Christianity, which tells the story of another Father's willingness to sacrifice his Son, sublimates the impulse to sacred violence still further, with the bloody sacrifice of the Lamb of God commemorated for the past 2,000 years in countless variations on crosses and altars, in liturgical practices and works of art.
Fine furniture stores offer their customers countless variations in fabric and color.
They have exploded into countless variations of good, and in doing so they've begun to look like a bellwether for the American appetite.
And he devised countless variations of black bodies as heroic and timeless symbols, something still new and radical to modern art.
World mythology abounds in stories of attempts to invade heaven, such as the flight of Icarus, the Hindu legend of the conquest of heaven by the asura (demon) king Bali, and countless variations on the story of Babel, a man-made tower reaching to heaven (Genesis 11 1 9).
But there are countless variations on the theme, and everyone has his or her favourite local spot to eat it.
In his artist statement Vierkant says, "the viewer's experience becomes split between the physical encounter in a gallery setting and the countless variations of the objects circulated in prints, publications, and on the Internet.
Yes, there are countless variations on that Provençal classic, and many include tomatoes, peppers, lettuce and good canned tuna.
Canna (Canna indica) Cannas' flamboyant foliage comes in countless variations of green, bronze, red and purple, as do their fiery flowers.
