Sentences with phrase «of cultural objects»

List of objects proposed for protection under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (protection of cultural objects on loan)

Camille Hoffman's paintings are layered geographies, in which fragments of cultural objects are chromatically twisted and blended into complex wholes.

This solo exhibition will include Joel Carreiro's close reading and transformation of cultural objects from the past; Renaissance paintings, European drawings and decorative objects and Medieval manuscripts.

The rug images are researched through auction catalogues and, while the press release does not say this, I would like to think that there is a commentary on the commodity of cultural objects, and the buying and selling of them without the research or interest in the object's cultural significance by privileged classes.

This idiom takes on special meaning when applied to the West's preoccupation with certain stereotypes in contemporary Chinese art — images of the Red Guards, Mao Zedong and panda bears — as well as to the fetishized mass - consumption of cultural objects that satisfy its imagination of a new China in transformation.

The Whitechapel Gallery has published this list of objects, which are being loaned to the gallery for a forthcoming exhibition, as information under The Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan (Publication and Provision of Information) Regulations 2008 and that by publishing this information the Gallery makes no representations that any of these objects fulfill all the requirements of the section 134 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

Gates has held a longtime interest in the conservation, preservation, and archiving of cultural objects, artifacts, publications, films, and music.

Julia Stoschek belongs to an exclusive group of people who have put together idiosyncratic collections with great dedication, have made these accessible to the public in their museums and who do not shy away from raising significant private funds for the preservation of cultural objects and the running of their exhibition institutions.

Her paintings are layered geographies, in which these fragments of cultural objects are chromatically twisted and blended into complex wholes.

Sietsema is not interested in trompe - l'oeil for the sake of showing off; at the end of the day, his paintings and works on paper are a highly considered critique of the production of cultural objects and the roles that they play as they circulate.

In an effort to reduce the trafficking of these cultural artifacts, the United States Embassy in Belize and Belize's National Institute of Culture and Heritage have joined together and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that «solidifies the collaboration between the United States and Belize to combat looting and trafficking of cultural objects in Belize.»

They may even argue about this with their friends and so make the beginning of an effort at rationalising their appreciation or dislike of cultural objects.

Display cases will feature various sets of cultural objects inspired by Hubble.

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@ David, So am I correct to assume that you would also object to the cultural practice of teaching that women should cover their faces or else they are should be considered showing no respect for god or disrespect for their religion.

Nikki: Most of my interactions with cultural stereotypes have assumed that because I'm an Asian woman, I could be either a dragon lady, a newscaster, or a demure sexualized object.

Cultural imagination presents a world relatively preformed with objects, signs, and relevant respects of interpretation.

Then under the threat of heresy and schism this reflection crystallized into dogma, becoming no longer the object and goal of reflection, but a bit of permanent cultural baggage whose continued presence had to be explained and rationalized.

It is at this price that Scripture ceases to be a limited cultural object: explication of texts and exploration of mysteries coincide.

For example, Harvard theologian Ronald Thiemann, who studied under Frei, objects that the cultural - linguistic model makes talk about the «text» stand in place of Christian talk about God; Yale biblical scholar Brevard Childs rejects Lindbeck's talk about the text creating its own world.

In simpler language, we may state that primordial objects in the universe (grounded in an ineffable reality) are causally transformed into a limited set of cosmological, biological and cultural entities, which at the same time, allows for an endless number of creative outcomes and novel possibilities.

In their religio - cultural struggles, the people do not remain as passive objects and helpless victims of the dominant culture, but positively affirm their cultural subjecthood.

A focus on the cultural dimension of religion represents a decision to take seriously the symbolism of which religion is constituted as an object of study.

In addition to our culture's fascination with breasts as sexual objects, breastfeeding is also «modified by a wide variety of [cultural] beliefs, not only about infant health and nutrition, but also about the nature of human infancy and the proper relationships between mother and child, and between mother and father1.»

What will future archaeologists make of our most cherished cultural objects?

Each chapter in the book is devoted to one of five objects and each builds on the cultural relevance of materials, exploring the connections between artists» materials and their everyday life; showing how materials could be used philosophically and playfully.

«There is already reason to suspect that infants» attention to objects and events in dynamic scenes might already be influenced by cultural - specific patterns of attention,» said the study's lead author Sandra Waxman, the Louis W. Menk Chair in Psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern and faculty fellow in the University's Institute for Policy Research.

It isn't as good as Clueless, but just as that teen movie did a better job with Jane Austen than all the supposedly legit screen adaptations of her novels that flanked it, Cruel Intentions is less presumptuous than the efforts of Vadim, Frears, and Forman, which were all presented as prestigious cultural objects.

Also: exquisite, often centered, shot compositions; uninterrupted lateral tracking camerawork through dollhouse - like sets; and inserts of quasi-obscure cultural objects.

I would like to characterize this period as a time when the tension between being the subject of politics and objects of anthropology (cultural other) was experienced most intensely in the history of Turkey's squatter neighborhoods.

This test consists of 20 items (with an associated answer key for the teacher) that assess the vocabulary, grammar, and cultural concepts listed below: Vocabulary Themes: History; Countries and cities; Communities Grammar Themes: Prepositions: Preterite tense in regular - ar, - er, and - ir verbs; Direct object pronouns Culture Themes: The Mayas and The Incas; Independence Age; Latin American and US Writing in Spanish: Punctuation and accents An alternate version of the test is also provided to the teacher, in case a student needs to re-take the assessment or for use in large classrooms.

Students answer ten questions that test their ability to demonstrate understanding of vocabulary related to politics and government, direct object pronouns, conjugated verbs and infinitives, and cultural and political challenges in the 21st century Spanish - speaking world.

The newly developed Citi Money Gallery secondary education programme delivers financial education in a historical context through objects in the collection, emphasising the development of money in society, various cultural relationships with money and the role money has played in the creation and destruction of entities.

Participants will understand the value of using art and objects for increasing cultural competencies and critical thinking; experience pre - and post-museum trip activities that can be used to develop observation, deduction, and language skills, explore themes, and reinforce program learning objectives; and share their own ideas / resources for effective museum - based learning.

Although most of the cultural treasures from that era have either been destroyed or have disappeared from the country, some have been recovered, including a cache of 20,000 golden objects which were thought to have been lost.

Gift books for history buffs A History of the World in 100 Objects, Rome: A Cultural, Visual, and Personal History, The Library of Congress Illustrated Timeline of the Civil War and Life Upon These Shores

Juergen Boos, the director of the five - day annual fair, has also suggested that a general attachment in Europe to the physical presence of the printed book and its value as a cultural object is holding the ebook back.

It is the internet itself — as an object, a medium, a distribution pipeline and cultural mirror — which has devalued controlled media while legitimizing the value and contribution of the individual voice.

A Proper Publishing Parallel I understand the romance of publishing, and the importance of the book as a cultural object.

The entire episode is an object lesson in IP and copyright among writers who don't understand the tools and technologies they use — and whose sense of self - entitlement (or greed) runs roughshod over the social and cultural principles of their own medium: books.

At the latter, the Great Story of a small Island - Nation through 100 Objects revealed a Greek theatrical mask and an Islamic book showing cultural influences from various invaders, simple peasant clothing from Gozo that the locals wore while the main island of Malta was going through a cultural revolution and a she - wolf statue feeding the twin Romanesque characters of Romulus and Remus.

Casa del Herrero is steeped in cultural heritage, which is seen in both the George Washington Smith designed house and the collection of fifteenth and sixteenth - century art objects from Spain.

Channel Islands National Park maintains a museum and archival collection of more than 300,000 objects related to the park's cultural and natural history.

Later on, Bali Governor Dewa Made Beratha stated similar rejection, citing, among others, that the bill «might place the Balinese cultural heritage and sacred religious objects in danger of legal prosecution.»

I think some of the above is a complete review to guide you in finding objects or Place of Interest in Lombok Island ranging from natural attractions, culinary to cultural tourism.

He is the editor and creator of the videogames and architecture zine Heterotopias and for the past 5 years he has worked as a games critic, specialising in virtual architecture and games as cultural objects.

The cultural cues the designer puts into the game can have a huge effect — designing a testosterone - drenched game with scads of violence and / or women as sex objects (say, a Bulletstorm or a Duke Nukem Forever) is going to attract a very different audience, and have very different griefing thresholds, than online components for, say, the Settlers of Catan Xbox Live game or a more casual MMO like Maple Story or Free Realms.

But what's clear is that there's a growing determination to expose and neutralise the cultural hangovers of colonialism and imperialism — whether they're exhibited in the appropriation of ideas or objects.

Like Drake's claim over the valuable cultural objects he pursues, the sense of pedigree and authority he invokes by aligning himself with Sir Francis Drake probably sits more or less comfortably with players depending on their worldview.

When Sanic»06 imagines the Death of The Mascot, it imagines the death of key cultural constructions that came with objects like Sonic The Hedgehog.

In other words, it suddenly becomes a cultural object (i.e. a social object that articulates the company culture), as opposed to just a usual piece of commercial, «Here's - why - you - should - give - us - your - money» messaging (You know, the kind that nobody actually cares about).