Sentences with phrase «only classical image»

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Classical discussions of the symbolic and analogical character of religious language were dependent on the metaphysical assumptions of Platonism or scholasticism, which can no longer be presupposed; more recent interpretations often hold that religious images are only symbols of man's subjective life.

This trick, in which an image is only legible from a single perspective, can be seen in classical paintings, such as William Scrots» 1546 portrait of King Edward VI.

In Gorky's mature work (from 1944) he was selecting his subject matter in a deliberate classical fashion, using automatism only to camouflage and enrich the images.