Sentence examples for picturesque vision from inspiring English sources

Movie audiences were captivated by this reverent if picturesque vision of "Africa" as a place of Edenic nobility and feudal integrity, a conservative vision of patriarch-worship.

In that picturesque vision, the theater would become the cornerstone of a new waterfront neighborhood, in an open public space surrounded by cafes and restaurants, a setup similar to the Sydney Opera House in Australia.

Or perhaps it's what she thinks they ought to make, or what they'd make if she was playing a lap-dancer in her acting pomp, the 80s era of Desperately Seeking Susan, whose picturesque vision of Bohemian life this film faintly and tragically recalls.

Kunkletown, Pennsylvania is the picturesque vision of what you'd call a rural town: it takes you roughly 5 minutes to drive from one end of town to the other, the hoppin' spot is the local general store, and the church bells chime every Sunday on the hour, every hour.

Unlike the "picturesque", in which the vision was imposed, the Arts and Crafts sought to rediscover the intrinsic.

Nevertheless, Barnes's assertion frees him to present his France as a highly literate and literary place peopled not by boorish television-watching beer drinkers (like so much of the rest of the world) but by many great minds and the occasional picturesque peasant -- a vision, like any good piece of fiction, more vivid and pithy than the reality.

And if the view ain't pretty, it is highly picturesque — a witty, sharply focused vision of a time well past celebration.

I snaked my way through a crowded aisle to the dirty lavatory and before I could bend over to relieve myself of the few bites I had eaten, a vision of an enormous, old-fashioned, picturesque scale appeared.

These visions are rarely proved to be as picturesque as they may live in the mind of a newly engaged bride.

Although known as an architect who transformed the Upper West Side with light, lacy houses in Flemish and Elizabethan styles, Clarence True was also a developer, and had a row-house vision for eight blocks of Riverside Drive, a panorama of picturesque rooflines and oak-paneled interiors.

But perhaps Britons appreciate Madonna especially because here is an American who clearly understands and loves them for what they are -- not for some "Masterpiece Theater" vision of what they used to be, well-mannered and picturesque, like so many extras in a costume drama with cute accents.