Sentence examples for classic statues from inspiring English sources

It was a feast of embellishment, although, at its calmest, the Chanel show had the serene beauty of the surrounding classic statues, as when a dress with the skirt standing away from the body was sculptured with pleats.

Dotted across the museum, in "conversation" groupings with other artifacts, there are three of the designer's men's outfits among classic statues in the sculpture gallery; or red garments set against the intense richness of 15th-century hunting tapestries.

Not since the designer showed a Dior collection in the Bagatelle gardens of Paris in 1997 has the location seemed so perfect: the Rodin Museum, where a bank of pink roses (not to mention the classic statues) complemented the collection.

Ms. Loren, he added, appeared "as decorative as any classic statue".

He said that Ms. Loren appeared "as decorative as any classic statue," and that she "is given ample opportunity to be photographed against island rocks and in the fish- and frond-filled green murky depths of the sea".

It's safe to assume that the classic marble statues Ruskin was familiar with did not prepare him for the glories of real life.

To avoid offending the Iranian leader, authorities at the press conference with Rouhani and Renzi at the Esedra room of the Capitoline Museum opted to cover up classic nude statues with large white panels. .

And Kenny Scharf bases his 1982 "The Jungle," in which the Jetsons encounter dread in psychedelic color, on the classic Greek statue of Laocoön.

The town still features a classic bronze statue of a Soviet war hero within view of the film festival's main venue, the hulking communist-era Kulturní Dum, the community hall every town once used for lectures on the dangers of capitalism.

In the Classic Period the statues of Maya deities often were carried into battle on palanquins, facilitating their capture in the event of defeat.

A newly restored version of the surrealist classic with its statues come to life recently enchanted a Sunday afternoon audience of children and adults.