Sentences with phrase «historical narrative it works»

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As comprehensive as Brogan's account may be, however, his book is at its weakest where the convergence of the historical narrative ought to illuminate the great work of Tocque - ville's that authorizes a grand biography of this sort in the first place» Democracy in America.

The historical, etiological and theological meaning of the covenant in relation to the patriarchs (Genesis 12 - 50), the Sinai decalogue (Exodus 19 - 20), the Covenant Code (Exodus 2:1 - 24), the work and person of Moses (Exodus 32 - 34), the priestly cultus and ethic (Leviticus 16, 19, 23 - 26), the narratives of wilderness and occupation (Numbers 5 - 6, 11 - 17, 20 - 24; Joshua 1 - 12, 23 - 24).

Each individual work bears the hallmarks of an historical context, which embeds a complex narrative incorporating literary and philosophical references as well as visual word games.

The result of all this painstaking work was a series of heart - stopping finds that added vivid detail to existing historical narratives about Sobibór.

Working on a narrative - historical theology for the church after Christendom.

Isabelle Adjani does ferocious work in the title role of Camille Claudel, despite being stuck in a standard biopic that requires her to skip from one emotion to another as the historical record dictates; she's frequently mesmerizing to watch, but director Bruno Nuytten (then Adjani's offscreen partner) clearly believes that tempestuous behavior is a magical cure - all for narrative torpor, and leans on her energy a bit too hard.

The work of historians involves creating and debating the frameworks for the historical narratives our students use to interpret history.

Paul Revere, American Patriot Submitted by Steven Vetter Students learn about Paul Revere by examining first - person accounts, works of historical fiction, a popular narrative poem, and other resources.

These carefully curated selections include exceptional works of narrative nonfiction, informational texts, and historical fiction on an array of topics.

The voice Tripp creates for Georgia is pitch - perfect, the historical details so deeply embedded in the narrative I forgot the book was a work of fiction.

He works primarily with quality fiction — literary, historical, strongly written commercial — and with voice - driven nonfiction across a range of areas — narrative history, biography, memoir, current affairs, cultural trends and criticism, science, sports, etc..

For one thing, several qualities that characterize a terrific work of YA lit also define an excellent work of historical fiction: namely, immediacy and the focus on an individual narrative.

Anyone with an Internet connection can search the text of and read the compelling narratives, historical accounts and classic works offered today, and in doing so access a world of ideas, knowledge and discovery.»

What I'm saying is this: If you are thoughtful and imaginative enough to write a first - rate novel, say, or a gripping historical narrative, you should be able to apply those skills to the process of putting your work in front of an editor.

Working on a narrative - historical theology for the church after Christendom.

As the basis for a narrative there's some substantial material to work with here, especially one we stop to consider the historical cases of entire countries intervening to depose rulers and replace them only for the new person to be just as bad or even worse.

Working with text and books, many artists seek to subvert historical paradigms of narrative control and dissemination of knowledge.

Fred Wilson (born 1954, the Bronx) has created work that encourages viewers to reconsider social and historical narratives and raises critical questions about the politics of erasure and exclusion.

The network itself is composed of art historical narratives, stylistic or thematic similarities, overlapping projects, shared educational backgrounds and work experience, or common gallery representations — and as a product of all of these functions, a network of friendships.

The handwritten letters in Thomson's neon piece not only highlight the artist's affection for Nauman, continuing with this idea of the sentimental in Emin's work, but also instigate a larger narrative around art - historical lineage made evident through appropriation.

This panel will reconsider the work of historical figures such as Berenice Abbott and Diane Arbus as well as the contemporary practice of artists such as Anne Collier and Zoe Leonard, probing the paradoxes of the term «woman photographer,» as well as the personal narratives that accompany and complicate the common trope of a woman with a camera.

Otero's «deformation» approach to painting his works, first across glass and then once dry, flaying the dried paint and reconstructing the composition anew across large canvasses, is representative of how the artist perceives the process of reconfiguring both personal and historical narratives.

Working with appropriated images and texts, Gilsdorf creates sculptures and performances that delve into the relationship between historical narratives, the iconography of authority, and the ways in which representations influence our perception of cultural values.

Walker's work engages with historical narratives and the ways in which these stories have been suppressed, distorted and falsified.

The piece is a work of historical revisioning, redirecting art's accepted narratives towards its overlooked figures, and addressing the exclusion of female artists from the timeline of Modern art.

The works are typically generated in response to specific historical material encountered in the process of making, researching and reflecting, often incorporating pre-existing forms, structures and art - historical narratives which are recreated, replayed and restaged as a means of exploring more contemporary stakes.

His multi-media work engages with language on both a literal and formal level and through the use of [often incomplete] texts, as well as images and considered juxtapositions, eliciting new and sometimes radical meanings from historical interpretation and narrative.

To encounter the work of these four artists for the first time today is to see how abstraction's indomitable individuality structured the historical narrative in circular, not linear, patterns.

Contributing to this critical social and art historical narrative is a central intent and theme running through Spann's work.

Through his work, the artist seeks to establish «a future dynamic where new historical narratives and meanings can exist.»

Known for irreverent riffs on the art historical «muse,» William Villalongo has made episodic paintings and works on paper, which underscore historical erasure and master narratives of desire.

Her original work adds to the canon of art historical research and also extends our own commitment to drawing connections across time and place in the continuing narrative of the history of visual culture.»

«Inventing Downtown,» an art - packed historical deep - dive at the Grey Art Gallery at New York University, tells the story of that lost chapter, the upstart gallery scene that flourished for more than a decade in the East Village, bequeathing a body of work that considerably scrambles not only the map but also the lock - step narrative of 20th - century art movements.

The artists» shared exhibition history, with Peláez showing her work alongside the new abstract generation in the 1950s, challenges the art historical narrative of a rupture between the early

[5][6][7] While J. M. W. Turner (1775 — 1851), one of the greatest landscape painters of the 19th century, was a member of the Romantic movement, as «a pioneer in the study of light, colour, and atmosphere», he «anticipated the French Impressionists» and therefore modernism «in breaking down conventional formulas of representation; [though] unlike them, he believed that his works should always express significant historical, mythological, literary, or other narrative themes.»

The cogency of Omer Fast's works lies particularly in the refusal to transform experiences into consumable narratives in accordance with the conventions of historical reconstruction.

With his work Fred Wilson challenges social and historical narratives regarding values, culture and race.

Blue Firth's work focuses on encountering historical narratives, and how perception can be questioned through built environments and participatory events.

Her lexicon focused on the gesturing female figure as the protagonist, moving across space and defying the strictures of linear time by mixing historical narratives, drawing equally from ancient working processes and formats with her activist orientation and an ongoing questioning of the formation and construction of memory and representation, particularly the representation of women.

For nearly three decades, the Gallery has sought to exhibit the work of celebrated artists alongside those whose works were eclipsed by the familiar historical narrative that focused almost exclusively on American art's European (patri) lineage.

While she leaves behind the folkloric, mythological, and historical narratives that inspired previous works, Trace of a Fictional Third continues her interest in themes of time and motion.

Originally studying English Literature at Cambridge University, Perret works against an extensive backdrop of art historical and literary inspirations and drawing from this vast catalogue of influences, Perret addresses sustained narratives which revolve around ideas of feminism, modern utopias and the consumption of art and literature.

From citywide curatorial projects like Elmgreen & Dragset's A Place Called Public in Munich, to Sam Durant's investigation of historical narratives and their contemporary communities, and Katharina Grosse's numerous site - specific outdoor commissions, considerations of place and people are always paramount to working in the public realm.

Along with familiar works from the collection, the installation will include objects on loan from other institutions, such as historical Native American art, folk art, furniture, and art from other regions and time periods to encourage a more textured narrative about the first centuries of US art and history.

Making frequent use of both analog and digital technologies, Douglas appropriates existing Hollywood genres and borrows from classic literary works to create ready - made contextual frameworks for his complex, reimagined narratives that pertain to specific places or historical events.

The works installed on five floors of the gleaming Renzo Piano building tell a story that is complex, and at times contradictory, while demonstrating the limitations of official art - historical narratives in articulating the various trajectories of art and culture in the United States and in the 20th century.

Exploring her family, her hometown and her own experiences, Frazier's work engages with systemic racism, displacement, historical narrative and the aftermath of economic erosion in communities.

Singh's work interrogates the authority of academic discourse and representation, systematic aesthetics, and historical narrative.

His work investigates the nature of paradox, using historical narratives, language and appropriated imagery.

Gestural marks are historically associated with emotions; but for Neel, there is no problem in the historical coding of emotion, she cites and works with this information, using emotion as a narrative strategy and tracking the historical progress of painting.