Sentences with phrase «influences of renaissance»

The portraits he had created of Jeannine, which reveal influences of Renaissance master El Greco (1541 — 1614) and Picasso's «Blue Period», were now a thing of the past.

The Colosseum, the Pantheon and Trajan's Column take the visitor directly back the times of the ancient Romans who ruled much of the then - known world; the power of the papacy is demonstrated by St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel; the influences of the Renaissance and the Baroque remain in the works of Bramante, Bernini and Raphael.

It must be realized that notwithstanding the far - reaching — and commendable — influences of the Renaissance, the Bible and biblical thought are the most vital elements in this modern, confused world.

Thus the liberal arts were separated from the rather narrow focus on Christianity that characterized their medieval and early Protestant form, while being reshaped by the influence of the Renaissance.

Liberated and charged by the influence of Renaissance and Baroque masters, and struggling to address age - old questions that still challenged the frontier of 20th century painting, Posen crystalized a vision and style that were astonishingly modern and fresh.

Liberated and charged by the influence of Renaissance and Baroque masters, and struggling to address age - old questions that still challenged the frontier of 20th century painting, Posen crystallized a vision and style that were astonishingly modern and fresh.

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It was indeed only in the early Renaissance, in the liturgical drama which influenced the subject matter of the newly recovered art of painting — where the resurrection did get attention — that Magdalene was returned to prominence and became for the first time an officially popular figure.

People of a skeptical disposition commonly suppose that because modern science has provided them with a reason to disbelieve the claims of religion, or because they think it has, modern science must therefore be the generating force behind secularization itself ¯ that historical progression, evident in the West since the Renaissance, in which habits and institutions are less and less influenced by religious doctrine.

The Renaissance had appeared to mark a beginning of the decline of the influence of Christianity.

All fields of knowledge, from archeology to zoology, can claim distinguished contributors from many lands, and all studies have important applications to world understanding, whether it be an inquiry into the archeology of the Middle East, once the cradle of civilization and now a focus of cultural and industrial renaissance, or an analysis of the zoology of malarial infection, which has sapped the energies and influenced the destinies of millions in tropical areas around the globe.

Johann Lang, in a letter to Spalatin in March 1516 (shortly before he was appointed to Erfurt) referring to the large numbers of students who were dropping out of the courses on scholastic philosophy and theology, and explaining the rebirth of biblical studies (he used the Renaissance type word reviviscere) and the new Strong interest in antiquae scriptores, identified the phenomenon by pointing to the international influence of Reuchlin and Erasmus, «men of great erudition and integrity».

This tendency favorable to the history of religions and comparative religion has been reversed since the middle of the 1930's, partly under the influence of the theological renaissance and partly because of the change which has taken place in cultural and educational domains.

The growing interest in the sixties coincides with a renaissance of the radicalism that was the decade's dominant trait...» The authors pinpoint the specific ways in which that radicalism survives and influences the present.

The culmination of haute couture, Renaissance influences and design expertise is translated into a sexy tapered leg, bentwood curved sides, a convex shaped front, and imported Italian knobs that are dipped in real silver.

Diego Velázquez (1599 - 1660) was a painter in the court of Spain's Philip IV during the Spanish Golden Age (Siglo de Oro), a period influenced by the Italian Renaissance, during which the arts flourished throughout the country.

Indie authors are leading a renaissance in publishing, and we can expect that the power and influence of indies will only increase in the future.

The men of virtue who ruled Florence and Tuscany during the important times of the Renaissance profoundly influenced our culture and civilisation, and bequeathed a legacy of great masterpieces.

Quirky perks like new terrace suites (with grass and sheep) at Marriott's Renaissance New York Times Square hotel - a sign of Starwood's influence?

The genre has entered something of a renaissance recently, largely due to the influence of break - out hit Spelunky, and it can be hard to find an indie game without some mixture of randomly generated levels, copious item pick - ups, and a gruelling difficulty level.

He was influenced by his traveling companion Paul Cadmus and the works of the Renaissance Manorists painters who steered him to the use of egg tempera and the development of his magic realism.

His works reveal an eclectic combination of Western and Eastern influences, from Persian carpets and Northern Renaissance painting to industrial materials and Japanese lacquer.

Though Howard's recent work is perhaps most recognizably in keeping with the paintings of Edward Hopper and Alex Katz, his influences range from the Renaissance master Fra Angelico to Pop artists such as Ed Ruscha and Rosalyn Drexler.

Guston briefly provides biographical information and spends the remainder of his time speaking of his experiences working on the Mural Project (PWAP) in Los Angeles; his move to New York working under Reginald Marsh as a non-relief artist; his multiple mural projects in New York (Penn Station Subway, Queensbridge Housing Project, WPA Mural for the World's Fair, etc.); his success in WPA Fine Arts competitions; his move to Woodstock, New York; his time spent teaching at the University of Iowa; his many influences (Renaissance, Modern and Abstract Painters); his personal / professional feelings about the WPA as well as his political feelings about it.

They are each portrayed in detailed compositions that combines art references and Selski's personal experiences through influences including Renaissance painting, Greek writings, Flemish masters, Surrealism and Magical Realism to create an unusual type of portraiture — especially since none of the subjects actually exist or are part of any known story.

How much has the physicality of the Renaissance Society influenced or altered the curatorial layout?

During her time as head of BAM, she has spearheaded and overseen the organization's growth into an international arts institution, campus expansion, increase in endowment, and influence in the Brooklyn arts renaissance.

Depicting fantastic beasts and having themes of metamorphosis, identity, and magic as recurring, she blends various cultural influences such as Celtic literature, Renaissance painting, Central American folk art, medieval alchemy, and Jungian psychology.

2015 Dec. 17 — Tom Loughman Appointed 11th Director and C.E.O. of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Nov. 23 — Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Welcomes Seven New Appointees to Board of Trustees Nov. 18 — Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Appoints Henry R. Martin 30th President of the Board of Trustees Nov. 17 — Susan L. Talbott Appointed to Rank of Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters by French Minister of Culture UPDATED Oct. 16 — «Warhol & Mapplethorpe: Guise & Dolls» Opens Oct. 17 at Wadsworth Atheneum Sept. 21 — Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art's MATRIX 173 Features Artist Mark Dion Aug. 31 — Unveiling of Galleries Marks Completion of Major Renovation, Secures Future for Wadsworth Atheneum Aug. 26 — Commissioned Artwork by Jack Pierson Illuminates Hartford's Main Street at Wadsworth Atheneum Aug. 24 — Wadsworth Atheneum to Present First Exhibition to Pair the Work of Andy Warhol and Robert Mapplethorpe July 1 — Wadsworth Atheneum Celebrates Grand Reopening with Original Artwork by Artist James Welling June 30 — Wadsworth Atheneum Celebrates Grand Reopening with Original Artwork by Artist James Welling June 23 — Director's Choice Exhibition Examines Contemporary Portraiture in Photography at Wadsworth Atheneum June 23 — Exhibition Exploring Connecticut Artist's Influence on 20th Century Art Opens July 3 June 1 — Advance Exhibition Schedule 2015 — 2016 May 18 — «Mark Bradford / MATRIX 172» Opens June 4 at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art April 16 — Student Artworks Take Center Stage at the 42nd Hartford Youth Art Renaissance UPDATED March 23 — 34th Annual Fine Art & Flowers Takes Place May 1 — 3 at Wadsworth Atheneum Jan. 21 — «Michael C. McMillen / MATRIX 171: SIDESHOW» Opens Jan. 31 at Wadsworth Atheneum Jan. 21 — New Galleries of Post-War and Contemporary Art to be Unveiled at Wadsworth Atheneum Jan. 13 — Wadsworth Atheneum's Board of Trustees Steps Up to Support Museum with $ 1.5 Million

Carroll's photographs call to mind multiple art historical influences — Greco - Roman figurative sculpture and its distinctive treatment of draping done in marble, the opulent cascades of textile pattern in Northern Renaissance painting, and the still life genre — in related series in Still / Life exhibited together for the first time.

The secondary influence comes from Perry's favourite form of art, early Renaissance painting.

Combining the linear precision of Renaissance scientific drawing with the primordial gestures of cave painting, the distortions of Cubist heads and the energy of contemporary street art, the skull became a furnace into which Basquiat poured the contents of his visual imagination, melting together centuries of stylistic influence.

Four years in the making, the works are inspired by the artist's interest in Renaissance drawings, so shown alongside Redefining Pleats of Matter (2015) is the Raphael drawing that influenced it, Saint Benedict Receiving Maurus and Placidus, on loan from a private collection.

Drawing in Tintoretto's Venice will be the first exhibition since 1956 to explore the drawing practice of this major figure of the Venetian Renaissance and will offer an entirely new perspective on Tintoretto's evolution as a draftsman, his individuality as an artist, and his influence on a generation of painters in northern Italy.

American painter, printmaker, and sculptor Oliver Lee Jackson (b. 1935) has created a complex body of work which masterfully weaves together visual influences ranging from the Renaissance to modernism with principles of rhythm and improvisation drawn from his study of African cultures and American jazz.

Heavily influenced by Italian Renaissance masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Panzera has spent many decades building a body of work based on careful observation.

His extravagant narratives combine influences that feed into a bizarre and unfathomable alternate reality, one where everyone from Renaissance masters to Francis Bacon and Picasso act as advisors to a deeply personal deconstruction of the medium of painting itself.

'' (Rebecca) Guay's artwork shows a distinct influence from the great Renaissance masters, revamped with a fresh dosage of contemporary cleanliness and edge.»

A painter of murals during the 1930s, Guston's brand of social realism was heavily influenced by the compositions of Renaissance masters as well as Cubism's treatment of space.

If we have to find a term to define him, we would choose «humanist», since he is one of the few architects in the world capable to combine — like Renaissance's architects — outstanding technical skills, artistic sensibility, and a strong belief in the ethos of architecture and in the possibility for designers to positively influence people's life.

Jacob Lawrence (1917 — 2000) was mentored by Charles Alston and heavily influenced by the writers and artists of the Harlem Renaissance.

Already quite of reputable figure with a handsome international following as an illustrator of comics and graphic novels (under the name Rebecca Guay), Leveille is now recognized as a formidable figurative painter, whose works show «a distinct influence from the great Renaissance masters revamped with a fresh dosage of contemporary cleanliness and edge».

As a young muralist, his earliest influences were the frescoes of the Italian Renaissance masters, and his love of Italian painting persisted throughout his career.

Richard Young is an artist whose style is modern, yet traditional with a composition and technique that is influenced and inspired by the realism and romanticism of his post renaissance masters and their timeless masterpieces.

During more than 40 years of working, she's been influenced by «such wide - ranging sources as mathematics, Renaissance art, astronomy, archeology, and philosophy,»... and «mathematics has been an especially persistent component of her work.»»

They have made it possible for the thousands of Americans, interested in the art movements of the old world, but who have not had the opportunity of late years to visit Europe, to see, study and compare the work of the founders, leaders and the followers of the various cults and movements which have so stirred France, England, Germany, Italy, and even Spain and Russia and the Scandinavian countries, during the past decade, and which have brought about, if not an art Renaissance in Europe — a stirring of the dry bones of conservatism and conventionalism in art abroad, and have had their direct influence here.

During his short career (Thompson died of a heroin overdose in 1967, at the age of 29), Thompson painted more than 1,000 canvases of scenes populated with figures of all hues that were deeply influenced by Renaissance and Baroque painting and the 1950s movement of post-Beatnik and bebop - inflicted Abstract Expressionism.

As she revisited Renaissance architecture and other sites from her art history education, the variety of philosophical and visual knowledge imparted by her professors was just as valuable as the influence of Abstract Expression around her.

Not only does Peter Joseph not consider himself a minimalist artist, he sites early Venetian and Florentine painting as influences and subscribes to a methodology usually associated with that of Renaissance painters.

Drawing from cultural movements including Négritude and the Harlem Renaissance, the show expands on Négritude founding father Léopold Sedal Sénghor's 1939 essay Ce que l'homme noir apporte, and its idea of «rhythm being at the center of Africa's system of thought and experience, influencing the continent and diaspora's cultural production.»

Lela Brunet's artwork is heavily influenced by mythology, religion, and depictions of the female figure during the Renaissance Period.