Each one is a strangely delicate, empathic rendering of the nonhuman.

"Roses were traditionally done in applique because that technique allowed a delicate rendering of the leaves and stems as well as the curved lines of roses."

The words are not so much illustrated as illuminated by Schindler's delicate rendering of a window with a pile of stationery, a set of keys and a book on its sill.

Using crushed minerals and clay to create hues of red, yellow, brown and deepest black, they followed the natural contours of the walls and ceilings to lend a three-dimensional quality to the delicate and powerful renderings.

The small size of the work and the delicate rendering makes it a portrait of intimacy.

While influenced by these major figures, her own unique style evolved; for example, her delicate rendering of features such as arms and necks on her Madonnas, and her use of a "warm and subtle golden palette".

Competitors in both single and multiblock carving turn Rice Park into a gallery of frozen art - creating everything from pop-culture icons like the Flintstones to delicate renderings of angels using chainsaws, chisels and household irons.

Nineteenth century line engraving, compared with previous work, had a more thorough and delicate rendering of local color, light and shade, and texture.

Mr. Easton's alternately blustery and delicate rendering of Sir Anthony's outraged dignity and wounded pride is priceless.

They can be delicate renderings of some of the world's most forceful, aggressive settings, and they often use translucent tonalities to suggest formidable rocky masses.