Strikingly framed against this background, the sitters have a monumental presence, but Ms. Cook captures them in spontaneous moments.

The new eastern entrance, the arcade to Lexington Avenue, would be a monumental presence, but appropriate for Grand Central.

Photographed with telephoto lenses and enlarged to wall size, the images have a monumental presence, with the subjects like heroic figures in a sculptural frieze.

With its monumental presence and dramatic public spaces, the courthouse is an excellent example of the Neo-Classical architecture that dominated federal building design at the turn of the 20th century.

All three elements appear sometimes as monumental presences, sometimes as delicate evocations silvered by moonlight.

The cat is one of a number of works that Mr. Merrin said possess the monumental presence that he sought in the works he chose.

The courthouse is ten stories with a penthouse, creating a monumental and restrained but modern presence.

Robert Regala, who danced the Just Man in "Psalm" on Tuesday, looks eerily like Limón and has something of his emotional intensity and monumental presence.

The juvenile desk and chair have a monumental presence, but at the same time they are isolated in the limitless white space so that they convey a child's loneliness.

Despite their monumental presence and suggestive clues, however, the portraits remain anonymous, both for the viewer and Ms. Olazabal, who has never asked her subjects' names.