dictates too heavily, but, at its best, potent political drama emerges from the superlative meeting of farce and thriller.

The tone of the movie is so uneven - it lurches from cynicism to didacticism - that it never becomes the classic Egoyan clearly wants it to be.

First he's gimped - up to satisfy the didacticism of the time (with the trucking industry presenting limited opportunity for a moral, the movie settles on putting the fear of God in us over falling asleep at the wheel), then his role is reduced to reaction shots: When Paul finally takes the stand in the courtroom climax, all Bogart manages to squeeze out is «Wull yeah, but...» This is Raft's show, despite the film's studio - sanctioned absorption into the Bogey canon, though Bogart would have his revenge by stealing the lead in High Sierra — and in theory, every one of his Midas - touched career opportunities subsequent to High Sierra — out from under him.

The signal, with barely intelligible chatter from the FCC, talked at the visitor, and wall text added to the didacticism.