Sentences with phrase «with turn of the last century»

Henri Matisse was friends with turn of the last century collectors Dr. Claribel and Miss Etta Cone.

Not exact matches

This 16 - foot cedar canoe could have been plying Muskokan waters at the turn of the last century: steam - bent hardwood frame, wrapped in cedar with mahogany decks at either end.

McKay contrasts the proud investigative journalism tradition that brought down the Standard Oil monopoly at the turn of the last century and the Nixon presidency in the 1970s with a form of business reporting that has been «notorious for failing to detect bubbles before they burst with calamitous consequences.»

Henry's divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, led the king to split with the Catholic Church and found his own church, the Church of England, which in turn set the stage for the English Reformation and for religious battles which lasted for centuries.

For its part, the Pantai Inn is a collection of fully restored buildings from many eras, including some of the original beachside vacation cottages from the turn of the last century — many with a compelling pedigree.

With his carefully prepared, hearty American dishes served in an elegant, turn - of - the - last - century industrial space, Cured is a victory in more ways than one.

The property boasts one of the largest collections of South African art with acclaimed work from the turn of the last century as well as a growing collection of contemporary art.

Curiously enough, Lopez will become the fifth footballer born in the city of Villa Constitución to play in Serie A, following in the footsteps of Abel Balbo (a Scudetto winner with Roma and a UEFA Cup winner with Parma at the turn of the century), Leonel Vangioni (who spent last season at Milan), Esteban Herrera and Sergio Berti.

The genealogy company MyHeritage found that NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Robert Anderson Van Wyck, a Tammany Hall - backed mayor from the turn of the last century, are 11th cousins five times removed, with an English knight from the 15th century as a common ancestor.

«We began with points of light in the sky, and with the application of new instrumentation, the physics breakthroughs of the last century, and computers, we took those points of light and turned them into a narrative of star life.

The principle comes from the Russian researcher Ivan Pavlov, who, around the turn of the last century, taught dogs to associate a certain sound with food so that they began to drool on hearing the sound.

Director Sarah Gavron returns to the Festival for a third time with a film that tells the story of the ordinary British women at the turn of the last century who risked everything in the fight for equality and the right to vote.

Working from a screenplay co-written with Matthew Robbins, whom del Toro previously worked with in 1997 on Mimic, Crimson Peak is set at the turn of the last century where burgeoning writer Edith, formerly of Buffalo, New York, is uprooted to England, having found love and marriage in the arms of the ambitious aristocrat Sir Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston).

After deciding to wrap up the «X-Men» franchise with «X-Men: The Last Stand,» 20th Century Fox turned its attention to a spin - off with this Wolverine prequel; a movie so bad, it was ignored by the rest of the franchise, before being reset by the «Days of Future Past» reboot.

A Vogue profile celebrating William's performance in «My Week With Marilyn» last fall mentioned that «one of her idols, an actress turned director whose memoir Williams had been carrying around with her wherever she went, offered her a role in an upcoming film adaptation of a nineteenth - century stage classic.&raWith Marilyn» last fall mentioned that «one of her idols, an actress turned director whose memoir Williams had been carrying around with her wherever she went, offered her a role in an upcoming film adaptation of a nineteenth - century stage classic.&rawith her wherever she went, offered her a role in an upcoming film adaptation of a nineteenth - century stage classic.»

Sick of hearing powerful men arguing about France's war with Algeria, the Princess of Monaco as played by Nicole Kidman turns her nose up and, in her best / worst Valley Girl intonation, settles the debate with a simple: «Colonialism is so last century!»

Official Premise: When we last saw Kwai Chang Caine, in «Kung Fu: the Movie», he was united with the son he never knew he had in turn - of - the - century Wild West.

One is the now mostly forgotten Gene Stratton - Porter, who, at the beginning of the last century, turned out wildly popular romantic sagas with materialism (and proto - fascism) at their heart.

Having spoken last year at StoryWorld of the personal importance of the field to him and the boyhood hardships that led him to it, he turned up this year ready to roll with something close to a manifesto, his own «Ten Commandments of 21st Century Franchise Production.»

With news that retail ownership of shares are at the lowest level since the turn of the century (which is a more dramatic way of saying, in the last fifteen years), it's quite possible there's a great deal of opportunity.

It's been a while since the last one, with the original and sequel appearing on the ill - fated Dreamcast way back at the turn of the century.

With that said, strip away every last reference to Dengeki Bunko, and the game still possesses a wealth of playability - especially for players who haven't spent the last quarter - century turning quarter circles.

The show itself brings together objects, photos, films and artworks that were written about in Documents, thus providing the curators with an opportunity to situate turn - of - the - last - century kitsch with tribal objects and startlingly fresh Surrealist painting.

as regards the substantial warmth noted around the turn of the 16th century, which by the middle of that century had shown a notable downturn to the early part of the 17TH century, then a rise in temperature that commenced around 1610 and lasted until around 1650 - with another notable peak around 1630.

They took a boring, «last century» desk and turned it into a fun, colorful piece with just a couple of cans of paint, and a few easy steps!