Sentence examples for classical relics from inspiring English sources
It's littered with classical relics.
A large part of this wing consists of a conservatory and statue gallery, leading down to a "theatre of the arts", which was a structure like a miniature Roman theatre, the banked seating of which served as a display platform for yet more classical relics.
The relics of classical music are no less venerated.
Matthew Passion" last fall testified to its ability to generate awe — but the idea that its chief conductor is the Pope of classical music is a relic of the Karajan cult.
Today, the term might seem like a relic of classical psychology, but it is still accepted as a valid personality theory, with some caveats.
Visit the Clore galleries at Tate Britain and you see Frazer's Turner in paintings whose very titles, such as Apollo and Python, or The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides, are relics of a classical culture we've almost lost.
Of course it is not all old in this beautiful part of China so while you don't want to miss the over 700 cultural relics, 60-plus classical gardens (nine listed as UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites) or the charming walking neighborhoods like Pingjiang Road and Shan Tan Street, there are new areas too.
Alfreda Murck, a scholar of classical Chinese painting with a passion for Mao-era pop culture, has made a study of Maoist relics of a very particular kind.
Discovering their relics became a matter of national importance, and the emphasis of archeology shifted from the Classical and Hellenistic ruins of the Aegean region to the Neolithic, Hittite, Phrygian, and Iron Age sites of Central Anatolia.
The conception of architecture as a relic table object in the landscape may have its origin at least in part in classical tradition.
