Sentence examples for massive paintings from inspiring English sources

It takes its name from the painter John Wootton who was commissioned by the family in 1733 to paint a number of massive paintings in his Marylebone studio to reflect the family's love of equestrian pursuits, particularly fox hunting.

The massive paintings and high ceilings seem at odds with the Five Star Movement's professed ideals of simplicity, transparency and the modest exercise of power.

His works range from intimate watercolors of individual moose which challenge our assumptions about the natural world to massive paintings reaching floor to ceiling that do well to celebrate the wonder of life through sheer scale and awe.

"I've never been able to hang my ladies before," she said, surveying the massive paintings of aristocrats by Louise-Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Sir Joshua Reynolds and Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

The cavernous skylit studio somehow seemed practically empty, despite the presence of a grand piano, a large round work table, some armchairs and numerous massive paintings in various stages of completion.

First, it set out to emphasise historical French dominance on the world stage: when Macron accompanied Putin for a slow walk down the palace's longest room, the Battles Gallery, the two leaders were pointedly surrounded by massive paintings of 15 centuries of French military successes.

A highlight is a room of massive abstract paintings by Tomm El-Saieh, whom Mr. Gartenfeld praised as "one of the leading artists working in Miami today" for his drawing upon both expressionist and Haitian folkloric traditions.

More is definitely more in the massive tableau paintings of Kent Monkman.

Gallery-goers are still over-awed by massive Mark Rothko paintings; readers still find themselves in 19th century France every time they crack open the worn, yellowing pages of Madame Bovary, and clubbers still believe they've entered a whole new world whenever anyone, anywhere, brings in the unmistakable sound of "Can You Feel It," Larry Heard's one take Chicago house wonder.

You don't need to center rooms around massive landscape paintings or stuffy portraits.

There are embroidered bed linens and towels and gold-plated faucets in the rather tiny but handsomely decorated marble bathroom; tapestries; beamed and painted ceilings; massive Watteau-esque paintings, which, like the rest of the suite, are beautifully lighted; a mini-bar; and a small kitchen.