Sentence examples for historical evocation from inspiring English sources

And if she treated both anthems like durable heirlooms, intended for regular use, she also infused her historical evocation with the urgency of now.

An imposing historical evocation, as well as an implicit attack on Silvio Berlusconi, Vincere is a magnificent showcase for Giovanna Mezzogiorno, who makes her Ida a tragic heroine of grand proportions.

He was really an essayist, in the French tradition, bringing forth a dense entanglement of historical evocation, polemic, personal example, irony, and emotional harangue, all playing a role alongside the aphoristic précis of older philosophers' ideas.

But the selection of this poetic political sermon as the oratorical centerpiece of our observance need not be only an exercise in historical evocation, nonpolitical correctness and patriotic solemnity.

As Elon pointed out, such "historical" evocations were in reality completely ahistorical.

There, along with the standard ceremonies that accompany the end of basic training in any army, the graduates would chant: "Masada will never fall again". As Elon pointed out, such "historical" evocations were in reality completely ahistorical.

Mad Men's greatest strength is not the depiction of the era's famous historical events, but its evocation of the period's atmosphere and mood, helping viewers understand how mid-century America thought, behaved and ultimately informed the decades that followed.

The libretto, concocted by Szymanowski in collaboration with his cousin Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, is an exotic evocation of historical impulses, mythological references and subjective revelations.

Known for his contemporary evocation of historical Dutch and Renaissance painting techniques to depict surreal visions and dreamscapes, the artist's mastery of of color and technique was evident in each piece.

Folkloric evocations or historical narratives tend to predominate.

Here you'll find a wall covered with Mr. Büchel's extensive wish list, which conceptually conveys something of the surface density, historical references and regional evocations he planned to incorporate.