Sentences with phrase «striking immediacy»

Blackened and hulking, these sculptures, which take their title from great 1568 painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, possess a striking immediacy that captures almost too perfectly the cascading international tensions, environmental havoc, failed revolutions and corrupted democracies that confront us daily.

He has transformed the openness of the all - over image, which is usually abstract, into the large scale and striking immediacy of a major realist style.

Though not seen face to face, this God is yet encountered with a striking immediacy in the larvae Dei — the created marvels of God's hand, the bread and wine at mass, even the mystery of one's own self as created being.

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December 28, 2016 • The Icelandic singer's new collaboration with the Belgian orchestra The Colorist lends her striking voice even more immediacy.

These — in the best sense of the word — striking works are captivating for their immediacy, their directness of address involving the viewer by means of questions or clear - cut statements.

As images, Wizon's paintings have a striking, jump - off - the - wall immediacy, pinning the viewer down with screaming color contrasts — sharp reds, greens, yellows — and then sweeping the viewer away with a swirl of planar rhythms.

Concerned less with issues of style or technique than with communicating their message as directly as possible, they possess a striking desire for immediacy.