Sentences with phrase «symbol of american»

Homes in the suburbs — a longstanding symbol of the American Dream — have typically been worth more, on average, than homes in urban areas.

After millions of distressed homes flooded the market across the country, some large institutional investors, like Blackstone, began buying and transforming single - family homes — a symbol of American upward mobility — into rental properties.

The first owner of the Ipswich House, a barrel - maker named George Hart, could hardly have known the contribution he was making to U.S. history — sheltering generations of Americans and creating a symbol of the American Dream of homeownership.

As the podcast 99 % Invisible reported last year, green grass is more than a nice landscaping feature; it's a symbol of the American dream.

Although she was released from the hospital and despite becoming a symbol of the American fight against Ebola, Ms. Pham still continues to struggle from the disease's effects.

She joyfully brings to life the raucous midpoint of New York and symbol of American spirit.

Inspired by a Newsweek story of two mothers who shared tinned - tuna sandwiches while their children played and died shortly thereafter from the tainted fish, the silkscreened painting finds peril in the most unexpected, commonplace site imaginable: the friendly can, symbol of American convenience and optimism, arch-consumer product, and Pop talisman.

Lindsey, seated on the stage she has erected in the gallery, reminds me the song was intended to be a Marxist critique, and instead becomes too often another basic, unconsidered symbol of American patriotism.

The image of the cowboy is immediately recognizable as a symbol of the American west.

These pieces are based on the Marlboro cigarette advertisements and the Marlboro Man, who was the symbol of American masculinity.

Porter chose to paint what had been an earlier symbol of American abundance — and during the Civil War period one particularly associated with free blacks — when it was increasingly defined by virulent stereotyping.

This pairing of the pump jacks and the Times Square location merges a classic symbol of American oil production and wealth with the center of New York City commercial culture.

By utilizing men's jeans, long a symbol of American ruggedness and authenticity, White subverts traditional notions of masculinity by recycling the material into two denim heart sculptures.

Originally conceived as a floating symbol of American ideals at a time when the United States was emerging as a world...

Originally conceived as a floating symbol of American ideals at a time when the United States was emerging as a world power, Columbia is dispatched to distant shores with great fanfare by a captivated public.

Former Pinkerton agent Booker DeWitt is sent to the flying city of Columbia, a technical marvel that was designed as a symbol of American ideals as they emerge as a world power in 1912.

French bulldogs are quickly becoming the symbol of American decadence and conspicuous consumption.

Channeling the loyalty, tenacity, strength and dedication that made the pit bull the symbol of American strength and courage during World War I, they know the importance of their cause.

The biographical details, including her fervent acclaim in Paris as a «symbol of the American Jazz Age,» are covered broadly, while Priceman's kinetic artwork conveys the spirit, as much as the life, of the subject.

Motor oil that says «Energy Conserving» on the performance symbol of the American Petroleum Institute contains friction - reducing additives that can improve fuel economy.

The last is home to the Chevrolet Corvette, the very symbol of American sports cars, which is now blowing out sixty candles in the form of the Corvette 427.

Some of those schools sit within blocks of the scenes that made our area a symbol of American dysfunction and discord, while others are so distant and isolated that children may not even feel the connection.

Nichol, who also deftly shot and edited the film, never fetishizes or aggrandizes the typewriter, but instead smartly contextualizes its place as a classic symbol of American ingenuity, practicality and style.

But as smart as it may seem for painting Barkawi as seeking revenge solely for the death of his daughter, the film mostly succeeds at advancing Mike's improbable yet largely singular survival as a symbol of American triumphalism.»

Two slices of bread affixed to each other with the sticky and sweet contents of PB&J has long been an iconic symbol of American childhood.

Can a buffet - style restaurant — that symbol of American overindulgence — possibly be one of the healthiest restaurants in the country?

The pounding hooves of buffalo stampeding across the plains is an enduring symbol of the American West.

«The controversial origin of a symbol of the American west: Research to trace bison's common ancestor helps put to rest the date of its arrival in North America.»

This enduring symbol of the American frontier was actually an import from southern Russia that exploited the ecology of the Great Plains, becoming a major agricultural pest in the late 19th century

As New Rochelle City Council condemns local Veterans groups about the «appropriateness» of this flag, Deerpark Town Supervisor, Karl A. Brabenec understands all too well just how appropriate this symbol of American history is.

All of which makes them a good symbol of American waste and excess.

And after World War II, the hamburger debuted around the world as an instantly recognizable symbol of American quick cuisine and economic dominance.

These findings embody more than numbers — they also are a symbol of the American spirit.

For some, it's a symbol of American freedom.

Then the rapid development of computer technology, combined with a handful of regulatory changes, enabled dozens of alternative trading venues to sprout up over the past two decades, increasing competition for volume and driving down the exchanges» profits, ultimately pushing the NYSE — one of the most enduring symbols of American capitalism — towards increasing irrelevancy.

The Liberty Bell, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of the most prominent symbols of the American Revolutionary War.

There are no better choices than these two time tested symbols of American ingenuity but which one is best?

One of the longest - standing symbols of the American Dream is home ownership.

• Painter / sculptor Libby Black's paper plaid Burberry Skateboard (2004) and rose - colored Chanel Surfboard (2004), co-opted California symbols of American excess and style.

Ostensibly at play, these elongated hourglass forms also suggest bowling pins and the kitsch quasi-Polynesian sculptures that decorate Tiki bars, two quintessential symbols of American leisure.

The initial curatorial invocation of «personal and collective experiences of race and class» addressed by Simmons's art also flattens the work in a way that feels anathema to his recent subtler, more ambiguous tone, developed with a visible engagement with contemporary art as much as with the symbols of American race relations.

If you want to see a symbol of Americans dealing with their past, and this putting things together and venting, you see it in the work of Richard Artschwager and Robert Rauschenberg.

Wesselmann began this celebrated series in 1961, imbuing his depictions of the female Nude with symbols of American culture alongside art historical allusions to modern masters such as Picasso and Matisse.

The collection is being assembled from scratch by Guggenheim curators following a «transnational» template, with popular symbols of American culture like Andy Warhol's Brillo boxes or Richard Prince's photographs of the Marlboro Man juxtaposed with works by artists from China, Asia, India and the Middle East.

She lived and loved freely and created impressive works that not only are among the best of abstract expressionism but remarkable symbols of an American artist's passionate devotion to art.

«This exhibition not only brings attention to the complexity and intricacy of the process of printmaking, but also challenges viewers to look at traditional symbols of American culture with a critical eye.»

Directly translating the cultural symbols of American suburbia into what are considered modern - day history paintings.

Pierce's props — the tracksuit, the iPhone, the frothy beverage — are symbols of an American normality.

«Exit / Entry», the solo exhibition by Leo Gabin, shows new works on aluminium and film that are an evolution in Gabin's recognizable aesthetic of appropriation and repeated, graphically iconic symbols of American life.

This special album commemorates one of the most iconic and lasting symbols of American progress and ingenuity.