Sentences with phrase «tour de force of»
A tour de force of scientific sophistication and clinical wisdom.
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The damages awarded well exceeded those previously payable, as justified in the tour de force of a judgment by Mann J.
It is a tour de force of international (rather than human rights) law, because therein lay the key issue.
It would be a miracle if much of the paper survives scrutiny, but it is a tour de force of hypothetico - deductive reasoning with reference to empirical knowledge; there will doubtless be many future investigations focusing on particular parts of the argument.
Truly a tour de force of false certainty.
But the AP also deserves credit for fashioning mostly old information into a highly readable story, particularly the first half of the piece (the part everyone seems to have digested), which is a tour de force of sensational stuff, full of birds being ignited and singed and falling from the sky, with very little tedious detail or complexity to encumber the astonished reader.
I just finally got a paperback copy of that novella, and wow, what an amazing tour de force of writing and ideas.
«If the art world gave out Oscars, Cate Blanchett should win for her tour de force of starring roles in Manifesto at the Park Avenue Armory.»
At Groundspace Projects through July 22nd, It's a Wonderful World, curated by Betty Ann Brown is a dazzling tour de force of a group show.
It's a Wonderful World at Groundspace By Genie Davis Through July 22nd At Groundspace Projects through July 22nd, It's a Wonderful World, curated by Betty Ann Brown is a dazzling tour de force of a group show.
The show is a masterful tour de force of an American artist at the pulse of American culture and politics, who is able to lift images from the relentless stream of mass media and imbues them with a heightened significance.
Aptly, a dual showing of their photo - based work — at the young upstart gallery Lehmann Maupin (39 Greene St.) and the veteran Sonnabend (420 W. Broadway), their New York dealer since the late 60's — is a tour de force of what they do best: shock and seduce the viewer.
The show features signed contemporary silver prints and large archival pigment prints from Resnick's photographic tour de force of what some call the counterculture's final climax, with portraits of read more here»
Moonlit Road, NJ (1976) is a tour de force of Symbolist mood and structure.
Made during his final trip, Turner's 1841 Depositing of John Bellini's Three Pictures is a tour de force of the painting of emotion and mood.
Trompe l'Oeil of an Etching by Ferdinand Bol (c. 1675) is the illusionistic tour de force of an unidentified 17th - century Dutch artist.
What appear to be linear marks and ripples made by dragging the stick - end of a brush through wet vinyl paint, like an act of vandalism tearing through a pristine surface, is in fact a tour de force of illusionistic paint - handling.
David Choi's Jumbo, a giant flowered piranha is a tour de force of epoxy and man - made materials, the classical sculptures carved out of Polystyrene insulation by Morgan Herrin put sensation sculptor Marc Quinn's 2005 exhibition The complete Marbles at Mary Boone to shame, (not that this is overly difficult, but Quinn did receive a baffling number of positive reviews for a very easy show) and Brian Basnett's tiny soft sculptures made from found plastics are whimsical, but not at the expense of being personal and warm.
This tour de force of scholarship bears paintings, drawings and five of his six known sculptures, where Pollock pushed on through, farther than even his previous drip paintings, to forge some of the most radical art of the 20th century: sublime, sexy black enamel and oil pours on pure, unprimed canvas.
Pushing the limits of the tradition, in tableaux evocative of violent dislocations, these paintings offer a tour de force of visual expression and visceral effect.
10 Years Later marks a decade of Ryan Callanan's evolution as an artist and promises to be an unmissable tour de force of pop art inspired fun, executed with his renowned expert craftsmanship.
The wall mural at the entrance, a tour de force of instinctual drawing in coloured chalk and charcoal, contains within it many of the gestational, embryonic, transformative, shamanic gestures and visual motifs for which Klunder is known.
Jeremy Warren's catalogue of the medieval and Renaissance sculptures in the Ashmolean Museum is a tour de force of scholarly writing
This schism between interior and exterior was blown away in the final section, «Utopia Station», a tour de force of performative curating by Molly Nesbit, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Rirkrit Tiravanija, and tellingly the only part of «Dreams and Conflicts» in possession of a sense of humour (Hanru's was too heavy - handed for my liking).
Art critic Roberta Smith of The New York Times called the piece, «Ethnography of No Place,» that Woolfalk developed with anthropologist and filmmaker, Rachael Lears, «a little tour de force of performance, animation, born - again Pattern and Decoration, soft sculpture and anthropological satire.»
Ryman exhibits a tour de force of variation on a deliberately limited theme.
The film, shown in a disorientating dance across eight, huge screens, is unquestionably a tour de force of immersive filmmaking, but Mosse's genius lies in his use of Aerochrome film to document his time spent embedded in both rebel and paramilitary Congolese forces.
The next group of paintings — 10 from 1962 to 1965 — are a tour de force of artistic growth, spurred in part by travel, to Italy and New York and, in early 1964, to Los Angeles, about which he had fantasized for some time, inspired by both its sunny clime and the beefcake magazines published there.
The tour de force of the Chelsea show is a very large gallery lined — tiled really — with 66 double - hung canvases in the folk art / outsider art / art brut style of Ms. Kusama's My Eternal Soul series, which started in 2008.
He exaggerates these figures to the point of vulgarity in works that are both tour de force of the grotesque and wry political commentaries on the imagery promoted by marketers and advertisers in Japan.
During a time when museums are dramatically expanding their holdings beyond Eurocentric art, the Hammons exhibition is a tour de force of the art of black life.
Alansa is a tour de force of tonal blending and line control in which Assael proves himself a gifted, imaginative and consummate draftsman.
Titled «The Rest is Silence,» the show is a tour de force of enchantment, albeit dislocated among the numerous venues.
It's a technical tour de force of glueing and tying, and a really beautiful installation.
The game, developed by Tango Softworks and published by Bethesda Softworks, is a tour de force of gore and tension that has the ability to wholly grab the player and shake them to the core.
Developed by acclaimed Japanese studio CyberConnect2, NARUTO Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 is a tour de force of Naruto thrills and spills.
At launch, Nintendo Land was a tour de force of potential for the shiny new controller, but it didn't stick.
Nerdist.com called the series upon its conclusion, ``... a tour de force of sex, lies, murder, deceit, and, ultimately, hope.
Spirited spelunker Ben Fruzzetti recently wrote a glowing review for the title, concluding it to be a tour de force of expert design and difficulty, not to mention one of his favorite games of all time.
As chosen by... «Doom was a delight to play, and a tour de force of genius level design.
Bioshock Infinite is a tour de force of creative storytelling that spans everything from racism, politics and even a heavy religious backdrop.
A tour de force of 2D platform - game excellence, Tiny Barbarian DX uses pixel art, chiptunes and time - honored gameplay mechanics to tell an incredible story in four exciting chapters.
pdf) Mauboussin provides a tour de force of data on the tendency of return on invested capital (ROIC) to revert to the mean.
Ross stated, «Sen. Ron Johnson is a tour de force of wrong on the student loan debt crisis with his ignorance, indifference and inanity.
Utterly convincing in its portrayal of obsession, Into the Darkest corner is an ingeniously structured and plotted tour de force of suspense that marks the arrival of a major new talent.
Robert Lane delivers a tour de force of suspense, intrigue, and humor: Cooler Than Blood
A tour de force of tales within tales, it sets the capstone on bestselling author Sally Beauman's literary career.
The result is a sympathetic, shrewd, and thrilling tour de force of immersion journalism that's destined to challenge preconceptions and attract enormous attention.
Welcome to a world where lifespans are negotiable — Mitchell's latest is a tour de force of imagination, suspense and literary chops.
A tour de force of metaphysical reality, powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy who runs away from home to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy, and an aging simpleton.