Sentence examples for severe paintings from inspiring English sources
He made difficult, severe paintings.
In 1959, when he was 23 and just out of Princeton, he exhibited his historic "Black Paintings" -- severe, ruler-perfect pictures contrived from wide black stripes -- at the Modern.
On the final wall of the exhibition is a stunning pairing: "Hazy Morning, Montclair" and "The Home of the Heron," 1890's paintings whose severe simplicity bring to mind the early landscapes of Mondrian.
"Painting stripe paintings is a vigorous kind of thing.
Although most interior walls were originally ornamented with frescoes, the paintings have suffered severe damages since the excavation of Ariadne's house in 1832 1835.
His paintings are often formally severe in manner – the light can be harsh and the shadows sharp.
The present work reports for the first time a microclimate research conducted in the ruins of Pompeii, which is of relevant interest because inappropriate conditions of temperature and RH are causing severe damages on the valuable fresco paintings.
Against convention, the prints preceded the paintings by several months.
At once formally severe and materially luxurious, Mr. de Crignis's paintings bridge the gap between the perceptual and the transcendental.
Although the paintings initially seem so strict and severe, Schiff sees not just the colours she has actually placed on the canvases, but what he calls "phantom colours" achieved by the contrast between the stripes.
The tonal shift between the two chapters is severe as Mikami's signature grand pianos and ornate paintings now adorn the walls creating an atmosphere of disquieting unease.
