Sentence examples for rather than contemporary from inspiring English sources

"The Japanese public still loves Impressionist rather than contemporary art," Mr. Mori said.

It is for this reason that museums tend to collect prints that are vintage, rather than contemporary.

You'd imagine European painters capable of emulating old masters might go into forgery rather than contemporary art.

Our results lend support to Weber's argument that it is a spirit evolving from a historically Protestant ethic rather than contemporary, individual Protestantism that matters".

And having always turned to literary works rather than contemporary situations for his librettos, he is now working on an opera based on Christopher Marlowe's "Faustus".

It was a drastic rewrite, with the greatest lyrics ever penned and a score using popular idioms rather than contemporary songs, and it is darker than Gay's original.

Rather than discuss contemporary literature or even contemporary publishing, Meyer's article does little more than survey the New York Cult of Success.

Ways that are challenging rather than familiar; contemporary over nostalgic; and popular rather than niche.

Rather than presenting contemporary art as a united exhibition, the space will change periodically, often focusing on new acquisitions.

He worked in a Pop-art idiom, but he used revered Japanese imagery as source material, rather than the contemporary imagery usually found in Pop art.

Their chemical symbols (Fe, Cu, Ag, Au), in fact, are derived from their alchemical (Latin) names rather than their contemporary names.