Sentence examples for alter pieces from inspiring English sources

Its high-walled alter pieces, encrusted with gold leaf, echo visitors' footsteps and the chirpings of small black birds wheeling in the cathedral's towering cupola.

And patrons were specific about what they wanted, as described by Renaissance art expert Michael Baxandall in his highly regarded book, Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: "...the alter pieces and frescoes that most interest us were to order and the client and artist commonly entered into a legal agreement in which the latter committed himself...to what the former... had laid down".

Verify that the position did not become altered while you were returning these pieces to their original positions.

Artists are not only invited to create their own works, but also alter existing pieces.

I'd go to thrift shops and I'd alter these pieces, and people would always say, "Where did you get that?" I'd say, "I made it," and they'd be like, "You should totally have a store".

It had to do more than casually alter the piece, and there had to be a reason to use this specific piece of art.

"I've matured as a woman; so many different things happen to you that alter the piece".

But he decided it would be wrong to alter the piece in any way without Smithson to supervise the project.

After each showing Ms. Lafrance talks with the audience and pledges to alter the piece in response.

The display, titled "Haunted by Objects," explores the relationship between art and its context, and how changing the latter can alter a piece's meaning.

These shifts in aural scale fascinatingly alter the piece's visual focus, but they demand concentration, and it seemed misjudged to have left them so late in the programme.