Sentence examples for example of the monumental from inspiring English sources

Not only was "Drinking and Singing at the Foot of a Precipitous Mountain" a spectacular example of the monumental landscape tradition — a view of cloud-dappled peaks, densely forested slopes and swirling waters — but the painting's pedigree also seemed impeccable.

She cited the example of the monumental changes that took place in Norway under female prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland in the 80's and 90's when she appointed the majority of her cabinet women: "Policies on everything from employment and child care and flextime and work hours to environmental policies to you name it--it just changed.

John Eliot, for example, accomplished the monumental task of translating the Bible into Algonquian, publishing the translation in two volumes that appeared in 1661 and 1663.

One example is the monumental site of Khirbet Beteiha, located some 19 miles (30 kilometers) north-east of the submerged stone structure, the researchers write.

The ziggurat at Ur is an example of early monumental brickwork perhaps built of sun-dried brick; the steps were replaced after 2,500 years (about 1500 bc) by burned brick.

It is the oldest known example of monumental architecture and contains the oldest known temple dating back 11, 600 years.

Aristotle's conception of the Odyssey as a work of Homer's old age is not impossible; but if the Iliad is the earlier of the two (as seems likely from its simpler structure and the greater frequency of relatively late linguistic forms in the Odyssey), then the Odyssey could have been created after its image, and as a conscious supplement, once the example of monumental composition had been given.

And there are lots of other deterrents, too, from red tape to erratic electricity (see, for example, the monumental blackout across north and east India in 2012), a lack of land, bad roads and busy ports.

For example, in 2004 the monumental Meenakshi Amman Temple was shortlisted in the "New Seven Wonders of the World" competition.

This is the first known example of a projecting monumental porch in a mosque, which may have been derived from the architecture of secular buildings.

He even summoned his rival for a dressing-down, an example of Pinter's monumental chutzpah.