Sentences with phrase «paintings as masterpieces»

The Jewish Museum has done a splendid job of showcasing the paintings as masterpieces of modernism.

Without prompting, Doig refers to the sale, saying «the way auction houses write about paintings as masterpieces seems such an absurd way to talk about a contemporary work of art.

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In his prime, Koufax was, as the movie suggests, a Picasso, painting masterpieces from the mound, baffling batters with his fastball and a curve that seemed to drop off a table.

Selected as Amazon's book of the year, and beautifully written, the 800 - page novel tells the story of Theo Decker and a famous painting — Carel Fabritius» seventeenth - century masterpiece, The Goldfinch — and how Theo's relationship with it transforms his life, for better and worse.

So keep the canvas on its makeshift easel as long as you want and put your feet up in a chair while you watch the kids paint you a masterpiece.

Sip your favorite beverage and channel your inner Picasso as you meet new postdoc friends and a local artist guides you through painting your own masterpiece.

This moody, elegiac film has universally been acclaimed as a cinematographic masterpiece, from the talents of Cuban - born European Nestor Almendros (and «additional photography» by Haskell Wexler), with naturally - lit, sweeping, 70 mm images of crystal clarity and scope, and artfully composed scenes reminiscent of Andrew Wyeth paintings.

After the pay - off goes wrong, Creasy vows to take revenge on all those who have contributed to Pita's death, turning to Federal Investigations chief Manzano (Giancarlo Giannini) and upright journalist Mariana (Rachel Ticotin) to guide him through all the sleaze and corruption — and, being an ex-assassin for the CIA, Creasy knows a thing or two about the business of killing — or, as his friend Raymond (Christopher Walken) puts it, «Creasy's art is death; he's about to paint his masterpiece».

Juliette Binoche stars in the former as an eminently well - respected actress wrestling with her past life, while Timothy Spall grunts and groans as he paints masterpieces in his turn as the eccentric 19th century British painter J.M.W. Turner.

was something — anything — for my senses to latch onto; it didn't feel like watching a cinematic masterpiece as much as it did spending 90 minutes looking at a finger painting pummeled into a solid brown smudge by an overzealous child.

The line, «death is Creasy's art, and he's about to paint his masterpiece» will go down as a true Walkenism.

And as nature is capable of painting a masterpiece on a natural canvas, man is equally as capable of designing an urban landscape that oozes sophistication and artistry.

Celebrities such as Lauren Bacall and Margaret Thatcher have stayed in this gem of a hotel and dined in its decadent Leopard Lounge & Restaurant, an ebony and gold masterpiece of Gilded Age style and colonial grandeur with a ceiling hand - painted by artist Lino Mario.

At the start of the game you'll have just one symbol and can thus only produce a single painting in a turn, and can't use any that require two symbols, but as the game progresses your studio will grow and so will your ability to add to your masterpiece.

As an art student it's your job to grab cards and use them to either paint a points - scoring masterpiece or improve your studio.

I found myself caring for even the lowliest NPC, as just a snippet of their lives was just another brush - stroke in the masterpiece painting that makes up this game.

The Gallery invites art lovers to experience most remarkable masterpieces of Pop Art from all over the world as well as contemporary paintings and sculptures of well established international artists.

In contrast, Hiroshi Sugimoto's seascapes, a continuing project begun in 1980, are masterpieces of cool understatement and timeless, elemental intensity, as North Pacific Ocean, Ohkurosaki, 2002, lucidly demonstrates.The exhibition features two seascapes by Max Ernst, Gulfstream and Horizon, both executed in 1926, and two seashore nudes by Pablo Picasso, Baigneur et baigneuses, 1920 - 21, and Les trois baigneuses, 1932, painted at the Château de Boisgeloup, which Picasso had bought in 1930.

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NATIVE AMERICAN MASTERPIECES FROM THE CHARLES AND VALERIE DIKER COLLECTION Paintings on animal hides, muslin and paper, as well as masks, clothing and baskets by indigenous artists from across North America, are included in this sweeping exhibition.

As soon as his audience stopped gasping, Stella put up a slide of Poons» indisputable masterpiece «Railroad Horse» (1971), a 25 - foot - long controlled orgy of paint - pouring bought long ago by the Boston Museum of Fine ArtAs soon as his audience stopped gasping, Stella put up a slide of Poons» indisputable masterpiece «Railroad Horse» (1971), a 25 - foot - long controlled orgy of paint - pouring bought long ago by the Boston Museum of Fine Artas his audience stopped gasping, Stella put up a slide of Poons» indisputable masterpiece «Railroad Horse» (1971), a 25 - foot - long controlled orgy of paint - pouring bought long ago by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

One might expect the display of a single painting as part of the Jewish Museum's «Masterpieces and Curiosities» from its collection, like The Steerage by Alfred Stieglitz last winter.

With over 150 paintings, sculptures and photographs from public and private collections across the world, this ambitious exhibition encompasses masterpieces by the most acclaimed American artists associated with the movement — among them, Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Phillip Guston, Franz Kline, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Aaron Siskind, David Smith and Clyfford Still, as well as lesser - known but no less vital artists.

Paintings such as The Card Players (1917), The City (1919) and Le grand déjeuner from 1921 are now universally regarded as masterpieces of Modernism.

Art Institute of Chicago acquires rediscovered painting by Sebastiano Del Piombo The Art Institute of Chicago has bought Sebastiano Del Piombo's Christ Carrying the Cross (1515/1517), a masterpiece that has only recently been identified as the work of the Renaissance artist.

Eakins» masterpiece, acclaimed as the greatest American painting of the nineteenth century, depicts the famed surgeon Samuel D. Gross as he paused to instruct students at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia.

Were one to stroll through The Frick Collection, bedazzled by its many masterpieces and paying only nominal attention to the requisite wall labels, one might mistake the twelve paintings included in the exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from the Toledo Museum of Art as part of the Frick's permanentmasterpieces and paying only nominal attention to the requisite wall labels, one might mistake the twelve paintings included in the exhibition Masterpieces of European Painting from the Toledo Museum of Art as part of the Frick's permanentMasterpieces of European Painting from the Toledo Museum of Art as part of the Frick's permanent collection.

As the fine arts museum of the University of Chicago, the Smart is home to thought - provoking exhibitions and an exquisite collection of more than 15,000 objects, including modern masterpieces, millennia - old Chinese artworks, rich examples of European painting, and provocative works of contemporary art.

With more than 250 works on show, the exhibition explores the tireless experimental spirit that drives Raysse's entire artistic output, from his small, playful sculptures to the self - discipline of drawing; from films expressing the libertarian trends of the 1970s to Raysse's use of neon as colour; and from installations celebrating consumer society to his paintings, which represent the most complete aspect of his work — among them, transcriptions of great Renaissance masterpieces, female portraits, large group paintings, and imaginary landscapes.

Now recognised as the crowning moment of Pollock's career, this exhibition contained several of his greatest large - scale masterpieces, all of which were painted that year: Number One, 1950 (Lavender Mist)(National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.); Number 27, 1950 (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York); Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)(Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York); One: Number 31, 1950 (Museum of Modern Art, New York); and Number 32, 1950 (Kunstsammlung Nordrhein - Westfalen, Düsseldorf).

«Italian Futurism, 1909 - 1944: Reconstructing the Universe» aims to examine paintings and sculptures that have long been recognized as modernist masterpieces alongside works of architecture, design and pure public spectacle that fueled the dream of a total Futurist art.

The exhibition solemnly trots out one masterpiece after another, as if Kline's paintings had some sort of religious significance.

In «Slaying,» Ms. Ostoya takes Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi's painting Judith Slaying Holofernes — an early Baroque masterpiece, depicting two women beheading a drunken general — as her point of departure.

From its founding the Norton has been famous for its masterpieces of 19th century and 20th century painting and sculpture by European artists such as Brancusi, Gauguin, Matisse, Miró, Monet, Picasso and by Americans such as Davis, Hassam, Hopper, Manship, O'Keeffe, Pollock and Sheeler.

Meanwhile a portfolio of photomontages mixes that masterpiece with a snapshot of Ms. Ostoya as a teenager, a painting by Georgia O'Keeffe and an image of a robot, amongst other surreal juxtapositions.

What was dying was the idea of the masterpiece, not painting as a practice.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, houses an internationally renowned collection of modern European painting and sculpture, including such masterpieces as Renoir's «Dance at Bougival,» Gauguin's «Where Do We Come From?

His artistic concept is to copy modernistic masterpieces from the 20th century, both paintings and sculptures of artists such as Picasso, Pollock, Warhol and others.

Highlights of the 2016 — 2017 installation include masterpieces like Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House furniture as well as paintings by Diego Rivera, Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland, and Mark Rothko.

Painted in 1823 - 1824 in Dresden, the city of Richter's birth, Friedrich's masterpiece depicts William Edward Parry's heroic ship HMS Griper trapped in the ice as it charted the then unprecedented Northwest Passage in 1820.

«Taking as its focus one of The Met's most captivating masterpieces, this thematic exhibition affords a unique context for appreciating the heritage and allure of Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque), painted in 1887 - 88, by Georges Seurat (1859 - 91).

Daniels» paintings hold a further level of complexity that is derived from their appearance as faithful copies of original masterpieces.

TEFAF New York, New York Founded by art dealers in 1988 and run as a non-profit foundation, TEFAF has a proud history of showcasing masterpieces in every category of art and design — from antiques, Old Masters, and Haute Joaillerie to contemporary painting, works on paper, and 20th century design.

It's a glorious show featuring almost 60 well - selected paintings and works on paper by the Californian alongside three dozen or so canvases, including many beloved masterpieces, as well as drawings by the great French modernist.

The strangest feeling, as I remember it, was to locate the white shapes locked safely into the colour grid, but to see them also as free and ready to enter our space, our world... The conundrum of these masterpieces is that they are decorative without being designs, pictorial without being paintings, heart - stopping in their directness, their economy, their inventiveness.»

It appears to be an amalgam of two Velízquez paintings: the Rokeby Venus, one of the most seductive nude female backs in the history of art, and his masterpiece Las Meninas, in which the artist is shown as he paints the scene before us.

These include site - specific masterpieces like the Sistine Chapel frescoes «Genesis» and Last Judgement» by Michelangelo, as well as the four Stanze di Raffaello or Raphael Rooms - comprising the Room of the Signature (Segnatura), the Room of Heliodorus, the Room of the Borgo Fire, and the Room of Constantine, painted by Raphael.

Its holdings include the largest collection of paintings by the Holbein family, as well as masterpieces by Konrad Witz, Hans Baldung, Martin Schongauer, Lucas Cranach the Elder and Mathias Grunewald.

Its permanent collection - spread between the Alte Pinakothek and other Bavarian venues such as the baroque galleries in Neuburg Palace and Schleissheim Palace - consists of several thousand works, including many of the finest masterpieces of Early Italian, Old German, Old Dutch and Flemish paintings.

In addition to its collection of Brazilian Art, it includes European paintings, sculptures, drawings, engravings, and decorative arts: notably masterpieces of the French and Italian schools, as well as those by Spanish, Portuguese, Flemish, Dutch, English and German artists.