The 1929 River Forth rail car began as an elegant Solarium, but over the years it underwent many conversions and served a variety
of utilitarian purposes until Heritage Park staff meticulously restored it back to its original glory.
The Bullmastiff was known for some time as the Gamekeeper's Night Dog because
of his utilitarian purpose.
Not exact matches
Most
of today's espousers
of the liberal peace justify punishment, however, not by Kant's retributivism but through the later thought
of utilitarians like Jeremy Bentham, who held that the
purpose of punishment is to deter others from committing crimes and to rehabilitate the offender.
Is the biological matter that constitutes a human being so intrinsically devoid
of value and meaning that it is permissible to use this material for some mundane and
utilitarian purpose?
Earlier, as part
of the activities marking the 80th birthday
of the former president, there was an international symposium, where a former United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Andrew Young; a former permanent delegate
of Kenya to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Dr. Mary Khimulu, and others spoke on the theme: «
Purpose and
utilitarian values
of presidential libraries.»
Earlier they may have served many
utilitarian purposes, but now boots are also a key element
of fashion.
Yes, we can discuss the higher
purpose of art and such, but on a broad level I am basically a
utilitarian.
Ideally, these lists are not only fun to read but they also serve a
utilitarian purpose of reminding interested parties
of worthy films that came and went too fast to catch up...
The plot — an evil, shady bio-engineering company called Energyne loses control
of an illegal experiment that catches three unsuspecting animals in the crossfire and leads to a national disaster — is totally, utterly
utilitarian, but it works for the movie's
purposes just fine.
While education has a practical and
utilitarian purpose, it is also true that the curriculum deals with significant existential questions about the nature and
purpose of life.
The whole
purpose of the design is to be as
utilitarian as it can be, but at the same time, it tries to be geeky and funky too, appealing to the young.
Developed strictly for
utilitarian purposes, as a guardian
of livestock, the Anatolian Shepherd is typically serious and dignified, calm and quiet — unless challenged.
This
utilitarian purpose for the dog greatly influenced the development
of this breed's most recognizable attribute - its coat.
Developed through a set
of very demanding circumstances for a purely
utilitarian purpose; he is a working guard dog without equal, with a unique ability to protect livestock.
I think that these types
of utilitarian redemptions can serve a good
purpose.
The program launched in 2012 as an investigation
of the intersection between sculpture and architecture through the conceptual framework
of «follies» — temporary structures that intentionally served no
utilitarian purpose.
«The New - York Historical Society explores how shoes have transcended their
utilitarian purpose to become representations
of culture — coveted as objects
of desire, designed with artistic consideration, and expressing complicated meanings
of femininity, power, and aspiration for women and men alike.
While the structure
of the work references
utilitarian shelving from the mid 20th - century, with its simple materials and straightforward design, its
purpose is quite different.
Functional objects, such as his infamous sculpture Fountain (1917), were divorced from their
utilitarian purpose and designated — as opposed to made — by Duchamp as works
of art.
Chopper is an exhibition
of several sculptural objects that reference 1960s motorcycle exoskeletons abstracted beyond their
utilitarian purpose.
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.
Both
of their works have the quality
of a rugged handmade sign post - visual art objects, but created as though they serve some
utilitarian purpose.
The material nature
of the works exhibited implies a
utilitarian purpose, challenging the boundaries between sculpture and molds, object and meaning, strength and fragility, the organic and the mechanical.
From that point assemblage art became the term linked to the specific technique
of creating two - and three - dimensional works
of art through the fusion
of elements derived from natural and manufactured sources, often found objects and fragments
of objects, that otherwise were intended to serve a more
utilitarian purpose, rather than winding up in a work
of art.
The
utilitarian world threatens the existence
of any activity that can not demonstrate its immediate value and
purpose.
But when the rationale for copyright protection is no longer
utilitarian... when the economic incentive is absent... when the
purpose of a pamphlet, help guide, research study, infographic, data set, website, etc. is so clearly to be shared widely, freely and liberally... then it's strange to have warnings that hoard copyright.