Sentences with phrase «more of an allusion»

The combat in The Surge contains no shields, more of an allusion to Bloodborne.

Not exact matches

Linguistic differences from 1 Peter, its apparent use of Jude, allusions to 2nd - century gnosticism, and more — does any of this so far sound like political correctness?

Paying «careful attention to rhythm and sound,» Professor Fox «tries to mimic the particular rhetoric of the Hebrew whenever possible, preserving such devices as repetition, allusion, alliteration, and wordplay»» all essential to an accurate understanding of the text and well - nigh impossible to capture in a more fluent English rendering.

But beyond a vague allusion to «getting things right on broader matters of culture,» he offers not a clue about what that something more might be, by what means we might know it, or how it would cure the defects he sees in natural rights reasoning.

Politicians know this, and behind their «ritualistic allusions» to liberty, peace, and democracy they operate on the assumption that voters demand of them no more than an ever expanding economic abundance to satisfy their narrow and self «absorbed pursuit of personal freedom.

He then goes on to praise E. D. Hirsch's Cultural Literacy as a more useful critique of current educational practices because it works in «the framework of a Deweyan understanding of democracy» in which students are to be made better citizens by preparing them to «recognize more allusions, and thereby be able to take part in more conversations, read more, have more sense of what those in power are up to, cast better - informed votes.

It may be that kerygmatic allusions to Jesus» humility, meekness, gentleness, love, forgiveness and obedience derive from historical memory of Jesus; but the «historical value» which such material may have is far from its kerygmatic meaning, which is more accurately stated by Bultmann, in language actually intended to state the significance of the pre-existence in the karygma: «That Jesus, the historical person, did this service for us, and that he did it not out of personal sympathy and loveableness, but rather by God acting in him, in that God established his love for us through Jesus dying for us sinners (Rom.

The author deliberately kept himself out of his gospel except for this brief allusion; his function was to witness to something far more significant than himself.

It has rarely been remarked that the very title of Whitehead's major work contains a more or less explicit reference to that of F. H. Bradley's: Bradley's Appearance and Reality: A Metaphysical Essay (1893) becomes Whitehead's Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (1929).1 Such an obvious and prominently placed allusion is perhaps already enough...

The full story of this intellectual quest is not preserved; we are dependent in considerable part on casual allusions, but fortunately also we possess some more formal discussions of the problem.

More probably the fact of their residence in Nazareth came first, and the allusion to prophecy was a result of the general search for prophecies supporting the Messiahship of Jesus.

It has rarely been remarked that the very title of Whitehead's major work contains a more or less explicit reference to that of F. H. Bradley's: Bradley's Appearance and Reality: A Metaphysical Essay (1893) becomes Whitehead's Process and Reality: An Essay in Cosmology (1929).1 Such an obvious and prominently placed allusion is perhaps already enough to suggest that in some important sense Whitehead's thought can be seen as a critical reworking of Bradley's.

Or the false detection of allusions to Thomas More and the Mass in Sonnet 23.

Adams has a dense, elliptical style that demands close attention (his friends no doubt caught his allusions more readily than we do, one hundred years later), and he writes of himself in the third person, which is a little distracting.

Notes: The official scorer would like to recognize and applaud the appearance of three prostitutes (albeit clothed), the High Sparrow's allusion to a wild orgy he threw, Osha's attempt to seduce Ramsay (for more on Osha, see Violence), and Daario's loving kiss to his naked lady dagger.

Or is it more of a pseudo-religious mindset (which I guess is what Dr. Amy's cult allusions get it) that's driving it?

His donations are under scrutiny now as he faces criticism for writing in a since - deleted Facebook post that Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins has done more to harm people of color than anyone who has worn a hood — an allusion to the Ku Klux Klan.

Pursuing was more controversial, Mr Reid admitted, but in an allusion to the recent Forest Gate raid in which no evidence of terrorist activity was found, he insisted the threat of suicide bombers meant the security services had to act on any leads quickly.

While Rockstar San Diego may find some difficulty in filling its open expanses with interesting and emergent play, it does imbue it with a stark beauty and compelling narrative that makes Redemption more than just an allusion to cinema, but a piece of work that can confidently stand next to it.

From the start, though, it's clear that director Mark Waters is far too keen on a more realistic approach, and yes, that was just an allusion to someone employing a method of realism to a movie about a guy who inherits six penguins.

It's an ensemble drama — more precisely, a series of linked monologues with point of view passed from character to character on a journey that begins with an allusion to a coming birth and ends under the pall of a tragic death.

Working through an enormous canon of cinematic influences in a far more satisfying way than Carax's glib offering (Gomes» titular allusion to Murnau is no coincidence), Melbourne's resplendent Forum Theatre proved a fittingly grand venue for Gomes» expansive vision: this film is a joy to watch.

Most of the romance and humor stops as the film reaches its more serious climax (becoming a Silence of the Lambs homage with John Wayne Gacy allusions), with Ronnie poking around in the Turner residence in order to scratch up some evidence, while Kale's mother, who has befriended the intense bachelor, also heads inside, while Kale can only watch in despair.

This second goal is used as a springboard to leap into some half - baked armchair philosophizing and allusions to 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Tree of Life, but with a lot more guns.

A 2009 article in The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias categorizes Velvet Goldmine as part of «the new cult canon,» saying that Haynes» «effort to access [Bowie] indirectly, through allusion and representation, pays more dividends than a straightforward biopic ever could.»

But in Life Is Strange, some of my favorite moments are the literary allusions because they make the world feel richer and more authentic.

Certainly, some of the more annoying factors of the film, the constant modern allusions to the original work, would mean nothing to those viewers.

The Player is a film that is very film literate, and although it can be enjoyed as a straightforward tale of murder and cover - up, the more you know about the various allusions to Hollywood films of yesteryear and the mechanics of the moviemaking process today, the more rewards you will reap from Altman's complex presentation.

Obviously, this is an allusion to Rick's profession, a notable somebody in the world's largest manufacturer of celluloid dreams, all more or less tied to a sprawling city known for its proliferation of psychics and mediums as both tourist attractions or acceptable lifestyle conditions.

Even more problematic is that Marvel's tendency toward overblown, apocalyptic finales is in full effect, with a final act comprised of mass death and destruction and very few allusions to character development.

Probably one of the more eagerly awaited sequels in recent memory, Avengers: Age Of Ultron crafted by Marvel Studios / Disney and directed by Joss Whedon, makes a decent entry into the second - film - of - the - franchise market, but does not supersede the original in acting, writing or humor (so one can forget the «The Empire Strikes Back,» «Superman II» and «The Dark Knight» allusionsof the more eagerly awaited sequels in recent memory, Avengers: Age Of Ultron crafted by Marvel Studios / Disney and directed by Joss Whedon, makes a decent entry into the second - film - of - the - franchise market, but does not supersede the original in acting, writing or humor (so one can forget the «The Empire Strikes Back,» «Superman II» and «The Dark Knight» allusionsOf Ultron crafted by Marvel Studios / Disney and directed by Joss Whedon, makes a decent entry into the second - film - of - the - franchise market, but does not supersede the original in acting, writing or humor (so one can forget the «The Empire Strikes Back,» «Superman II» and «The Dark Knight» allusionsof - the - franchise market, but does not supersede the original in acting, writing or humor (so one can forget the «The Empire Strikes Back,» «Superman II» and «The Dark Knight» allusions).

Though Wright is known for his elegant ruminations on nostalgia and the mysterious passing of time, this volume, with its plethora of seasonal allusions and insistent referencing of times and images past, has an even more elegiac cast than his earlier work.

While Persona 4 avoids the oft - taboo allusions to suicide, depression, and isolation of its forefather, the title's social relationships are richer and more credible.

More allusions to time travel, quantum mechanics, relativity and that sort of thing, perhaps?

A number of especially romantic paintings are notable for their brushy, atmospheric depths; they depict more - or-less real objects overwhelmed by preternatural forces... Experienced together, the paintings conjure a vibrant, eclectic mysticism, based in fertile allusions and buoyant color and texture.

Sidestepping any didactic elements in her particular style of feminist practice, Steir instead employs an approach to painting that makes metaphoric references to the leaks, seepages and flows of the female body, seeking to draw out allusions to something that is more random, intuitive, and created by chance circumstances.

But Hirst has always had more than a little touch of the provocateur about him, so in this encyclopedic show on the history of mankind and art, he slips in allusions to Walt Disney's Pluto, to a pharaoh who looks a lot like Pharrell Williams, and to a mythological character who seems to have leapt out of Paul McCarthy's imagination.

Lucas has created a «stairway to heaven» out of pointedly banal, and ironically fleshly, matter: the religious allusion of the work's title is undercut by more earthly possibilities.

Born in London and of Ghanaian descent, Lynette Yiadom - Boakye has achieved widespread acclaim for her open - ended figurative paintings depicting a cast of fictitious personae, and brimming with sly allusions to more traditional styles of portraiture.

On one hand, the dreadlocked figure — sometimes in a business suit, sometimes naked — is blinded or constrained by the ties, perhaps an allusion to male responsibility, or, as Whyte has suggested, a more sophisticated form of Western bondage.

Many of the works on view in By the Book employ metaphor, allusion, and allegory as structures to evoke a powerfully symbolic visual language, while others are inspired more directly by literary texts and fictional narratives.

More immediately, the context of their making provides another reference for someone whose work (in both his practice and scholarship) is infused with an incredible level of erudition and allusion.

In this hyper - networked, post-psychedelic world of ours, expect allusions between «Love» and «Connectivity» to become more common.

The allusion to the campfire and the idea of gathering around its warmth to share a meal draws our attention to the attitude of the Group of Seven artists and their way of painting much more than to the reputation of their works or their historical impact.

In a new series of abstract paintings, Schoultz distills some of his familiar stylistic elements into a more formal language with subtler allusions.

True to form, he accepted the position with an allusion to his wide - ranging, inclusive tastes in art: «I can't get Sun Ra's Fate in a Pleasant Mood out of my mind,» he explained, comparing his excitement to take on the new role to afrofuturist Sun Ra's jazz album — one that, like much of the art that Walker champions, deserves a more pronounced place in our cultural history.

Often interactive, his installations engage the audience through allusions to popular culture, ultimately provoking consideration of historical actions, figures, narratives, andRead more

There were three kinds of works in Beatrice Caracciolo's recent exhibition: exquisitely animated abstract expressionist drawings; others that look more like landscapes (and which introduce art - historically familiar material in the form of allusions to Chinese landscape and Japanese calligraphy), and unexpectedly bold suspended or freestanding sculptures comprised of zinc sheets mounted on wooden substructures.

Interwoven with these more bold constructions are allusions to the roles of notable women ranging from First Ladies to Grace Kelly.

Perhaps none is more astute at illustrating the assumptions and limits of language than the iconic «Blah, blah, blah», the seductive physical abstraction of the paintings matched by the humorous emphasis of a repeated, improvisational refrain that insinuates talking nonsense, or allusion to something so familiar it requires no articulation.