Sentence examples for coloristic effect from inspiring English sources

At the Bonhams's sale, the exquisite coloristic effect was concealed by a film of grime on the unframed canvas.

If dissonance was not entirely banished, it was used more as a coloristic effect — in the chaotic introduction to Eric Whitacre's "Cloudburst," for example — than to create expressive tension.

He focused on the wondrous coloristic effects of the instrumental writing and Mr. Ligeti's inventiveness.

"Les Pommes," beautifully painted, displays Cézanne's mastery of delicate coloristic effects and feeling for light.

Their ability to sustain the steady pulse of the music, and to articulate the myriad magical coloristic effects, was remarkable.

High notes have a lovely ping, and her careful management of vibrato allows for handsome coloristic effects.

The five movements, with coloristic effects including gongs, cello slides and rapid figurations in the piano and vibraphone, may be played in any order.

He devised his own approach to the 12-tone technique, yet incorporated these elements into a language rich with tonal and polytonal harmony, chance procedures, coloristic effects and even Eastern European folk music.

With the development of wall mosaic, glass largely took over the functions of stone, producing tints of unsurpassed intensity and leading to a continuing search for new coloristic effects.

Even when a picture is made up only of words printed in black, like his early transcriptions of samo graffiti to paper and canvas, the visual impression may be coloristic — an effect of the brushed or paint-sticked lines activating rather than merely occupying their off-white grounds, which breathe and glow.

He then corralled these into admirably composed landscapes, perfectly figural and yet reduced to their coloristic essence.