Sentence examples for monumental order from inspiring English sources

The artist's rejection of the plein air style, which was roughly impressionistic, corresponded with his belief in the constancy of Russian nature and its abiding monumental order.

The scheme also got into a monumental twist in order to accommodate the UK's land border with Ireland.

Baroque palaces were built on an expanded and monumental scale in order to display the power and grandeur of the centralized state, a phenomenon best displayed in the royal palace and gardens at Versailles.

Future research should focus on systematic studies in other monumental structures in order to allow understanding of technology transfer and interconnectedness in the ancient Near East.

They are afraid that the floodgates will open and they will not be able to continue in the life they've been living because they must make monumental changes in order to be happy.

In the Jinshu ("History of the Jin Dynasty"), it is said of Du Yu (222 284 ce) that when he ordered monumental stelae to be carved with the records of his successes, he had one buried at the foot of a mountain and the other erected on top.

From these beginnings, the evolution of the stone Doric column can be traced in architectural remains in Greece, Sicily, and southern Italy, where the Doric was to remain the chief order for monumental buildings for the next eight centuries.

We explore the utility of using palynological and archaeological data derived from monumental burial complexes in order to better understand the relationship between ritual activity and subsistence activities.

Monumental sculpture of a higher order is avidly sought after.

IN 2009 Oklahoma's legislature passed a bill ordering that a monumental version of the Ten Commandments which it cited as "an important component of the moral foundation of the laws and legal system of the United States of America and of the state of Oklahoma"—should be placed in the grounds of its state capitol building.

She was selling the floating Nanas, she explained, "to become a millionaire," which was necessary in order to fund her monumental projects.