Sentence examples for formally sophisticated from inspiring English sources

Crazy or not, he produced exceptionally inventive art, outsiderish in its oddity but formally sophisticated and ripe with historical allusions.

It is also among the most formally sophisticated comics stories I've ever seen; all the elements, including the panel shapes and the lettering, are deployed for narrative effect.

The films are worldly and often formally sophisticated but also modest and matter-of-fact, made of materials close to hand with methods more likely to be efficient than showy.

The irony is that in the late 80's and early 90's, as videos became more formally sophisticated and better produced, they were played less and less on MTV.

The Little Friend is a far more convincing, technically accomplished and formally sophisticated novel than The Secret History, but it was less successful at inducing the heady, cloistered mood that the first novel's devotees adored, and so was generally considered a disappointment.

What better way to get people to look at your ability to compose photographs that are technically and formally sophisticated than to show off with a shape — a penis, a bottom, a nipple, a belly button — that you know has box-office draw?

The approach initiated by Umezawa is embedded in the framework of quantum field theory, more broadly applicable and formally more sophisticated than standard quantum mechanics.

Like many other "Adult Swim" series, this one is more formally interesting and sophisticated than a thumbnail description might suggest.

Caravaggio is so sophisticated, so formally experimental, but his paintings are just visceral.

He's blazing ahead with an architectural language of his own: steadfastly modern and technologically sophisticated, but formally bold and aesthetically nourishing, too.

Mrs. Parks said that while he was not formally educated, he was sophisticated in ways that matter.