Sentence examples for paintings high from inspiring English sources

The pink room in front is empty but for crooked paintings high up the walls.

As we stepped inside, hoping for a glimpse of the ancient frescos and baroque ceiling paintings high above the pulpit, we heard a couple exchanging their marriage vows.

Lisa Mahoney, a medieval art historian at DePaul University, says there is a link between the centuries-old paintings high on the columns and the modern graffiti below.

At the end of her life, coiffed and bedridden, her face as porcelain as the author had imagined Empress Josephine's to have been, Margarett held court in a room thickly hung with modernist paintings, high above the Boston Public Garden.

Dramatizing Haiti's struggle for independence and focusing on the exploitation of farm workers by colonial settlers, the paintings' high colors and puzzled-together abstract patterns established the distinctive style for which Mr. Lawrence would gain fame.

Elsewhere, Sir Stamford at Circular Quay  near the centre's waterfront hub, serves up an elegant tea daily from 1 pm in a historic bar full of gilded paintings, high backed chairs and Persian-style rugs.

Do they mount the paintings higher so they will be visible from a distance?

It was true: the Samurai show had a far higher ratio of male viewers than the nearby rooms containing European paintings, higher than I'd ever seen in any museum.

From Tijuana in the north to Cabo San Lucas at the southern tip, those that take the journey will encounter world famous grey whale watching, ancient cave paintings, high-end vineyards, turquoise bays, endless desert plains of cacti and several missions founded by the Spanish in the 17th Century.   .

As Tom Hewlett told me: 'Jack's highs are higher, his lows lower than most people's.' These moods are reflected in his paintings - high life and low life, sunny beach scenes and claustrophobic night scenes.

"There are a lot of paintings of high quality that raise questions," Mr. Portús said.