Sentence examples for conventional imagery from inspiring English sources

Revolutions like the invention of cooking and the developments of herding and agriculture may seem familiar on any time line of civilization, but he gravitates to unorthodox views that challenge conventional imagery.

The exigencies of oral performance also account for the conventional stereotyped imagery of the ballads.

Much of his work is conventional scenic imagery of wild places.

They are more conceptual projects that employ photographic material ranging from snapshots of everyday life to portraits and conventional documentary imagery.

It's all the more affecting for being so matter-of-fact; a welcome change from more conventional pop imagery of a sea of teardrops, or hearts shattered into tiny shards.

A Catholic notion of redemption retained some potency for him, and he was not above an occasional naturalistic deployment of conventional religious imagery (as in the glorious finish of "A Flag for Sunrise").

By its rejection of conventional classical imagery and its effective portrayal of Marlborough's military genius, it was an immediate success that perfectly expressed the nation's great hour of victory.

But the serious political consequences of conventional literary imagery become evident when we consider the following lines: in a stanza that begins "Dear Mother, burst the tyrant's chain, Maryland!," the poem also hauntingly includes the line "Sic Semper!" that John Wilkes Booth uttered when he shot Lincoln at Ford's Theater.

The method is being seen as a cheaper alternative to digital cameras and their millions of pixels used in conventional 3D imagery.

Two days later, an increase in deep convection was observed on conventional satellite imagery, but like the first, no further organization occurred.

They are purely imitative and of conventional form and imagery, yet they are attractive because of their smooth diction and melodious movement.