Sentences with phrase «from symbolic»

Applying the basic assumptions from symbolic interactionist theory, this study takes a structural view of roles and borrows from three middle range theories in order to observe how the transition to parenthood effects couples.

From a symbolic — if not technical — standpoint, the platform's continued success hinges on Vitalik Buterin sticking around.

Paivio claims that pictures have advantages over words with regards to coding and retrieval of stored memory because pictures are coded more easily and can be retrieved from symbolic mode, while the dual coding process using words is more difficult for both coding and retrieval.

It is important to them to have a science - approved stamp to their dogma (Western techno - civilisation has hurt mother Gaia, and it is really time that we repent from our sins and go back to a «natural» way of life (that will be extensively described by their prefered high priest, usually involving actions ranked more from symbolic value than effectiveness in reducing CO2.

His goal was to make paintings in which pictorial force came from materiality, not from symbolic meaning.

The exhibition is now considered a turning point in Indian art as it marked a move away from symbolic and abstract imagery towards contemporary and personal subjects.

Johns» Flag, for instance, is primarily a visual object, divorced from its symbolic connotations and reduced to something in - itself.

An artist who perpetually introduces his audience to new stages of his own artistic evolution, Campbell blends together scribbles, scriptures, slogans, and anecdotes to assemble multilayered, interconnected works that draw from a symbolic system of meaning and associations.

Distinct from the symbolic portraits comprising her Counterforms series, in this new work Souders taps into the burlesque of humanity, depicting characters that blur the line between biographical and fictive.

Luis Camnitzer participates in the Symposium: «The Contemporary Image: From Symbolic Space as Hegemony to Symbolic Space as Problematization» during the 4th Poly / Graphic San Juan Triennial: Latin America and the Caribbean, Displaced Images / Images in Space, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Drawing inspiration from the symbolic status of society's others — such as prisoners, orphans and the disabled — Peggy Wauters employs a personal interpretation of codes and conventions that signify human frailty and folly.

A «feminist» artist in a post-feminist era, Smith's vocabulary has evolved over more than three decades from symbolic, sometimes disturbing, representations of the female body as a site of authentic, visceral experience, to a metaphorical, mystical world drawing upon literature, history and folklore.

Since the early 1990s, Yang Fudong has been examining the complexities of contemporary Chinese society from a symbolic, detached perspective through his art form.

Her paintings range from the symbolic to a kind of unique arboreal portraiture.

A picture of a «spectral bride» is relatively light in approach and benefits from the symbolic specificity of its imagery.

What Frank Stella ultimately managed to achieve, what makes him so invaluable to all of art, is the fact he was able to make paintings in which pictorial force came not from symbolic meanings but from the very materiality of the piece.

From the symbolic ceremony and the exquisite reception that features decadent desserts and gourmet cuisine, to only the finest amenities for you and your sweetheart, your magical day will be remembered for eternity!

The other rises from the symbolic boundary of the Saint Denis Gate leading to the city.

No sooner does the princess of France free Navarre from symbolic entombment than she imprisons herself in sorrow.

Hamid masterfully handles the shifts from the symbolic to the real, the unnamed to the specific.

Aside from the symbolic significance of 400ppm, it is worth reflecting on the implications of being able to successfully predict its passing.

«However, it's fascinating from a symbolic point of view, and this sort of work will allow us to get at the intention behind the construction of the pyramid.»

Previous work has shown the birds are capable of everything from symbolic communication to rudimentary math.

Or will the shift from symbolic images to photo - realism be merely a cosmetic upgrade?

Meeting organizers offered a menu of actions to battle harassment, from symbolic to concrete.

Description: Based on interviews with over 100 mothers and many of their health care professionals, this dissertation applies a model derived from symbolic anthropology to the pregnancy / childbirth process which interprets this process as a year - long initiatory rite of passage.

Or better: there are no experiential contents that make any sense, apart from these symbolic forms.

Protestantism, which can be characterized as a movement of the word, led the way in the shift from symbolic communication of the medieval era to the verbal communication of the modern era.

In other words, if he could come down from his symbolic mountain above the battle and meet the tormented soul of the alcoholic on its own level of suffering; the soul could perhaps accept comfort from him and gain some of his faith.

Sheer resemblance can be prescinded from comparison and both from symbolic meaning.

Not exact matches

Wal - Mart Stores dropped the «Stores» from its official name, in a symbolic move that reflects its evolution beyond brick and mortar retail.

His most symbolic coup as a businessman may have come in 1979, when he bought control of trading house Hutchison Whampoa from Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp..

Wonder Woman's symbolic value has been equivocal from the character's inception, decades before she first made the cover of Ms. Magazine.

«It has a symbolic significance in that you could say from a political perspective, it indicates that Canada welcomes Chinese investment,» says Lawrence Herman, trade law expert at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP.

The Argentine star's insistence on a get - out clause in case Catalan secession means he can't compete in major - league sport is that latest symbolic twist to emerge from the region's independence push.

Still, even a symbolic threat from a someone as deep - pocketed and well connected as Steyer might have far and wide echoes.)

The decision drew immediate backlash from prominent medical and advocacy groups; Mugabe's appointment in the largely symbolic position was reportedly meant to raise awareness of non-communicable diseases like heart disease in Africa.

Christchurch was a symbolic launch site because some residents were cut off from online information for weeks following a 2011 earthquake that killed 185 people.

PARIS — Standard & Poor's downgraded the credit ratings of France, Italy and seven other European countries on Friday, a move that may have more symbolic than fundamental financial impact but served as a reminder that Europe's economic woes were far from over.

Dr. Teller holds a B.S. in computer science and an M.S. in symbolic and heuristic computation from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence from Carnegie Mellon University, where he was a recipient of the Hertz fellowship.

Personas appeal to those folks that are comfortable with the symbolic; they sense the world symbolically and can easily go from general to specific.

Mr. Hoffman holds a M.A. in Philosophy from Oxford University and a B.S. in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University.

Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything have settled with the city for a symbolic $ 1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $ 200,000 program for young entrepreneurs.

Reid earned a master's degree in philosophy from Oxford University, where he was a Marshall Scholar, and a bachelor's degree with distinction in symbolic systems from Stanford University.

Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the city Wednesday for a symbolic $ 1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $ 200,000 program for young entrepreneurs.

The venerable oil and gas giant lost its AAA rating from Standard and Poor in April 2016, which thought a symbolic loss (it shared the rating with Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson) indicated the damage wrought by years of low prices and some pretty terrible luck, notably Tillerson's lost $ 500 billion deal in Russia as the result of Western sanctions.

APNewsBreak: Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything have settled with the city for a symbolic $ 1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $ 200,000 program for young entrepreneurs.

Beutner's hiring, just one week after Tribune split from the parent company, we were told, was symbolic of the new post-split Tribune.

Moscow realizes that the gathering of the Council specifically in Istanbul has an important symbolic significance for the authority of the Ecumenical Patriarch, since six out of the seven Ecumenical Councils (with the exception of the Council of Ephesus) have taken place in Constantinople or its environs (Chalcedon is presently Kadiköy, a district of Istanbul, and Nicaea, modern Iznik, is within a short ride from the capital).

There's Arkansas, bounty hunters, snakes real, human, and symbolic, being rescued from a snake pit by a very errant knight, a display of the gratuitous slaughter that comes when you take the law in your own hands, a deep commentary on place, displacement, the state of nature, and the techno - forces of the modern world and modern government, solidly American thoughts on law, property, justice, and keeping your word, and so forth and so on.