10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIFELIKENESS»
Discover the use of
lifelikeness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
lifelikeness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Showing, Sensing, and Seeming: Distinctively Sensory ...
5 That last conception of realism is certainly not the same as the notion of
lifelikeness. Some of Magritte's paintings are very lifelike, for example, even
though they do not show the sorts of scenes which one would ever actually
encounter.
2
Il Marmo Spirante: Sculpture and Experience in ...
THE LIFELIKENESS OF PORTRAITURE Up untill now, we have spoken ofwhat it
takes to create a likeness in a portrait bust. The reader may at this point very well
wonder what remains ofthe traditional portrait bust after reducing the conditions ...
3
When Machines Play Chopin: Musical Spirit and Automation in ...
The statue's lifelikeness in “Florentine Nights” is only the appearance of life, and
it is clear to the reader that its vitality exists only in Maximilian's imagination. In
this sense, the statue shares more affinity to the automaton Olimpia in Hoffmann's
...
4
Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica: Engaging Homer in Late ...
In the Iliad, there is only one overt reference to the lifelikeness of the scenes
described, at 18.548–549 (ρηρομν δ κει / χρυσεη περ οσα). Examination of the
rest of the ecphrasis provides some hints of disobedient ecphrasis, which imply ...
5
Aesthetic Criteria: Gombrich and the Philosophies of Science ...
As a classic work of art it aimed to achieve two conflicting goals: spatial depth (or
lifelikeness) and a simple geometric arrangement. The achievement of the
Madonna della Sedia is that it managed to combine the conflicting aims into a ...
Sheldon Saul Richmond, 1994
6
Early Chinese Texts on Painting
That is to say, one obtains reality when one devotes oneself to attaining
lifelikeness. How could this [simple truth] be distorted?” The old man answered: “
Not so. Painting is equivalent to measuring (hua). One examines the objects and
grasps ...
Susan Bush, Hsio-yen Shih, 2012
7
Subversive Strategies in Contemporary Chinese Art
A possible candidate is the lifelikeness valued in the renaissance when, for
example, it might be said of a human figure that it seemed to be alive and to lack
nothing but breath itself. But this will not do. First, the figure is said only to look as
...
Mary Wiseman, Liu Yuedi, Yuedi Liu, 2011
8
Serial Killers: Death and Life in America's Wound Culture
7. •. Lifelikeness. Ryan noticed how newspapers and television were developing
a familiar and comforting vocabulary to deal with violence. Sentences which
could be read easily off the page. It involved repetition of key phrases. Atrocity ...
9
Narrative Across Media: The Languages of Storytelling
The essays gathered here address the question of how narrative migrates, mutates, and creates meaning as it is expressed across various media.¯ Dividing the inquiry into five areas: face-to-face narrative, still pictures, moving pictures, ...
Marie-Laure Ryan, James Ruppert, John W. Bernet, 2004
10
Modern Theories of Art 2: From Impressionism to Kandinsky
Students were stunned to see the Altamira animal representations, and
especially their convincing lifelikeness. This evocative portrayal of nature
contradicted what all scholars had believed and thought about the beginnings of
art. In fact ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIFELIKENESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
lifelikeness is used in the context of the following news items.
This Week in Fiction: Tessa Hadley
I'm trying for lifelikeness, it's true. No other subject seems big enough. The material of life itself dwarfs all the efforts of writing, which come ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
A Series of Unfortunate Questions for Daniel Handler
... of popular writer who reduced the complexities of felt life to an 'elegant machinery' while his characters pretended to a deceptive lifelikeness. «Boing Boing, Jul 15»
British woman receives first bebionic hand designed for women and …
... this in order to maintain anatomical accuracy. In other myoelectric hands the technology is developed first, at the expense of the lifelikeness.". «Gizmag, Jun 15»
Alyssa Monks: The Photograph as a Painter's Bully and Helper
Maybe because viewers are struck by their lifelikeness, they sometimes call them photorealist paintings, a label Monks feels misses the mark. «The Epoch Times, Jun 15»
The Art of Gotcha Is An Art Too: Doug Bloodworth's Photorealistic …
With an emphasis on visual detail and lifelikeness, photorealism is believed to have come about as a backlash to pop art, abstract expression, ... «The Epoch Times, Jun 15»
Fear of An AI Planet: What Age of Ultron and Ex Machina Get Wrong …
Ava's uncanny lifelikeness isn't just a handwave about magical futuristic technology the way androids were in the Golden Age of science ... «Daily Beast, May 15»
Hobbit box set released: finally, the Jackson saga is over
Yet it is also a case study of why believability and lifelikeness are key for narrative transportation and that Jackson is not aware of that. «MercatorNet, Apr 15»
15 Howlers from Fifty Shades of Grey
...it has no lifelikeness, no thrill, no stir, no seeming of reality; its characters are confusedly drawn, and by their acts and words they prove that ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
Battlefield Hardline (2015) Review | FilmGamesEtc
The lifelikeness of the characters is imperative for players to feel immersed in the story, and Hardline understands that. I've played both the PS4 ... «FilmGamesEtc, Mar 15»
Review: Doug Wright's 'Posterity,' a Portrait of Ibsen
But “Posterity” feels like a minimally animated study in theatrical history. It fails to achieve the lifelikeness, not to mention the dramatic intensity, ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
