Sentences with phrase «of ancient greek»

Designed in the manner of an ancient Greek Corinthian column.

The powder room features custom wallpaper with the text of an ancient Greek letter hand - illustrated by Brooklyn artist Katie Merz.

The Iliad and the Odyssey are the best preserved pieces of the Ancient Greek «Epic Cycle» and were the only two complete poems out of eight in the massive story arc detailing the events of the Trojan War to survive intact.

The Parthenon in Nashville is the only exact replica of the ancient Greek structure.

The result will be an outdoor performance space reminiscent of Ancient Greek theaters, but against a uniquely New York backdrop.

The genus Dracaena (romanized form of the Ancient Greek δράκαινα - drakaina, «female dragon» [1]-RRB-, also called Caiman Lizards or water tegu, is in the teiid family, along with tegus and ameivas.

Thousands of years ago, during the height of the ancient Greek and Roman empires, lead emissions from sources such as the mining and smelting of lead - silver ores in Europe drifted with the winds over the ocean to Greenland — a distance of more than 2800 miles (4600 km)- and settled onto the ice.

Mary Reid Kelley presents five videos based on her humorous and poignant renditions of ancient Greek mythology and historical events.

This quotation, courtesy of the Ancient Greek fabulist Aesop, adorns the entrance to blue orchids , a 48 - minute video by the Belgian artist Johan Grimonprez currently on view at New York's Sean Kelly Gallery.

Though the numerical ascriptions of ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras serve as the jumping off point for this exhibition, the only number you really need to know is five, namely the handful of excellent artists participating, which include Anoka Faruquee, On Kawara, Luisa Lambri, Olivier Masset, and Heimo Zobernig.

It is based on a work in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, an amalgam of Roman marble fragments embedded in a plaster cast of the ancient Greek original.

During the 1970s, Lichtenstein reproduced and simplified through painting the signature architectural elements of ancient Greek and Roman buildings as well the facades of Manhattan buildings.

Discover the legacy of ancient Greek art at Defining Beauty: a must see British Museum exhibition 2015

In Alex Majoli's exhibition SKENE, a term referring to part of the structure of an ancient Greek theatrical set, the Magnum photographer has fixed a wide swath of humanity — from India to Egypt to Germany — within the contours of an aesthetic more common to the stage or screen.

The title of the exhibition, SKĒNĒ, refers to a structure forming the backdrop of an ancient Greek theatre.

Many of Skaarup's bronzes are patinated in bright hues to appear more lifelike in the tradition of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture.

Among many that fit the tragic bill, the elegiac weight of the inky bars in Black in Deep Red (1957) is a wordless gloss on Rothko's well - known reading of the ancient Greek tragedian Aeschylus.

In Faded Remains the viewer is presented with a series of images of ancient greek sculptures that now is white, but originally was painted in a variety of colors.

Focusing on the human body, this major exhibition allowed visitors to experience the brilliance and diversity of ancient Greek art.

American artist Allyson Vieira creates sculptural installations endowed with formal austerity and material roughness, evoking disparate modes of ancient Greek and Roman art.

Italian Renaissance artists were inspired by the naturalism of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture; French Post-Impressionists incorporated the compositions and colors of Japanese woodblock prints.

The eleven artists juxtapose divergent approaches in conversation with each other, reflecting on primal questions consuming artists over the millennia: Elliot Arkin's conceptual use of web - based commerce spins an absurdist view on the commodification of artists; Babette Bloch's stainless steel reassessments of nature and artistic precedent limn positives and negatives through light; Christopher Carroll Calkins's street photography captures moments of under - the - radar narratives; Valentina DuBasky's acrylic and marble dust works on paper and plaster are a contemporary comment on the prehistory of art; Gabriel Ferrer's performance - like in - the - moment sumi - ink drawings on handmade paper reflect on memory and personal narrative; Christopher Gallego's realist, pure light - filled oil painting elevates the ordinariness of an artist's space to visual poetry; Ana Golici, in pergamano and collage, takes inspiration from 17th Century female naturalist, entomologist and botanical illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian to explore questions of science, nature and objective truth; Emilie Lemakis's monumental amplification of an ancient Greek krater employs scale to upend perceptions for the viewer's reconsideration; Mark Mellon's bronzes address the oppositions of movement and stillness; the alchemy of Michael Townsend's uncontrolled poured acrylic paintings equate the properties of materials with the turbulence of the universe; Jessica Daryl Winer's engagement with luminous color and choreographic line reflects in visual resonance the sonic history of a musical instrument.

The polished and glitzy Untitled (2012) piece forged frommeat tenderisersis part Greek sculpture, Medusa - myth and part punk - metal (pun not quite intended), exhibiting both the stateliness of Ancient Greek busts and the flamboyance of pop culture.

The Catalogue A fully illustrated exhibition catalogue features essays by notable scholars of ancient Greek art and archaeology: Seán Hemingway, Curator, Greek and Roman Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Carol Mattusch, Mathy Professor Emerita of Art History, George Mason University; John Oakley, Chancellor Professor and Forrest D. Murden, Jr..

The title references one of the three orders of ancient Greek architecture, the least ornate Doric order, and the paintings were conceived as a celebration of the contribution of classic Greek culture to humanity.

One of his most known works though is belonging to the movement, and it is the Venus of the rags: the statue we see from behind is a copy of an ancient greek one, and it's made of marble (so it's now clear that we don't see only poor materials!)

Considering the philanthropic aim of the auction and the fact that the painting is signed by Branson himself, insiders have estimated that the piece will fetch a higher price than that of Engels» recent portrait of ancient Greek philosopher Hippocrates, which sold for $ 45,000.

Inside the eclectic Centro Asturianas, the Colecion de Arte Universal of Havana's El Museo Nacional De Bellas Artes displays a row of ancient Greek statues.

Most recently exhibited at Paula Cooper Gallery, Glynn's mask is one of a new series inspired by the masks of ancient Greek theater used by actors to perform and swap characters.

The work features imagery from Attic vases, others the Kouros, or Edymion figure; some make use of ancient Greek, Coptic and early Arabic scribbling and graffiti, functioning like a wall found in a Ptolemaic archeological dig.

«Everything flows» may be the most common translation of the ancient Greek phrase Panta Rhei — the title of this latest exhibition of paintings by Keith Tyson — but the idea of a seamless transition from one thing to another, which the term suggests, seems less appropriate to Tyson's work than the alternative definition «All things are in flux», with its emphasis on the potentially more unsettling idea of constant change.

In stark contrast, La Folie III (2002) features a wildly ecstatic ensemble of ancient Greek Gorgons, writhing snakes, running scarabs and loping, three - legged, prehistoric pictographs.

Through a combination of found - object assemblages, stunning large scale collages and an oil on linen painting that nods to de Chirico, Hundley's work evokes all of the lust, betrayal, violence, and despair expected in a visual interpretation of ancient Greek tragedy.

Ancient Greek vases exhibited at Frieze Masters come under scrutiny A pair of Ancient Greek vases, or lekythoi, that were exhibited at Frieze Masters art fair in London earlier this month, may have been looted artefacts, according to a report in the Guardian.

Soaring high into the urban landscape, the multi-story mural from the Spanish duo features their signature remix of ancient Greek and Roman sculptures with their love for graffiti.

Based on our understanding of Ancient Greek and Demotic, researchers were able to identify patterns in Egyptian hieroglyphics to decipher the lost language — and now a popular language learning software exists in its honor.

Schiste Odos (1990 — 95) presents a landscape comprised of photographs, drawings, and a treated table that show the topography of an ancient Greek cart road, which is also the legendary crossroads where Oedipus killed his father.

With a background that includes studies of ancient Greek literature and a stint at famed theater director Robert Wilson's Watermill Center, the Istanbul - born Köken Ergun brings both classical humanism and experimental approaches to his film and video work.

It is, instead, a quiet show of representational drawings — 47 in total, with an additional triptych and book of prints made from the drawings via photogravure — all based on sculptures from an eponymous museum of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture in Munich.

Mary Reid Kelley creates videos, photographs, and drawings all based on her humorous and poignant renditions of ancient Greek mythology and historical events.

Originally written and performed in Athens in 507 B.C. and winner of Best New Dramedy at the 508 B.C. Dionysia Festival, the chaotic Okhlos will have modern gamers stepping into the sandals of ancient Greek philosophers to lead angry mobs of irate citizens and bring down the oppressive god of mythological Greece.

God of War is steeped in the rich world of ancient Greek mythology, and soon you'll be able to immerse yourself

I'm sure many of the demographic of this article have all considered the possible wonders of taking the great mythological stories of the ancient Greek gods and goddesses and slamming it head first li...

Excellent combination of the ancient Greek era, steam powered engines and mechanized robots will keep you interested.

Apotheon (Alientrap Games) is heroic action game set within the vibrant world of Ancient Greek Mythology, and is our newest indie game to move to the PlayStation ™ 4.

Hotel del Viale is a structure that will give you the opportunity to discover the history and traditions of Sicily and the charm of the ancient Greek civilization.

Ancient Greek Drama Institute - Droushia Pafos Study theatre, drama and performing culture on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, one of the most unique places of ancient Greek and Roman heritage.

Here, in one of Greece's oldest villages, visit the Treasury of the Athenians, the Temple of Apollo, and the Delphi Museum, which houses such masterpieces of ancient Greek sculpture as the bronze Charioteer and the famous Athlete Aghias.

• Soak up the sun at the many beaches that dot the coastline • See the trulli in Alberobello • Walk around the ancient fortress in Lucera • Swim in the shade of ancient city walls in Otranto • Appreciate the Baroque churches, like the Basilica di Santa Croce in Lecce ▪ Tour the collections of ancient Greek, Roman and Puglian art at the Museo Nazionale Archeologico di Taranto

This impressive fortress was built upon the foundations of the ancient Greek town of Antipolis and was used by the Grimaldi family as their stronghold in 1608 until it was repurposed as Antibes» Town Hall in 1702.