Sentences with phrase «of modern city»

Selected passages from visionary texts reflecting views of the modern city are meticulously drawn in graphite and watercolor on paper.

This work represented his visualisation of energies of the modern city at night, of human activity and of an individual's intellectual and spiritual enlightenment.

Though avant - garde films were apparently not that popular with Russian audiences, who preferred ordinary melodramas, Vertov's delirious ode to the hustle and bustle of the modern city, with its cuts marked by shots of trams passing rapidly within a few feet of each other, remains a revelation.

Ma's poetic, yet precise language details the development and practice of the Shanshui City design philosophy, in which «architects should delineate a new ideal for the city of the future, to gradually construct an urban environment that embodies both the convenience of the modern city and the ancient Eastern affinity for the natural world.»

These iconic images of the modern city were made during an extraordinary period of creativity for the artist that began shortly after he left his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, for New York in 1904.

His fascination with New York's gritty urban landscape, its technological marvels and the diversity of its inhabitants, made him both an artist of the modern city and an insightful observer of the dynamic and challenging decades of the early 20th century.

NORFOLK, Va. — The Chrysler Museum of Art captures the energy and vitality of the modern city with its Cities of Light: Photographs from the Chrysler Collection exhibition that is on view until December 30.

Photographs focused on the energy and vitality of the modern city, a source of poetic and visual inspiration for photographers across generations and continents.

De Kooning contrasted the febrile universe of female sexuality with the chaos of the modern city in what the artist called feelings of «leaving the city or returning to it.»

Put together, the images give us two ways of taking in the energy of the modern city.

Through his abstract work, Vinci documents what he feels is the collective experience of the high - speed, dynamic nature of modern city life.

September 7 — October 14, 2017 The paintings in Gustavo Acosta's «Inventory of Omissions» may initially seem like discrete chapters in a visual essay on the oppressive bleakness of the modern city, but such a reading misses the point of his static but intensely hued portrayals of sites in Havana, Miami, New York, and Aleppo.

Widely regarded as one of the great American artists, Edward Hopper truly captured the isolation of modern city life like no other.

To escape the monotony of modern city life, the player moves to their late grandfather's farm in pursuit of a more fulfilling lifestyle.

Hesse's office sits on the second floor of the company's unique office building — an old house with wooden creaky floors that seems out of place in the heart of this modern city.

The property is part of a modern city centre development with private parking & secure front door entry.

Nestled in the heart of the world - renowned Margaret River region is an exclusive getaway worlds apart from the hustle and bustle of modern city life.

It is easily reached from any of the major and minor Indonesian airports and offers a combination of modern city life and relaxed cultural and physically beautiful landscapes just out of town.

The capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, gives holiday makers the advantages of a modern city perfectly combined with ancient traditions.

This beautiful heritage - listed building offers all the luxuries of a modern city apartment, such as full air - conditioning, LCD TVs, gym and fitness centre and broadband and WiFi throughout, without losing any of its historic ambience.

Being able to visit one of these villages is a special experience sharing and learning about this different world to that of modern city life.

Lisbon, the elegant Portuguese capital, offers all the beautiful weather of an Algarve holiday with the added bonus of the comforts of a modern city.

Along the walk we will explore the surroundings of the northern side of the modern city of Sta Lucia Cotzumalguapa visiting the following highlights of the archeological site: The Archeological Museum of Finca las Ilusiones, the Acropolis of Bilbao, the famous Monument 21 of Bilbao and others scattered around the same place.

Nestled in the heart of the world - renowned Margaret River region is an exclusive getaway worlds apart from the hustle and bustle of modern city

It is located in the suburbs of the modern city.

The Alchymist Nosticova Palace is a truly delightful, romantic boutique hotel set near all major Prague tourist attractions and yet still far away from the hustle and bustle of the modern city.

It is the only fully self contained island in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, meaning it has all the conveniences of a modern city yet maintains its distinct natural beauty.

Our youth hostel, one of the oldest of the city, is located in the historic quarter of Sarrià, at only 10 minutes from the centre and perfectly... Read more communicated with all of the sights worth seeing of this modern city.

The 4.5 star hotel is close to Melbourne's famous eat streets, shopping hubs and cultural venues while the apartments themselves have all the comfort and convenience of modern city living at your finger tips.

Although Solo has the trappings of a modern city, it retains the ambience of a sleepy village with broad tree - lined avenues and vibrant local markets.

In this latest teaser, Volvo discusses how the Volvo XC40 will offer a list of safety and convenience features that are developed around the challenges of modern city life.

The relationships and events amount to a credible portrait of modern city and family life, but it's the intimate, improvised shooting style (16 mm, natural light, all on location) and Michael Nyman's evocative, memorable score (this often feels like a film made to music) that define the film and give it the sense of immediacy and compassion that make it so enduring.

As early as 1927, F.W. Murnau explored burgeoning love and the attraction of the modern city in his film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans.

Considering that Minsk girls are from a bustling metropolis of almost 2 million people, it is amazing to find such a great combination of modern city girl and family woman.

We first excavated two rural sites — Capilco and Cuexcomate — southwest of the modern city of Cuernavaca.

In the 1680s, for example, physician Christoph Knauth, who was interested in botany, recorded the plant species that occurred in the area of the modern city of Halle.

Scientists and architects across the globe are trying to adapt wood, one of the oldest building materials, for the demands of the modern city.

Scientists and architects across the globe are trying to adapt this ancient building material for the demands of the modern city.

Over time, the Aztecs and then the Spanish filled in the lake, creating the basis of the modern city.

Help you escape the hustle and bustle of modern city.

When I visited SF a few years ago, we walked up to Coit Tower via the Greenwich Steps and then back down the Filbert Steps - those gardens blew me away, they were so lush and beautiful - what a gorgeous thing to have in the middle of a modern city...

The «central paradox» of the modern city, Glaeser contends, is that «proximity has become ever more valuable as the cost of connecting across long distances has fallen.»

Unfortunately, the design and function of modern cities are not equally hospitable to both; they overwhelmingly tend to favor opportunity, often at the expense of community.

As cities boomed in late - nineteenth - century America, Evangelicals discovered innovative ways to meet the overwhelming challenge of modern cities.

It sought new light in God's Word for the people in the slums of modern cities and found sufficient insight to revolutionize the city ministry.

Nature has a funny way of jogging the historical memory through all the asphalt and astroturf of modern cities.

This phenomenon affects the atmosphere, surface, and subsurface of modern cities.

As temperatures rise and megastorms smash into the coasts more often, to what extent should planners and builders of modern cities prepare for once - in - a-century disruptions?

New Zealand is a gorgeous wilderness filled with stark mountains, hidden lakes, rolling green hills, and a vibrant culture of modern cities and indigenous history.

Animated by flânerie — the idle, detached observation of street life that 19th - century writers associated with the rise of modern cities, that was an important strategy of the French Impressionists — and making reference to African tribal art, Ward's oeuvre resonates with the Barnes collection and speaks with penetrating insight and imagination to a broad range of subjects, including black history and culture, the dynamics of power and politics, and Caribbean diaspora identity.