Sentences with phrase «referenced classical forms»

Sculpture student Anthony Limauro (B.F.A. Fine Arts» 15) referenced classical forms in the contemporary table that he created as part of his senior thesis project.

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Ordinarily one would not regard the great national epics as scriptures though, in the case of the Iliad and the Odyssey, they come close to forming at least an equivalent of scripture for the Greek people, and to students of Greek religion they provide a rich mine of material with reference to the gods of classical Greek religion.

The three artists render Hindu gods and goddesses in modern and contemporary forms to refresh the classical imagery, resituate the deities in the viewers» frame of reference, and ensure their applicability in new eras.

Cammie Staros's ceramic objects allude to the forms of classical vessels, but update them with neon or metal additions, as well as references to feminism and S&M.

[i] Bunga's retransformation is an appropriate first exhibition, delicately balancing the context of the space while referencing its dual aesthetic through the forms he uses: classical colonnade and apse, as well as contemporary building scaffolding.

The works express strong contrasting elements, such as the fusion of Western cultural elements with integration of classical and modern art, layered with references from Chinese classical art forms and details.

By the 1930s, British sculptor Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) had achieved international recognition for his monumental figures, organic forms imbued with classical references that would become his lifelong subjects.

Classical references persisted in his later work, particularly in the form of Bacchus, the god of wine.

The transformation of materiality lies at the foundation of Swallow's practice, with specific reference to Modernism, Native American folk art and classical form.

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.

She has cast forms in plaster and jesmonite and arranged them so that they unavoidably reference a sculptural tradition that takes you from the abstraction of Anthony Caro, back towards the figure through Henry Moore and beyond him to classical sculpture.

With reference points ranging from Sudanese cliff dwellings and Native American amphitheaters to classical Greek forms to the mobile structures of nomadic and seafaring groups, Rudofsky's stated goal was to «break down our narrow concepts of the art of building by introducing the unfamiliar world of nonpedigreed architecture» — a notable early instance of non-Eurocentric thinking in the American art establishment.

Rather than molding polished marble forms — like the classical busts of the Roman Republic that his works reference — Fife's constructions are roughly hewn from raw, gray, archival cardboard with screws, glue, and pencil markings all -LSB-.....]

We recognize an ample nude inspired by Rubens, references to classical sculpture, and landscape forms, tantalizingly repeated.

Contemporary painting is unabashed about borrowing, whether using and referencing elements form classical painting for design or integrating found materials.

While the pedestal, figurative form, and rotation at first call reference to classical bronze sculpture, the momentum of the rotation suggests a deeper intent that challenges classical conventions.

Far from the airbrushed perfection that permeates images of nudity in popular culture, Audrey's pose references forms of the classical and renaissance past, whilst modernising the genre of the nude to act as a tool for philosophical investigation.