Sentence examples for high art subject from inspiring English sources

It has all the trappings of a Tony contender: excellent reviews for its star, the imprimatur of a celebrated London company, the Donmar Warehouse, high art subject matter and, perhaps most important, Michael Grandage, one of the busiest British directors on Broadway these days.

What brings it all off is Ms. Dingle's chronicling of their cartoony doings in a satirical painting mode usually reserved for high-art subjects.

What brings it all off is Ms. Dingle's satirical use of a painting mode (on vellum, yet) usually reserved for high-art subjects.

Second, modern jazz had achieved the status of "high art" and was subject to the same economic and cultural pressures as literature, painting and drama.

The masterpieces represented what could have been dubbed the "canon" of art and was thought of as "high art," while the "low-art" subject matter included comic strip images.

Landseer was undoubtedly celebrating the stag's splendour but he was also seeking to raise sporting subjects to high art.

The annoying thing about the exhibition is the way it both hypes Testino's talent and implies that these pictures are just fun, not subject to snotty high art criteria.

In any case, it was high art.

This is supposed to represent the world of high art from which most of Mr. Carpenter's underprivileged subjects are likely to remain distant.

"He is the ideal subject for an exhibition because he takes high art down to street level," said Victoria Broackes.

"These subjects are every bit as worthy of study within a museum context as traditional high art that you would normally go to a gallery to view".