Sentence examples for spectacle whether from inspiring English sources

Both systems, commercial and institutional, are driven by spectacle, whether the spectacle of high prices or the spectacle of large scale or feats of installation.

Yet there is juice and even joy in this spectacle, whether in the tacky wedding that kicks it off or in the banter among Luciano, his benign co-worker, Michele (Nando Paone), and their customers.

"The criteria is mostly about this performativity of death in public space and this idea of the spectacle, whether it's in a demonstration or an execution or, you know, barrel bombs," Majd said of the images in his embroideries.

In the west in the 19th and early 20th centuries, festivities had been replaced by spectacles, whether concerts at which the audience sat mute and motionless, or huge organised events such as the rallies of Hitler and Mussolini at which the spectators, scarcely less well-drilled than the marching soldiers they beheld, were reduced to utter passivity.

As these paintings show, Watteau had an eye for surfaces, and depicted with love and fascination the high artifice on which performance runs (it also made him just the man to depict the outings, picnics, and society romances of the day) — but he was also a master of psychology, whose images plumb the depths of feelings that those spectacles, whether public or intimate, represent.

For some reason, we all seem to enjoy celestial spectacles, whether they are a total solar eclipse or an occasional spectacular comet the lights up the night sky.

In recent editions, the Berlin Biennale has suffered what has come to be known as "biennalization," a focus on the global that creates a homogenization of such art spectacles, whether in New York, Berlin, Sao Paolo, or Gwangju.

A Quieter February Fashion Week When the events of Sept. 11 cut short the spring 2002 Fashion Week in New York, many participants in the spectacle wondered whether the hoopla attached to the presentation of new clothes would ever seem appropriate again.

"The stadium will be a place where the whole family can come together for any kind of spectacle - whether it's religion, sports or culture - sit down, have a roof over their heads and enjoy themselves," he says.

The trend for expectant parents to make a spectacle over whether their bundles of joys have peens or vageens started around ten years ago and have garnered a good deal of criticism and have become increasingly extreme.

"Splashy pop-spectacle shows, whether for a date night or part of a hotel's weekend getaway package, sell far better in Hamburg than almost anywhere else," said Thomas Schumacher, president of Disney Theatrical Productions, the Broadway-based producing arm that is staging "Tarzan" and "The Lion King" here with its European partner, Stage Entertainment.