For then, I think, must have occurred a most remarkable spectacle, where one might see the Goths fighting with pikes, the Gepidae raging with the sword, the Rugi breaking off the spears in their own wounds, the Suavi fighting on foot, the Huns with bows, the Alani drawing up a battle-line of heavy-armed and the Heruli of light-armed warriors.

One could view detournement as forming the opposite side of the coin to ' recuperation ' ( where radical ideas and images become safe and commodified ), in that images produced by the spectacle get altered and subverted so that rather than supporting the status quo, their meaning becomes changed in order to put across a more radical or oppositional message.

Osho's imprisonment and transfer across the country became a public spectacle — he was displayed in chains, held first in North Carolina, then Oklahoma and finally in Portland.

This led to the bizarre spectacle of British officers leaving their units to return to Transjordan before sneaking back across the border to rejoin the Arab Legion.

In the early days of sound with Fox, Walsh directed the first widescreen spectacle, The Big Trail ( 1930 ), an epic wagon train western shot on location across the West.

" American commentators attributed this series of events to a gender war at Oxford, perceiving a " split across the Atlantic-with the Americans, the ones after all working with Walcott over the decades, taking those claims much more seriously " and finding the spectacle of academics ' negating a substantial anecdotal reputation ' depressing.

The species typically has distinctive beige-coloured marking across its face and upper chest, though not all Spectacled bears have " spectacle " markings.

Bodies often explode in a spectacle of blood and body parts, sometimes being hurled clear across the map.

* Walking – The spectacle of a multi-legged robot walking across the arena into combat is a big audience favorite.

In 2001, Poland hosted the first-ever doppelganger convention, to which lookalikes from across the country turned up, offering the unlikely spectacle of Joseph Stalin hobnobbing with Elizabeth Taylor.

The marine pine trees were planted back in the Sixties, but the forest developed into a truly amazing natural spectacle beyond anybody's expectations.

The last public hanging in West Virginia took place in Ripley in 1897, when John Morgan was hanged for murder ; the spectacle prompted the West Virginia Legislature to ban public executions soon after.

" The spectacle left him speechless, so that if he were spoken to he took no heed.

This was the premier military Tattoo in the UK during the inter-war years ; before there was an Edinburgh Tattoo, the Aldershot show took the lead for sheer scale and spectacle.

The public spectacle continued with the executions of first Lucrezia and finally Beatrice ; both took their turns on the block to be beheaded with a sword.

After its inauguration took place here in addition to sporting events is always political spectacle instead.

Back when bullfighting festivals were conducted principally on horseback, the spectacle was a more public affair that took place in the city's open plaza area.

By mid-18th century it had been developed into the robe à la française, which ensured that a woman took up three times as much space as a man and always presented an imposing spectacle.

After an unsuccessful bout as a manuscript writer in Hollywood Bergman's alcoholism and narcotics abuse took over, from which he died prematurely ; his final novel Clownen Jac mirrors his awareness of his drift into self-destruction as well as his belief in the honesty and purpose of artistic spectacle.

This curious spectacle took local residents by surprise ; many were drawn to the extraordinary liberation of the streets and joined in the festivities.

It took two days to recover his body and his heroism led to a massive funeral on 29 June, a public spectacle equal almost to the Tooley Street fire itself, which continued to burn for a fortnight and causing ₤ 2, 000, 000 damage.

Directed by Gordon Parks Jr., Three the Hard Way took the three biggest black action stars of the time – NFL Hall of Famer Jim Brown, former NFL player Fred Williamson, and martial artist Jim Kelly – and produced an action-packed spectacle filled with machismo, gunplay, fight scenes, nudity, and black pride.

The study of odd-lot indices is somehow akin to the spectacle of a man trying to outfox his own shadow, what with all observers trying to get on the side of the `` few '' at the same time.

Some of the American bodies were dragged through the streets – a spectacle broadcast on television news programs.

Puccini had been considering an opera on this theme since he saw the play Tosca by Victorien Sardou in 1889, when he wrote to his publisher, Giulio Ricordi, begging him to get Sardou's permission for the work to be made into an opera: " I see in this Tosca the opera I need, with no overblown proportions, no elaborate spectacle, nor will it call for the usual excessive amount of music.

Coordinating the spectacle as road manager was Phil Kaufman, who had served time with Charles Manson on Terminal Island in the mid-sixties and first met Parsons while working for the Stones in 1968.

An ' operatic spectacle ' was based on the strip, with music by Victor Herbert ( composer of Babes in Toyland ) and lyrics by Harry B. Smith.

The taste for embellishment on behalf of the superbly trained singers, and the use of spectacle as a replacement for dramatic purity and unity drew attacks.

This race makes for a good spectacle as the two riders pursue each other attempting to catch the other rider that started on the other side of the track.

The spectacle that confronted Kulik as he stood on a ridge overlooking the devastated area was overwhelming.

" The six-hour film was cut to under four, eliminating many of Burton's scenes, but the result was viewed the same — a film long on spectacle dominated by the two hottest stars in Hollywood.

We are told that Valerian, in chains, but invested with the Imperial purple, was exposed to the multitude, a constant spectacle of fallen greatness ; and that whenever the Persian monarch mounted on horseback, he placed his foot on the neck of a Roman emperor.

One frequent criticism of The Population Bomb is that it focused on spectacle and exaggeration at the expense of accuracy.

The shift in the intellectual priorities within the SI resulted in more focus on the theoretical, such as the theory of the spectacle and Marxist critical analysis, spending much less time on the more artistic and tangible concepts like unitary urbanism, détournement, and situgraphy.

Debord's analysis of the spectacle has been influential among people working on television, particularly in France and Italy ; in Italy, TV programs produced by situationist intellectuals, like Antonio Ricci's Striscia la notizia, or Carlo Freccero's programming schedule for Italia 1 in the early 1990s.

Amédée-François Frézier published his revised work Traité des feux d ' artice pour le spectacle ( Treatise on Fireworks ) in 1747 ( originally 1706 ), covering the recreational and ceremonial uses of fireworks, rather than their military uses.

The lavish spectacle made an impression on the young Pavlova, and at the age of nine she was taken by her mother to audition for the renowned Imperial Ballet School.

In 1966 four cabinet members were arrested on charges of complicity in an attempted coup, tried by a military tribunal, and publicly executed in an open-air spectacle witnessed by over 50, 000 people.

John L. Sullivan who made boxing championships a popular and esteemed spectacle stated that Johnson was in such good physical shape compared to Jeffries that he could only lose if he had a lack of skill on the day.

The Water Jump was one of the most popular jumps on the course, presenting a great jumping spectacle for those in the stands and was always a major feature in the newsreels ' coverage of the race.

Up to 60, 000 Pied Imperial-pigeons breed on the islands during summer, providing a spectacle to onlookers as they return to their nests each evening after foraging for rainforest fruits in the mainland and Hinchinbrook Island.

Of Sargent's early work, Henry James wrote that the artist offered " the slightly ' uncanny ' spectacle of a talent which on the very threshold of its career has nothing more to learn.

The city left its gas powered lights on day and night, and there are stories of a pocket of natural gas being lit in the river and burning for a prolonged period for the spectacle of it.

The Cavalry School Hunt was officially organized in 1921 and provided a colorful spectacle on Sunday mornings.