Sentences with phrase «upon mythology»

The sculpture, which is as much a print project as it is a sculpture, draws upon the mythology and quirkiness of different categories of roadside attraction, some more or less substantial, some more or less believable, all for the purpose of delighting and confounding the expectations of the browser and would - be tourist.

Pace's works are characteristically inhabited by fictitious characters — invented by the artist — that draw upon mythology, art history, literature and contemporary subcultures.

The works presented in this exhibition touch upon this mythology of the West as a space of madness or altered consciousness.

We ask them first to draft a riddle poem based upon the mythology and setting of Azeroth, the space where WoW takes place, using characters from this fictional land.

On top of this, the story expands upon the mythology that the original HZD built, making it a bigger world with more worthwhile content to live within.

Drawing upon mythologies and the vastness of nature, Jeana Sohn paints peaceful scenes that are filled with anxiety.

Not exact matches

Does that include the mythologies of the Vikings, Indians, Native Americans, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians and any other culture that florished before monotheism was thrust upon them at the point of a sword?

Upon careful analysis, at least ten such points become apparent: (1) Blake alone among Christian artists has created a whole mythology; (2) he was the first to discover the final loss of paradise, the first to acknowledge that innocence has been wholly swallowed up by experience; (3) no other Christian artist or seer has so fully directed his vision to history and experience; (4) to this day his is the only Christian vision that has openly or consistently accepted a totally fallen time and space as the paradoxical presence of eternity; (5) he stands alone among Christian artists in identifying the actual passion of sex as the most immediate epiphany of either a demonic or a redemptive «Energy,» just as he is the only Christian visionary who has envisioned the universal role of the female as both a redemptive and a destructive power; (6) his is the only Christian vision of the total kenotic movement of God or the Godhead; (7) he was the first Christian «atheist,» the first to unveil God as Satan; (8) he is the most Christocentric of Christian seers and artists; (9) only Blake has created a Christian vision of the full identity of Jesus with the individual human being (the «minute particular»); and (10) as the sole creator of a post-biblical Christian apocalypse, he has given Christendom its only vision of a total cosmic reversal of history.

I hope I live to see the day when those who believe in Iron Age Judeo - Palestinian mythology are looked upon as a numerically insignificant cult.

It is no longer being expressed in a mythological manner, even though it has drawn upon the language common to mythology; rather the idiom of resurrection has here assumed a metaphorical form, by which Israel prays for the revitalizing of her life as a people.

Eve may be the goddess Ninti who in the Sumerian creation mythology was a goddess of life and the «goddess of the rib», because she healed a pain in Enki's rib, a pain he suffered from a curse placed upon him from eating plants in the garden.

Thus the New Testament — including it would seem even Jesus himself — seizes upon a language which may be called that of «mythology» as the best available means of expressing its subject - matter.

Girard demonstrates the presence of violence throughout mythology, ritual, and cultural activity dependent upon ritual.

«There is a unity that underlies not only all mythologies and rituals but the whole of human culture, and this unity of unities depends upon a single mechanism, continually functioning because perpetually misunderstood the mechanism that assures the community's spontaneous and unanimous outburst of opposition to the surrogate victim» (pp. 299 300).

Once upon a time in a bygone mythology, human beings killed their God in the body of a man.

Girard shows how this theme is found everywhere in ancient mythology and religious writings, but how only the Hebrew Scriptures begin to reveal that the third party, upon whom blame was laid for the original violence, was really an innocent scapegoat.

Concern with an other - worldly mythology can form a tranquilizing escape from the moral decisions and duties which involvement in the historical world forces upon us.

Rather than view Paul's words as «ancient mythology,» the Christian can use Paul's cosmic language to discuss the considerable «forces» that impinge upon and despoil human community.

Chesterton's understanding of pagan mythology, given in Everlasting Man, a book that influenced C. S. Lewis in becoming a Christian, seemed to be built upon that primary insight.

PAHJ calls upon the insights of Joseph Campbell's Great Monomyth Wheel — the universal structure of storytellers — that helps us as individuals and communities to create and understand the personal and collective stories / mythologies we live by.

Thatcher's Bruges speech is looked upon fondly in the mythology of Conservative Eurosceptics as the moment when the British Prime Minister, handbag in full swing, stood up to the creeping European super-state.

«Jellyfish are made up of little more than goo and yet they've been turned to stone before they had any chance to rot: a mechanism which some scientists refer to as the «Medusa effect», named after the gorgon of Greek mythology who turned into stone anyone that laid eyes upon her.»

[Unsolved] manages to permeate the layers upon layers of conspiracy theory, mythology and true crime intrigue that still envelops the unsolved crimes, with a painstaking recall of key events.

Considering how rich the rest of the game is (both in terms of mythology and gameplay) I was sad at the non-ending that greeted me upon the end of Corvo's rather straight forward «save Emily» quest.

A fascinating projection of Guy Maddin's memories and personal mythologies about the city where he was born and raised, juxtaposed upon a fantastical recount of historical facts and urban legends with his trademark silent film aesthetic, grainy and ethereal.

«We are thrilled to partner with Marvel to bring this world to television and build upon the vibrant mythology that has captivated fans for years,» said Fox Entertainment President David Madden in a statement.

Building upon the success of Ridley Scott's 1979 sci - fi horror classic, «Aliens» is everything that a great sequel should be: it's bigger, different and expands the mythology in exciting new ways.

If you haven't read the book by Rick Riordan upon which this movie is based, it might not hurt to brush up on Greek mythology before heading off to the theater to watch Percy Jackson (Logan Lerman) and the Olympians battle it out over a stolen lightening bolt.

One will focus upon the growth of the Brotherhood and the other on Egyptian mythology.

Considering, that J.R.R. Tolkien's books took direct influence from the Norse mythology this Marvel franchise is based upon, it was confusing to us why Marvel hadn't actively pursued a more Tolkien take on Asgard and the Nine Realms.

Many of the poems reflect a sifting of daily experience as they touch upon everything from art, religion and mythology to past conversations and memories.

Infused with Indian folklore and Greek mythology, this tale find a young queen burdened with a curse, an unwanted marriage and layers upon layers of unexpected mysteries.

The hero's journey is based on the work of screenwriter Christopher Vogler, whose book The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers was in turn based upon his interpretation of the archetypes described by Joseph Campbell in his seminal work on mythology, The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

Assassin's Creed III is about the mythology of America, as surely as Once Upon a Time in the West, or The Godfather, or Armageddon, or Grand Theft Auto IV.

Samurai Warriors 4 is an incredibly fun game which, having an original storyline based upon Japanese mythology, a sizeable roster of unique characters and some of the most fun mechanics I've ever experienced in a hack and slash game, will not bore players quickly.

Then Resident Evil 7: Biohazard was revealed, showing what appeared to be a more grounded, serious take on the franchise, eschewing the trappings of the mythology and essentially starting afresh, building upon a few disparate threads of established Resident Evil lore in order to give fans an entirely new survival horror experience.

Independent videogame developers WarerPlai have drawn upon this literary history and mythology to create an augmented reality (AR) experience called Reign of Cthulhu.

Independent developer Lienzo has revealed the release date for Mulaka, an action - adventure title based upon the rich history and mythology of Mexico's [See the full post at: Mulaka release date announced for Nintendo Switch]

Independent developer Lienzo has revealed the release date for Mulaka, an action - adventure title based upon the rich history and mythology of Mexico's indigenous Tarahumara people.

The realities of race and class that he experienced there became the foundation — the bass line — of his work, upon which he builds fantastical imagery and complex mythologies, influenced by the imaginative realms of science fiction and larger - than - life narratives in hip hop.

Colomba draws upon American history, mythology, religious symbols, and the feminine sacred to create an aesthetic vocabulary that distinguishes her work within the canon of black mastery and history painting.

Hofer and Fehr invoke Christian and pagan mythologies that — via the stress they place upon feeling and intellect — are distinct in being respectively hot and cool.

Further exploring his fascination with American subcultures, Prince creates works that touch upon a variety of concerns ranging from collective mythologies to unconscious stereotypes.

With strong sense of artistic power, neo-expressionist artists painted and drew upon a variety of topics, such as mythology, history, culture and even erotica.

The artist often expands upon female characters from Indian and Greek mythology, South Asian literature and contemporary history — in order, she explains, to «re-introduce male - dominated history from a female point of view.»

She links the history of contemporary art and its museums with the economic and nationalist mythologies of the American landscape, drawing upon a suite of lumber industry publicity photographs that a Walker - family company commissioned from Berenice Abbott in the 1940s.

Works by 14 artists touch upon a host of issues surrounding access to and use of firearms, examining and representing the role that guns continue to play in our national mythologies and pathologies, suicide and homicide rates, domestic violence, and mass media.

In a 1943 radio broadcast of the WNYC program «Art in New York,» in which Gottlieb and Rothko discussed the role of myth in their work, Rothko commented on his and his peers» preoccupation with mythology that «if our titles recall the known myths of antiquity, we have used them again because they are the eternal symbols upon which we must fall back to express basic psychological ideas.

In recent years Dzama has in fact expanded his reach, and embarked upon collaboration projects with artists from other fields: bands Arcade Fire and Department of Eagles; music video and commercial director Patrick Daughters; singer - songwriter Beck — for whom he designed two important albums; José Noé Suro's ceramic workshop in Guadalajara, Mexico; and artist Raymond Pettibon, with whom Dzama worked last year to produce the joint exhibition Let Us Compare Mythologies, presented for the first time at the David Zwirner Gallery in New York.

Paul Thek in Process stems from an unrealized publication that Thek had hoped to produce for Documenta 5, which would enlarge upon the occasion and the mythology of his «Pyramid.»