Sentences with phrase «nod to classical»

Teresonic has brought out the Magus, a pair of compact, mid-range speakers, whose curved sides are a nod to classical instruments.

The French duo play piano and percussion giving the album a consistent, minimal feel while each track bounces between themes from games and movies with nods to classical...

Perhaps it was their subject matter: were these vague nods to classical allegory or echoes of baroque painting?

Not exact matches

At one point De Niro gets emotional watching Gene Kelly sing «You Were Meant for Me» to Debbie Reynolds in «Singin» in the Rain,» a nod to both the classical Hollywood that Meyers looks to update and more straightforward notions of romance.

Working with a team of master weavers, Ofili creates a tapestry that draws together the sights and sounds of tropical Trinidad, where he lives, with nods to both the classical world and - unexpectedly - the Italian footballer Mario Balotelli.

Unlike the classical ruins they nod to, where fragmentation is its own kind of completeness, these structures look like they want to push out of the glass - panelled roof and have to be contained by the stacked block that sit on top.

In his depiction of this, Bas makes a gentle nod to Théodore Gericault's The Raft of the Medusa, 1818 - 19, although allusions to classical themes and genres are always viewed through the prism of his interpretations as an observer and an outsider — whether trying to follow in the footsteps of Lord Byron, or portraying punters or freshers, terms unknown to the artist before his Cambridge sojourn.

The sculptures of César Baldaccini, better known simply as César, often combine allusions to the classical past with playful nods to the ephemeral values of the consumerist present.

The modern door contains a nod to the medieval in the iron bolt detail, and the classical door contains a pattern you'd still see in use today.