Sentences with phrase «from grand tradition»

Aho's art historical references derive from the modern as well as from grand tradition.

Enchanted and eerie describe Julie Heffernan's paintings, which use an array of styles and techniques from the grand tradition of European painting to achieve a dramatic, almost cinematic effect.

That is precisely where today's self - portraitists depart from grand tradition.

She absorbs influences from pop culture as much as she does from high art, and I think sometimes she feels a bit divorced and distanced from the grand tradition of painting.

Not exact matches

All of which underscores the question of how it came to this: Why are the heirs to such a grand tradition dipping their tortilla chips into bean dip that has not even been decanted from its original plastic container into a proper bowl?

Born in the rich and vibrant land of Rajasthan where life of every individual is devoted to God following the rich traditions, culture, customs as a legacy, Sangita Sikhwal studied and understood the sacred traditional texts from her grand mother.

In the grand tradition of «Night of the Living Dead» comes a film, from writer - director Jordan Peele, that functions as both frightening horror thriller and racially conscious satire that confronts the dark underbelly of American racism in its more insidious, less obvious forms.

This Christmas a venerable Seattle tradition continues as the Grand Illusion plays, on 35 millimeter film and for the next three weeks, Frank Capra's greatest film, the grim, bleak, heart - warming holiday classic from 1946.

It's just that this isn't a departure from Jeep «tradition,» because its big brother the Grand Cherokee has been playing the refined - SUV card for decades now.

It is finished in its original two - tone Black and Tan that looks especially nice even three decades after it was applied by Tiffany Motor Coach but obviously there's much more to the coupe than just paint, cool cars like this that are built in the same tradition of the Excalibur and Zimmer add century - old class and distinction to more modern components, that's where you get the custom swoopy fenders, decorative exterior exhaust ports, 2 exterior spare tires, full - length running boards, and bright wire wheels and of course the classic - style trunk with leather straps but beyond the grandest of grand touring appearance are the fundamentals you want for example, the doors are unaltered from the original Mercury Cougar body, the same goes for much of the main glass and underlying components, so maintaining this one - of - a-kind appearance is much easier than it might first seem.

As you'll see, the public domain availability of Project Gutenberg books and the grand tradition of British children's literature means that most of the selections are 19th - century books from the UK.

The book opens in the grand tradition of coming - of - age novels distinguished by their hypnotic, first - person narrators, but while the voice of British teenager Holly Sykes can hold its own with those of Holden Caulfield or John Green's Hazel Grace Lancaster, it is merely the opening salvo in this multivoiced, harmonically layered narrative symphony that stretches — with occasional sojourns far back in time — from the 1980s, when Holly runs away from home, into the 2040s, when she is attempting to cope with an oil - depleted world descending into chaos.

Having read both reviews multiple times, I've concluded that the NYT review hails from the snide Manhattanite school, while the PCMag review represents the grand old tradition of Silicon Valley tech - hype optimism.

According to tradition, that's when Grand Duke Karl August of Weimar began to selectively breed hunting dogs that were fast, had strong noses, wouldn't back down from large game like wolves or wildcats, and were smart.

Aonang Phu Petra Resort is a classy and stylish hotel situated in the southern end of Ao Nang Beach some 2 km from the sea.Set in a green and luxuriant nature, the hotel offers a fantastic backdrop vista made by the huge and tall limestone cliff bordering Ao Nangs southern end.Despise its natural surroundings: Aonang Phu Petra Resort architecture mixes Thai tradition with modernity.Four types of villas are available: Gloriyo Hillside Villa (57sqm), Gloriyo Poolside Villa (57sqm), Majestic Suite Poolside Villa (72sqm) and Family Grand Poolside Villa (122sqm).

Informed by the grand traditions of a British manor home, the five - star hotel's stylish interiors — all dreamed up by designer Tony Chi and Associates — are crafted from the finest materials and appointed to the highest standard.

Breath of the Wild isn't just the most radical departure from the Zelda tradition in its 30 - year history, it's the first Nintendo game that feels like it was made in a world where Half - Life 2, Halo, Grand Theft Auto 3 and Skyrim happened.

I like that they belong to a grand tradition of transcendental abstraction, but result from a humble process and modest life experience.

Jeff Bark's monumental photographs plumb the depths of a collective human experience in the manner of history painting's grand masters, from Titian to Jacques - Louis David, while drawing from the tradition...

The human tradition passed from a grand European time line to an even longer line for the remodeled Louvre.

Artists, public school teachers, art therapists, performance artists, graphic designers, architects and students from New York City, join in the grand tradition of mixed media artists such as Robert Rauschenberg and Louise Nevelson.

Tapping the traditions of documentary and conceptual photography, Leonard's project, which she developed during a residency at the Wexner Center in Columbus, Ohio, is positioned within the genealogy of the grand visual archives that extend from Eugène Atget's Paris «then and now,» to August Sander's Face of Our Time, to Bernd and Hilla Becher's typologies of vernacular architecture.

De Vries took his inspiration from the tradition of grand banquets and balls held on the eve of battle such as the Duchess of Richmond's famous ball for the Duke of Wellington before Waterloo, as well as the 17th century custom of decorating banqueting tables with extravagant sugar sculptures.

Just as Washington creates meaning out of an assemblage of found objects and detritus, Jen Ray's works are a pastiche of imagery drawn from high and low culture, grand artistic traditions and kitsch.

At the same time, Armitage, who graduated from the Royal Academy Schools in 2010, freights his images with allusions to the grand tradition of European painting.

In his mature works he included references to the grand sculptural traditions of Western art, from Classicism to the Baroque.

His large - scale figurative paintings are equally as grand, ornate, and rich in symbolism as traditional portraiture; however, Wiley subverts the canon by depicting male protagonists of African descent, a demographic that has been virtually omitted from the Western painting tradition throughout the centuries.

In using elements from popular culture that might be considered inappropriate or unserious in the grand tradition of painting, Fiona Rae looks to re-examine their meaning and expressive possibilities.

Eternal thanks to The Clean Coal Carolers from The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity for creating this grand Christmas tradition that will warm hearts across the country.