word painting
Example Sentences
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They assiduously avoid the “I” word, painting the committee’s work as garden-variety oversight.
From Washington Times • Sep. 18, 2019
Ms. Wilks’s most highly valued Spiegel collection works at Christie’s were Sigmar Polke’s 1964 Ben-Day dot canvas, “Frau mit Butterbrot,” and “Untitled,” a 1988 Christopher Wool word painting emblazoned with “PLEASE” six times.
From New York Times • May 17, 2017
Accredited institutions are invited, even encouraged, to borrow, say, a simple Christopher Wool word painting or a monumentally complex tapestry of woven metal bits by El Anatsui.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2015
Vivid word painting and a dramatic vocal line complemented the surrealist texts, sung with conviction by Ms. Shelton.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2010
The old evangelism—you remember its key-note, the old revival meeting, in which skilful word painting presented the two extremes, heaven and hell.
From On the Firing Line in Education by Ladd, Adoniram Judson
