Sentences with phrase «other classical figures»

These debates will no doubt continue as they do for other classical figures whom the fundamentalists wish to claim for their side of the argument.

But, as with other classical figures Eke Luther and Calvin, Wesley reveals another side which is illustrated in his dealing with problems of chronology, his understanding of the biblical use of non-biblical sources, his judging of much of the Psalms as «unfit for Christian lips,» and so on.

Not exact matches

The idea of Jesus arose like so many other religious and mythical figures, particularly Classical Greece, and just as the Greek gods were revered and accepted as real, so too is this Jesus Christ figure.

The Mete of the Muse (2006) juxtaposes differing representations of race in two bronzes: one a black patinated Egyptian figure and the other a white painted classical European nude.

[1] There, Parrish joined other students who have become leading figures in the classical art revival, including Jacob Collins, founder of the Grand Central Academy of Art where Parrish is now an instructor.

The other pivotal figure was Louise Bourgeois, who had inspired Capote through her use of classical materials like marble and bronze to express interior states of mind.

In Italian artist Giulio Paolini's «The Other Figure (L' altra Figura)» from 1984, two classical busts are looking down at a shattered classical bust on the floor.

Derived from the figure and mythic narratives, Hadzi's sculpture references antiquity and classical artifacts — abstracted anatomical forms, columnar and other architectural elements, helmets, weaponry and body armor function as visual metaphors for ancient cultures.

Today Antinous has more sculptures to his name than almost any other figure from classical antiquity.

Gormley is considered by this work, and others, to have rescued the human figure - a central theme of sculpture since classical antiquity - from its long period of abstention during Abstract Expressionism's popularity.

A chief figure in the Arte Povera movement and a key force in the fields of conceptual and performance art, Pistoletto was also an accomplished classical painter, though he is most widely associated with his work in other media.

The painting, whose reclining figure «has a sensuous, alluring posture, looks back at the classical traditions of the nude in a very different way» than in the treatment of similar subjects by other artists.