Sentences with phrase «larger than the contemporary»

«I immediately saw that the sites are significantly larger than contemporary communities.»

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the loss of the fully personal to the imperialism of a single - visioned mindscape, we are led to entertain the possibilities that human life is larger than currently conceived, and that the experience and concept of play might provide the contemporary person with a way into these larger realities.

Large sections portray contemporary anti-Semitism as a phenomenon of the right, with a full chapter given to a vicious caricature of «the religious right,» when in fact anti-Israel and overtly anti-Jewish passions today are more than equally on the left.

The increasingly sensed irrelevance of doctrine in the contemporary world, something that has contributed to the disdain of theology in the larger academy, has less to do with the actual value of such doctrine than with the integrity of its purveyors.

According to the Wisconsin team, that may be a hint that the template for a healthy human microbiome was set in the distant past, when food from plants made up a larger portion of diet and sugar and fat were less available than in contemporary diets with more meat and processed foods.

Along with a larger brain — about two - thirds the size of ours — came a reduction in the size and projection of the face, including much smaller teeth and jaws than those of Paranthropus (H. erectus's contemporary in Africa) and loss of the skull crest.

The rudolfensis specimens have large brains in conjunction with megadont postcanines, and without postcranial evidence it is unknown whether these features are due to a larger body size than contemporary habilis specimens.

H. habilis was small statured, unlike later finds of H. erectus and when more examples of Australopithecus were found in subsequent decades, it was clear the brain size of H. habilis was only slightly larger than that of contemporary australopithecines.

Johnson remains the closest contemporary films have to a throwback action hero and he can do no wrong even with a movie that fails to tap into his larger than the big screen charisma.

Both the 928 and Panamera are meant to be comfortable and practical, making each larger and more spacious than the contemporary 911.

With few exceptions, the M5 has historically had a larger engine with more cylinders than the contemporary M3, meaning a variant of the 3.0 - liter twin - turbo inline - six engine from the M3 / M4 is unlikely to power the next BMW super-sedan.

Self - closing doors, the largest Starlight Headliner ever seen in a Rolls - Royce, the finest traditional and contemporary materials used in more bespoke and original ways and an interior that generally looks to the future rather than the past were all part of the brief for the new Phantom.

The wheels were effectively pushed to the corners of the car, creating a much larger passenger cabin than the contemporaries of the time.

That should change with the next Galant, a handsome five - passenger sedan that is larger and more contemporary - looking than the current car.

Introduced for 2002, BMW's Mini hatchback was considerably larger than Alec Issigonis's original 1959 masterpiece — 58 cm longer, 50 cm wider and about 400 kg heavier — recast to meet contemporary crash standards.

These changes gave it the largest interior size among its contemporaries, more than the Mercedes - Benz S - Class or BMW 7 Series.

Added comfort with contemporary style is the leather interior to heighten the quality and craftsmanship for the Buick Regal More information about the 2015 Buick Regal: The Buick Regal is sized slightly smaller than mainstream mid-size sedans like the Toyota Camry, Honda Accord or Nissan Altima but a little larger than mid-size performance / luxury sedans like the Acura TSX or Volvo S60.

Nevertheless, Madison is much more than a college town — it has plenty of water access through several lakes, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and the famed Dane County Farmer's Market, one of the country's largest.

Once the site of a large industrial complex, MACRO (Museum of Contemporary Art Rome) sticks out in a city where it's hard to find a museum containing works less than a millennium old.

The new hotel is envisaged as a chic and contemporary resort with 214 rooms and suites; five dining options, including a specialty restaurant and a rooftop lounge; meeting and event space spanning more than 1,000 sqm; a large swimming pool; and an extensive spa and fitness facility.

The beautifully appointed rooms are larger than the Superior guest rooms and offer 456 square feet and modern decor, including marble floors, white and orange bedding and fabrics with contemporary yet rich wood furniture, an entryway with a seating area for two, a king size bed, a flat screen television built into the wall, an open Jacuzzi tub with marble and glass walls, and a separate vanity area.

With large man - made lakes and 64 contemporary towers, Jumeirah Lakes Tower has become one of Dubai's fastest growing new districts with more than 50,000 people working and living in the area and 6,500 companies using it as a business base.

They were smaller than most contemporary console cartridges, just a little larger the size of a standard audio cassette tape.

1 Less individuals than types, the three large standing nudes read as a group, reminding of both the contemporary work of Vanessa Beecroft, and the classic theme of the three graces.

To realize the show, the curators secured dozens of loans from leading museums and private collections in the US and many other countries; the lenders list is more extensive than that of most large - scale contemporary museum exhibitions.

Art shows that cascade over larger periods of time than just one generation show that contemporary art is placing itself inside a much larger frame of practice.

When the roughly $ 55 million project is completed in 2017, Mass MoCA will be the largest contemporary art museum in the country, with more than 250,000 square feet of gallery space.

Significant donors include Dr. and Mrs. Harold L. Tonkin, who bequeathed a large portion of their collection of Asian ceramics and decorative arts along with numerous European paintings with Asian themes; Dr. William E. Harkins, who has donated more than 150 Japanese prints to the museum since the mid-1970s; Mary Jane Harris and her late husband, Morton, who have given several Italian Baroque paintings with a number more promised; Joseph and Janet Shein, who have donated more than two dozen contemporary paintings and sculptures since 2000; and, of course, Barbara Palmer and her late husband, James, who have not only made great contributions to the museum's collection of American art but also gave $ 2 million in 1986 to initiate the campaign to expand the museum.

Paglen believes this is an indication that contemporary images have taken on a larger role, becoming active participants in the world, rather than a mere representation of it.

A sign of a contracted but hardened market, this was another «tightly curated» (or small) auction of 41 lots, more conservative in content than the larger, more speculative contemporary sales of old.

They all recognize that Chicago is an important place for them to be not only because of the Chicago marketplace but because of what we represent to the greater Midwest Merchandise Mart notably stated that it believes only the coasts can support art fairs, but Expo Chicago actually has attracted significantly more galleries than the new Art Platform - Los Angeles fair, despite L.A.'s larger footprint as a contemporary art scene.

Rather than simplistically linking revolutionary breakthroughs in the arts with larger social and cultural phenomenon, he writes a nuanced genealogy to help us appreciate contemporary art's engagement with history even when it seems apathetic or blind to current events.

The Foundation holds the largest and foremost collection of works of contemporary African - American artists from the Southern United States, encompassing over 1,200 works by more than 160 artists as well as a collection of archival photographs, videos and documents relating to artists in the collection.

The Foundation holds the largest and foremost collection of works of contemporary African American artists from the Southern United States, encompassing over 1,200 works by more than 160 artists, as well as a collection of archival photographs, videos, and documents relating to the artists in the collection.

The Altered Landscape Photography Collection is the Museum's largest focus collection and features more than 1,000 contemporary landscape photographs.

BWAC is Brooklyn's largest artist - run non-profit arts organization with more than 250 members presenting contemporary art in every imaginable style and the weekly BWAC Performance Series of live music, film, and literary events.

As the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami launches its final exhibition in its temporary space in the landmark Moore Building, the museum has partnered with local developer Alex Karakhanian and his wife Rena Karakhanian to install a larger - than - life - sized mural featuring the work of artist Thomas Bayrle in the Miami Design District.

Wiley's larger - than - life figures disturb and interrupt tropes of portrait painting, often blurring the boundaries between traditional and contemporary modes of representation and the critical portrayal of masculinity and physicality as it pertains to the view of black and brown young men.

A must - see for more contemporary enthusiasts: the breathtaking series of larger - than - life canvases made by Sigmar Polke for the 1986 Venice Biennale, at the Abteiberg Museum in Mönchengladbach (worth a visit for the Pritzker Prize — winning architecture by Hans Hollein alone).

Of the large supply of concrete subject matter available to contemporary painters, nothing is more literal than text.

Select past exhibitions include Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie (2017), a city - wide exhibition featuring works by more than 50 artists in the Roberts Gallery, in street interventions throughout Philadelphia, and on the web; Nari Ward: Sun Splashed (2016), a mid-career survey of the artist's found - object assemblage art; Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation and Change (2016), which examined the artist's stylistic development during the First World War; and Mark Dion, Judy Pfaff, Fred Wilson: The Order of Things (2015), for which the Barnes commissioned three large - scale artist installations in response to the unconventional way Dr. Barnes displayed his collection.

The Fundación / Colección Jumex, Mexico's largest private contemporary art collection with more than 2,600 works, is presenting The Hunter and the Factory, an exhibition highlighting the impact of urban development on the natural environment.

The trust holds fourteen thousand works — one of the largest collections of contemporary art in the world — and supports more than two thousand artists.

Blue Star Contemporary currently welcomes nearly 18,000 visitors on - site each year, and more than 200,000 through off - site exhibitions in multiple regions across our geographically large city — an audience representative of San Antonio's diverse population.

Perhaps no collectors loom larger on the Miami contemporary art landscape than Don and Mera Rubell.

2003Take a Bowery: The Art and (larger than) Life of Leigh Bowery, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia My People Were Fair and Had Cum in their Hair..., Team Gallery, New York Phantom Of Desire, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria

Blue Star Contemporary welcomes more than 200,000 people through off - site exhibitions in multiple regions across our geographically large city, previous collaborations include Art in the Garden at the San Antonio Botanical Garden, partnerships with Trinity University and Texas State University, public artworks commissioned in Collaborative Partnership with the City of San Antonio, and traveling exhibitions.

Budi Tek began collecting contemporary art in 2004 and now owns more than 1,500 artworks, including large - scale pieces by Xu Bing (a tiger pelt made from 600,000 cigarettes) and Sun Yuan and Peng Yu (a high - pressure fire hose that sprays water).

Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing Opened in 2007 by Belgian art collector Baron Guy Ullens, and currently visited by more than 1 million people annually, the centre contains three large art galleries plus the first contemporary arts libraContemporary Art, Beijing Opened in 2007 by Belgian art collector Baron Guy Ullens, and currently visited by more than 1 million people annually, the centre contains three large art galleries plus the first contemporary arts libracontemporary arts library in China.

Organizers expect more than 22,000 visitors to attend the contemporary art fair - the largest Modern British and Contemporary art faicontemporary art fair - the largest Modern British and Contemporary art faiContemporary art fair in the UK.