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    Warrior with Shield by Henry Moore‚ from the mid-twentieth century (1954). This sculpture is composed of form because it is three-dimensional which‚ has height‚width and depth. This form has geometric shapes; the shield that the men is holding is a thin spherical shape with a pointy middle and the head of the man is an oval spherical shape. A strong sense of form has been created by increasing the contrast between highlights and shadow areas. For example the pointy part of the shield‚ the stomach

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    Description of a Person

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    * Think of a person in this world whom you most like or dislike. Describe the trait that makes you like or dislike him or her and find reasons for this trait. State both the trait and the reason for it. Example: The truck in the right lane ahead of me began to drift into the left lane‚ leaving the three cars ahead of me little choice but to brake. If they had not done so‚ they would have had no alternative but to swerve into the oncoming traffic‚ and the resulting accident would have been quite

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    Symbols and Signs in Art

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    Images are used as pictures‚ symbols or signs. Pictures‚ symbols and signs do not specify images‚ they describe three functions used by images. An image can bring out many meanings‚ for example‚ a triangle apart of its shape is used as a sign of danger. We need to acknowledge how well or how bad some images serve these functions. A sign refers to one specific content without showing the actual meaning of the image. Something we see visually can be portrayed by a sign‚ for example‚ a letter of the

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    Theories of Meaning

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    nature of meaning has been one of the major issues in the philosophical debate. The issue was first raised in the ancient Greek world‚ and was subsequently tackled by numerous philosophers. In the 19th century‚ meaning also entered the realm of linguistics – first in the context of diachronic linguistics‚ later also as a synchronic study. The main concepts in the theory of meaning‚ apart from meaning itself‚ are synonymy (or sameness of meaning)‚ significance (or possession of meaning)‚ and analyticity

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    Idioms and Their Meaning

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    IDIOMS |Group of words with a meaning of its own that is different from the meanings of each individual word in the group (for example‚ | |‘It’s raining cats and dogs’ means ‘It’s raining heavily’ and kick the bucket means ‘to die’); also a style of expression in | |writing‚ speech‚ or music that is typical of a particular period‚ place‚ or person (for example‚ ‘a piece of music composed in | |the modern idiom’).

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    Symbols in "The Scarlet Letter" Janice Schuster A The Scarlet Letter In The Scarlet Letter‚ symbols appear everywhere. Hawthorne uses several different concrete objects to represent something of deeper meaning. Among these symbols is the scarlet letter "A" itself. It is made of red cloth and beautifully embroidered. It

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    Evaluate how practitioners use text‚ symbols and compositional strategies to construct meaning in artworks. Artists such as Mexican Frida Kahlo and British Francis Bacon are two 20th Century practitioners who employ text‚ symbols and compositional strategies to construct meaning about themselves and the wider world in their paintings. Kahlo’s artworks such as he “Self-Portrait as a Tehuana (Diego in my thoughts)” and “Henry Ford Hospital 1932” provide an insight of her life and her obsessions with

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    Course Description

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    Course Description This course applies economic concepts to make management decisions. Students employ the concepts of scarce resources and opportunity costs to perform economic analysis. Other topics include supply and demand‚ profit maximization‚ market structure‚ macroeconomic measurement‚ money‚ trade‚ and foreign exchange. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: •

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    The Meaning of Leadership

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    not portray‚ because my thoughts were that leadership was a group of people who stand up for the things that they believe. After an extensive study on the meaning of leadership‚ I have come to find that there is no way to specifically define the meaning of leadership‚ but there are ways to grasp a better understanding of what the aggregate meanings entail. The big questions that we are faced with are these; how is leadership approached in life‚ when is it practiced and needed‚ and who are some leaders

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    others‚ Taoism also has very important unique symbols. Yin yang diagram‚ the most important symbol of Taoist represents the movement of heaven or the Tao. The small dots represent the fact that there is good in the evil‚ as there is evil in the good. Another important symbol of Taoism is the eight trigrams or pakua. Last but not least the dragon is one of the yang symbols‚ which represents the power‚ sage and saint. The Yin Yang sign is an old symbol for the universe that has been combined. It

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