English to Latin Meaning of retrospective - retrospective

Retrospective :

retrospective

adjective

Retrospective :: operRetrospectively :: retrospectivelyRetrospectives :: retrospectives

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Definitions of retrospective in English

Noun(1) an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life work
Adjective(1) concerned with or related to the past

Examples of retrospective in English

(1) Reznikoff clearly preferred the wisdom of experience, a retrospective mood, to merely evoking the frenzy of the immediate moment.(2) These works, part of a bequest from Jochen Schneider, patron and friend of the artist in Kampala, were the specific stimulus for the retrospective exhibition and its catalogue reviewed by Kasfir.(3) A large retrospective exhibition like the one presently at the Guggenheim Museum must be both thrilling and terrifying.(4) The paradox of retrospective exhibitions is that they present the artist's work as completed and therefore past, even as some of the work receives its first public viewing.(5) Symphonic music tended to be retrospective , with Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven forming the staple fare and accounting for the conservative forms of Schumann's and Mendelssohn's orchestral compositions.(6) She is also preparing a touring retrospective of Paul Kos, to open in April 2003.(7) In 1946, the New York Museum of Modern Art had a huge retrospective exhibition of Marc Chagall's prints and paintings.(8) Organizing a retrospective exhibition of an older, still highly productive artist can be tricky.(9) I sat as politely as possible through an extended retrospective of her paintings.(10) A retrospective exhibition of the work of Hamish Fulton is at Tate Britain until 4 June.(11) The measure, which was retrospective for 12 years, was introduced followed lobbying by the Irish Georgian Society, the National Heritage Council, Bord Failte and Rohan himself.(12) The Victoria and Albert Museum is celebrating the centenary of the photographer's birth in 1904 with a retrospective exhibition of his work based on prints from the Bill Brandt Archive.(13) Matters are made more ominous by the fact that, in the novel's opening chapter, Lowry introduces us to these main events from the retrospective vantage point of November 1939.(14) I managed to get assignments to write the retrospective biographies of Raymond Massey and Burl Ives.(15) In 1960, the American Federation of Arts organized a retrospective of Lawrence's work that traveled to 16 cities.(16) In 1999 the National Museum of American Art had a retrospective exhibition of the artist's works.

Related Phrases of retrospective

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Related Phrases of retrospective

(1) retrospective ::

retrospective

Synonyms

Adjective

2. retroactive ::

Sanatio

3. ex post facto ::

ex post facto

Noun

4. look back ::

respicere post tergum

5. reflection ::

cogitatio

6. review ::

review

Different Forms

retrospective, retrospectively, retrospectives

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