Sentences with phrase «historic twentieth»
We are excited to be one of a few galleries to present consistently historic twentieth century American art.
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The historic fact remains, and we in the twentieth century, with a conception of God infinitely greater than that of any previous generation, may have to short - circuit the centuries and let the startling truth break over us afresh — that we live on a visited planet.
The historical introduction and summary by John Stott is especially illuminating, setting the Lausanne Movement in historic context with other world missionary conferences of the twentieth century.
To ask the questions the 1976 and 1980 campaigns did not ask is to ask whether under the social conditions of late twentieth - century America it is possible for us to survive as a republic in any sense continuous with the historic meaning of that term.
Throughout history, all religions had had to wrestle with the problem of change or, if you will, the problem of «modernism»; yet, in the twentieth century the great historic religions were forced to come to, terms with revolutionary forces heretofore unknown, namely, the «new scientific thinking» and «applied science.»
Moreover, this debate is not new, with the nascent labour and socialist movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries contesting both the legacy and the contemporary relevance of this historic charter.
If things continue the way they are going, W. E. B. Dubois's eloquent statement of fact in his historic novel The Souls of Black Folk echoes an undeniable truth: «The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color - line.»
But 2015 also marked the twentieth anniversary of the historic Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women, when activists and officials from around the world adopted a historic declaration and to help achieve full participation for women and girls everywhere.
It's also home to the Looff Carousel merry - go - round, an early twentieth - century relic that's on the National Register of Historic Places.
Fure's cabin is a historic public use site that tells a story of life in a remote site in early twentieth century Alaska
The dual meaning of «resolution,» as both coming - into - view and as a means of overcoming conflict defines artistic responses to the historic transformations of the global twentieth century.
While in this position, Gorvy worked on the consignments and purchases of some of the most historic sales of twentieth and twenty - first century masterpieces in the last two decades, both privately and at auction.
Residents and Visitors: Twentieth - Century Photographs of Louisiana is the eighth collaborative exhibition drawn from the collections of the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) and The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC), and the first to be based solely on institutional photographic holdings.
The Israeli artist first became interested in exploring the nation of Poland four years ago, when she began her Polish Trilogy, a series of films that examine nineteenth and twentieth - century Europe as a historic homeland for Ashkenazi Jews.
Fleming at Fifty: Masterworks from the Fleming Collection showcases historic nineteenth and early twentieth Scottish paintings in modern and timely contexts.
Spanning the ages — from the third to the twentieth centuries — the nine works bring to light classic historic styles, regional variations, and the importance of secular and sacred literature.
The selection includes historic European tapestries made by large ateliers, twentieth - century collaborations between artist and weaver, and works by solo artist - weavers who use tapestry as their creative medium.
Echoing the formal and material innovations introduced by the historic avant - gardes in the early twentieth century, contemporary artistic practice has dethroned the eye as the hegemonic sense and reinstated hearing in a real and contingent body.
Relying on personal correspondence and conversation, exclusive proprietary research, and a command of the historic and cultural contexts of the sculpture, art historian Patricia Stratton tells the story of the Chicago Picasso in a lively, informative, yet erudite style that will appeal both to historians of the twentieth century's most important artist, and to Chicago natives and tourists alike.
Fusing centuries - old art - making conventions and a multitude of art historic influences — including impressionism, German expressionism, and twentieth - century social realist painting — with contemporary subject matter, she depicts settings and themes as varied as bar scenes, motherhood, and the plight of the artist.
This historic exhibition will expose the rich diversity in artistic expression from 1910 through 1970 by featuring forty works - paintings, sculpture, and photography by the most significant twentieth - century African - American artists.
Previous assessments of historic changes in drought over the late twentieth and early twenty - first centuries indicate that this may already be happening globally.