Sentences with phrase «multiple aesthetic traditions»

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His intensely hued portrayals of sites in Havana, Miami, New York, and the Middle East feature rectilinear overlays of strong, intensely moody colors that integrate multiple allusions to reason and its traditions — the ideal planned - city street grid; the Golden Ratio and its long history as a supposedly true and self - evident compositional principle; the sharp - edged, no - nonsense Bauhaus aesthetic — with subtle references to the small flashes of vitality and inspiration that lurk within even the most drab and desolate environments.