Sentence examples for unity of composition from inspiring English sources
No unity of composition, but unremitting energy.
His pictures possess no unity of composition, only unremitting energy.
April 15 , 1772Étampes, France June 19 , 1844Paris, France Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, (born April 15 , 1772 Étampes, Fr. died June 19 , 1844 Paris) French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition," postulating a single consistent structural plan basic to all animals as a major tenet of comparative anatomy, and who founded teratology, the study of animal malformation.
In the early nineteenth century, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and then Geoffroy St Hilaire advocated "unity of composition" that ordered all living organisms into a single chain of being (Appel 1987).
Her sympathetic portrayal of animals was influenced by their studies in natural history, particularly the father's unity of composition principle.
Communities such as those just mentioned are groups, each of them a whole [totum] made up of persons (and perhaps of other groups), their unity being not merely one of composition or conjunction or continuity, but rather of order, in two dimensions: (i) of the parts (members) as coordinating with each other, and (ii) of the group and its members to its organizing purpose or end (finis).
If it is too large, it will not only dwarf the arrangement but will frequently destroy the unity of the composition, dividing the viewer's attention between the floral arrangement and the container.
It demands unity of theme.
To achieve his objectives, Liszt needed a more flexible method of developing musical themes than sonata form would allow, but one that would preserve the overall unity of a musical composition.
Kilwardby's theory of the soul is formulated around these central conceptions of unity and composition, rather than unicity and simplicity.
Before her, critics had held that epistolary literature should conform to certain rules of composition and should observe a unity of tone (e.g., "serious" or "playful").
