Sentences with phrase «on imitation»

We focus on imitation, initiation, social conversations, hidden social rules and expectations.

Stephen G. Rhodes installation, Recurrency, hinges on imitation too.

Early abstract artists found strong connections between their work and music because neither depended on the imitation of phenomena found in the natural world.

of opinions on really everything, Plato's impression of art boils down to the idea that art is fundamentally based on the imitation of nature.

Hanna Tuulikki's work is less overtly politicized than that of Stark and Rose, focusing on imitation, vocalization and gesture as much as words.

The genre hinges on imitation; it is precisely the painting's inability to depict reality that gives it its charmed and enchanting allure, readily and falsely inventing the image of an unknown locale — like a practice in visual broken telephone — and supplanting fiction for fact.

And you'll receive OEM replacement Genuine Toyota Parts, designed to meet defined quality, safety and appearance specifications that can not be replicated on imitation parts.

If desired, the car can do a passing imitation of a BMW M5 — with the emphasis on imitation.

A dashboard redesign for 2012 scuttled some of the C - Class» dowdiest pieces, but the overall tone is still solemn — even in our test car, whose Dynamic Sport Package added red seat belts and accent stitching on the imitation leather seats.

Benedict Cumberbatch and his lovely wife Sophie Hunter attended the 87th Annual Academy Awards earlier this evening where Benedict was nominated for Best Actor for his role on The Imitation Game.

The studies behind these theories, however, have focused on imitation in the area of learning solutions to physical problems.

Frequently cited for his resemblance to the 74 - year - old presidential candidate, Frisch says he does a better imitation of comedian Larry David, who does a spot - on imitation of Sanders.

Parrots have neither lips nor teeth, but that doesn't stop them from producing dead - on imitations of human speech.

As the «Divine Miss M,» Midler did an act consisting of campy (and dirty) specialty numbers; dead - on imitations of such earlier performers as the Andrews Sisters and Libby Holman; and the most outrageously revealing costumes this side of Bob Mackie.

Not exact matches

And if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, plenty of companies — including some on these pages — are sincere flatterers of SRC.

The place boasts imitations of the Eiffel Tower, the Pyramids, the Statue of Liberty, a Venetian piazza, Elvis... and we won't even catalog all the fake body parts on display.

In Gatsby, the Rumsey estate appears in slightly modified form, as Gatsby's own house: «a colossal affair by any standard — it was a factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden.»

At worst, we'll be nothing but a pale imitation of the travelers who've been on this journey before us.»

The company installs slate tiles, gravel roofs, imitation wood cladding and myriad other products on materials from cement panels to ceramic facades.

Collection agencies are forbidden from sending imitation court documents in Canada, but only in Ontario and British Columbia are the regulations broad enough to prevent lawyers from sending draft statements on behalf of agencies, argues Mark Silverthorn, an Ontario lawyer.

There is a half - truth to this demand for slavish imitation, this insistence on the direct mimesis of cultural norms.

The Imitation of Christ, commenting on the early Fathers of the Church, notes «how scrupulously they kept the fasts» having called attention to «the long and arduous temptations they had to suffer.»

St Augustine had much to say on this matter in De sancta virginitate where he insists that chaste virginity is the closest imitation of Christ open to us in this life.

This feels like a picture version of this quote from Richard Rohr that I loved and posted on facebook yesterday: «The God we all begin with is necessarily a partial God, an imitation God, a word for God, a «try on» God.

The imitation theory of the truth of art has at least this on its side: in a sense a good story, a true story, is «true to» the structure of human experience.

This amounts to sin by imitation and does not accept that sin can be passed on, nor face up to the problem of the genesis of sin or the question of human responsibility.

This function of his on our behalf (his beneficia) is more important than the words and deeds discoverable by the historian, which lead only to imitation, not to discipleship».8

As Christians, our most «deeply held religious belief» is that Jesus Christ died on the cross for sinful people, and that in imitation of that, we are called to love God, to love our neighbors, and to love even our enemies to the point of death.

Catholic laymen must take up their place in life and face their family, their love, their children (who perhaps do not always come up to their expectations), their professional duties which grow ever more irksome and their duties as citizens; in doing so they will meet situations in which, because they reflect on their faith, they will know how to behave as Christians living in the grace of God, the light of the gospel and the imitation of the crucified Christ.

The new category, introduced in an official letter from the pope on Tuesday read: «The heroic offering of life, suggested and sustained by charity, expresses a true, full and exemplary imitation of Christ.»

In one of the early sessions I was suddenly reminded of Elijah's posture of despair on Mt. Carmel (1 Kings 18:42) and of the later Christian hesychasts» imitation of this posture in the practice of the Jesus prayer — their theory being that the posture expressed physically the «bringing of the mind down into the heart.»

On the movie side, Birdman, St. Vincent, Into the Woods, Pride and The Grand Budapest Hotel were all nominated in the best comedy category, with Boyhood, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything and Foxcatcher all snagging nominations for best drama.

But then on the other hand how on earth can one expect to find an essential consciousness of sin (and after all that is what Christianity wants) in a life which is so retarded by triviality, by a chattering imitation of «the others,» that one hardly can call it sin, that it is too spiritless to be so called, and fit only, as the Scripture says, to be «spewed out»?

A few had cheap imitations bought from the merchants on Christian Quarter Road, swatches of cloth with printed Halloween scenes on them.

Concluded Managing Editor Hutchinson in a three - part series on the TVA: «The projectors of this many - sided venture have a real chance to produce, on a scale to command imitation, a new order of life for this country» (April 25, 1934).

What Pius XII was ring - fencing in Humanae Generis was the Tridentine definition of Original Sin being passed on by generation not by imitation, not the existence of an individual named Adam as such.

In our lectures on exegesis at Al Azhar University in Cairo — the oldest university in the world — the following analysis is used to point out the ways in which the literary form of the Qur» an transcends the powers of man and defies imitation.

The weeks immediately preceding Easter call us to walk to Jerusalem in imitation of Christ, so that, at Easter, we too might be blessed with baptismal water and sent into the world on mission.

In passing judgement on him, the hearers are affirming the principle upon which this aspect of the teaching of Jesus turns: the experience of God demands a response in terms of imitation of that experience in relationship to one's fellow men.

Drawing on the humanists» assumptions about teaching and learning, the Reformers viewed the catechism as a kind of classic text to be internalized through imitation and practice.

Not having such a theology of inspiration and interpretation, when Enns is wrestling with the concept of a historical Adam he strays from the doctrine of original sin, which teaches that original sin is passed on by generation, and allowsfor an interpretation that «all have sinned» through imitation or accident or, worse still, because we were created that way.

The problem is that while the imitation model may be useful and perhaps even accurate in particular individual situations, it is totally inadequate as a model for policy - formulation on a societal level.

It might have seemed of small account that in their processions the boys of Catholic Action walked in threes, in imitation of the Fascist militia, and not in fours, as they had done up to 1922; that they carried their flags with the staffs resting on their stomachs, again in imitation of the Fascists, and not on their shoulders, as had been the custom before the March on Rome; that even the most obscure parish magazines and journals of religious associations showed the year of the regime along - side that of the Christian era; and that Catholics habitually observed all the outward forms of Fascism, beginning with the Roman salute and the conversational use of voi, abandoning, because the Duce so willed it, the age - old use of the third person as the polite form of address.

More formally, it is recorded of George Home, who became Bishop of Norwich in 1790, that he was accustomed to read over the solemn words of the service for the Ordering of Priests on the first Sunday of every month, on which practice his biographer observes that «the imitation of this example may be practiced with ease, and will be attended with advantage.

He did not see the office of pope as something to be grasped, but instead made himself nothing, taking on the very nature of a servant, which is an imitation of Jesus Christ (Philippians 2:5 - 11).

The congressional spending bill signed by the President on March 23 directs the FDA to take action against imitation dairy foods, «representing a victory for farmers and consumers alike,» said the Nat...

Rather than making a disappointing imitation of a baked treat that relies on wheat flour, I prefer naturally gluten - free desserts, and this intense chocolate mousse topped with whipped cream and a sparkling cranberry and crystallized ginger compote was so pretty and indulgent, everyone wanted seconds.

I used dairy - free imitation butter and a combination of sugars I had on hand - white, brown and coconut.

I used fresh Penzeys Vietnamese Cinnamon and Apple Pie Spice (since I didn't have Pumpkin Pie Spice blend on hand), real vanilla extract instead of the imitation stuff, Medaglia D'Oro Italian import instant espresso, Captain Morgan rum, and I brewed Lavazza espresso shots with my espresso machine for the glaze.

A bill introduced by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D - WI) last month, the Defending Against Imitations and Replacements of Yogurt, milk, and cheese to Promote Regular Intake of Dairy Everyday Act (DAIRY PRIDE Act), aims to suppress the use of the word «milk» on nondairy plant - based beverages such as almond, soy, and coconut milk.