Sentence examples for narrative cycle from inspiring English sources

The narrative cycle The Legend of the True Cross was completed by 1466.

Its plot whipped viewers through the series, delivering a narrative cycle as satisfying as the first season of Twin Peaks.

An example of this is his unsettling but wondrous narrative cycle of etchings, "The Glove" (1880-81).

In the recurring narrative cycle of "Orphan Annie", a poor innocent waif is harassed by evil left-wing social workers (one, Mrs Bleating-Hart, resembled a sinister Eleanor Roosevelt).

Forming what amounts to a continuous wall of 50-foot (15-metre) high stained glass around three sides of the chapel, it contains the most extensive narrative cycle ever produced in this medium, numbering 1,134 scenes in 15 windows.

The plays are based on the epic and on the Bṛhat-kathā narrative cycle (see below); among the latter, the Svapnavāsavadattā ("The Dream of Vāsavadattā") is the most famous.

Directed by Roger Rees, with musical direction by Leslie Stifelman and choreography by Ann Reinking, this cigarillo-slender show weaves assorted songs by Weill -- and lyricists ranging improbably from Bertolt Brecht to Ogden Nash -- into a vague narrative cycle about the life and times of one weary woman.

Fascinatingly, the Mediterranean-coloured pictorial squares of the Parker Library manuscript are said to resemble the primitive-looking narrative cycles of religious scenes found in Ethiopia's orthodox churches.

According to Western custom, the mosaics of the basilical parts depict narrative cycles: scenes from the Old Testament and from the lives of Saints Peter and Paul.

Others came under the influence of Renaissance humanism, turning towards secular narrative cycles, as biblical imagery was blended with mythological themes.

Mr. Henze's first idea, he revealed, was for a narrative song cycle, along the lines of Schubert's "Schone Mullerin," but with some social message.