Sentences with phrase «white robe i figure»

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In Captain Stormfield's visit to heaven, he learns that the conventional image of angels as winged, white - robed figures bearing haloes, harps, and palm leaves is a mere illusion generated for the benefit of humans, who mistakenly take «figurative language» to be a realistic depiction.

In exactly the same way the Christian apocalyptic seer uses a vision of white - robed figures «before the throne and before the lamb» (Rev. 7) to assure the persecuted Christians that their suffering will not go unrewarded.

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Reminiscent of Balthus's «Young Girl in a White Skirt» (1955) it's more provocative than his usual figures, who disclose little and remain meditative even in confrontation, as in the iconic «White Robe».

Placed at center between these two sections, the white robes covering the figure's body reflects the colors of her surroundings, suggesting the play of light as it filters through the leaves.

That piece consists of an 18 - minute film called «Untitled (neighbors),» which features four figures in white hooded robes — not quite Ku Klux Klan robes, but certainly evocative of them — emerging from a watery landscape at dusk.