Sentence examples for famous polemic from inspiring English sources

In a famous polemic of 1908, "Ornament and Crime," the Viennese architect Adolf Loos had argued that ornate decoration was a grotesque relic of humanity's unwholesome past.

Turning to architectural journalism, Nairn was the author of the famous polemic Outrage (an outspoken report on unhindered urban sprawl from Southampton to Carlisle, published in 1955) and continued to use his pilot's licence for some years, frequently setting off with the in-house photographer, embarking on research from the air.

He'd gone from that to reading several famous polemics against the cruelty of farms and slaughterhouses.

A young convert to Christianity, al-Mukammas studied at the Syriac academy of Nisibis but became disillusioned with its doctrines and wrote two famous polemics against the Christian religion.

Mark Thomas may be famous for polemic-heavy stand-up and shows that mix comedy with a strong dose of political activism, but this new show sees him ditching all that.

Among his most important works are two collections of poems, Rübbab-i Shikeste (1896, 1957; "The Broken Lute") and Haluk'un Defteri (1911, 1957; "Haluk's Notebook"), the latter dedicated to his son; his famous anti-government polemic Sis ("Mist") appeared in 1902.

Al-Ḥalabī's writings include a treatise on ritual prayer and polemics against the mystical doctrines of a famous Ṣūfī (mystical) writer, Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 1240).

The tepid early reviews of "The Black Dahlia," a tangled period noir based on James Ellroy's novel about a famous 1947 murder case, may be an incitement to further polemics.

Even Voltaire, who is perhaps the most persistent, powerful, vocal Enlightenment critic of religion, directs his polemic mostly against the Catholic Church in France – "l'infâme" in his famous sign-off in his letters, "Écrasez l'infâme" ("Crush the infamous") refers to the Church, not to religion as such.

(Sinagra) HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS (Tuesday) Before the part-time actor Huey Lewis gears up for his starring Broadway role as Billy Flynn in "Chicago" this fall, his band tours the middle-of-the-road radio rock that made them famous in the 80's -- hits like "Do You Believe in Love" and the unconvincing polemic "Hip to Be Square".

Jaden Smith has started modeling for Louis Vuitton's women's line without offering a corresponding polemic on what it "means" that the greater implications of one of the most famous young men in the world is now wearing dresses.