Sentence examples for idealizing from inspiring English sources

The principle of this logic of belief can be understood as idealizing the student into an ideal reasoner.

Ideal theory makes two types of idealizing assumptions about its subject matter.

Whether he painted the patricians and artists of Antwerp, the nobles of Genoa, or the court of Charles I, van Dyck succeeded in idealizing his models without sacrificing any of their individuality.

Using various techniques, he combined realistic experiences and humanistic concepts in idealizing compositions the figures and scenes of which are harmoniously integrated into a spacious landscape.

The 18th century and, in particular, the Neoclassicists inherited this theory of "decorum" but, giving preference to a universal ideal, instead implemented it in restricted form: by subdividing all action and expression into classical repose, idealizing faces and bodies into classical heroes, and transforming all costume, if any, into tight-fitting attire to avoid reference to ephemeral time.

That same year Longfellow published Hyperion, a romantic novel idealizing his European travels.

In portraiture, the idealizing tendencies of the 4th century were still strong, and portraits of kings or poets were overlaid by conceptions of kingship or artistry.

When interpreting Barbie, artists tend to take one of two approaches: idealizing the doll or, more commonly, using the doll to critique ideas associated with it, from exaggerated femininity to profligate consumption.

One need look only at Joe Lieberman, the retiring Senator who Shays and McMahon were vying to replace, to see the folly of blindly idealizing bipartisanship.

This raises the question of whether one can always make an idealized model more realistic by de-idealizing it.

It is unusual that scientists invest work in repeatedly de-idealizing an existing model.