Sentences with phrase «illusory quality»

However, once painted, these moments from Liston's life — due in part to their modest scale and a pervasive illusory quality — become surreal vignettes, yet -LSB-.....]
Much is made in the book of DeLap's longstanding interest in magic, and indeed, there is an illusory quality to his three - dimensional work that does not always translate well to page, though the book's many sumptuous photographs make an admirable attempt.
His works are reminiscent of Op Art in their illusory quality and Russian Constructivism in their utopian ideals.
The photograph, taken from a scene in which the trajectory of both characters» happiness have the illusory quality of peaking, is representative of an unofficial Baumbach trilogy.
As with the shadow boxing practice in which the athlete spars with his or her own shadow, Bolt finds that the illusory qualities of abstract composition initiate a similar exercise of perception and expectation.

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Yet man's instinctive belief that the outside world really possesses the qualities it arouses in him is so deep, that Whitehead is reluctant to regard this belief as wholly illusory.
Lest we forget the cautionary words of J.R.R. Tolkien, All that is gold does not glitter, it is worth considering the often illusory and provisional qualities of gold.
Apart from the evident holographic nature of the piece, apart from the illusory scientific quality, the work of Eric Lei...
In contrast to the graphic, cartoon - like quality of Essenhigh's early works, the illusory depth of these paintings infuses the figures with a plausibility, yet the works remain true to the sweeping strokes and amorphous forms that have defined Essenhigh's visual vocabulary.
Most lawyers and other professionals I know like to think ourselves largely above the shallow allure of «branding»; smart enough to ignore the huckster - ish entreaties of marketers, and to make decisions about what goods and services to purchase, use, and invest in based on purely objective factors such as quality, product design, and value rather than illusory distinctions like brand names.
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