Sentence examples for simplicity and austerity from inspiring English sources

In architecture simplicity and austerity were the general rule.

What's more, Cistercian architecture, in its simplicity and austerity, was a reflection of the order's faith.

If all of the time I am working to produce things that I need to be able to consume it will be difficult for me to be a free man.The Economist: You are indeed giving Uruguayans an example of simplicity and austerity.

A culture with elaborate traditions of celebration and gift giving may be more expensive to maintain than one emphasizing simplicity and austerity, though no less central to its participants' well being.

The simplicity and austerity of the images erased all distractions from the sole focus: the human face.

The simplicity and even austerity in the looks of our female stars was its own rebuke to Seth MacFarlane and his fratty jokes: these women are pros; they're not here to play.

Gandhi felt an irresistible attraction to a life of simplicity, manual labour, and austerity.

With this work Vivaldi eschewed his fiery habits to create a piece of striking beauty and simplicity, whose expressive austerity befits the 13th-century poem that describes Mary's suffering during the crucifixion.

Just before and during the French Revolution, these and other painters adopted stirring moral subject matter from Roman history and celebrated the values of simplicity, austerity, heroism, and stoic virtue that were traditionally associated with the Roman Republic, thus drawing parallels between that time and the contemporary struggle for liberty in France.

Since naturalistic scenery had led to an excessive clutter of archaeologically authentic detail on stage, the reaction against it favoured simplicity, even austerity, but with a heightened expressiveness that could convey the true spirit of a play rather than provide merely superficial dressing.

Rigidity and austerity are out.