Sentences with phrase «from geisha»

The New York Times remembers the innovative artist for her diverse inspirations, ranging from geisha styles, to prison, to a Kenyan park.

This new mask from the geisha beauty secret — inspired beauty brand is so thin that they brag it's made from fibers 100 times thinner than a strand of hair.

Not exact matches

«Geisha transformed us from old grid to grid of the future,» says her predecessor as CEO, Tony Earley.

They took it from the title of a John Wayne flick, The Barbarian and the Geisha, which has to be the only movie in which the aging cowboy was seen on - screen wearing a kimono.

In a sermon, the pastor of one of the largest Pentecostal churches on the island called the action of the Geishas patriotic and then declared that these women should give more to the church from their income.

This year's No. 1 coffee is Finca La Mula Geisha, roasted by JBC Coffee Roasters in Madison, Wisconsin, from coffee beans grown on Willem Boot's La Mula farm in western Panama.

Witness Geishas darting from one liaison to the next, or amble through one of the famous bamboo thickets.

From the iconic ready - to - wear Fall - Winter 1997 - 1998 «Geisha» collection (in that year Galliano was appointed chief women's wear designer at Christian Dior), this very chic three piece...

(As many folks seem to think that geisha are basically high - paid prostitutes, and that could not be further from the truth!)

This morning however, I found out one of my favourite dresses from my wardrobe — this faux Geisha style dress, which is perfect for wearing with leggings and layering up with a cardigan.

From wearing sexy lingerie to being a Geisha in the bedroom, lust is not love, my friends.

Somewhere in the minds of the males from the west is the thought that every Japanese woman could give a man the experience of a geisha.

Others might say Rob Marshall's «Nine» (coming from a money - tight company hoping to avoid echoes of «Memoirs of a Geisha»).

When she reaches adulthood and is played by Zhang Ziyi, a geisha from another house, Mameha (Yeoh), buys Sayuri and teaches her to be the greatest geisha of all time, commanding the highest price ever paid for her virginity.

As she grows, she is taken under the wing of another kind - hearted geisha named Mameha (Yeoh, Silver Hawk), who sees fit to make her the best geisha she can be, if only to keep the conniving Hatsumomo (Li, Dragon Chronicles) from becoming heir to the house.

With Gore Verbinski «s departure from the Pirates «franchise, producer Jerry Bruckheimer has turned to the talents of director Rob Marshall (Chicago, Memoirs of a Geisha) to carry this blockbuster franchise forward.

7 November 2004 This article revealed that Gong Li, who's in the U.S. filming «Memoirs of a Geisha» will not be in «The Lady From Shanghai» as widely reported.

From world - class sushi to legendary geisha, enthralling Japan is the perfect country to see by bicycle and on our cycling adventure we see all sides of this fascinating country.

Geisha Bowl can be viewed front and center from the decks of the Lodge.

Frankenthaler has worked with Pace Prints to create four Ukiyo - e plus woodcuts, including «Geisha» (2003), a twenty - three color Ukiyo - e woodcut printed from 15 woodblocks on Torinoko paper and mounted onto Fabriano Classico, as well as «Book of Clouds,» a large - scale print using a combination of aquatint, woodcut and pochoir techniques.

Taking inspiration from both traditional Japanese painting from the Edo period as well as contemporary anime and manga comics, Yamaguchi Ai depicts geisha subjects with subtle references to freedom — like wildly unkempt hair and hairpins littered on the floor.

In the time of Japan's last feudal military government, ruled by the Tokugawa clan from 1603 to 1867, the government licensed «pleasure quarters,» where courtesans practiced prostitution and geishas entertained men by serving tea and food, dancing, performing music or chatting amiably.

from the Donald Judd Foundation and the most recent painting «Bumstead and Dead Geisha» completed in December, 2006.

The collection itself runs the gamut from small, whimsical collages by Joseph Cornell to charged, charcoal «Woman» drawings by Willem de Kooning, to 19th century Japanese woodblock prints of charming geishas.

Whereas the works in his 2007 show at Honor Fraser retained a distinctive figuration — painted black - and - white bodies lifted from lingerie ads, 1970s yearbooks, and porn magazines, and portraits of Mexican wrestlers and geishas, all of which were partially consumed by anxious, repeating brushstrokes — the artist has now loosened his grip on unequivocal source material, allowing a minimal abstraction

One of the finest examples of her work, available at VFA, is Geisha, a 23 color Ukiyo - e woodcut on Torino paper, done in the ukiyo - e genre of art that was popular in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries.

From left to right: Jeff Koons, Geisha, 2007; Hulk (Organ), 2004 - 14.

DETAILS Geisha dog print, from # 250, 55 MAX.