Sentences with phrase «in elaborate constructions»

For the Westerner, the end somehow disappears, is diluted in elaborate constructions.

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He instituted a vigorous religious reform, always in the ancient Near East a gesture of independence under such circumstances; and he undertook elaborate defense measures, including the strengthening of the outer fortifications of Jerusalem and the construction of the Siloam tunnel.

In the earlier section these elaborate instructions on the physical means, forms, nature, dimensions, and personnel of the institutional structure are recorded as plans, while here they are repeated as a record of actual construction.

After an initial plan drafted in 2004 which laid the framework of a two - year phase (2005 - 2006) during which we conducted feasibility tests prior to the construction of the Institute, the second phase was prepared by a strategical plan elaborated in late 2006.

The other significant change over that period was the use of the revers in the construction of the lapel, as the Victorians used elaborate three - part patterns to cut a fold of cloth from the lining into the front of the lapel, a universal consideration of frock coats and dress coats of the period, but abandoned in favor of the current single - piece lapels at the same time as the switch to morning coats and lounge suits.

Trust me when I say that, in real - life, most of these folks would be far too busy with soccer practices and chorus rehearsals and birthday parties to devote half so much energy to adultery or extortion or the construction of elaborate sex machines.

Scorpions are, of course, more elaborate and ornate in their construction — but, again, they are marvels of architecture.

Redout is set in the year 2560, after the construction of elaborate magnetic race tracks has transformed the barren wasteland of Earth into the epicenter of the galaxy's most popular sport.

The freedom to walk, run, slide, jump, and fly around in elaborate virtual worlds whose construction allows for movement in all three dimensions was unprecedented when the game came out as a launch title for the N64 in late 1996.

Two such stars are the sculptor Satoru Abe, who makes elaborate metal constructions in all sizes from a range of materials with the precision of a jeweller, and the painter Tadashi Sato, who progressed from architectonic or cubist - like compositions to more evanescent forms and the spiritual.

Gustavo Godoy's sculptures are often made of cast concrete, a silicate (along with glass and ceramic), and are built in the negative by way of an elaborate wooden mold making process, alluding to a carefully considered augmentation of common concrete construction processes.

In the upper gallery, from across a darkened expanse a single, illuminated large - scale installation becomes an archaeology of its own: an elaborate concave assemblage seemingly captured in a moment of either construction or ruiIn the upper gallery, from across a darkened expanse a single, illuminated large - scale installation becomes an archaeology of its own: an elaborate concave assemblage seemingly captured in a moment of either construction or ruiin a moment of either construction or ruin.

In her elaborate, large - scale paintings, Mickalene Thomas (born 1971) has engages the tension between a personal investigation of eroticism, beauty, and black femininity and a critique of the overt sexual imagery prevalent in popular culture and media — from Blaxploitation film heroines like Cleopatra Jones to the construction of middle - class, African - American taste in Ebony magazinIn her elaborate, large - scale paintings, Mickalene Thomas (born 1971) has engages the tension between a personal investigation of eroticism, beauty, and black femininity and a critique of the overt sexual imagery prevalent in popular culture and media — from Blaxploitation film heroines like Cleopatra Jones to the construction of middle - class, African - American taste in Ebony magazinin popular culture and media — from Blaxploitation film heroines like Cleopatra Jones to the construction of middle - class, African - American taste in Ebony magazinin Ebony magazine.

Working in a variety of media, Shalev - Gerz unfolds histories and cultural identities by opening dialogues with individuals, drawing upon their testimonies to elaborate upon their individual and collective memories, desires, opinions and experiences amidst the construction of time.

Though simple in essence, the works are phenomenally elaborate, with immense attention paid towards perfection in construction and highly nuanced finish detailing.

Two of Wiley's constructions from the 1970s are also included in the show, the most elaborate of which is Hard Lesson for the Dunce (1977), which incorporates a tree stump, a carved wooden head, a spindly branch decorated with strung together metal lettering, and a chalkboard all accompanied by a watercolor of a dunce - capped log.

Liset Castillo Valdés (b. 1974, Camagüey) Educated at the Instituto Superior de Arte (ISA) in Havana, Castillo works have involved elaborate sand constructions that she describes as «conceptually focused on the representation of the impermanence, vulnerability and nomadic aspects of contemporary art.»

Trained originally as a sculptor, in the early 1990's Demand began to use photography to record his elaborate and ephemeral, life - sized paper and cardboard constructions of existing or formerly existing environments and interior spaces, and soon started to create constructions for the sole purpose of photographing them.

In 2013, Wolff was winner of the Wheelwright Prize for her project, Floating City: The Community - Based Architecture of Parade Floats, where she currently studies the traditions of parade floats — elaborate temporary and mobile constructions that are realized annually in various carnivals and festivals around the worlIn 2013, Wolff was winner of the Wheelwright Prize for her project, Floating City: The Community - Based Architecture of Parade Floats, where she currently studies the traditions of parade floats — elaborate temporary and mobile constructions that are realized annually in various carnivals and festivals around the worlin various carnivals and festivals around the world.

Gioni elaborates that, «The construction of the show itself is not traditional, in the sense of chronological presentation, and in fact, within each thematic we have created to present Pettibon's work, we present the works from different moments in his career and history, so you have this strange confrontation [where] the more graphic work is next to the more painterly work, going through his work, in a sense, vertically rather than horizontally.»

In the 1980s and 90s his open - cube structures took on intensified densely layered optical play that grew into elaborate architectural constructions.

In conjunction with ten new pours that elaborate upon this approach, Rower will introduce a new body of work titled «Focus paintings» that, perhaps, are equally simple in construction and complex in effecIn conjunction with ten new pours that elaborate upon this approach, Rower will introduce a new body of work titled «Focus paintings» that, perhaps, are equally simple in construction and complex in effecin construction and complex in effecin effect.

The influence of English romanticism and the mass production of elaborate wooden millwork after the Industrial Revolution fueled the construction of Gothic Revival homes in the mid-1800s.