Sentences with phrase «precious objects of»

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For a long time, seeking to appease his mysterious but obsessive need for plenitude of being, he will try to divert it on to some particularly stable or precious object to which, among all the accessory pleasures of life, he will look for the substance and overflowing richness of his joy.

We viewed all the treasures of the castle chapel, and saw the armoury, and just about every precious object with which his truly royal and extraordinary famous castle sparkles.»

Hopefully, you only lose the poop - stained jammies, but it might be a precious security object, important part of your breast pump, or your cell phone charger.

My husband and I spent our first few hours in Collata making formal presentations to the village officers, requesting permission to study two rare and precious objects that the community has guarded for centuries — bunches of twisted and colored cords known as khipus.

«By picking up the gravitational waves associated with these events, we will be able to access precious information that was previously hidden, such as whether the collision of a star and a black hole has ignited the burst and roughly how massive these objects were before the impact,» explained Dr Ohme, who has focused his research on predicting the exact shape of the gravitational wave signals scientists are expecting to see.

In the case of 12 Years a Slave, the subject is played out on human bodies and in objects: a single sheet of precious foolscap writing paper, the juice of berries, a violin.

This precious object is a rare survivor from the jewellery collection of Queen Elizabeth I.

It can be erected quickly and is self - supporting so provides an easy way of eliminating all the distractions in the room at a stroke and make a clean and clear space in which to tell a story, meet a puppet or pass round a precious object.

The re-emergence of the book as precious object.

Removing precious objects that your dog might mistake for chew toys is an example of using management tools.

If your precious pooch regularly puts his mouth on and swallows concrete, you may be dealing with a classic case of «pica,» a compulsive disorder that involves eating inedible objects.

More than 200 precious objects from the Ottoman Empire, all of which once graced the sultan's palace.

Some 300 precious Qing dynasty objects from the royal palace (now the national museum in Beijing), and the bicycle of the last emperor, Pu - Yi.

Adorned with precious antiques, exclusive objects d'art, luxurious fabrics, and wonderful flower arrangements throughout the property, Casa Azul Hotel Monumento Historico is an enchanting residence at the historic center of Merida, Yucatan.

Many precious objects were found at the bottom of this beautiful cenote, which indicates the Mayas used it for sacred rituals instead of human sacrifices.

The suites with its own distinctive character are decorated in the elegant style of a Venetian private palazzo: furnished with original antiques and numerous antiquarian objects from the hotel's own private collections and the walls hung with precious silks and Venetian velvets.

Particularly fascinating are the household objects and jewellery carved from precious Kauri Amber which once belonged to local families, as well as the extraordinary wealth of information about the Kauri trees themselves, so important to the early settlement of New Zealand.

Mrs Eggleton's passion for Russia and Turkey, where she previously had homes, and her love of Italy inspired The Russian Amethyst Villa's stunningly beautiful interior, a selection of distinctive and precious objects d'art carefully chosen by June Goldfinger and Rebecca Eggleton.

In a social economy where attention is a precious commodity, the ability to strip a social object down to its essence to capture attention has less to do with compacting character counts and more to do with the art and science of packaging and presenting content so that it is...

By denying that a work of art must be a precious handcrafted object, Mr Stella paved the way for later artists who were also inclined to view claims of spiritual transcendence with scepticism.

Olga de Amaral transforms two - dimensional textiles into luminous three - dimensional objects by combinung diverse materials, including fiber, gesso, acrylic and precious metals, to make works of unique aesthetic power.

Tillmans photographs gold bars such that these precious objects are rendered thick heaping rectangles of vibrant yellow gold.

He has also used sculpture to question «things the mind already knows», as he has put it, casting torches, lightbulbs, ale cans and objects from his studio in bronze, wittily reformulating everyday objects as precious works of art.

Making art, which is theoretically prized and precious, out of cast - off objects is one of the basic paradoxes central to many projects that have appeared in the Mexico City gallery, which has presented work by artists like Sarah Lucas, Damián Ortega, Allora & Calzadilla, Adrián Villar Rojas, Danh Vo and Dr. Lakra (Jerónimo López Ramírez).

These are not alchemistic acts of turning formerly invaluable objects into precious artefacts, but conceptual exercises and manual gestures that add layers and narratives to pre-existing abstracts.

From the gallery: The new series is also playing on confusion between precious objects and pedestrian material of choice, the backlit packing tape.

Collis» sculptural approach combines seemingly worthless objects with dramatic detailing that frequently includes precious materials to suprise the viewer and signal towards questions of value and sentimentality.

The cover text is embroidered to create a precious object, and all of the texts relating to the installation are beautifully embossed.

The exhibition features more than 500 archaeological objects and works from Mexico and the United States, including jewelry, works of precious metals, and household as well as ceremonial artifacts.

This exhibition continues artist Daniel Arsham's ongoing project Fictional Archaeologies, in which he creates replicas of everyday objects — such as basketballs and cameras — in precious and semi-precious stones.

Her work often has the feel of ancient, historical documents or objects, their luminosity precious and mysterious.

More importantly, Posenenske insisted on working in unlimited series, subverting the notion that a work of art is a singular, static, and precious object.

Also included is a work by Gimhongsok, from Kukje Gallery / Tina Kim in Seoul; A Star (2011) is one of a series of sculptures entitled «Ordinary Objects» that appropriate everyday objects, such as plastic bags, wooden sticks and Styrofoam, which are recast in precious Objects» that appropriate everyday objects, such as plastic bags, wooden sticks and Styrofoam, which are recast in precious objects, such as plastic bags, wooden sticks and Styrofoam, which are recast in precious metals.

«We thank all our clients, vendors and buyers, past, present or future, for entrusting us now and over the centuries with the safe passage of precious and historic objects — from one country to another, and from one generation to its successor.»

If an aesthetic appeared, an objectification of feeling, then the object did so on its own, not in debt to the draw of a precious material.

Organized by Evelyn Hankins, a curator at the Hirshhorn, this is also Mr. Irwin's first major American survey outside his native California in nearly 40 years and the first anywhere devoted entirely to his work from the 1960s, when, in full experimental mode, he was shifting the emphasis of his own art from psychic encounters to physical ones, from precious objects to environments, places of contemplation.

Many of these remarkable objects — from firedogs, wall lights, and doorknobs to elaborate mounts for rare Chinese porcelain and precious hardstone vases — have never before been shown publicly in New York, and their assembly in an exhibition will provide the basis for a fresh understanding of his oeuvre.»

THE PASTON TREASURE: MICROCOSM OF THE KNOWN WORLD The 17th - century Paston Treasure, commissioned by a wealthy Norfolk family to immortalize its collection of treasures from musical instruments and American tobacco to luxuriously gold - mounted nautilus shells, is shown on this side of the pond for the first time, along with more than a hundred apropos precious objects — some of them also from the PastonOF THE KNOWN WORLD The 17th - century Paston Treasure, commissioned by a wealthy Norfolk family to immortalize its collection of treasures from musical instruments and American tobacco to luxuriously gold - mounted nautilus shells, is shown on this side of the pond for the first time, along with more than a hundred apropos precious objects — some of them also from the Pastonof treasures from musical instruments and American tobacco to luxuriously gold - mounted nautilus shells, is shown on this side of the pond for the first time, along with more than a hundred apropos precious objects — some of them also from the Pastonof the pond for the first time, along with more than a hundred apropos precious objects — some of them also from the Pastonof them also from the Pastons.

These have been mischievously interspersed with «ancient» bronze objects purchased by Beard from eBay, inviting us to ponder on the magical — and confusing — power of a museum display to render even the most insignificant object precious.

The Malaysian - born, London - based artist uses the overly precious setting of the gallery space to pull objects — cooking utensils, kitchen fittings, plastic tubs, sheets of jute, etc — out of their utilitarian context in such a way as to force viewers to think about them as discrete objects, or things in and of themselves, while in the process challenging the assumptions we make about their functionality and attendant concerns such as, for example, the social status of the person who might own such an object, its role in their lives and that relation in respect to one's own style of living.

Victoire de Castellane, creative director of Dior Joaillerie and one of the most acclaimed jewelry designers worldwide, presents her very first exhibition in New York, titled «Precious objects», at Gagosian gallery.

Works included speak to innovation, craft, history and science, as well the use of artistic materials — clay, paint, found objects, and precious metals — and the way in which they are employed in the making of artworks.

The art of Monte Albán had given us the freedom to see things detached from their use, as pure materials, worth being turned into precious objects.

But instead of precious keepsakes, Kelley upsets expectations of sentimentality because the objects presented were collected, not as keepsakes, but as artist's materials.

«Meziat shares the ability of the best hyperrealists to render ordinary objects in such exquisite detail as to make each so precious that we look at it in a different, more appreciative manner, transcending actuality,» notes Virginia Miller.

Wylie presents a pixelated montage of image / objects that feel precious, others that suggest a «work in progress», and other still with an ambiguous identity as «art object» or production byproduct.

In Jonathan Wahl's current drawings he continues his subtle investigation of the reflection and intimacy in precious gems and objects.

Works included speak to innovation, craft, history and science, as well the use of artistic materials — clay, paint, found objects and precious metals — and the ways in which they are employed in the making of artworks.

Conceptualism was, ultimately, art about art, a subversive movement meant as critique to a commercial ethos tethered to precious art object wrought by the hand of singular creative geniuses.

A project turns a precious stone into a symbol of the force of nature rather than an object of luxury.