Sentences with phrase «separated by a century»

Yet amidst all the ballyhoo about Hooper's film as The Social Network's chief rival for Oscar gold, few if any have noted the extent to which the two movies orbit a similar central theme — two portraits of a communications revolution, separated by a century.
Today, he is the bestselling author of at least fourteen novels (often writing with a dual narrative style where the two voices are separated by the centuries), fifteen non-fiction books, various collections and a history series for children.
Electrifying and ambitious, sweeping in scope and intimate in tone, The Weight of Ink is a sophisticated work of historical fiction about women separated by centuries, and the choices and sacrifices they must make in order reconcile the life of the heart and mind.
Mining the transitional stage of new motherhood for all its creepy possibilities, this novel follows two mothers separated by a century.
The exhibition cautions us from making heavy weather of comparisons between these two artists separated by a century.
The stark juxtaposition of the Fishman — which reflects on more modern modes of seeking out altered states — beside a grinning Gonzaga is a fine example of a trick this exhibition manages again and again: drawing together artists that are separated by centuries but contemplating the nature of transcendence in related ways.»

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The volume is also divided into two separate stories, set a century apart: a long first - person narrative by a Handmaid in Gilead is followed by «Historical Notes on «The Handmaid's Tale,»» a fictive academic commentary by the urbane male editor of the anonymous woman's tapes discovered in the late 21st century, decades after Gilead's fall.
Since those process categories have been connected with ideas of God inspired by the Bible, process theologians believe there is a chance in the twenty - first century to bring the long separated parts of human understanding into a new, coherent relationship.
It seems fairly arrogant to so diverge from three centuries of native language interpretation in favor of that which was learned in a classroom separated from the real use of language and culture by millennia.
We wonder if there does not exist a comparable relationship of correspondence between the Joseph story and that third phase of Israel's history which is separated from the second by the sixth - century catastrophe of the Fall of the state of Israel and the Babylonian Exile.
The evidence of the Rabbinical literature, which is mostly of late date and uniformly hostile to Christianity, adds little of historical worth, but confirms that Jews who became Christians formed a community to some extent separate from other Jews, and by the end of the first century at least were regarded as heretics.
The authoritative word given by the Holy Spirit to the Church at the defining and pivotal moment of Vatican II nearly fifty years ago was especially «made incarnate» in Britain in September, 2010, during Benedict's apostolic visit: to seek unity with our separated brethren in the other Christian confessions, to affirm all that is good and true in secular culture without in any way watering down our witness to the truth of the fullness of the Christian faith, to declare without apology that the Catholic patrimony of faith and reason working in harmony remains a gift that the twenty - first century desperately needs if it is to avoid self - destruction, and which it neglects or dismisses at its own peril.
Cartesian dualism, sharply separating mind and body, had long been rejected by the twentieth century and with it the Platonic idea of a soul, or mind, that could exist independently and forever apart from a body.
Quite obviously, we do not know all that he meant by it — we can not hope to, separated as we are by twenty centuries from his time and dependent as we are upon a few meager records — but we are by no means altogether in ignorance of his meaning, and as historical research enables us to recover more fully the mental climate of Jesus» environment, our understanding becomes deeper and more adequate.
Eventually those writings which were thought to be by apostles were collected in the authoritative canon of scripture, although for several centuries the gospels or letters appeared in separate volumes.
Whether we like it or not, we are separated from our fellow - Christians of the sixteenth century and earlier by virtue of a world view which causes us to think quite differently about some aspects of life on this planet.
When the astronomical revolution of the sixteenth century — in which the Italian philosophers of the Renaissance played a far more important role than historians of science admit — removed the universal cosmic clock, there were two alternative ways open to physics and philosophy of nature: either to retain the relational theory of time and to hold with Bruno (Bruno 1879, p. 144) that «there are as many times as there are the stars» (tot tempora quot astra), since there is no body possessing a privileged rotation motion, and the only body which allegedly had it — the sphere of the fixed stars — has been swept away; or to save the unity and homogeneity of time by separating it from any particular motion — and this is what Newton did, anticipated in this respect by Isaac Barrow and, in particular, Gassendi.
The Eastern churches which separated from the Catholic Church continued through the four and a half centuries covered by this chapter.
In the great slaughters of the past century or two in Europe and America, Christians have killed Christians and Jews have killed Jews because they were separated by citizenship in time of war.
The consecration of the world to the Sacred Heart at the dawn of the 20th Century by Leo XIII found its fulfilment in the intervention of Blessed John XXIII, whose forecast of a New Pentecost (of Love) made Vatican II the Council of Divine Mercy for the world separated from the Church.
Packed with antioxidants that enhance your mood, health and energy level There are several different «grades» of matcha green tea powder Which are determined by the quality of the appearance processing method and ingredients used: The color of the tea The texture, quality and density The quality of the product The fineness of the powder How it was ground up Treatment prior to processing All these qualities help determine the grade of the Matcha green tea powder Which can be separated into two main categories: Ceremonial grade Culinary grade CEREMONIAL GRADE MATCHA GREEN TEA POWDER Sipped for centuries in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony Ceremonial grade matcha is the highest quality green tea powder available This premium grade is vibrant green in color, with a very delicate taste The leaves are stone - ground, makes the matcha suitable for a thick - style tea Thanks to its bright green color, it can easily be recognized from the other tea Often used for cooking and baking.
Alabama and LSU have played nearly 80 times over the last century and change, and they are separated by only a five - hour drive, reasonably lengthy by SEC standards, but not really.
Separate research published by the Met Office today shows emissions of CO2 will need to be reduced close to zero by the end of this century if a rise in the mean global temperature beyond 2C is to be avoided.
By meticulously analyzing the changing pattern of illumination, Clavel and company deduced that Sagittarius A * had experienced not one but two separate outbursts in the past few centuries.
Venus orbits the Sun, but not exactly on the same plane as the Earth, so it only passes directly between us and the Sun — what astronomers call a transit; think of it as a «mini-eclipse» — every century or so (and then, due to the odd dance of gravity, it happens in pairs separated by 8 years).
Kanzius had essentially replicated the centuries - old method of water electrolysis, separating water into hydrogen and oxygen gases by running a current through water loaded with salt, which makes it conductive.
It has now been four centuries since Galileo Galilei first turned a telescope toward this awesome sight and noted that the «milk» is actually countless individual stars, too faint to be separated by the naked eye.
A separate report indicated that the rate of global sea - level rise had accelerated during the 20th century; if it continues as predicted, by 2100 seas will lap shores 12 inches higher than they did in 1990.
There is separate evidence from ice cores that Antarctica has been warming for most of the 20th century, but this is complicated by the strong influence of El Niño events in West Antarctica.
The city formed by the federation of six originally separate towns and numerous villages in the early - 20 century.
Two women having troubles with their men, separated by several centuries, find their stories coming together in this animated comedy - drama from artist and animator Nina Paley.
Even if they were separated by an ocean, or a century, they would someday be reunited.
Todd Haynes turns art - house Spielberg with this «metaphysical time travel» story of questing kids separated by half a century and many miles.
As the viewer regards two separate paintings by 16th century Dutch painter Pieter Aertsen, titled The Vegetable Seller (1576) and A Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms (1551) respectively, each cut to a different fragment of the paintings» surfaces raises questions: what do the artworks depict; what is placed in their foregrounds; what is relegated to the background; and, ultimately, what meanings can be excavated from the artworks» layers and represented objects?
Separated into four stories, each set in a different region of China, and each concerning cash - strapped characters either driven to or victimized by horrific acts of violence, Jia's 2013 Cannes prize winner (for best script, though it should have been a Palme D'Or) constitutes an attempt to take on the dark side of the country's much - touted 21st - century social and economic progress.
By 2000, when New Visions created a separate organization, New Century High Schools, to run and expand its small - high - schools effort, the collaboration had created 40 such schools.
Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos are seeking a small cut for special education grants, while they sought to keep traditional Title I aid at $ 14.9 billion, separate from the $ 1 billion choice program they want under Title I. Funding for the 21st Century Community Schools Program, which funds after - school and other enrichment activities, would be cut by $ 200 million in the bill, bringing total aid down to $ 1 billion.
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder Separated into chapters named for different parts of the body — Skin, Muscle, Guts, etc — this slender meditation on the aging process is an essential book for women of every age.
An intellectual, suspenseful, and entertaining page - turner, The Weight of Ink tells the story of two remarkable women separated by three centuries, the ambition that connects them, and the power of the written word.
Late in the nineteenth century, Sister Salt and her younger sister, Indigo, the last of the Sand Lizard tribe, are driven from their home and separated by government authorities.
Separated from India by about 18 miles at its closest point it is believed that there was a land bridge between it and the mainland up until the 15th century.
Separated from the road by a small courtyard, the 17th - century stone building did not appear vast from the outside.
In the nineteenth century it was referred to as North Coronado Island, because it was separated from South Coronado (now the city of Coronado) by a shallow bay known as the Spanish Bight, which was later filled in 1945 during World War II.
• Number of suites: 20 suites including 4 signature suites Fresco Suite — 67 sqm, view — street, features unique frescoes from the 19th century and an original parquet floor, due to it's historical significance is unique in Prague, the suite has it's own private terrace Moser Suite — 117 sqm, view — inner courtyard, it is composed of a separate bedroom, dining room, living room, dressing room and is decorated with contemporary furnishings and fabrics with traditional features reflecting the tranquillity of the neighbourhood The Presidential Suite — 149 sqm, it is offering a superb view to Prague Castle and includes separate kitchenette, dining room, a luxuriously appointed living room, tastefully designed study, dressing room and master bedroom featuring a 4 poster bed and spacious bathroom The Tower Suite — 63 sqm, located in the former astrological tower of the monastery, suite is made up of three floors connected by a spiral staircase offering an unique and magnificent 360 degree view of Prague.
The historical centre of the Rattanakosin Kingdom — Siam's 18th and 19th century empire — Rattanakosin is an artificial island separated from the rest of Bangkok by canals on the east and the Chao Phraya River to the west.
bloodborne arguably takes place in the 18th / 19th century while gothic architecture surfaced in the 12th / 13th centuries, so to make the argument that gothic = bloodborne is moot because they're two completely different time periods (separated by about 500 years).
Selected Group Exhibitions 2016 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Wish List», Gallery Project, curated by Gloria Pritschet and Rocco DePietro, Toledo, Ohio and Ann Arbor, Michigan 2015 — «Roots», Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, IL 2015 — Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL 2015 — «Faculty Exhibition», Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 2014 — «National Contemporary Painting», Weatherhead Gallery, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2013 — «31st Juried Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «30th Juried Art Show», Wilmette Public Library, Wimette, IL 2012 — «Narrative Fragments», Quidley & Company, Boston, MA 2011 — «Juxtaposed», juried by Alyssa Monks, Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton, CT 2011 — «Paintworks», Gowanus Ballroom, curated by Kristin Kunc, Courtney Jordan & Hyeseung Marriage - Song, Brooklyn, NY 2011 — «Space Invaders», co-curated by Virginia Rose and John Nickle, Rose Contemporary, Portland, ME 2011 — «Cinematic Bodies», curated by Jamie Adams, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 — «Snow», XL Projects, Syracuse University Gallery, Syracuse, NY 2010 — «Women Painting Women», Robert Lange Studios Gallery, Charleston, SC 2010 — «Remnants», Fuse Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Highlights» Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Conceptually Sound», Medialia Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York, NY 2010 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2010 — «Looks good on Paper», DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2009 — «Water / Bodies», Eden Rock Gallery, St. Barths, F.W.I. 2009 — «Summer Exhibition 2009», curated by Eric Fischl, Matthew Flowers, Anne Strauss, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY 2009 — «Old School», Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY 2009 — Caldwell Snyder, San Francisco, CA 2008 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «City Lights», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2008 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2008 — «Take Home a Nude» Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2007 — «Summer Exhibition 2007», curated by Eric Fischl, Jenny Saville, Vincent Desiderio, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY 2007 — «Four Handed Lift: Advocacy, Art, Spirit and Community», Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY 2007 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, CA 2008 — «Chicago Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Illinois 2006 — «Contemporary Imaginings, The Howard A. and Judith Tullman Collection», Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama 2006 — «Night of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show, Artist's Space, New York, NY 2006 — «AAF», shown by DFN Gallery, New York, NY 2006 — «Salon 2006», New York Academy of Art, New York, NY 2006 — «LA Art Fair», shown by Linda Warren Gallery in Chicago, Los Angeles, CA 2005 — «New Works», curated by Eric Fischl, Jane Gallery, St. Barthelemy, F.W.I. 2005 — «A Terrible Beauty: Figurative painting in the 21st Century», Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA 2005 — «Small Works», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Cityscapes», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2005 — «Take Home a Nude» Art Auction at Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY 2005 — «Go Figure», George Billis Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids Benefit», Brent Sikemma Gallery, New York, NY 2004 — «Night of a Thousand Drawings», Group Show, Artist's Space, New York, NY 2004 — «Points of Muse», Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 — «Separate Visions», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «Still Life», Sarah Bain Gallery, Brea, CA 2004 — «27th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2003 — «Space Invaders», curated by Peter Drake, Fish Tank Gallery, New York, NY 2003 — «26th Small Works Exhibition», New York, NY 2002 — «National Arts Club 26th Annual Student Show», National Arts Club, New York, NY
Immediately one senses the same archetypal fears, the same current of Freudian anxiety running between two works separated by more than half a century.
The array of work gives a sense of the collecting habits of the couple, together since 1960 and only separated by their deaths in 2005, who formed close bonds with many of the seminal figures of 20th - century art.
Charles Seliger: The 1940s & 1990s illustrates the artist's life - long exploration of organic abstraction with works separated by half a century.
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