Early works such as Portrait of a Man ( 1929 ) show Alston's detailed and realistic style depicted through pastels and charcoals, inspired by the style of Winold Reiss.

The simplicity of the look, style and emotion upon the family is reflective and probably inspired by Alston's trip south.

His father was gifted at drawing as well, wooing Alston's mother with small sketches in the medians of letters he wrote her.

Jazz was an important influence in Alston's work and socila life, representing itself in other works like Jazz ( 1950 ) and Harlem at Night.

Symbol ( 1953 ) relates to Picasso's Guernica, which was a favorite work of Alston's.

In the beginning Charles Alston's mural work was inspired by the work of Aaron Douglas, Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, the latter who he met when they did mural work in New York.

After Alston's death in 1977 a committee was formed, unable to raise funds for conservation on the original murals.

He was widely regarded as Alston's heir apparent, and turned down several major league managing jobs elsewhere to remain in the Dodger fold.

He was the inspiration in many ways for the AND1 Mixtape Tour — a low-quality, jerky 1999 videotape of Alston's extreme playground moves, featuring helter-skelter crossover and other fast dribble moves faking out defenders, attracted a great deal of attention among players and basketball fans.

Although Alston frequently was criticized for his attitude while in Toronto, it is believed that Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy conferred with his brother, Miami Heat coach Stan Van Gundy, who coached Alston during the 2003 – 04 NBA season, about Alston's work ethic and attitude.

She was also Associate Choreographer for Rambert Dance Company during Richard Alston's directorship.

Alston's own company was launched in 1994 to great critical acclaim and is now one of the UK ’ s most celebrated contemporary dance companies.

Others have noted that by staying with a physically fragile pitcher in an ultimate game with two runners on base, a two run lead, a rested pitcher who had performed well in the post season ready in the bullpen and the other team's MVP on deck, Little did exactly what Hall of Fame manager Walter Alston did with Sandy Koufax in Game 7 of the 1965 World Series, which Alston's Dodgers won.

Significant commercial buildings include Alston's Corner ( 1914 ) by Nahum Barnet is an excellent surviving example of Edwardian architecture, while the Block Arcade by D. C Askew ( 1893 ) is an excellent example of high Victorian mannerist architecture.

* Why Alston's Mystical Doxastic Practice Is Subjective by Richard Gale, originally published in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol.

* Alston's back: cartoons from The West Australian / by Dean Alston ( 1992, ISBN 0-949864-24-2 )

Patron Lemoine Pierce said of Alston's work: " Never thought of as an innovative artist, Alston generally ignored popular art trends and violated many mainstream art conventions ; he produced abstract and figurative paintings often simultaneously, refusing to be stylistically consistent, and during his 40-year career he worked prolifically and unapologetically in both commercial and fine art.

* Alston's work is used to teach children about family life and race

In 1990 Alston's bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. became the first image of an African American displayed at the White House.

Alston's step-father, Henry Bearden, left before his wife and children to secure a job overseeing elevator operations and the newsstand staff at the Bretton Hotel in the Upper West Side.

The Art Student's League created a 21-year merit scholarship in 1977 under Alston's name to commemorate each year of his tenure.

Later family portraits show Alston's exploration of religious symbolism, color, form and space.

In Family Group ( c. 1950 ) Alston's use of grey and ochre tones brings together the parents and son as if one with geometric patterns connecting them together as if a puzzle.

Black and White # 1 ( 1959 ) is one of Alston's more " monumental " works.

Alston's murals were hung in the Women's Pavilion of the hospital over uncapped radiators which caused the paintings to deteriorate from the steam.

A grant from Alston's sister Rousmaniere Wilson and step-sister Aida Bearden Winters assisted in completing a restoration of the works in 1993.

In 2005 Harlem Hospital announced a $ 2 million project to conserve Alston's murals and three other pieces in the original commissioned project as part of a $ 225 million dollar hospital expansion.

Alston's piece covers the post-colonial period of 1527 to 1850.

In 1990 Alston's bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr. ( 1970 ), became the first image of an African American displayed in the White House.

Article about Alston's Martin Luther King Jr. at the White House.

Apollos, portrayed as both outspoken and scholarly, may have captivated his hearers by teaching " wisdom " in the allegorical style of Philo.

Though Beaux admired Eakins more and thought his painting skill superior to Sartain's, she preferred the latter's gentle teaching style which promoted no particular aesthetic approach.

In 1499, while in England, Erasmus was particularly impressed by the Bible teaching of John Colet who pursued a style more akin to the church fathers than the Scholastics.

Professors at the University of Pennsylvania based their teaching in the Beaux-Arts style, rooted in the classical traditions of Greece and Rome.

Besides using pieces as an aid to teaching various elements of playing style, a good teacher will also inspire more intangible qualities such as expressiveness and musicianship.

Some forms in internal styles are performed slowly, although some include sudden outbursts of explosive movements ( fa jin ), such as those the Chen style of Taijiquan is famous for teaching earlier than some other styles ( e. g. Yang and Wu ).

While OBE implementations often incorporate a host of many progressive pedagogical models and ideas, such as reform mathematics, block scheduling, project-based learning and whole language reading, OBE in itself does not specify or require any particular style of teaching or learning.

His unique teaching style allowed him to take incredibly complicated subjects and transform them into a series of lectures that even his rudimentary physics students were capable of comprehending and applying.

Puhua was known for his unusual behavior and teaching style so it is no wonder that he is associated with an event that breaks the usual prohibition on displaying such powers.

There are many other private organizations, such as the World Traditional Taekwondo Union and American Taekwondo Association promoting the Songahm style of taekwondo and Rhee Taekwon-Do teaching the military style of taekwondo.

Arnold is well known for his lucid writing style, combining mathematical rigour with physical intuition, and an easy conversational style of teaching.

In his last years, he spent a lot of his time in a youth center teaching children both the ethics and the science of hacking, with unique style and intelligent humor.

An enthusiastic reader and independent thinker as a child, Balzac had trouble adapting to the teaching style of his grammar school.

In practice, they can be seen as a style of thinking and teaching.

According to Plutarch, Demosthenes employed Isaeus as his master in Rhetoric, even though Isocrates was then teaching this subject, either because he could not pay Isocrates the prescribed fee or because Demosthenes believed Isaeus ' style better suited a vigorous and astute orator such as himself.

A number of American universities and boarding schools employ a system known as the Harkness method, a style of teaching directly derived from the Socratic method.

While new students of iaido may start learning with a wooden sword ( bokken ) depending on the teaching style of a particular instructor, many of those who study iaido use a blunt edged sword ( iaitō ).

The Lat Sao program is something particular to the European branch of the Leung Ting style of teaching WingTsun ; the other Wing Chun branches, including the Hong Kong branch of Leung Ting's organization, generally progress in a more traditional manner from the forms to Chi Sao training to sparring.

From 9th to 11th Philosopher level, the student is expected to understand the mental, and spiritual, elements of the style, and should contribute back to the style by searching for weaknesses and suggesting improvements in teaching methods, techniques, and drills.

The book is a parody of the Whiggish style of history teaching in English schools at the time, in particular of Our Island Story.

His teaching style is a source of controversy among some of today's players, who consider it to be dogmatically authoritarian.