Sentences with phrase «of utilitarian function»

Initially, it was easy to see that the most severe cases, which involved pain and loss of utilitarian function, were paralleled by a radiographically demonstrated deterioration of the articulating surfaces in the ball - and - socket hip joint.

Not exact matches

Attitudes that exist on the periphery of one's psyche, such as those related to the knowledge or utilitarian functions will be more susceptible to modification than will those that are central to identity formation and continuity.

Katz has identified four major functions served by attitudes within the human personality: (1) the utilitarian function, by which certain attitudes enable maximization of rewards and avoidance of pain in adjusting to one's environment; (2) the ego - defensive function, by which specific attitudes protect the ego; (3) the value - expressive function, by which particular attitudes provide satisfaction from personal values and self - concept; and (4) the knowledge function, by which certain attitudes satisfy the need to structure and understand one's universe.

Canadian Tire has launched a new app for holders of its cross-branded Mastercard that blends utilitarian functions like everyday mobile banking payments with loyalty badges and promotional offers.

As a result, the definition of the companion animal breed is a breed whose members can not perform any utilitarian function for themselves or their human owners — they're simply too weak to pull their own weight anymore — and they also suffer from a much wider array of painful maladies than their larger cousins; painful and unnatural medical problems like the tendency of certain joints like knees and hips to pop out of their sockets far too easily, among many others.

Some objects retain a trace of the original human touch or utilitarian function, whereas others are so smeared with paint, dirt and hair that their origin is maskedduring the creative process.

Stout's practice is shaped by an urge to subtly subvert utilitarian forms and function to create an experience that pushes just past the threshold of what is comfortable — encouraging her audience to consider elements of the so - called deranged and demented in their everyday lives.

Each element closely pairs their somewhat provisional, utilitarian aesthetic with their implied function, while both, displayed in the context of Storm King's collection, ask to be seen for their visual similarity to large - scale abstract sculpture.

Jillian Mayer: Slumpies a body of sculptures that function as utilitarian objects, presented on PAMM's outdoor terrace as well as in the Vattikuti Learning Theater on the museum's first floor Routes of Influence juxtaposes artworks in a manner that maps how aesthetic concepts move fluidly across traditional, national or cultural lines, how «influence» in art is understood today as multi-directional, rather than linear in character.

Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, the exhibition brought together artists from Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria and America with an extraordinary selection of works that functioned on two levels — as utilitarian objects and as works of art.

Underlying this investigation is the suggestion that these two arenas are distinguished by their use - value: design is explicitly utilitarian in its reinventions of items such as silverware, furniture, lighting, etc, while artworks are made without any practical function in mind, their central utility being conceptual.

The practical, utilitarian function of the utensil serves as a cross-cultural common ground facilitating the basic human need for sustenance.

Later, he would present utilitarian objects like chairs, tables and a suitcase, stripped of their function and thus exaggerating the objects» pure shapes.

Fixtures of the home, such as garden hoses and fences, break from their utilitarian functions to wilt, slither, and pose in the gallery space.

Dutch artist Reus's architectural sculptures — the latest body of which has been co-commissioned by and shown at the Hepworth Wakefield, SculptureCenter, Westfälischer Kunstverein, and the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo — repurpose utilitarian materials (wire hangers, refrigerators, aluminum pots, steel rods, PVC - coated folding chairs, old food packaging) into structured works that reimagine the objects» original forms and functions.

As such, this exhibition proposes the idea of a waster as the spark for the creative act, beyond its traditionally utilitarian function.

In 1995, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Christian Boltanski curated an exhibition Take Me (I'm Yours) that had brought together thirteen international artists with an extraordinary selection of works functioning on two levels — as utilitarian objects and as artworks.

The suspension of meaning through a liminality (threshold) of expectation is of particular relevance to understanding Boursier - Mougenot, since he intends his objects to always remain substantially what they are as objects»» even as their former utilitarian functions have been stripped away, or redirected to other creative ends and purposes.

The other kind of case is where (say) person 1 chooses x, experiencing benefit B1 (x) and cost C1 (x) from that choice, but persons j = 2 to N also experience benefits Bj (x) and costs Cj (x) from person 1's choice of x. Now, it's possible that person 1 is a «utilitarian social altruist» (she cares as much about the benefits and costs experienced by the j = 2 to N other persons as she does about herself) and that person 1 knows what the functions Bj (x) and Cj (x) of the other N - 1 persons are.

Osborne Clarke's site, meanwhile, has useful micro-profiles under cheery pics of the partners which come up on the neat, utilitarian search function.

A «useful article» is an article having an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information.

Change out the standard sink vanity for a decorative, free - standing vanity that functions more as a piece of furniture than a utilitarian built - in.

For many of us, we assume that the laundry room only has a utilitarian function; therefore we forget it should be a welcoming room that we don't mind spending time in.