Stieglitz gives his print a monumental power, a weight, that is the very opposite: a column of black smoke assumes iron authority.
And while they were in love with the possibilities of using technology to subvert the leaden weight of monumental architecture, as with most such predictions, the reality never turned out to be quite so much fun as advertised.
Monumental Moneymakers Monuments are also economic assets.
Monumental abstractions had too much weight in German culture, he thought; like his hero Nietzsche, he wanted to unite severity and sensuality, North and South.
Henry A. Lowenstein New York, Sept.15, 2009 To the Editor: It is true that the Middle Eastern imbroglio has presented a monumental test of the political weight, commitment and courage of President Obama to end the spiral of lost opportunities and reignite the two-state solution that remains the only modus operandi available in finding a way out of this festering 60-year-old stalemate.
Haydn's "Creation" begins with monumental octave Cs, which have the weight of the word of God.
But Guardiola's long lead-in carries its challenges, too, adding to the weight of expectation which will be monumental by the time he actually arrives.
A symmetrical balance of tone and colour masses of equal weight creates a serene and sometimes monumental design, while a more dynamic effect is created by an asymmetrical balance.
Oleg best explains this as his ability to "combine years of training lifting hundreds of thousands of tons of weights into half a second of monumental effort, without even a little bit of doubt".
The monumental first movement puttered along, short on rhythmic drive and tragic weight.
