Example sentences of "[is] the " in BNC.
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| 61 | It celebrates creativity amid doubt and despondency — creativity as energy but also as a duty , work to be done by man as it is the sun 's task to shine . |
| 62 | An undeniable attraction of an auction is the possibility that some undervalued item may be for sale . |
| 63 | An example is the catalogue of paintings by Noël Coward , which was prefaced by a memoir of the playwright , describing his interest in painting . |
| 64 | This is the system used by Sothebys : |
| 65 | Happy indeed is the curator of a select collection like the Mauritzhuis in The Hague , where one collector 's policy was to limit his collection to thirty excellent works , lesser works being discarded to make way for better . |
| 66 | A model for art museums is the catalogue of the National Gallery , London . |
| 67 | One of the important features of museum collections is the function they have as touchstones of quality and authenticity . |
| 68 | One noticeable feature of American art life is the link between art historical teaching and criticism , not so common elsewhere . |
| 69 | Part of the reason for this is that the American professoriat is the largest in the world , while the American market for current art is unprecedented ; it is evident that the turnover of the American art market as a whole is the largest in the world . |
| 70 | Part of the reason for this is that the American professoriat is the largest in the world , while the American market for current art is unprecedented ; it is evident that the turnover of the American art market as a whole is the largest in the world . |
| 71 | Historical knowledge is the surest cure for this damaged intellectual condition , as the history of taste will show many examples of the irrelevance of monetary value to artistic quality . |
| 72 | Is the thing a fake ? |
| 73 | The acid test for art criticism is the solo exhibition . |
| 74 | This is the occasion when a reader can visit the same show and make a personal assessment of how helpful the art critic has been . |
| 75 | To suggest , as I do , that Georges Braque is the greatest living painter is to remind a contemporary audience , fed to satiety on brilliant innovation , frenzied novelty and every sort of spontaneous expression , that , after all , permanence , grandeur , deliberation , lucidity and calm are paramount virtues of the art of painting … |
| 76 | Impressionism is the most familiar group with an artistic programme in the nineteenth century . |
| 77 | The prime example is the Dada movement , whose nihilistic work is now admired for qualities of imagination . |
| 78 | The most common sort of mixed exhibition is the exhibiting society , whose history is entwined with the development of art in Europe since the eighteenth century . |
| 79 | You may say that it is feeble in colour and monotonous in tone — it may be so , but it touches the heart , it arrests the attention ; and what is the use of all your correct drawing and pure tints , and skill in light and shade , if your subject leaves me cold and unaffected . |
| 80 | Painting is the art of reaching the soul through the eyes , but if the picture appeals to the eyes and never reaches the soul , the painter has fallen far short of his aim . |
| 81 | A different sort of exhibition which has had some success in attracting attention , and thus newspaper coverage , is the prize competition . |
| 82 | How then is the reader of art criticism best advised to use criticism to follow the fortunes of artists ? |
| 83 | It is a usual feature of such a comparison that there is a basic level of information which is common to most of the reviews , and it is the mark of a skilful critic to have worked in some personal assessment of works , or some individual response to the show as a whole . |
| 84 | That is the art world — a mere hamlet — restricted to les beaux mondes of eight cities . ’ |
| 85 | One of Wolfe 's targets is the critic Greenberg , about whom an apologist has gravely asserted : ‘ The significance of Clement Greenberg can not be overestimated . |
| 86 | He is the designer and subtle manipulator of modernism , which is the single most important and influential theory of modern art . ’ |
| 87 | He is the designer and subtle manipulator of modernism , which is the single most important and influential theory of modern art . ’ |
| 88 | A more political theme for an article is the issue of subsidies for the arts . |
| 89 | What is most likely to be useful in such material is the chance that inferences can be drawn by the reader , seeing a similarity in a problem elsewhere with a question in the visual arts . |
| 90 | The genius of the painter is the genius of the home . ’ |