Sentences with phrase «referencing ancient art»

Commenting on the sources for his work, Taaffe remarks: «I have this idea in my head that I am referencing ancient art and the idea of the scribe.

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Although numerous books cover the history of classical art, and many reference books cover art and architecture, this is one of very few reference titles treating just the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.

If Houseago's works resonate, it is because they encompass a wide range of influences: the formal language of sculpture throughout the ages (from ancient to early modern), mythology, the natural world of plants and animals, African tribal art, cartoon imagery and contemporary music and culture (the title of the exhibition contains a fragment from the lyrics of «Wild Child» by Lou Reed and a reference to James Taylor's «Like A Circle Round the Sun»).

The exhibition title references many facets of arts and culture traditions from ancient history to the modern day, arising out of Smith's meditations on the number's spiritual significance as a marker of immortality, as well a number of noteworthy cultural and historical facts and figures featuring the number itself.

Before Kali has a wide range of references, from Indus Valley figurines, to ancient Indian Rasa theory that deals with art and aesthetics, to premodern sculptures, current political events, references to Western art history and contemporary feminist artists such as Louise Bourgeois and Maria Lassnig.»

Works will reference elements as disparate as pagan ritual, archaeological excavations, the art of corn dolly making, mimicry, the carnivalesque and theatre, ancient stone monuments such as Stonehenge, and Samuel Beckett's televised work Quad 1981.

But for Maria Brito, the similarities became apparent after her research into the reasons why Classical Greece became such a reference point for Western civilisation: «Ancient Greece was, in many ways, similar to what New York is nowadays: an art - centric place filled with curious thinkers, creative artists, and centres for cultural advancement propelled by a cosmopolitan view of the world.»

It's a resolutely anti-monumental approach that has hitherto seen Baldock mix up the friable stuff of 21st century life — domestic goings - on, fallible bodies, libidinal currents, rude jokes and cute asides — with references to modernist art and ancient cultures and their notions of pure forms or lasting values.

In Britain, Turnbull personifies the post-war break with academic tradition and romanticism; henceforth art could draw on direct expression, popular culture and ancient references.

Like German conceptual artist Joseph Beuys, with whom he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Kiefer confronts the past by referencing such myths as Isis and Osiris, the ancient Egyptian myth of destruction and regeneration, and the history of German philosophy and culture.

Wyle's imagery references current affairs and the media, as well as a diverse range of sources including ancient wall paintings, art history and film, celebrity culture, even football.

Vicuña is also widely known for her performances and participatory interventions, which are designed to «bridge the gap between art and life, the ancestral and the avant - garde,» such as her performance of Paracas (2008) at the Brooklyn Museum, where her eponymous film, referencing the ancient Andean culture, was projected over the artist and a textile background.