diptych

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Recent Examples of diptych On its surface, this disquieting diptych about male anxiety has the feel of, say, an Asghar Farhadi movie, a moral dilemma urging forth a thriller plot. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Jan. 2025 The 2020 diptych of folklore and evermore showed Swift spreading her songwriting wings, and this track — written from the perspective of someone who’s mulling over a holiday fling with a long-ago ex — is one of her best recent offerings. Maura Johnston, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024 The lithograph diptych is by America Martin and was also sourced through 1stDibs. Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2025 The diptych begins with an artist onstage for a public conversation, then floats in and out of internal monologues and exchanges between the artist and his censor. Philip Tinari, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for diptych
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Noun
  • That opening-apocalypse chapter is presented as Act III of a narrative triptych that’s moving backward and which now jumps to Chuck himself (Tom Hiddleston), a middle-aged and largely undistinguished accountant in town for a conference.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 June 2025
  • The images Thompson took of Handler and Andrew Stern — from a triptych of Andrew’s varying facial expressions to one of Handler tossing her arms affectionately around him — reflect that serendipity.
    Malina Saval, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Non-food attractions include an artist alley, a communal mural, a family fun zone and two stages of live music.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
  • The mural, which had faded over the decades, was redone with fresh paint a few months ago.
    Karl Vick, Time, 22 June 2025
Noun
  • The panorama, captured on May 2 by NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter, shows Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanos on the Red Planet.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 June 2025
  • Hike nearby Matt Davis Trail for sweeping ocean panoramas or just plop down on the sand.
    Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Mamdani’s 14-mile walk this week of Manhattan, in scorching heat, evoked the neighborhood canvasses of John Lindsay, the liberal crusader whose budget priorities contributed to the city’s 1970s fiscal crisis.
    Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 24 June 2025
  • But many felt that Roach was deserving of the victory after Davis, nicknamed Tank, opted to put his knee to the canvass in the ninth round.
    George Ramsay, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Reassembling the shattered frescoes was challenging because pieces from different walls had been mixed together when the building was torn down centuries ago.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2025
  • The artistic influences evident in these frescoes extend beyond Britain, drawing inspiration from wall decorations found in other parts of the Roman Empire, such as Xanten and Cologne in Germany, and Lyon in France.
    Willem Marx, NPR, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • The artwork was made with acrylic paint, watercolor and marker on canvas.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2025
  • Take craft inspiration from social media, where people are sharing all their summer projects, ranging from embroidery and watercolor to DIY jewelry and bag charms.
    Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is nearing completion of its own new Brutalist building, designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, 82, to house the permanent collection of paintings, sculptures and other works of art.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
  • She was known to barter paintings for medical bills, home repairs and tobacco.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
Noun
  • The images were created using a collage technique, combining gouache and acrylic paint on vintage gardening book paper, then arranged on archival cotton board.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
  • One of them was watercolor and one of them was done with opaque gouache — The Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, all of these are gouaches.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 May 2025

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