In the lovely, compassionate "When Did You Last See Castagno?" - a "life's journey" poem in the deftest of terza rima - the poet addresses a painted Last Supper through the detail of a bird, which he first brings to contemporary life as a sparrow inside the church and then releases into Bede's famous image for the transience of human life.
President Bush used his state of the union address to paint a terrifying picture for the American people of another attack like September 11 - but this time with chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.
His three foundational treatises addressed painting, sculpture and architecture and he wrote the first known publication on the the laws of perspective.
In his recent state of the union address, President Barack Obama painted a convincing picture of modern, 21st-century government.
In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump painted a dark picture of America, a nation where "crime and gangs and drugs" are causing "American carnage" in its cities.
During his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama painted a picture of a nation finally on the mend from the anxiety-provoking economic woes of recent years and moving back toward vigorous growth.
He made that the theme of the conference's closing address, in which he painted a picture of Gujarat as leading India's development and education, and inspiring the young.With most political leaders, such claims might be dismissed as largely posturing.
President Obama launched his final year in office with a valedictory State of the Union address Tuesday night that painted a portrait of a prosperous and secure America but warned of peril ahead if the country can't break the political logjam in Washington.
Bailey is the first to detect the clues provided by a painted envelope, addressed to Vincent, placed at the fore of the table in his Still Life with Drawing Board, Pipe, Onions and Sealing-Wax (1889).
