Sentences with phrase «ordinary scenes of»

These works marked his rejection of making figurative art with clear references to the real world, and in particular his move away from the post-WWII Kitchen Sink group of artists who were painting ordinary scenes of everyday life.

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In February, Gallagher published The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions... and Created Plenty of Controversy, telling the behind - the - scenes story of the creation and rise of the online lodging platform.

The quiet serenity of this very young Mary and the contrast between the ordinary setting and the extraordinary visitor creates a moving and tender scene.

One is the scene in which Dolly is on her way to visit Anna at Vronsky's estate in the country; as she travels, the narrative takes us into her thoughts, which are perfectly ordinary: her anxieties as a mother, principally, and as a wife, and her moral uncertainties; but it is all rendered with such confident and seemingly omniscient artistry that one almost feels as if one has momentarily become this woman, and can think and feel as she does; and more than one female critic has called attention to how well Tolstoy succeeds here at imagining his way into the worries and regrets of a wife and mother.

Just as an ordinary holographic image represents a 3 - D scene on a 2 - D flat surface, nature itself can store information about the interior of a region of space on the surface enclosing it.

These girls are just like you — bored of the normal dating scene and bored of the ordinary guys that are out there.

Levinson has a deft touch with ordinary people and places, and the film's early scenes, especially, take care of business in a satisfying, sideways fashion, developing character with exposition and finding every avenue for real - world humor.

Several scenes in Lincoln depict the ignorance of some ordinary citizens about the effect of the Thirteenth Amendment, and Lincoln deadpans that his government better move forward quickly before the pro-slavery constituents wise up.

Video extras, all of them presented in standard definition, kick off with «The Making of Solomon Kane» (11:47), an ordinary, general, promotional featurette that gathers enthusiastic, plot - descriptive remarks from the cast and crew and a tiny bit of behind - the - scenes footage.

There are some particularly provocative scenes in the film, juxtaposing the speed with which shocking violence can occur, arising out of seemingly ordinary and familiar situations which will undoubtedly stay with the audience.

«Behind the Scenes» (10:00) is an ordinary making - of featurette that collects crew and cast remarks on the film's characters, story, action, and stunts.

Along with her friend Bert (Dick Van Dyck), an ordinary jack - of - all - trades, they jump into sidewalk chalk drawings and ride on free - roaming carousel horses in scenes that showcase methods of early animation.

It's not surprising that the trailer for Columbus plays up its most conventional elements, the scenes (and dialogue exchanges) that make it seem like an ordinary indie melodrama about two strangers whose lives intersect during a confusing time for both of them.

In the midst of what seemed like a completely ordinary hotel scene was Robert Carlyle.

These scenes are inherently fascinating in the way they observe some of the most powerful men in the world as ordinary, conflicted individuals who may want to see justice for the oppressed but can only do so much.

In terms of the expressive elements he employs, Leigh treats the abortion scenes just as he treats every other scene in the film, in part because Vera doesn't view what she does as in any way out of the ordinary.

«Behind the Scenes of Please Give» (12:05) is as ordinary a making - of featurette as its title suggests.

Though the role of more - than - human may not be out of the ordinary for Johannson (who has successfully played Black Widow) the film's documentary-esque style and quietly paced scenes is anything but the norm for her.

In a conversation for this series, Machado explained how Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House became a kind of call to arms, especially a scene where a little girl refuses an ordinary water glass — insisting instead on drinking from an adorned «cup of stars.»

That includes an urgent legal problem facing Sookie's brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten), which indirectly leads to an amusing scene involving a couple of good - looking college coeds who happen to be traveling through town and decide they've got time to have some fun with two ordinary local guys.

A number of bonus features from Spider - Man 2's original DVD are not included here: another Spidey Sense graphic subtitle trivia track, Train's «Ordinary» music video, four making - of webisodes, the 15 - minute «Interwoven: The Women of Spider - Man», «Enter the Web» (multi-angle B - roll from the filming of four sequences), a gallery of Alex Ross» paintings of scenes from the original film used in the opening credits, a trailer for and making - of featurette on Activision's Spider - Man 2 video game, and, least importantly, DVD - ROM content supposedly consisting of weblinks and an S - M 3 countdown which I couldn't even get to work (trying to use InterActual these days is a disaster).

The silent, static submenus offer a more ordinary juxtaposition of character stills and scenes or thematic imagery.

The action scenes are wonderfully ridiculous, performed as an odd combination of street - brawling and wrestling that's as fast - paced as you could possibly imagine; these five ordinary blokes being surprisingly competent fighters is the kind of incongruity that The World's End revels in.

A 58 - image manually - operated HD photo gallery is comprised predominantly of ordinary film stills, though a few behind - the - scenes shots are thrown in as well.

The mounting scale of each disaster is like a slapstick version of the death scenes in «Final Destination 3,» where a perfectly ordinary day in the stock room can end with a death by nail gun.

The scene inside of Belmont University's Curb Event Center (in Nashville) was a little out of the ordinary on Friday, November 12.

ANYONE WHO WATCHES EVEN THE SLIGHTEST amount of TV is familiar with the scene: An agent knocks on the door of some seemingly ordinary home or office.

Posters advertising an upcoming circus prompt a young girl's exuberant imagination; sitting at a bus stop, she turns ordinary street scenes into acts of death - defying bravery.

With Charleston's culinary scene booming, be sure to make reservations ahead of time, especially for coveted spots like Husk, FIG, and The Ordinary.

Testaccio is much grittier, less pretty than Trastevere but we loved the vibrant food scene, the quirky history, and the glimpse of ordinary daily Italian life far away from the tourist crowds.

NIAS SURF REPORT 10 - 17 April by Mark Flint of KabuNohi Sorake Resort General Comment: This week was a pretty average surf scene with nothing out of the ordinary happening other than what we see as normal, with grom air shows massive slash cutties and all size and shape of surf and surfers from the mini Groms to the grey Groms paddling around on the mals.

The ordinary race - and - chaser's loosely knit compilation of repetitive Mini Cooper showdowns has a recognizable scene or two, but that's about it.

Specifically, he's talking about a scene from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 which makes the player fail in the «correct» dramatic way, not the ordinary «oh I ran the wrong way and fell off a cliff» failure.

Serial Cleaner takes place in America of the 1970s and you play as a seemingly ordinary citizen, who's really the eponymous «cleaner,» specializing in cleaning crime scenes — getting rid of the bodies, evidence, and blood.

A new series of portrait paintings by Kehinde Wiley is a departure from his practice which usually captures ordinary people from around the world recast in scenes from European history paintings.

The artist aligned himself firmly with Regionalism, an American art movement of the 1920s and 1930s that promoted the depiction of ordinary people and scenes of the rural United States.

These powerful works, including unabashed nudes, self - portraits, and dense woodland scenes, honor the simple nature of being and in the process transcend the ordinary.

Peter Doig paints scenes I wish I had seen, capturing the instantaneous and fleeting beauty of the ordinary that we know can be extraordinary if we are lucky enough to see it as such.

Gerhard Richter, for example, manipulated seemingly ordinary snapshots to expose the fictional nature of even the most convincing photographic scenes.

MacIver's extended family of literati took it upon themselves to champion her painting, which had more in common with their verse of the humble and ordinary than it did with the muscular brio of the NYC painting scene.

Working primarily with the recycled children's toys and found materials, Stephen Ives creates intricate scenes and narratives rich in details, breathing a breath of fantastic and surreal into the ordinary objects.

«Victoria Reichelt has a nifty way of revealing beauty within seemingly lacklustre everyday scenes that the ordinary observer would glaze over.

This is the real America; behind - the - scenes portraits documenting the untold story of ordinary places in everyday (well, night) small town USA, void of any people.

While making use of the «surreal» properties inherent to photography, Demand never tries to stir up any emotional reaction in onlookers, rather pushes them to question the «tragic» dimension of these scenes which are, at first glance, quite ordinary.

Such artists as Courbet, Corot and others of the Barbizon School, Manet, Degas, and Toulouse - Lautrec chose to paint scenes of ordinary daily and nocturnal life that often offended the sense of decorum of their contemporaries.

And although he might say his subjects are ordinary people captured in mundane scenes, his carefully thought - out works exhibit a haunting sense of verisimilitude.

The exhibition features photos of a very familiar scene, laundry hanging to dry, but the result is far from ordinary.

Towards the end of these weary scenes from ordinary, but extraordinarily difficult everyday life, a black dot grows to almost fill the screen, a strange and startling irruption.

Partida (2014) continues his diaristic approach to storytelling, interweaving new and old images of family, friends, home, ordinary objects, interiors and outdoor scenes.

Stevovich's images depict ordinary men and women in everyday situations and locations — in restaurants and bars, at the beach, on public transportation — but their gestures and expressions confused the overall logic of the scene, creating a sense of mystery and allowing for a a variety of readings.