Sentences with phrase «religious icons in»

Staff at the compound said her actions violated the «status and sanctity» of the mosque, which is one of the most important cultural and religious icons in the United Arab Emirates.

Flavin was very aware of the traditional placement of religious icons in corners, like the Russian Constructivist Kazimir Malevich, known for his black squares, but instead he made icons of light, with what he referred to as «blank magic».

Flavin was very aware of the traditional placement of religious icons in corners, like the Russian Constructivist Kasmir Malevich much admired for his black squares, but instead he made icons of light, with what he referred to as «blank magic».

The box and wall - hung constructions resemble religious icons in their intimate allure and attention to detail, and the images commemorate such animals as horseshoe crabs, turtles, birds, zebras, and bison.

Deeply influenced by the religious icons in churches of his home country, Greece, Platon uses photography as an opportunity to capture the complexities and beauties of the human soul through each of his subjects.

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The meme has even led to the depiction of ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin as a religious icon, holding a Lamborghini in his outstretched hands.

Look at the altar in there; it's a morph of about half - a-dozen religious icons smushed together in one (in my opinion, ugly) image.

Of course, you don't want a Buddah or whatever statue (a religious icon) in your house because that is the only thing that they are used for, religious worship.

I began to wander without ambition, finding myself first in medieval paintings and tapestries, walking through galleries of dark religious icons.

If you're going to invoke religious iconography to memorialize someone, it is most appropriate to use an icon THEY were associated with in life, such as a Star of David for a Jew, or a crescent moon for a Muslim, for example.

For the author, the cult of the icon has served to create a cordon sanitaire around the Orthodox churches, allowing them to immure themselves in a gated community of obscurantist ecclesiastical politics and attempted geographical hegemony whereby Western Christians (or Eastern churches in union with Rome) can not exercise their religious rights (and rites) in the lands of traditional Orthodoxy, but the Orthodox bodies are allowed to evangelize at will in the lands of the Western Enlightenment.

He found evidence for this in the Christian veneration of icons and believed he was restoring religious faith to its pristine purity, as first practised by the Israelite patriarchs.

Benedict is a religious icon blasting his way into politics where he should have no place.Do you really think religion has no role in politics?

As for religious icons being hung in classrooms, for those folks who believe everyone should have their emblems hung, I truly do not believe there is enough room.

Some of those that are religious are certainly not Christian, and to display Christian icons in public schools is not only unfair to the students, but to the population as a whole.

Religious icons have no place in schools and other public buildings.

Art and such intellectual life as existed was nourished in them, and the icons were painted which were means of strengthening the religious life and became prominent in Russian Christianity.

We want the holy icons, the rosaries, the religious orders, yes the relics too... and to practice and experience the real presence of Christ in the Eucharistic meal while retaining the bond of love and fellowship in communion with the bishop of Rome.»

Irradiation has been used worldwide to save documents such as ancient Orthodox Christian icons in Romania, cultural artifacts in Brazil and religious sculptures in France.

By looking at the artifacts of astronauts — from their dining utensils and sleeping bags to their religious icons and family photos — these researchers hope to gain new insights into how astronauts of different backgrounds interact with each other, and how they adapt to life in microgravity.

The swastika (as a character 卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious icon used in the Indian subcontinent, East Asia and Southeast Asia, where it has been and Slavs are an Indo - European ethno - linguistic group, who speak various Slavic languages of the Balto - Slavic language group.

That's when he's escorted by his dad and a phalanx of officers upstairs, to the chapel, and asked to work undercover, the stakes reflected in the religious icons and the deep - toned pews.

The heavy religious overtones in Signs are rare for a Hollywood feature, which may explain why Shyamalan feels compelled to hammer them home in every direction, from icons to monologues.

More impressive is Samantha Morton as Agatha, the most powerful of the three mutants — a religious icon clearly designed to suggest Stanley Kubrick's Star Child in 2001 and Carl Dreyer's Renee Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc, but also a striking figure in her own right who doesn't depend entirely on those references.

She has a talent for sharing what the surroundings look like, describing even the tiniest detail of the books on a shelf in a college office or the look and feel of a religious icon.

As he holds it up to the light of the candles and unfolds it, the religious icons above the altar seem to read the tabloid over his shoulder, as they would in a grocery line.

Back in the 1970s, a local resident decided to dedicate his land to the religious icon and began his collection of statues.

In a time when the word icon can mean anything from commercialized images that flood the media to religious icons, the paintings of Linda Smith, Secular Icons, help to fill a void in contemporary lifIn a time when the word icon can mean anything from commercialized images that flood the media to religious icons, the paintings of Linda Smith, Secular Icons, help to fill a void in contemporary icons, the paintings of Linda Smith, Secular Icons, help to fill a void in contemporary Icons, help to fill a void in contemporary lifin contemporary life.

In Vicuña's paintings, religious icons are replaced by personal, political and literary figures, and some were previously exhibited in her 1973 exhibition (Pain Things & Explanations) at London's ICA (Institute of Contemporary ArtsIn Vicuña's paintings, religious icons are replaced by personal, political and literary figures, and some were previously exhibited in her 1973 exhibition (Pain Things & Explanations) at London's ICA (Institute of Contemporary Artsin her 1973 exhibition (Pain Things & Explanations) at London's ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts).

Novoa constructs a language of symbols based upon icons of political, ideological, religious, and Art Historical significance in the trench between what one sees and expects to see.

As the exhibit progresses, animals become more prominent, finally exploding in the last gallery with dynamic paintings of birds, including a magnificent Raven with the brooding intensity of a religious icon on a monumental scale more usually associated with contemporary realism.

Brazilian artist, Ana Smile, has created a bit of controversy with her company Santa Blasphemy, which creates plaster religious statues painted in the form of pop - culture icons such as Batman, Frida Kahlo, Catwoman, Captain Hopper, The Joker, and Minnie Mouse.

In this light the fate of many a 15th C religious icon paintings could be recalled.

Following a similar line for this one - man show in predominantly Protestant Basel, Cattelan will roll out the red carpet — enough to cover the Kunsthalle's entire first floor — for the surprise visit of a contemporary pop - religious icon.

Snakes, spiders, scorpions, and other bits of nature from his hometown appear mixed in with Catholic symbolism, aliens, gang members, pop - culture references, and commercial imagery, giving brand logos and religious icons the same attention and placement.

Painted in formal and spiritual unity, the diamonds, rectangles, and zigzags that comprise these sequences suggest foundational real - world materials: bricks, religious icons, single - celled organisms — things of which history and culture are formed.

In her new show at Bermudez Projects in Downtown Los Angeles, Erynn Richardson brings back to life the deer that hunters across America stalk, kill, stuff, and display; and turns them into nigh - religious iconIn her new show at Bermudez Projects in Downtown Los Angeles, Erynn Richardson brings back to life the deer that hunters across America stalk, kill, stuff, and display; and turns them into nigh - religious iconin Downtown Los Angeles, Erynn Richardson brings back to life the deer that hunters across America stalk, kill, stuff, and display; and turns them into nigh - religious icons.

Emblematic of a religious alter - piece, the triptych refers to Laocoön and His Sons, an ancient marble sculpture in the Vatican regarded as an icon of human agony and suffering.

A constant dialectic between the physical and the metaphysical pervades all the works: Marlene Dumas brings not only icons or religious symbols, but universal signs in which faith unites with tragedy and love interacts with grief.

Color combinations vibrate in these large - scale figurative works that reference Matisse, Blaxploitation, religious icons such as the Madonna and psychedelia.

In Vicuña's paintings, religious icons are replaced by personal, political, and literary figures, commemorated and mythologized by the artist.

So there's a mass - reproduced poster of Little Richard — one that Leckey had in his kitchen, he says it is the equivalent of a religious icon — against that is propped a cut - out of the figure of Prince Albert from the Albert Memorial in Kensington — and against that is propped a printed photograph of a particular breed of pigeon with a very puffed - out chest, called a Pouter.

On the floor in front of it, a pedestal table is mounded with half - melted candles in the shapes of trippy mushrooms, religious icons, wise owls and more.

Investigative reporter Bryan Christy and photographer Brent Stirton provide an intimate portrait of the booming trade in Buddhist and Catholic icons and other religious objects carved out of ivory.

He said he hoped that by revealing the extent of ivory use for religious icons, the article might create pressure on Buddhist and Catholic leadership to seek changes in norms.

MANILA — Philippine law enforcement officials said on Wednesday that they were investigating whether a senior priest in the Roman Catholic Church was involved in the smuggling of elephant ivory to feed country's passion for religious icons.

As I said, you're using it as a religious icon, presumably in an effort to delude readers into thinking your ridiculous proposals have something do to with «fair» markets or capitalism.