Sentences with phrase «such stately»

It makes such stately entrance to our home.

If Barlow's installation draws the eye upwards, Bradford transforms the US Pavilion's Palladian elegance into a kind of cave, reminding us of the dark underpinnings — historically and in the present — of the systems of power that such stately architecture embodies.

They seem such stately, calm dogs, although I have never had one.

It felt rather unseemly for such a stately car,» he says.

Chan - Wook loses nothing of his provocateur status in such a stately framework, the film being one of the most audacious and entertaining films of the year and the most beguiling of his career (apologies to all Oldboy fans out there).

But they would die out one by one over millennia, at such a stately pace that a hypothetical human would hardly notice.

But such stately old trees — dead or alive — are essential to Griffin's plans to rescue the majestic species from a tragic end.

Not exact matches

Such poetry is a throwback to early Romanticism — but without the shapely forms of its lyrics or stately measure of its blank verse meditations.

But another nearby locale has emerged as a national platform for such skirmishes: the stately campus of Georgetown University, the country's oldest Roman Catholic college.

Purple is such a bold and stately color, and adding gold to it just makes it even more luxurious and even more beautiful.

The building's elegantly restrained colonial architecture, the gray sky, the stately camera movement and music all convey an austere gravity, which, together with Schrader's use of Academy ratio (inspired, he has said, by Pawel Pawlikowski's «Ida»), point us back not only to an earlier era of American religion but also to such European cinema models as Bergman's «Winter Light» and Bresson's «Diary of a Country Priest.»

Driving the K900 makes you think of words such as «stately» and «substantial» rather than «cut - rate.»

The straight stately lines of the luxury saloon are not dramatic as such.

There is a city tradition, from the private tranquil libraries of stately homes such as North London's 17th - century estate Kenwood House in Hampstead Heath to the British Library's Reading Room in King's Cross — a place where the etiquette policy strongly discourages the presence of mobile phones entirely with tactfully placed signs.

Though many architectural details remain, such as the stately stone fireplace, the furnishings have a relaxed, modern feel, thanks to natural - fiber rugs, glass - topped tables and striped upholstery.

There are topics of general interest such as English and Scottish soccer, premiership football teams, patriotic songs, Christmas carols, the monarchs of Britain and the history of British towns and cities and others more specific such as stately homes, churches and cathedrals, hymns and Bible Study.

Pascale: If money is no object the grandeur and romance of one of the city's stately hotels such as the Four Seasons George V or the Park Hyatt in Place Vendôme (rooms from $ 925 and $ 660) will provide the movie - esq sought after experience.

Today we fly to Buenos Aires where we take a guided tour that highlights the best of this stylish city such as Casa Rosada, the stately offices of the President, the imposing Metropolitan Cathedral with its spectacular dome, and the mausoleum of General San Martin, «the liberator» of South America.

The Museu Fundacion Juan March, in a stately converted townhouse, widens the focus, showing works by important Spanish vanguard artists such Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris and Salvador Dali.

Hotel Realm is ideally located close to Canberra's city centre and a bevy of the Nation's most revered cultural icons such as the National Gallery of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery, Old Parliament House, and the stately Lake Burley Griffin.

Fine details such as dark oak paneling, and hardwood floors along with the stately library, grand master staircase, and stained glass windows were lovingly preserved during the renovation and now provide great pleasure to the guests of the Mansion at Maple Heights bed and breakfast.

With a choice of stately homes such as Chatsworth House and impressive natural surroundings, there is plenty to explore in Derbyshire.

But what's most galling about Rome II is that Creative Assembly taught us no such lesson with their last game, Shogun 2, with its stately elegance, its carefully weighed back - to - the - basics approach to their traditional gameplay, and even the flashy multiplayer chrome around the edges.

His geometries offer stately reference to his membership among the American Abstract Artists, and they likewise reference individuals such as Mondrian and Malevich, but no less do they reach back to Ingres and Poussin and the western classical tradition in general.

Worst's paintings portray stately and lavish interiors, focusing on ornamental details such as the tapestries, gilded mouldings, glittering chandeliers, antiquities, elaborate table settings and imposing libraries of these historic, presumably European, grand homes.

Lawyers for the Tate pored over the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act before artist Mark Wallinger recreated a spectacular anti-war protest from Parliament Square, filling the stately Duveen galleries which mostly lie within the exclusion zone banning such demonstrations.

Featuring 15 dealers in the stately Georgian setting of Somerset House, the event attracted plenty of collectors, drawn by emerging talents such as Angola's Edson Chagas, who won the Golden Lion for his nation's pavilion at the Venice Biennale in June — and affordable price points.

Though logically sensible and easy to follow, this has resulted in some interesting juxtapositions, such as a Rubens next to stately portraits, and one small room with works as diverse as horse paintings by George Stubbs, a portrait by Joshua Reynolds and an apocalyptic depiction of Vesuvius erupting.

«Another concern is with private property owners living in a place that used to be, or perhaps still is, a landmark or cultural destination, such as stately homes, churches and converted buildings.

However, there is a distinct possibility that people may live in them, says Miller Hendry, which points to inhabited buildings such as stately homes and converted churches as examples.

Replace white slipcovers with reds and blues for an autumnal look, swap the sisal area rug for a stately Oriental, or try heavier patterns, such as the wooly tartan on this room's ottoman.

You have such an elegant and stately home Cindy, with a kitchen to die for!