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- adjective art Of or pertaining to
imagism
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By imagistic, I mean film that supplants narrative with retinal values, or when narrational, doesn't allow the narrative to dominate the formal vision of the artist.
G. Roger Denson: MoMA and AA Bronson Present "Queer Cinema: Today and Yesterday" G. Roger Denson 2011
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By imagistic, I mean film that supplants narrative with retinal values, or when narrational, doesn't allow the narrative to dominate the formal vision of the artist.
G. Roger Denson: MoMA and AA Bronson Present "Queer Cinema: Today and Yesterday" G. Roger Denson 2011
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For persons from 'imagistic' countries, an important source of stress is the assimilation and operation of advanced symbolic models.
The Brain, A Decoded Enigma Dorin T. Moisa
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I was interested in that difference -- that kind of imagistic, expressionistic art happening here that was different from the mainstream in New
Chicago Reader 2010
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Goold is often classified as a predominantly imagistic director.
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Mr. Wilson's usual precious titles, such as "The Wolf Wife" and "A Room With Too Much in It," duly spell out each scene's imagistic intentions as segment follows segment with no particular regard for theatrical transition or momentum.
A Cautionary Tale in Dance Robert Greskovic 2011
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Von Trier's art lies precisely in reproducing, in imagistic and metaphoric form, his inner torture.
Karin Badt: A Conversation with "Nazi" Lars Von Trier About Melancholia Karin Badt 2011
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In both narratives we experience the elusive spirit of south of the Equator life; both poets are stunningly imagistic and musical and awake to topography, sociology, and the world beyond.
Joan Gelfand: The Sugar Zone Is Bittersweet Joan Gelfand 2011
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Bronson begins with two definitive imagistic queer films that had informed the collaborative art of General Idea.
G. Roger Denson: MoMA and AA Bronson Present "Queer Cinema: Today and Yesterday" G. Roger Denson 2011
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Bronson begins with two definitive imagistic queer films that had informed the collaborative art of General Idea.
G. Roger Denson: MoMA and AA Bronson Present "Queer Cinema: Today and Yesterday" G. Roger Denson 2011
jheti commented on the word imagistic
It sounds madeupical, but it's not.
adj. Particularly full of imagery; vivid.
Eg. "fistfights" is a more imagistic word choice than "altercation".
July 9, 2009