Sentences with phrase «obvious allusions»

[2] A term used with obvious allusions to a seminal essay by Thierry de Duve, «When Form Has Become Attitude - And Beyond» (1994), which was republished in Theory in Contemporary Art since 1985, ed.

At some point while I was walking around the spacious exhibition space of Mitchell - Innes & Nash, it struck me that Keltie Ferris's paintings no longer seemed to be making obvious allusions to Joan Mitchell, Frank Stella, and Piet Mondrian.

Christopher Nolan's Inception is intricate and has a more original plot (if you count regurgitated philosophy and obvious allusions toother films as «original» [oh yes, I went there,]-RRB- but it lacked character development and the dialogue was far too expositive.

Very poorly made, obvious allusions to Jaws, and a cast of unlikable characters.

It was not quite as memorable as the last entry in this series but it made for a better Bond movie than the last Bond movie and the obvious allusions to Hitchcock didn't hurt either.

The obvious allusion to the act of creating Adam by the breath of God recalls the root meaning of Spirit as breath of life.42 The parallel with Ezekiel's vision of the resuscitation of the dry bones is especially apt (Ezek.

The word «piquín,» also spelled «pequin,» is probably derived from the Spanish word «pequeño,» meaning small, an obvious allusion to the size of the fruits.

Given the rather sophisticated allegorical treatments that TV audiences have been treated to in recent years courtesy of «Battlestar Galactica,» «The 4400» and the like, I find V's first episode falling short, other than a fairly obvious allusion to Hitler Youth in the aliens» outreach to teens.

Rockstar filed a trademark for the term «Judas», which is an obvious allusion to treason — though, if Benzies» version of the story is to be believed, this is a bit backward.

I have to admit that the tumbrel quip — hinting at the upcoming summit and guillotining climate scientists in the streets of Paris — was quite subtle — but to miss the most obvious allusion to scientific paradigms — and then to think that behaving like a spoilt 10 year old is a winning tactic suggests something about the naked Emperor Moshpit.

Not exact matches

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 allusions are obvious ones: So have God's liberated covenant - partners behaved.

The answer to Paul's rhetorical question is obvious, though it seems to have been lost on Mr. Neuhaus» just as the allusion of the article's title was lost on him.

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.

It also is an exploration on the differences between the various societies, not only in terms of language (the title is an obvious Biblical allusion to multilingual confusion), but also in their perceptions of the same incident.

Studio head Jack Warner, however, was none too happy with Koch's obvious modern allusions to the war in Europe and his anti-Fascist sentiments (we were still a «neutral» country) and attempted to soften his tone.

Suffice it to say that if the allusions to tentacled, other - dimensional monstrosities, depraved subhuman cultists and haunted, crumbling architecture weren't enough to convey Darkest Dungeon's obvious Lovecraft influences, a visit to the Cove will surely end any remaining doubts.

Hirst's works include a new - ish vitrine filled with live fish swimming around a dentist's chair, Love Lost (2002), and a Mini Cooper, covered in his trademark spots, installed half - way down a marble staircase in an obvious, jingoistic allusion to The Italian Job (1969).

Each painting tells a story, be it a promise of a delectable hand prepared meal, the expectation of a new day, a love story or the rich allusion of less obvious narratives.

His early work was full of elaborate sexual and biological allusions and references to sports and fashion; the obvious links were to 60's and 70's predecessors like Bruce Nauman, Vito Acconci and Chris Burden.

Neither submerged allusions nor the paintings» considered titles provide any obvious justification for Wood's declaring a piece such as «What We Have Instead» (2008) finished.

Out of these currents and many others, Marshall has crafted his own world, which, dense with contradictory allusions, seems not so much impenetrable as labyrinthine, offering us a way in but no obvious way out.