Sentences with phrase «from symbols of power»

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If you've ever ordered from a larger online company, you may have discovered in your mailbox an enduring symbol of the power of print: catalogs.

A symbol of progress to Northern Ireland's troubled past, the power sharing executive with responsibility for northern affairs rule from this impressive building, which boasts Portland stone and Mourne granite.

The result is to move in the opposite direction from religious symbolism, emptying symbols of their amplitude of meaning and power, reducing the cosmic dance to a calibrated discussion.

The cross of Jesus was not simply a convenient way for Jesus to die so that God could raise him from the dead, but a symbol of Rome's power.

Closely following the teachings of B.R. Ambedkar, the 20th Century symbol of Dalit power and protest, the Dalit asserted their separateness from other Hindus and demonstrated vehement opposition to classical Brahmanic Hinduism.12 However, it may be stated that Dalit movement in India is not yet homogenous and does represent diverse policies and means of liberation.

It was thought that the significance of baptism was not in the symbol of going under the water and then rising back up as though from the dead, but in the power of the water itself after it had been blessed by a priest.

In our generation there is danger and hope — danger that these noncognitive accouterments will lose their aesthetic harmony and hypnotic power when integrated with the basic prehensions of science, and be reverted into impotent and empty symbols, jarring, ugly, and without force in final satisfactions: hope that the power of Jesus as lure will reassert itself in an aesthetic context devoid of supernaturalism, a context such that (the language now picks up echoes of van Buren) the vision of Jesus, the free man, free from authority, free from fear, «free to give himself to others, whoever they were «1 — such that this vision in its earthly, human purity will lure our aims to a harmonious concrescence, integrating scientific insight and moral vision and producing a modern, intensely fulfilling human satisfaction.

But, starting from the symbol, by means of contemplation and true imagination with its evocative power, such knowledge grasps the figurative presence as an epiphany of the transcendent.

In other words, the anointing of oil in James 5:14 is thought to be sort of a symbol for the healing power of God coming upon the person to delivery them from sickness.

One of the signs that a bureaucratic organization is in serious trouble is that its priorities become displaced from carrying out its original function to protecting the symbols, even if they have become largely meaningless, of its authority (as distinct from real power).

Education for creative worship should help people discover the power of the symbols from both their own tradition and the traditions of others.

Ford sympathizes, noting that the Old Testament's «dominant experience of divine power seems to emphasize coercive elements, with the symbols for power drawn heavily from the military and political spheres» (LG 15).

Crafted from the finest sterling silver 925, this exquisite pendant is inspired by the tree of life, a symbol of strength, power, and loyalty.

The GranLusso's prominent grille displays the unmistakable Trident, a symbol of Maserati power from the beginning.

And the cold, artificially powered electric glow of the kindle light machine is vastly different from the texture of a paper book engraved with symbols printed with vegetable ink.

They are an interesting element, I think, because while they seem all - powerful, they do not have a central power of their own aside from their ability to take it from external sources by force and instilling fear: stealing power from another by drinking their life force, weakness in the setting a strong collective belief symbol like a cross, etc..

1: Maths Tables, 1,876 2: The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown, 1,829 3: The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson, 1,776 4: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, 1,689 5: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets» Nest, Stieg Larsson, 1,590 6: The Help, Kathryn Stockett, 1,492 7: Pieces of My Heart, Sinead Moriarty, 1,448 8: The Power, Rhonda Byrne, 1,445 9: Room, Emma Donoghue, 1,400 10: Don't Blink, James Patterson, 1,336 Data Supplied by Nielsen BookScan taken from the Irish Consumer Market week ending 21st August 2010

The history of Spain is rich and diverse, from Moorish domination of Spain in the 8th century to the conquistadors», one building has been a symbol of strength, power and royalty.

Making matches with four or more matching symbols will create special power - ups capable of clearing whole rows, columns or more from the board (these effects are increased when two power - ups are swapped).

Making a match with four or five symbols creates a power - up, capable of clearing a large number of symbols from the board, with all applying to unlocking new items for the film.

Obviously, it was awful what happened, but if you step back from that and simplify it as a symbol for change — I think that painting shows the power of sudden change.

Starting from an abstracted image of a waterfall — paint which has been left to literally drip down across the painting's surface — Steir's paintings borrow from the vertical compositions of Chinese landscape painting and reference the metaphysical power of the waterfall as a symbol connecting heaven and earth.

On Monday, as crowds from across the country gather on the National Mall for Inauguration Day, they'll find themselves surrounded by stately architecture, symbols of power, and places of solemn remembrance.

For a recent exhibition, McArthur questioned normative authority in a series of blank public sign works, reconfiguring and removing the language and symbols from existing signs to create an intentionally opaque series of directives that confront the prescriptive power of the format.

From cultural taboos to symbols of power, tattoos, piercings and other forms of body modification have played significantly different roles within different societies for thousands of years.

Drawing on the Smart Museum's permanent collection, with selected loans from the University of Chicago's Library and the Oriental Institute, this intimate exhibition examines the Renaissance fascination with wings as symbols of speed and power through the influential histories of flight derived from the bird cult of Horus in ancient Egypt to the circulation of winged creatures in prints by Albrecht Dürer and others.

In his paintings, Hiro is particularly interested in the symbols of wealth and power — two essential features that he uses both in portraiture and still life, from the ancient Rome to the contemporary age of celebrity.

Taking its name from «Flower Power», a slogan used in the 1960's and 1970's as a symbol of passive resistance, this exhibition reverses this term, subverting its meaning.

Of special interest to Croës are bronze vessels — symbols of dynastic power that for centuries played an essential role in ceremonies connecting the living and the dead — and there are key examples from the Shang, Zhou, and Han dynastieOf special interest to Croës are bronze vessels — symbols of dynastic power that for centuries played an essential role in ceremonies connecting the living and the dead — and there are key examples from the Shang, Zhou, and Han dynastieof dynastic power that for centuries played an essential role in ceremonies connecting the living and the dead — and there are key examples from the Shang, Zhou, and Han dynasties.

In contrast, a new commission by Sidsel Meineche Hansen entitled HIS HEAD (2013 --RRB- comprises a clay sculpture and symposium that together examine the male human head, separate from the body, as a symbol of patriarchy and power.

The works presented in Repossession exemplify Attia's aptitude in creating hybrid cultural objects and collages that transform Western artifacts from icons of power and domination into symbols of freedom and resistance.

As an example, consider the power of the Livestrong yellow band from a distance, the blue Tiffany box, or Batman's bat symbol in the sky.

A smooth touch of the power key changes the symbol from its resting orange (so you can find it) to the clear white which lets you know the system is ready to roll.