Sentences with word «starkness»

Pensato spikes her mix with the black - and - white starkness of Christopher Wool and the defiant abjection of Joan Jett's «I Hate Myself for Loving You.»

In March I sat outside one night having a smoke and was overwhelmed by starkness and terror that my love, my beloved, was gone, and that he took his own life.

Rooms have a very modern European starkness with splashes of colour and each has a private balcony.

Naema Jassim is standing in the white starkness of that same clinic, suspended in one of the few moments of tranquillity she will be granted all day.

The film ditches the use of special effects in favor of the real starkness of nature in a cast - driven production that will nonetheless test both your patience and interest.

But the sheer starkness of the filmmaking, Scott's brutal, inventive use of light, space and sound, and the stripped - down storytelling make this a classic nonetheless.

3 Series» pure unadorned interior design strikes a balance between starkness and purposeful crispness, with a driver - centric layout that enhances connection with the machine.

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Over a six - decade career, Freilicher quietly painted in direct contrast to the heroic and gestured angst of Abstract Expressionism, the industrial starkness of Minimalism, and the broad sweeping cacophony of Pop.

In its very starkness, though, it no longer speaks a native language.

The alternatives are set before us with unusual starkness: either there will be a genuine renewal of Christian culture — there is no serious alternative — or we will be enveloped by the darkness of paganism in which the worship of the true God is abandoned and forgotten.

Naturally, this situation does not occur everywhere with the same starkness.

It has all the hallmarks of Marcan starkness and directness characteristic of this noble evangelist.

Carver, like Dubus, shies not away from difficult situations, but his open - eyed starkness is not to be confused with indifference; at the core of his stories is a softness akin to the coziest of reading nooks.

The imagery he produces is always immediately recognisable due to its innate starkness.

And if her collection spoke to the night in its darkness and monochrome starkness, it still shone, in jacquard shot with sequins, in the oily sheen on a closing clutch of cocktail dresses, in the pristine glare of a white parka.

With his angular frame and ankle - length black cassock, the church's pastor has a similar iconic starkness.

A desert planet which, in its epic starkness, echoes the opening scenes of the original Star Wars (though it has been confirmed it is not the familiar Tatooine but a new world, Jakku).

There's a haunting starkness to Pearce's direction and bleak poetry in his tricky, icky story, which starts out as a psychological drama before branching out into horror and is dominated by Buckley's quivering intensity.

Even Carter Burwell's elegiac score and a biblical starkness settling over the proceedings can't shake the sense that it's a bit of a mannered, if endlessly entertaining, lark.

Using as her starting point photographs from her personal collection and the print media, Dumas recreates them in grays and browns, a palette well suited for her 2010 exhibition «Against the Wall» at David Zwirner, in which she captures with characteristic starkness the Israeli - Palestinian conflict.

In the late 1980s, in paintings such as Glass of Whisky, Caulfield had forsaken intricacy, imbuing his painting with a greater starkness.

As much as Renzo Piano's Menil Collection has conditioned us to love natural light, these paintings respond well to the new starkness; the Rothko's maroon and the outer bands of Gottlieb's hovering red orb assert themselves more than in previous installations.

His exhibition populates the tiered mezzanine of the former chapel, as well as small side rooms and back corridors with found objects such as crushed plastic containers, tarred bird feathers, deconstructed computer casings and resin - encrusted clothes, The human scale and deliberate starkness of the artworks prompts reflection on the fragility of bodies, and in turn the fragility of society and the natural environment..

The exhibition also reveals a woman exploring her own sexuality, as Smith brazenly exposed her breasts and pubic region to the glare of the copier, creating images that are both erotic and disturbing in their almost mammographic starkness.

In Neil Farlette and Wendy Christie's new build contemporary Vancouver home, there's a sense of warmth that might surprise those who equate modern design with hard - edged starkness.

Pollack shoots this scene with a real starkness, keeping it confrontational towards the film's white audience while shying away from deifying Lee.

The sheer starkness of the Atacama Desert in the north of Chile is one of awe - inspiring beauty.

About Jane Freilicher Over a six - decade career, Freilicher quietly painted in direct contrast to the heroic and gestured angst of Abstract Expressionism, the industrial starkness of Minimalism, and the broad sweeping cacophony of Pop.

But the authority and starkness of Christ's words can not be avoided, for they highlight an essential requirement of being His disciple:

The starkness of the situation we have arrived at, the others implied, matters much less than that judges not be placed in the uncomfortable position of having to state in clear terms why words like «imprescriptible» and «antecedent» no longer have the meanings given in the most commonplace dictionary.

Life is both mysterious and awe - inspiring and death, in its starkness and finality, is always at the elbow of primitive man.

The poetry of Ronald Stuart Thomas, though deeply religious, can also be disturbing in its starkness.

When he reminds us of our power to put behind us the way of contemplation and to cast our eyes away from the starkness of the cross, the real question is «Who are you?»

As your baby learns to focus, the starkness of the black and white will grab his attention!

The starkness of the numbers has been watched with grim urgency from the newsrooms of London.

Her words were almost heart stopping in their starkness and truth.

Every day I walk into the office, I'm blinded by the starkness of the cubicles staring back at me.

@Katie, that's true, many older titles certainly did resemble law books (or the like) in the starkness of their covers.

We don't mean you'll be showing a lot of flesh, but rather, because of its starkness, if a white T - shirt doesn't fit well, it's pretty obvious.

Its all very clean and simple but the starkness and contrast provide a high impact.

While the communist regime was known for its uniforms and Brutalist aesthetic, the starkness of their designs are now back in vogue.

Inspired by ShopGirl DC and worn on one of our first bare legs days this year (apologies for the starkness of my gams!)

I love the structured skirt and top... the simplicity, starkness and minimalism are perfection and still ladylike...

I really like the starkness of an all white outfit and glammed it up with all gold accessories, including my trusty little clutch from H&M which really was a makeup bag I think.

The starkness of that contrast startles and befuddles me every time.