Ostensibly, the bubble functioned as a piece of sophisticated equipment designed to inform the captain of the ship's attitude.
The show consists of several units functioning as a single piece.
Costing from $500 to $800, it also functions as a conversation piece, which is a major part of its appeal.
In between these, the cell rejoined for two Bach trio sonatas, BWV 529 and 530, which sounded fresh and crisp, Mr. Kurtag's pieces functioning as a lens that helped their details and components come more sharply into view.
She does something similar with "Imperfections," a compactly eloquent two-page story that functions as a companion piece to "Caught Up".
Suddenly I cared only about where it and real life intersected, rather than how the story functioned as a discrete piece of art.
That's the key question in "Thelonious Monk: Paris 1969," a new DVD-CD combo that functions as a companion piece of sorts for the bittersweet "Straight No Chaser," a 1988 documentary assembled from footage of Monk and his band in 1968.
Leggings can function as a stylish piece under a nice dress, or just be comfy when worn with a big sweater.
The Lord of the Rings and Back to the Future have their advocates, but now that Toy Story 3 is here, I doubt that Pixar's three signature cartoons can be matched for their consistent quality, or for the way each episode functions as both a piece of a larger whole, and as an accessible and satisfying work in its own right.
The album functions as an entire piece, so it's designed to be listened to from beginning to end.
We wanted to create a conceptual website that functions as an art piece and reflects the Moving Company's spirit, the way that everything moves and changes within the structure.
