retrospective
retrospektif
definition
noun
a Georgia O'Keeffe retrospective
an exhibition or compilation showing the development of the work of a particular artist over a period of time.
adjective
our survey was retrospective
looking back on or dealing with past events or situations.
example
The so-called rules of music theory constitute a 'retrospective' set of principles that describe what various composers have done in the past.
A large 'retrospective' exhibition like the one presently at the Guggenheim Museum must be both thrilling and terrifying.
I understand the lack of a commentary track, especially since two of the three main personnel are dead, but surely we could have been given at least a 'retrospective' documentary detailing the troubled production.
The previous October her first full 'retrospective' exhibition in the United States had opened at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and despite infirmity Krasner traveled to Texas for the opening.
The two 'retrospective' articles published by the Moulton Advertiser in 1984 and 1998 did not print the Letson family name.
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.
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.
In 1971 a major 'retrospective' of his work was held at the Museum of Modern Art.
In 1999 the National Museum of American Art had a 'retrospective' exhibition of the artist's works.
She is also preparing a touring 'retrospective' of Paul Kos, to open in April 2003.
Like the term ‘Renaissance’, ‘Reformation’ is a 'retrospective' term applied to the consequences of Luther's ideas.
In 1946, the New York Museum of Modern Art had a huge 'retrospective' exhibition of Marc Chagall's prints and paintings.
Does our necessarily 'retrospective' position deform our understanding of the writing process?
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.
This 'retrospective' contains approximately 40 works dating from 1960 to '90.
Following 'retrospective' exhibitions at the Whitney Museum and Corcoran Gallery in 1974, she began keeping journals documenting her life as an artist.
But if you haven't paid enough because you've spent half your life back-packing around the world, you are allowed to make 'retrospective' contributions for up to the past six years.
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.
It was also shown at the 1857 'retrospective' exhibition of Delaroche's works at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and was photographed by Robert Bingham for the catalogue raisonne published in 1858.
Organizing a 'retrospective' exhibition of an older, still highly productive artist can be tricky.
Ralston provides some technical knowledge and insight, while Harryhausen provides some 'retrospective' information and some information on O'Brien that others made not have previously known.
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.
This was a 'retrospective' article about the attorney's career in the midst of a campaign for municipal judge, eight years after Burroughs was said to have submitted legislation.
Fifteen minutes of 'retrospective' interviews with director and writer Polanski, producer Robert Evans and production designer Richard Sylbert offer a lot of history and insight about the film.
Bronte's limited world was one of moorland and governesses, big houses and class strictures, but Boylan goes further, uncovering the underbelly of Victorian society with 'retrospective' omniscience.
I presume there is no question of 'retrospective' operation of any award that would be made in this case.
Section 3 of the Law Reform Act provides that section 4 is not 'retrospective' .
Studying two initiatives in a single organization limits the ability to generalize, and 'retrospective' accounts are subject to hindsight bias.
They tuned down in adaptation to Swedish taste, merging after some time into a romantic nationalism, embracing art nouveau and Jugend motifs as well as 'retrospective' back-to-basics ideals.
The decision was not 'retrospective' , and existing holders of the Griffith College degree were told they would have to complete the two-year King's Inns diploma course before being allowed to take the exam.
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