His sparse, plain-spoken works constitute a kind of visual counting: simple brush marks, lines or bands of radiant color applied one after another to expanses of raw, unstretched canvas.
Hence he keeps sets sparse and costumes plain to avoid distraction from the words, and in "Julius Caesar" he allows no intermission to interrupt the tense two hours.
The look of iOS 7 is sparse, white — almost plain in spots.
The black rhinoceros occupies a variety of habitats, frequenting open plains, sparse thorn scrub, savannas, thickets, and dry forests, as well as mountain forests and moorlands at high altitudes.
Geographically, the region is made up of open plains with sparse scattered mountain ranges and several seasonal rivers.
One reviewer for The Manchester Guardian newspaper, however, was not impressed, finding the number of combatants too sparse for the wide plains and a lack of subtlety in Richard's death scene.
Countering the plain backdrops and sparse spaces, Michelle was trying to present himself in front of the camera according to his own ideas.
The population of the plain of Cartagena is sparse, and the isolated farmsteads and small villages are located where there is water.
The aesthetic is sparse and windswept-looking; a few plain twigs straggle from the light fittings, and food is served on rough earthenware, specially made by a potter upstate.
Today the field is sparse.
