Even at this early date we see traces of that Semitic conventionalismso prevalent in the later Assyrian era.
The figure of the king is full of vitality and animation, and offers a very striking contrast to the lifeless conventionalism characteristic of the older Babylonian and the later Assyrian representations of human beings.
Hero, eagle and ibexes are represented in a highly archaic and crude fashion, though in the symmetrically outspread wings of the eagle we seem to have a foreshadowing of the conventionalism of later days.
Pirard had received and thrown into the fire several letters with the Dijon stamp in which the most lively passion would pierce through the most formal conventionalism of style.
The fact is your effete society prizes conventionalism above everything else.
Mr. Cubitt seems ambitious to attempt this, and he breaks a lance with oldconventionalism with great courage and skill.
In the abundance of their labours, in their freedom from conventionalism in their work, in their willingness to adopt any plan which has been found successful by others, they are an example to ministers of all churches.
The oldconventionalism has now altogether disappeared; there is an attempt to paint nature as she really is.
For although conventionalism in the form of the echo springs up also around genius, yet the creative genius itself is always a protest against conventionality in which any selfjustified life or art--conception has perished.
It is always the women among whom conventionalism reaches its acme.
Yet it is not only old conventionalism which needs to be rooted out.
The depreciation for mankind of the significance of the sex relation and of the significance of love in the sex relation brings into it all the immorality still imposed by conventionalism as morality.
All right conventionalism is a wise acceptance of, and compliance with, conditions of restraint or inferiority.
But it is of great importance that no one should confuse conventionalism in the decorative flower or other form with conventionalism in the use of them in any house or on any object.
But all these forms of lower art are to be conventional only because they are subordinate; not because conventionalism is in itself a good or desirable thing.
And, with the first symptoms of decline in heraldic Art, the treatment of lions showed signs of a tendency to carry conventionalism to the utmost extravagance.
The conventionalism in all these examples, however felicitous the manner in which it is treated in them, is very decidedly exaggerated.
We recognise the happy consistency of the conventionalism which they displayed in their representation of animate creatures, without any purpose to adopt it in the same degree with them.
But, independently of the Robinson Crusoes of the class, many such slaves of conventionalism achieve their freedom while intending only to better their condition.
The very atmosphere of our country is pervaded by a conventionalism which, as is proved by what passes every day before our eyes, cannot be counteracted by mere external circumstances.
They have studied the problem of human progress profoundly; they have strong faith in the triumph of justice, but they realize that victory can never be attained as long as conventionalism lulls to sleep the public conscience.
That husband of mine must leave all conventionalism to his guests, it seems.
You have enough conventionalism to-night for us both, my fine lady," twitted Stratton, pinching her arm.
She knew that there was one thing to which love like hers could not link itself and that was to dishonour, not the false dishonour of conventionalism but the real dishonour of proving untrue to herself.
The humanistic culture, which glimmered during the latter part of this Shogunate, was by its nature able to find its place only where conventionalism did not reign, but it soon began to give way and be conventionalised also.
The conventionalism of the Kyoto civilisation more and more influenced the Shogunate, which was still too young and had nothing solid of its own civilisation capable of resisting the infiltration of the old.
When conventionalism in dress is fully discredited, practical reform is certain to follow.
These striking and contrasting types existing together at that period, are now rapidly disappearing before that universal conventionalism which is at present seizing and moulding the higher classes in all cities and in all countries.
Times of a general scepticism among any people have always been also times of conventionalismand utilitarianism towards all things great and small.
But many of his other orchestral characteristics bear the impress of conventionalism then in vogue, which soon becomes monotonous; and his manner of writing for the deeper instruments causes much of his orchestration to sound heavy.
On the other hand, Italian orchestration was leaning more and more toward pernicious conventionalism and tawdry superficiality.
The widened range of the enamel-painter’s palette made possible a completely naturalistic manner, in which all conventionalism of treatment was abandoned.
Dignity of form is combined in them with masterly composition in the painting, while the measure of conventionalism necessitated by the limited palette frees this type from the imputation of excessive naturalism.
And observe carefully, with respect to the complete drawing of the leaves on this tree, and the smallness of their number, the real distinction between noble conventionalism and false conventionalism.
Now you see there remained a fourth step to be taken,--the doing away with conventionalism altogether, so as to create the perfect art of landscape painting.
The step which should have freed landscape from conventionalism was actually taken by Claude and Salvator Rosa, but taken in a state of palsy,--taken so as to lose far more than was gained.
That they are not better dressed is, I take it, their own fault, and arises from that daring defiance of conventionalism which is so great a characteristic of the lower orders of gentlemen connected with the press.
You will urge conventionalism now, though a minute ago you accused me of urging it!
These points of attraction were mostly superficialities, it is true, like the fashion of clothes or the conventionalism of accepted social customs.
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