When looking at this painting for the first time different elements catch the eyes of different people. ... Taking into account all of the stylistic and compositional elements that appear in the piece, Samson Captured by the Philistines can be most likely classified within the artistic period of the Italian Baroque. ... Again we look to the focal point of the painting to distill other elements of style. ... Other stylistic elements highlight the emphasis of its Baroque categorization, which include the use of a vibrant color palette on the clothes of Delilah. The elements of light and movemen...

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Wanting to protect her brother she keeps quiet to Jim about what Danny did. ... James, portrayed by James Dean, has many dreams of what his family should be. In trying to mold his family into what he wants he turns to disobedience. ... To help the theme of dysfunctional families come across Ray uses other elements of the film. ... Although, many film noir elements can be seen in Nicholas Ray's films. ...

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This essay will highlight some of the aesthetic differences of Indian and Western art, from a technical, stylistic and symbolic point of view. ... One might argue that what inspired this unique and indeed very 'human' depiction of Indian deities based on their personality is their concept of RASA (sentiments) and BHAVA (emotions). ... Stylistically and symbolically, narrative representation of Indian art is also a world away from that of the western world. ... Artists and viewers alike are brought up having similar ebullience in expression and the understanding of the concept of i...

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Diversity and culture were the key elements to the different styles of many designs. ... Technical Discipline is "a thorough understanding of printing techniques and careful constructions of the visual elements."" ... He rejected what he called "dehumanized forms- and advocates graphic design with "stylistic durability to survive beyond its time."" ... In his designs, he used the elements of fun and play. ...

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Here, as elsewhere, Vonnegut asks what are people for? ... While there are elements of science fiction in his stories, he is more clearly a fantasist "one who creates a believable but purely imaginary world such as one finds in Lewis Carroll's, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). ... Vonnegut's outstanding stylistic trait is his use of black humor "humor that relies on the use of darker, more pessimistic, even depressing views of the absurdities of life. ... This is Vonnegut's effort to make readers rethink their comfortable complacency and imagine instead wh...

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Narrative story and author's self-expression are the most characteristic elements in the Classic Hollywood and French New Wave movements respectively. ... In this manner, they attempted to present an alternative to Hollywood, by consciously breaking its conventions, while at the same time paying due respect to what they regarded as good in Hollywood cinema. ... The auteur theory manifested in the both movies celebrated the movie director as "author," much in the manner that a novelist can be identified through recurring themes and stylistic techniques. ...

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However, the work can also be dated by its stylistic approach. Evidence shows that the piece contains all the elements of a Hellenistic work of this particular time. ... Although we know not what the original piece was made of, most sculptures of this time were carved from marble, so one can assume that Hermaphrodite was as well. ...

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Cattell defined personality as that which permits a prediction of what a person will do in a given situations'. ... Eysenck has recognized a four-level hierarchy of behavior organization and more concentrated on the higher level where various traits may be linked together to form what he has called secondary, higher-order factors or superfactors. ... Ability, temperament, and dynamic traits are seen as capturing the major stable elements of personality. ... Temperament traits relate to the emotional life of the person, the stylistic quality of behavior, the behavior of a person that vary ...

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What does Beauty mean? ... What is tragic in Dorian's case is that he is initiated too early. ... "And if the body were not the soul, what is the soul?... In the very last moments before the tragedy the tempter, Lord Henry, asks the following from Dorian: "What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul- which is stylistically a quotation from his enemy. ... In presenting himself as a dazzling spectacle, Wilde was deliberately challenging some of the more puritanical elements of late-Victorian society."" ...

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The technical and stylistic devices in the theater of India, China, and Japan are used to entertain and enlighten the audience member. ... When the characters of a Chinese play are introduced, they give their names and state what they are going to do in the play. ... Attempting to understand what a character is planning does not distract the audience member. ... What would I do to recapture the past!" ...

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