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to place (different things) together in order to create an interesting effect or to show how they are the same or different
The new museum display juxtaposes modern art with classical art.
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Her signature style juxtaposes iconic imagery — Audrey Hepburn swathed in graffiti, Ruth Bader Ginsburg crowned in florals — with biting wit and an unabashed love for maximalism.
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Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile Galerie Jean-Francois Cazeau juxtaposes Picasso ceramics and Minotaur etchings with an evocative Yves Klein blue sculpture inspired by Michelangelo’s Slave-‘L’Esclave Mourant d’apres Michel Ange’ (1962)-and Filippo di Giuliano’s 15th Century ‘Master of the Fiesole Epiphany’.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
The computer generated complexity of the creation cleverly juxtaposes the simple elegance of the bottle itself.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Goebel juxtaposes influences — Polynesian dance, hip-hop, jazz and dancehall — in dizzying ways; the resulting performance is something that feels genuinely new.
—Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2024
Contrast Similar to contradiction, contrast juxtaposes two dispersant elements to produce tension.
—Esther K. Choy, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Vu himself oversaw the minimalist design of the 3,840 square foot space in New York—the design of which intentionally juxtaposes old with new, minimalist with modern, in both its architectural design and decor.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Meanwhile Galerie Jean-Francois Cazeau juxtaposes Picasso ceramics and Minotaur etchings with an evocative Yves Klein blue sculpture inspired by Michelangelo’s Slave-‘L’Esclave Mourant d’apres Michel Ange’ (1962)-and Filippo di Giuliano’s 15th Century ‘Master of the Fiesole Epiphany’.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
The computer generated complexity of the creation cleverly juxtaposes the simple elegance of the bottle itself.
—Mark Littler, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Goebel juxtaposes influences — Polynesian dance, hip-hop, jazz and dancehall — in dizzying ways; the resulting performance is something that feels genuinely new.
—Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2024
Contrast Similar to contradiction, contrast juxtaposes two dispersant elements to produce tension.
—Esther K. Choy, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Vu himself oversaw the minimalist design of the 3,840 square foot space in New York—the design of which intentionally juxtaposes old with new, minimalist with modern, in both its architectural design and decor.
—Jessica Ourisman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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