idealization

Example Sentences

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That shared soil—this idealization of an imaginary past with greater freedom—creates a way for members and even some entire units to move across this spectrum.

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2022

Rubens, raising the temperature of the scene, amplifies the idealization by transforming the almost stately frieze into a blockbuster drama of good supplanting evil.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2021

But no matter: idealization is a privilege, and all the more so compared to invisibility.

From Salon • Oct. 10, 2021

By ridding his work of idealization and rhetoric and coolly confronting the truth, he provided an antidote to the excesses of mannerism and, along with Caravaggio, helped to usher in the Baroque.

From Washington Post

The point lies exactly in the fusion of two elements—in the truth of the passion, the truth of the idealization, and the spontaneity of the artistic form combining them.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington