Sentence examples for tapestry design from inspiring English sources

But in the early 1520's he abandoned paintings in favor of tapestry design.

Yet in this tapestry design – a rarity in this country, for most are in the Prado, Madrid – there is an underlying anxiety.

Through Nov. 15 Nora Aslan, who was born in 1937 in Buenos Aires, where she still lives, had a career in tapestry design before turning to collage.

Including typeface and alphabet specimens, original broadsheets and limited-edition silk-screens of calligraphy, dust jackets and page proofs, a tapestry design as well as two attempts at sculpture, it appears to contain more artifact than art.

During the course of the project, he gets to know the women in this story well enough to incorporate them into the tapestry design and to appreciate their true beauty.

The Nagada fabric evokes classical Middle Eastern tapestry design -- the simple geometric motifs of Coptic weaving from the early centuries of Christianity and the bold lines of Islamic embroidery -- but does not mimic it.

The other star is Pieter Coecke van Aelst, an Antwerp-based painter and tapestry designer who apprenticed with van Orley and was well known for his tapestry designs in the mid-1530's.

"This is the earliest surviving drawing for a tapestry designed by the artist," Ms. Bambach said.

There are also sketches for works of art in other media, including prints, sculpture, or tapestry designs for weavers.

The Black Paintings he executed to decorate his own house have an obvious relationship with his early tapestry designs in their deranged carnival.

"The Sermon on the Mount," a tapestry designed by Saarinen's wife, Loja, hangs on the west wall of the sanctuary.