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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"pictorial representation"”.
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Experience and Pictorial Representation: Wollheim's Seeing-in and Merleau-Ponty's Perceptual Phenomenology
… project directed at understanding the nature of pictorial representation. Three types of theories enjoy recent favor. One explains pictorial representation by way of resemblance or experienced resemblance between the picture and what it represents. A second employs interpretation: the spectator …
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Kings and Courtesans: A Study of the Pictorial Representation of French Royal Mistresses
This thesis explores the development in the pictorial representation of four important French royal mistresses. It looks at works depicting Agnès Sorel, mistress to Charles VII; Diane de Poitiers, mistress to Henri II; Gabrielle d’Estrées, mistress to Henri IV; and Madame de Pompadour, mistress to …
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Kings and Courtesans: A Study of the Pictorial Representation of French Royal Mistresses
This thesis explores the development in the pictorial representation of four important French royal mistresses. It looks at works depicting Agnès Sorel, mistress to Charles VII; Diane de Poitiers, mistress to Henri II; Gabrielle d’Estrées, mistress to Henri IV; and Madame de Pompadour, mistress to …
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The Direct and Indirect Paths Impacting Geometry Student Achievement
… including motivation, achievement emotions, pictorial representation, and categorization skills were examined for their influence on geometry achievement. Results indicated that the model fit well. Achievement emotions, specifically boredom and enjoyment, had a significant influence on …
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Las representaciones pictóricas como problema de aprendizaje: el caso de equilibrio químico
… 1) science is a discourse; 2) linguistic and pictorial representational systems are not equivalent, but complementary; 3) external pictorial representation are full of content but the relationship between Sign and Referent is abstract and arbitrary in academic contexts, so cultural processes …
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How do pre-service teachers picture various electromagnetic phenomenon? : a qualitative study of pre-service teachers' conceptual understanding of fundamental electromagnetic interaction
… free response approach including both verbal and pictorial representation. The student responses are then analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively utilizing a multi-tiered approach. These analyses include epistemological representation, misconceptions, correct conceptions, and the impact of high …
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Comparing Bifa ji and Linquan gaozhi: shifts in art writings about landscape in the five dynasties and Northern Song periods
… I analyze how descriptions of the object of representation, ways of seeing the landscape, and the craft of painting in Bifa ji and Linquan gaozhi differ from each other. As a result, I argue that the author of Linquan gaozhi valued pictorial representation in landscape painting. This shift …
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Exploring the Implications of Community Mural Arts: A Case Analysis of a 'Groundswell' Mural Project
… a positive message and subsequently design a pictorial representation that reflected the experiences, interests and concerns of the community residents with whom they worked. Not only did Groundswell program participants undertake reflexive and developmental experiences, but the community of …
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The "Christian Faith Factor" and the African American Child During the Early Childhood Years
… In addition, the children were asked to create a pictorial representation of their faith. These drawings were also analyzed using a construct derived from the works of Coles, (1990); Deleon, (1983); Eng, (1959); Kellogg, (1967); Levick, (1988); and Lowenfeld, (1982). A finding of the study is that …
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TACTILE AND MULTISPECTRAL BIMODAL IMAGING FOR BREAST CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT
… way. A Tactile Profile Diagram is a pictorial representation of the rel¬ative depth, size, and stiffness of the imaged tumor. A Multispectral Profile Diagram is a representative pattern image for breast tissue superficial optical properties. To classify the profile diagrams, we employ …
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Emotional competence in children with ADHD:
… ability to match their own emotion with its pictorial representation for the negative emotion condition. In addition, ADHD children demonstrated higher levels of frustration during a positive social situation. It was also found that children with mild/moderate ADHD displayed the highest level …
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Gestural minimalism : developing a pictorial model in light of Deleuzoguattarian and enactive theories
… research project is to define a dynamic and non- representational model of abstract painting based on Deleuzoguattarian philosophy of becoming and Varela et al.’s enactive model of cognition. The aim was to integrate it to my own pictorial practice, which, before engaging in this research, was …
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The harp in early nineteenth-century Britain : innovation, business, and making in Jacob Erat’s manufactory
… in relation to architecture, furniture, and pictorial representation of costume, thereby identifying it as the most costly, ornate, and fashionable instrument of the era. A product of industrial revolution, the mechanised harp enjoyed a period of swift development in London, during which …
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Enriching and designing metaschemas for the UMLS semantic network
… different medical terminologies into a unified representation framework to improve decision making and the quality of patient care as well as research in the health-care field. Metathesaurus (META) and Semantic Network (SN) are two main components of the UMLS system, where the SN provides a …
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The Aesthetics of the Modern: Art, Education, and Taste in Egypt 1903-1952
… considered to be his declaration of support for representational art. In a close reading of this understudied text, I demonstrate the ways in which this fatwa has been misinterpreted and misappropriated; `Abduh never mentions "art" [al-fann] specifically but instead discusses the merits of …