Sentences with phrase «of elegant figures»

In the 1950s, when Abstract Expressionism was still in vogue, Katz broke irreverently away from the wanton brushstrokes of Pollock and de Kooning to begin painting in his signature style — bold, stylized close - ups of elegant figures assembled from intersecting planes of saturated color.

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But one has only to compare them to texts from Rousseau, Voltaire, and other secularist figures of the time to see how much Christian sentiment and metaphysics they embody in their simple, elegant statement of a man's duties in spirit and truth to his Creator.

The stonework surrounding this bowl was elegant, and there is evidence that some of it included animal figures and pitted patterns.

Hands down, this is one of the best papers I've read this year — interesting subject matter, elegant experiments, and beautiful presentation (in the form of several color figures).

The elegant off - shoulder bardot cut is perfect for women with any figure: A lot of women complain about their upper arms, and the dress covers them nicely.

Opting for a top and pants instead of a dress, Cara shows off her svelte figure while still managing to look glamorous and elegant.

Princess seams subtly flatter the figure and refine the slip - styling of this elegant mermaid gown that's perfect for the modern, minimalist bride.

This is a really elegant white colored dress, the dress length is very long and it helps to showcase your figure with great emphasis on the hip and arm areas of the body.

You can also being a fairy in this elegant wedding dress even though you have a plus figure type.This kind of wedding dress features its classic square neckline with two lovely laced shoulder straps.Taffeta material brings more charm and grace touch of the dress.Lace covers the shoulder straps and beaded lace continue to fall through the pleated bodice extends into floor length a-line skirt with tulle sweeping around the hemline and chapel train finish the look of the dress.

Elegant and understated, this gown from MSK is cut in a draped jersey with a chiffon overlay that's pleated to one side for a figure - flattering silhouette and a boat neckline styled with stripes of sheer mesh paneling.

The style is a sort of «undone» glamour with a casual blouse style top that still manages to be elegant due to the fabric and a figure hugging skirt that keeps the look feminine.

The pressure of figuring out exactly what the dress code means can make a girl think twice before accepting an elegant invitation!

(Maybe it was the concern that if not done right this look can easily look trashy instead of classy) but this skirt had such an elegant and classy feel to it, that I figured was worth a try.

Even if you knew nothing about figure skating, you followed the tale of Tonya, the red - neck, white - trash Olympic hopeful from Oregon, her more elegant rival...

In reality, Kerrigan was also from a modest background, but her appearance and routines were more elegant and graceful, while Harding adopted a bad girl persona, calling herself the «Charles Barkley of figure skating.»

The elimination of his pal and fellow Olympian Mirai Nagasu was proof that even the elegant figure skaters weren't guaranteed spots in the finals.

Many of Asawa's elegant bronze and steel sculptures began as folded paper or simple clay figures.

The Aston Martin Vantage 4.7 V8 Offered Everything To New Buyers, With Remarkable Performance Figures, An Elegant Yet Exciting Interior And A Staggeringly Beautiful Body, All Of Which Made This Model Highly Desirable Across The Global And Was An Incredible Hit With The Motoring Press.

Faith Frank, dazzlingly persuasive and elegant at sixty - three, has been a central pillar of the women's movement for decades, a figure who inspires others to influence the world.

The bad, the beautiful, the betrayed Elegant historical whodunits (a growing genre) are a multiple treat you have the fun of figuring out who the culprit is while soaking up the atmosphere and ambiance of another time.

Against the barren landscape, the men of the desert cut tall, elegant figures, solitary and mysterious, wrapped in flowing blue and black robes and turbans.

While images of St. Sebastian were often an excuse to paint the human figure, not all martyred Saints were this «elegant».

The figure captures Camilla's persona with a noble, elegant appearance that still shows off her sexy side, with her hair making use of translucent parts to preserve its unique appearance.

Well known and admired for her internet - era busts of figures seeming to emerge from abstract matrices, Sascha Braunig has recently evolved to paint full portraits as well as these kinds of truncated figurative studies, which create an alluring and elegant sense of mystery.

His elegant paintings present a modern, quintessentially American take on the classical themes of portraiture, landscape, figure studies, marine scenes and flowers.

They are printed with bawdy tales involving a character named Richard and elegant scribbles in the style of market - hot white male artists like Richard Prince (whose own «Joke» paintings can sell for seven figures), Christopher Wool, Michael Krebber and Albert Oehlen.

His lush and elegant Provincetown Piers from the nineteen eighties, his progressively more abstract Vessels series of the nineties, and his figures and landscapes from the early 2000s reveal his ongoing dialog with Hofmann's sophisticated ideas about color and pictorial structure.

In her elegant, compassionate figures one can sense her love of children, the dance and movement of the human form.

The classical technique combined with the elegant but casually posed figures showed the influence of dozens of great masters, but Yiadom - Boakye added a dreamy element to her work.

Artist and Schinkel Pavilion director Nina Pohl (in Saint Laurent knee - high boots — without a doubt the most elegant woman I see in Berlin) tells me at the welcome ceremony that Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, has been recruited to figure out what to do with the space, which was built without a function.

La Bella Figura, a common Italian phrase referring to the importance of maintaining an elegant exterior, may seem to point to the often poignant beauty of the works, but it also refers to Italy's ugly political underbelly, the implied corrupt core that «the beautiful figure» must disguise.

This retrospective exhibition surveys the 40 - plus - year career of Carl Walters (1883 - 1955), a pioneer of modern ceramic art in America, presenting prime examples of his witty and original three - dimensional figures as well as his elegant plates and bowls.

In his incredible series Flower Figures, Jean - Michel Bihorel takes one photograph of a bunch of dried hydrangea blossom (scroll right to the bottom) and then uses his imagination, along with some handy 3D modelling software, to craft these elegant sculptures of women.

The elegant attenuation and honey colour of the yew of Figure (Nanjizal) contrasted with the massive richly coloured boles of guarea.

Renowned for his bronze formations, the Swiss artist also utilised a variety of materials such as clay, paint and plaster to fashion an elegant group of elongated human figures.

Three ladies in high fashion are getting along on their heels through squares of silver canvas, comical but elegant; a massive figure powers along against a billowing yellow sky.

The variety of Pollock's marks is astonishing, from the graceful figure - eights and elegant circular forms to the rather vehement back - and - forth scribbles and x-marks that emphatically punctuate the sheet.

Herald St, London, until 16 December «Elegant and excremental in equal measure», says the art critic Brian Dillon of the four sculpted figures at the centre of Matthew Darbyshire's latest solo show.

Is is a very refined work of art representing a mysterious and elegant figure.

Greeting the viewer at the door, Jon Pylypchuk's sculpture «allright I guess I can't be sincere to you anymore» is simply the sum of its parts: a figure on a pedestal made with tennis rackets and lightbulbs for eyes; Keith Edmier's «Medea» is cast from pink dental stone and rises from the exploded kiln of the late artist Lowell Grant; Sean Landers» casts a beautifully menacing god Pan; Heimo Zobernig «s take on the classical contrapposto is a 3D composition of three sculptures; bulky, elegant and graceful, Georg Herold's «Brown Betelgeuze is a beautifully imagined bronze of the second - brightest star of Orion.

It was after 1900 that his most characteristic works were created — idyllic scenes of elegant nude figures and mythological creatures gracefully grouped in frieze compositions before stark Romantic landscapes — e.g., «Crescendo» (1910; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City).

As his work progressed, the heightened colors and elegant lines of the abstractions began to creep into the more figurative works, and the coincidence of figures and abstractions continued well into the 1940s.

Responding to the challenge of the figure eventually brought out some of Diebenkorn's most deft and elegant brushwork.

In her lush oil paintings, British artist Lynette Yiadom - Boakye, a 2013 Turner Prize finalist and one of the most renowned painters of her generation, conjures elegant figures that appear both quotidian and otherworldly.

I didn't even bother to go and figure out what Jellbring» hypothesis was or is; I was sufficiently mesmerised by the lack of understanding of Robert Brown's elegant demonstration, that whatever Jellbring was talking about seems irrelevent.

You just have to figure out whether you prefer the clean lines of a contemporary design or an elegant classic look.

A pair of French Art Deco bedside table Lamps consisting of two elegant silvered cast metal female figures, standing on rectangular black marble bases, near a brass candle holder, to...

1 Lifestyle blogger and unofficial queen of fresh and elegant holiday decor Monika Hibbs has three main tips for trimming a tree: Start with a colour scheme («You don't have to use every ornament in your box — save the ones that don't suit your theme for another year,» she advises); instead of buying one - off ornaments, go for groups of three for visual impact; and organize them by category (like glass balls or felted figures) before hanging them to ensure balanced distribution.