Sentences with phrase «of classical mythology»

The Telegraph's review of the exhibition states, «The Caged Bird's Song is a sumptuous monumental tapestry in which Ofili's painterly skills have been almost miraculously translated into thread to present a lush, limpid scene in which the arcadian landscapes of classical mythology are given a contemporary, tropical twist.»

In the Black Odyssey series, Bearden establishes an artistic bridge between Homer's poem — arguably the definitive work of classical mythology — and African - American culture by depicting Homeric characters as black players on the timeless stage of antiquity.

Mr. Twombly painted vast canvases marked by smears of paint, half - erased graffiti, random scratches and occasional lines of poetry that evoked a connection between the world of classical mythology and the vibrant street culture of modern life.

Tate's renowned collection of historic, modern, and contemporary art includes paintings ranging from late 19th century Victorian depictions of classical mythology and history, to present - day politicized representations of the artist's own body.

He has recently embarked on a PhD focusing on the impact of classical mythology on contemporary art

THE OLYMPIC GAMES as we know them were born out of a late - nineteenth - century marriage of classical mythology and political science fiction.

Judith Raphael who is known for her paintings of girls in the poses of classical mythology is here presenting the iconic image «Pandora / Caught Red - handed», of a young girl wielding an open red box surrounded by war planes.

JMcK: Your own paintings evoke a mood of reverie, where the characters and creatures appear to be an extension of your self, in the context of classical mythology or the detached worldview of Henri Rousseau.

And there is something like the heft of classical mythology in the resolution of their tale: in how the film is nearly a three - hour Mexican standoff between the three as they shuffle through betrayals and deceits and cheats and being horrible to those they love in the name of that love.

The very naïveté of the classical mythology, on the other hand, which provided the environment for the New Testament, expresses that openness for the idea of transcendence.

The Biblical gospel has burst the bonds even of classical mythology, as may be seen from what happened to the idea of the Logos; but it has done so only by first taking that mythology up and using it.

One is reminded of the way in which John Milton so frequently used the terms of classical mythology in his poetry in order to express his Christian faith.

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I know that it's become trendy to just flat - out deny these, but most of this just comes from the internet and, to anyone who bothers to fact check these claims, they will find that these are just attempts to rewrite classical mythology.

Along with dualistic mythology several developments in scientific thought since the seventeenth century have contributed to the exorcism of mind from nature: first, there is the cosmography of classical (Newtonian) physics picturing our world as composed of inanimate, unconscious bits of «matter» needing only the brute laws of inertia to explain their action; second, the Darwinian theory of evolution with its emphasis on chance, waste and the apparent «impersonality» of natural selection; third, the laws of thermodynamics (and particularly the second law) with the allied cosmological interpretation that our universe is running out of energy available to sustain life, evolution and human consciousness; fourth, the geological and astronomical disclosure of enormous tracts of apparently lifeless space and matter in the universe; fifth, the recent suggestions that life may be reducible to an inanimate chemical basis; and, finally, perhaps most shocking of all, the suspicion that mind may be explained exhaustively in terms of mindless brain chemistry.

Classical myth - makers didn't spend much time with this constellation, although it was thought to represent an uncharacteristically wise centaur that figured in the mythology of Heracles and Jason.

Mundane objects and everyday people took the place of long - established «high art» themes such as classical history and mythology.

With a rich heritage rooted in mythology and symbolism, Zeus + Δione transcends classical notions of style and design.

Based on one of the company's hokier characters, who in turn is based on Norse mythology, Thor has largely been a second - tier champion whose blend of superheroics and classical melodrama has defeated many a writer since the thunder god debuted in 1962.

The opening credit sequence, in which aging scientist Weyland (an uncredited Guy Pearce) discusses origin mythology, art and classical music with his creation, «Walter» (Michael Fassbender) in a sterile setting which may or may not be a memory implant of the android, establishes what most engages the director.

Did you know that most of the names of characters and magical creatures in the Harry Potter series have roots in classical mythology and Latin and / or Ancient Greek?

Moreover classical mythology inspired then his sculpture art, like in the famous Greece classical figure of Orpheus; he made several sculptures of Orpheus.

About Emily Windsor: I grew up in the north of England on a diet of historical romance and classical mythology.

The previous installments of God of War weren't exactly history lessons in classical Greek mythology, but they introduced you to the main characters.

The textile's image reflects the «ongoing interest in classical mythology and the stories, magic, and colour of the Trinidadian landscape he inhabits.»

With three landmark exhibitions in London this year — including the inaugural show of the RA's new galleries — the artist discusses mysteries of the cosmos, classical mythology and chance encounters at her LA studio.

These epic installations collapse historical and narrative time, placing equal emphasis on classical mythology, art history and the socio - political conditions of the present.

In deceptively cheery colors, 91 - year - old artist Charles Garabedianreimagines famous tales of woe from classical mythology, where murder, torture, and madness abound.

His works» anthropomorphic references and undercurrents of doom, both in the imagery and in titles sourced from classical mythology, invoked enduring ideological quandaries.

Influenced by the Aesthetic and Decadent writers of the 19th century, in particular Oscar Wilde and Joris - Karl Huysman, Bas's works weave together stories of adolescent adventures and the paranormal with classical poetry, religious stories, mythology and literature.

No longer setting a stage for a dystopian lifestyle borne by the delusions and failures of the Soviet system, the paintings on view are referencing Soviet visual representation and its history by juxtaposing, in fragments, hypothetical subjects from Soviet life and classical or baroque mythology.

Whereas the artists of the Renaissance, for example, had been steeped in Classical history, mythology and the Bible, the artists of the modern era had been progressively schooled in the visual imagery of mass culture, which thus formed the chief substance of their own internal image banks.

The imagery in this new tapestry reflects Ofili's ongoing interest in classical mythology and contemporary «demigods», together with the stories, magic and colour of the Trinidadian landscape he inhabits.

Freudian psychoanalytic theory was a crucial component of the Surrealist sensibility, and it also enjoyed a huge following among New York intellectuals; for Gottlieb, an additional appeal was that Freudian theory was saturated with allusions to classical mythology - the most famous instance, of course, being Freud's theory of the Oedipus complex.

The figure of «Neptune,» acts as a physical chimera of mythologies, conflating classical and Christian motifs into one «idol.»

Her androgynous alter - ego occupies this territory looking like a refugee from classical mythology, often semi-naked, and wearing improvised tool belts or carrying baskets of dead animals.

It emphasized the lyrical turn of the painter's late work, in which graffiti - like passages thicken into vine - like forms or give way altogether to inspiration by passages of classical literature or mythology.

The artist is aware that many of the references contained in the paintings will be unknown to audiences, unlike classical mythology which has been extensively used in European painting.

His paintings blend contemporary and classical elements inspired by his rural Texas heritage with his study of mythology, religion, and history.

John de Fazio has produced an idiosyncratic body of work that blends themes of pop culture with classical mythologies.

The artist references classical mythology, Egyptology, graffiti, politics and poetry to present works that act as a meditation on the complexities of history across the worlds of politics and art.

The vision for the tapestry «reflects Ofili's ongoing interest in classical mythology and the stories, magic, and colour of the Trinidadian landscape he inhabits.»

Both artists professed an abiding interest in classical mythology and the unconscious and sought to explore archetypal and timeless forms in their work of this period.

These include contemporary fields such as science fiction and modernist industrial design (during high school, Jaramillo and a selected group of other students would make weekly visits to the celebrated designer Charles Eames's studio) as well as Celtic and Greek mythologies, pre-Hispanic and non-Western systems of spatial organisation, and classical and sacred geometry.

The emphasis this film places on the seemingly mundane ritual of cleaning shoes transforms the artist's own footwear into another contemporary object of worship deserving of meticulous attention and care, the modern equivalent to the traditional artistic «attribute» (an object conventionally associated with a particular figure from classical mythology or Christian hagiography): the social signifier.

Works like Voyage to Crete and Cupid and Nymph reflect Nakian's filtering of ancient mythology through modern aesthetics and his ability to give classical figures new life and sensuality by channeling elements of Abstract Expressionism.

The work reflects Chris Ofili's interest in classical mythology and contemporary «demigods» as well as the stories, magic, and colors of Trinidad, where he has lived since 2005.

A visual artist working primarily in the realm of self - portraiture and narratives inspired by classical mythology and allegory, Shimoyama seeks to depict the black queer male body as both desirable and desirous.