Sentence examples for before canvas from inspiring English sources

Before canvas came into general use at the end of the 16th century, the panel was the support most often used for easel painting.

The technique, common in Europe before canvas became the norm 500 years ago, creates unique preservation problems since humidity causes wood to expand and contract.

They must carefully whistle out their exhalations at key points of each bounce to give them time to inhale again before hitting the canvas.

Both artists' Bougival studies interpret the light and movement of outdoor life in strong, abbreviating strokes, improvised at the moment of perception, that serve as equivalents for visual experiences never before committed to canvas in such a direct manner.

Judah hit Rivera hard several times in the second round, and in the third round, he connected with a left uppercut, that caused Rivera to stagger backwards and fall into the ropes before hitting the canvas.

KERRY JAMES MARSHALL stands before a canvas the size of a movie screen.

In 1958 Imogen Cunningham caught David Park in midsquint before his canvas.

Mr. Fletcher would sit in a director's chair before the canvas.

Standing before a canvas called Woman in Green, he asked: "It looks as if the man drinks.

He paints sitting down, bent almost double before the canvas, which he pegs at the lowest level of his easel.

An iron and glass marquee — this was before the canvas canopy — sheltered the main entrance, which led into a vestibule with a square-coffered ceiling.