8 sentences with 'scenes'

Example sentences and phrases with the word scenes and other words derived from it.

« While the Romans were deeply suspicious of individuals who seemed to be trying to seize power for themselves, several influential families worked behind the scenes to ensure that they could control the voting blocs in the Centurial Assembly and the Senate. »
« Within families, women's voices carried considerable weight, and in politics, while men held all official positions, women wielded considerable influence behind the scenes. »
« When Pipino the Short took over in 750 CE, he simply assumed the legal status that his clan had already controlled behind the scenes for years. »
« Sandro Botticelli's The Adoration of the Magi (1475) shows members of the Medici family, Botticelli's patrons, participating in one of the key scenes of the birth of Christ. »
« Despite the abundance of biblical scenes in Renaissance painting, no attempt was made to depict people as they might have appeared at the time. Instead, the paintings projected the world of the popoli grossi (wealthy people) back in time, sometimes even including portraits of actual important Italians. »
« The Church began to stage plays not only of biblical scenes, but of great moments in Church history. »
« In short, too many women saw the male members of their families fall into alcoholism, leading to even greater financial hardship and horrific scenes of domestic violence. »
« In the German kingdoms, Italy and Austria, monarchs and their officials worked behind the scenes to re-establish control of their armies and shore up their own support while hastily created assemblies tried to draft liberal constitutions. »

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