Sentences with phrase «historical narrative of live»

However, by doing so she may be serving audiences at the expense of artists who deserve to be viewed as central to the historical narrative of live art from which they have been excluded due to their racial backgrounds.

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The grittiness of Lent, and the «intransigent historical claims» without which Easter makes no sense at all, should remind us that Christianity does not rest on myths or «narratives,» but on radically changed human lives whose effect on their times are historical fact.

thinks, that the Tigris and the Euphrates have not a common source, that the Dead Sea had been in existence long before human beings came to live in Palestine, instead of originating in historical times, and so on... We are able to comprehend this as the naive conception of the men of old, but we can not regard belief in the literal truth of such accounts as an essential of religious conviction... And every one who perceives the peculiar poetic charm of these old legends must feel irritated by the barbarian — for there are pious barbarians — who thinks he is putting the true value upon these narratives only when he treats them as prose and history.

Just as sciences, technologies and scholarly disciplines arise out of and return to the life - worlds of everyday living and dying, so the logical and theoretical methods of argumentative discourse arise out of and return to participatory «fusions of horizon» in the «mutual agreements» of historical narrative praxis (BOR 144ff, TW 113ff).

He scolds both Protestantism and Catholicism for their failure to live up to the ideals of Christian charity, but the saving angel in his historical narrative is not Christian charity but liberal modernity.

With the help of Snyder, he challenges comfortable historical narratives and explicates why such discomfort is part of the truth with which we must live; after all, the worst we can do is spin dulcet lies about ourselves.

Later, it's clear the historical narrative was getting in the way of telling the story of the aged Thatcher's modern life.

At first, the focus on the aged Thatcher's modern life feels like it's getting in the way of the historical narrative.

Fong, a physician and astrophysicist who trained in part at NASA, weaves firsthand, nail - biting ER experiences with gripping historical narrative as he recounts 100 years of breakthroughs, such as inducing hypothermia as life - saving therapy and pioneering facial reconstruction for burn victims.

«What I wanted to do with «Strong Island» and the portrayal of my brother was to add back the dimensionality to him and his life that had been compressed into almost nothing during the investigation,» he said, noting the historical narrative about black people being dangerous.

Select and use appropriate reference materials, such as Cobblestone magazine, the book Black Inventors and Their Inventions by Jim Haskins, and historical narratives, in order to answer the research questions: In what ways did the Industrial Revolution affect the lives of crafts people in the 19th century?

Lepore is a fascinating observer of history and contemporary life — recently she's written about everything from Paul Revere's ride to the politics of breastfeeding — and she's also the author of a historical novel (with Jane Kamensky) that we said was «full of beautiful narrative and wonderfully quotable lines» back in 2008.

Bonert's coming - of - age novel captures the reader because of its historical perspective, diverse characters, and narrative through the lives of immigrants.

The museum is made up of a historical exhibition centre which tells the story of 9/11 through archives, media displays, monumental artefacts, genuine artefacts and narratives, plus a memorial exhibition in which the lives of every victim of the 1993 and 2001 attacks are commemorated.

His commanding portraits and tableaux of recent years combine familiar representational forms, such as the portrait of the artist or the academic life - drawing class, with political references that frame deeply probing historical narratives.

Reflecting on the embedded and latent meanings around light, nature, the frontier, borders, race, gender and power in influential American landscape paintings of the 19th century, she uses materials collected from her everyday life, including holiday - themed tablecloths, discarded medical records, nature calendars, plastic bags and paint, to craft imaginary landscapes that are grounded in accumulation, personal narrative and historical critique.

Part of a series of allegorical photographs based on Roman life, the works point to Antin's desire to rewrite historical narratives.

What / Why: «Painter RJ Grady transforms the historical tradition of still life painting, subtly playing with perspective and reflection, pushing the edges of perception to create an unexpected narrative between object and ground.

The artist was eight years old when the Cultural Revolution began, and the tumultuous narrative of his nation's recent past remains an integral part of his life today not merely as «historical fact,» but as a «psychological state.»

Téllez's film will be followed in 2019 by Julien's installation, Rochester Pictures, which will weave together historical narratives about Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, both of whom lived in Rochester for periods of their lives.

Instead of standard realism he favors a strategy that abstracts everyday actions and statements into theatrical gestures, in which archival footage is re-edited or re-staged, real people perform fictional scenarios based on their own lives and historical observations intermesh with contemporary narratives.

Mary Kelly's large - scale narrative installations, including Post-Partum Document, 1973 - 79, Interim, 1984 - 89, The Ballad of Kastriot Rexhepi, 2001 and Love Songs, 2005 - 07, have blurred the boundaries between the personal and the political by visualizing the impact of historical events on the precarious nature of everyday life.

He studied historical figures that he deemed «immortal» — including John Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Martin Luther King, Jr., Bessie Smith, Matthew Henson, and Ludwig van Beethoven, often focusing on moments and biographical facts that have escaped our collective memories and the dominant narratives of his subjects» lives.

Jacob Lawrence was one of the most important artists of the 20th century, widely renowned for his modernist depictions of everyday life as well as epic narratives of African American history and historical figures.

The 8th Berlin Biennale brings together a range of international artistic positions that explore the intersection between larger historical narratives and individuals» lives.

While Walker draws inspiration from sources like the antebellum South, testimonial slave narratives, historical novels, and minstrel shows, she generally conflates fact and fiction to uncover the living roots of racial and gender bias.

Weaving together a vivid narrative, historical anecdotes, and economic analysis, The Rise and Fall of American Growth challenges the view that economic growth will continue unabated, and demonstrates that the life - altering scale of innovations between 1870 and 1970 can not be repeated.»

In this spirit, several recent client encounters about aspects of life insurance cash value has prompted me to discuss cash values — not in a historical and comprehensive sense, but with narratives to provide a better practical understanding of cash values for owners of life insurance policies.