Sentences with phrase «symbolism as»

The floral blanket carries the same symbolism as a winning crown, Anderson says.

3) The divestment movement has always been as much about symbolism as it has finances — by tarnishing the image of fossil fuels, we undermine their moral license to operate.

This I saw with my youngest son now age 11, a character is describing a the corporate profile of the all inclusive evil world ruling corporation that is cleverly transportable to World Government symbolism as well, appeasing conservative and liberal stereotypes at the same time.

But in a place like Wyoming, where the oil, gas and mining industries are the soul of the economy, some view such symbolism as a declaration of war.

Continuing his use of slow physical processes such as scratching and melting, the artist eschews language and symbolism as forms of communication, preferring the shared physical experiences of making and viewing artwork as a way to create mutual empathy.

His large - scale figurative paintings are equally as grand, ornate, and rich in symbolism as traditional portraiture; however, Wiley subverts the canon by depicting male protagonists of African descent, a demographic that has been virtually omitted from the Western painting tradition throughout the centuries.

I don't think I understood the symbolism as much as Uncle Mike, who was keen to discuss it.

More recently, Locke has explored ships as images, objects and also physical sites for artistic interventions, discovering in the ship a potent symbolism as an instrument of control in warfare, trade and culture.

Aware that palm trees have biblical symbolism as well as contemporary paradisiacal connotations, Newton's prints illuminate the commodification of these immaterial associations.

Henrot relates the construction of knowledge to haptic and sensual experience, reflecting our common desire, evidenced in spheres from the artistic to the domestic, to create model worlds of fantasy and symbolism as a means of inhabiting reality.

Day mines these themes for their symbolism as he explores the psychological, sexual, mythic, and moral subplots of folktales.

This 17th - century French artist who settled in Rome created, alongside his contemporary Nicolas Poussin, the idea of landscape as a lofty, serious artistic genre full of symbolism as well as natural beauty.

His more recent works, which include print making, painting and installations, still draw on this theme of everyday objects and their changing nature in society and artistic practice, using their pre-defined contextual symbolism as a way to make an audience re-think what we see, and what we know.

«Depicted as a majestic painter, the woman stares confidently at the viewer and it is obvious that she is the master of her own fate,» Cafritz writes, clearly inspired by its symbolism as a statement about her own life.

Three sculptures made from shiny black Dibond punctuate the gallery and further White's use of optimistic symbolism as talisman.

The cover art of your book can't depict Nazi symbolism as outlined in the Strafgesetzbuch section 86a if the content is cleared for sale in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, or any other country that restricts Nazi propaganda.

After working on symbolism as a whole group in 3rd and 4th grade (when appropriate), my 5th graders were able to bring symbolism into their small group discussions without waiting for me to interject.

So there's an opening to teach symbolism as well as how to find and cite free images.

Excerpted from the Foreword (pages xii - xiii) Last year, Tavis Smiley took a lot of heat over his reluctance to rubber - stamp Barack Obama's candidacy simply on the basis of its symbolism as opposed to demanding to know exactly what the substance of a victory might potentially mean for black America.

The film does not shy away from symbolism as it moves from relatively disparate act to act.

With so many obvious choices, the committee is as much about symbolism as anything else.

We regard symbolism as a reality, important in its own right, worthy of systematic investigation.

Contrary to the popular idea of mathematical symbolism as comprising the language of mathematics or more generally the language of the exact sciences, we find mathematical symbols treated here in a significantly different way.

Moreover, Whitehead understands symbolism as an interpretative judgment which not only reflects the biases and assumptions of its society but also is subject to error because of tendencies to oversimplify experience (MT 21).

But have we not long since learned that the great poetic visionaries of the modern West have employed a non-Christian mystical language and symbolism as a way to the center of a uniquely modern immanence?

The same holds for what many say will be the perception among Muslims in the Middle East, whom we are told will read the symbolism as a sign of their strength and our craven weakness and capitulation.

In other essays Bellah elaborates these points, both descriptively and normatively, by suggesting that modern culture develops an attitude of «symbolic realism» toward religion that recognizes the humanly constructed nature of religious symbolism and affirms the importance of such symbolism as a source of ultimate meaning and personal integration.

That was followed by their global hit «Viva La Vida» which is full of Christian symbolism as it references the bells of Jerusalem, missionaries in a foreign field, but also the cryptic line «I know St Peter won't call my name» which has always struck me as challenging.

I guess it is just to fulfill the words of Christ's prophecy, and also fit in with some of the Passover symbolism as Matt mentioned above.

The photo op, celebrating a technological wonder built with the help of American dollars, came with considerable symbolism as Mr. Obama sought to showcase support for Israel after years of tensions over Jewish settlements and how to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Not exact matches

The symbolism of turning Michigan into a right - to - work state is strong because it is the home of the U.S. auto industry and the place where autoworkers first began to demand better wages and working conditions in the assembly line automotive plants built by industrial barons such as Henry Ford in the 1920s.

«The biggest single impediment is the politics of [the border wall],» Buffett told the Arizona Daily Star, adding that he hopes his book will shed light on Americans» increasing demand for illegal narcotics as well as the short - sighted symbolism representing Trump's massive wall.

Even as an atheist I can respect the symbolism and humility of the empty chair in Bali.

Genesis has much symbolism and is still being studied today for the patterns that emerge as in the number of specific words that appear a certain number of times and the spacing of the «paragraphs».

The symbolism is that just as trees give life to the tribe through fruit and wood for their fires, so when a person dies, they give their life back to the tree.

fail to understand the rich vocabulary of symbolism provided by etiquette, which enables people to recognize essential attributes or intentions of others, such as that a man wearing a tie is treating the occasion seriously.

Even those who demand their own sartorial freedom from symbolism would not hire a defense lawyer who wore pajamas (which would serve the practical function of covering the body as well as a suit) to court, or submit to an operation by a brain surgeon who wore a Dracula sweatshirt in his consulting room.

And if we add Hitler here (since he was not a Christian, despite his rhetoric and symbolism, but a pagan, as well as an equal opportunity murderer who murdered 2 million Christians), we can add another 11 - 13 million to this total.

In their moment of shared grief and despair, those who had held him as a hero reached for symbolism and ritual.

When Whitehead saw that his theory of perception required a symbolic connection, he may have reworked material from this treatise as the opening two lectures of Symbolism.

As Taylor states, «the rich symbolism of the enchanted world is located in the psyche.»

And what we read as fact, may be more like the seven days of creation; a metaphor, symbolism of what God has done, but proven scientifically incorrect.

The Assumption has multiple layers of symbolism, some are related to Mary's special role as «Christ bearer» (theotokos).

For example, could the author possibly mention the symbolism of the bindi or «red forehead dot» representing the «third eye» or «inner guru» then just relegating it as only a fashion statement?

If to sophisticated thought the irrationality of bloody altars as a means of divine placation and fellowship became troublesome, the use of symbolism could come to the aid of the devout worshiper, as it has done in every other developing religion, Christianity not least of all.

The definition of worship as «the celebration of life» was coined by Chicago's UU minister Von Ogden Vogt (who also guided the construction of a Gothic UU church freighted with symbolism but devoid of any traditional Christian symbols beyond the cruciform floor plan!).

Here we see him grappling with the nature of the material world and using the newly developed symbolism of formal logic as his tool.

Now, although the Charter may be «presented» at the UN in 2000, the hoped - for date of adoption is now 2002, not as dramatic a time as the millennial year, though organizers have rescued some of the lost symbolism by noting that the new date is the tenth anniversary of Rio.

But once (within marriage) generosity has been fulfilled in a particular couple (which only they can determine in conscience), need «each and every act of sexual intercourse» be open to the gift of children without destroying the symbolism of the conjugal act as complete self - gift to each other?

The Catholic belief of original sin is symbolism of being born into a sinful world with Baptism as the way to wipe away the sin.