Sentences with word «iamb»

The way we group notes within continuous sound sequences is determined by the iambic - trochaic law (ITL), whereby we tend to pair sounds of varying intensity or pitch into trochees and those of different duration into iambs.
According to the ITL, when sounds vary in either volume or pitch we tend to prefer the trochaic pattern, but when they vary in duration we prefer iambs.
Chapter 12: iamb comprises two sets of paintings, one for a two - person show with Josef Strau at Vilma Gold in London and the other for Miguel Abreu Gallery in New York.
In other words, when we listen, for example, to a flow of tones that alternate continuously — one strong (S) and one weak (W), if we segment the flow in trochees we hear the sequences as SW - SW - SW - SW..., but if we divide it into iambs we hear the sequence will be WS - WS - WS - WS...
The few extended metaphors are usually charming, the iambs about Gollum and the GPS, but they're not exactly piercing in their insight.
An iamb is formed by two elements in which the stronger element follows the weaker one, and a trochee is exactly the opposite.
Robert proved a reliable entertainer, performing yeoman work on everything from the iambs of Shakespeare with Ian McKellen in «Richard III,» to the curse - words of Quentin Tarantino with Tom Sizemore in «Natural Born Killers.»
And rather than letting constant explanation ruin the fun, it's probably a good idea just to let the beat go on, immersing students in the compelling rhythms of the iambs, trochees, and dactyls without, at first, slowing them with too much analysis.
Lower image: R. H. Quaytman, Chapter 12: iamb (lamp), 2008; Collection SFMOMA, Accessions Committee Fund purchase; © R. H. Quaytman
Installation view December 14, 2008 — February 1, 2009 Miguel Abreu Gallery is presents Chapter 12: iamb, R.H. Quaytman's first one - person exhibition at the gallery.
In 2008, she was selected for a solo show at the Miguel Abreu Gallery in New York, and a two - person show with artist Josef Strau, at Vilma Gold in London, for which she created «iamb, Chapter 12».
Opening on Sunday, December 14, Miguel Abreu Gallery is pleased to present Chapter 12: iamb, R.H. Quaytman's first one - person exhibition at the gallery.
For the 2008 — 09 grouping Chapter 12: iamb, for example, she took as her starting point the motif of a painting lit by a lamp, which has the potential to both illuminate and create blind spots through its reflection.
The widow and her children went home without so much as an iamb.
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