ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCONCE
From Old French esconse hiding place, lantern, or from Late Latin sconsa, from absconsa dark lantern.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCONCE»
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sconce in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sconce and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Haunted Media: Electronic Presence from Telegraphy to Television
"Death, desire and distance are Jeffrey Sconce's companions in this truly spooky journey through the 'troubling afterlife of modernity.
2
Sleaze Artists: Cinema at the Margins of Taste, Style, and ...
trash cinema, Jeffrey Sconce suggests that the "explicit manifesto of paracine-
matic culture is to valorize all forms of cinematic 'trash,' whether such films have
been either explicitly rejected or simply ignored by legitimate film culture.
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English Civil War Fortifications 1642-51
As late as the 1880s, a King's Sconce lay on the opposite side of the town but this
was subsequently destroyed. The Queen's Sconce, Newark-on-Trent,
Nottinghamshire (SK 791531) Newark, lying on the old Great North Road where
it crosses ...
4
Silk Flower Arranging: Easy, Elegant Displays
64 This unique wall sconce re-creates an afternoon the designer spent in a wild
meadow, when she came upon a bird's nest hidden in the flowers. Memories are
often the inspiration for a design. And making memories is what happens when ...
5
Television After TV: Essays on a Medium in Transition
JEFFREY SCONCE WHAT IFS: CHARTING TELEVISION'S NEW TEXTUAL
BOUNDARIES Television art. The very concept remains scandalous, a laughable
oxymoron. For the most part, the status of "aesthetics" within the larger field of ...
Lynn Spigel, Jan Olsson, 2004
Nowadays, some lighting experts are just as likely to call an Electric Age wall
fixture a sconce as they would an authentic colonial-era antique. BY MARY
ELLEN POLSON Originally, a sconce was not a fixture at all — -just a fancy tin-
coated ...
that render such films distinctive. Sconce further argues that paracinema
communities often draw attention to the politics of taste, in that they foreground
how taste and aesthetics are socially constructed. The introduction to Incredibly
Strange ...
Ernest Mathijs, Jamie Sexton, 2012
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
She cleared the sconce, and took down the llitches that hung from the rannel-tree
to dry, Came .Skad. Crime (1885) 44; UAQCmM 7. A piece of kitchen furniture,
lined with some reflecting metal, and set before a joint roasting at the fire. n.Yks.'
8 ...
She looked at Sconce. “This man can speak for me.” Drake twisted his cufflinks
but was stopped from shooting by Rune's cane tapping on the floor. It silenced
the room, and everyone, including the Bosc and Sconce, waited for the elder to ...
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Maya Studio Projects: Game Environments and Props
Game Environments and Props Michael McKinley. You can continue this process
with the rest of the geometry, creating a low-resolution version of the sconce.
Once you have the low-resolution mesh completed (Figure 6.19), you can start
the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCONCE»
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sconce is used in the context of the following news items.
Wedding announcement: Coffer — Sconce
Dewayne and Teresa Coffer, of Sparta, are proud to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Torie Lynn to Ryan Sconce, son of Weldon and Tammy ... «Christian County Headliner News, Jul 15»
Local filmmaker's announces new feature length horror project
Local filmmaker Matt Sconce has announced plans to start work on his next independent film, “ALTAR” -- a project that will literally be a 24-hour per day job. «Sierra Star, May 15»
Boyd Lighting's Steampunk Sconce Gets Stock Photo Archive …
Specifically, the complaint identifies Boyd's "Steampunk Sconce" webpage as containing the allegedly infringing images, one of which is shown below: Furniture. «The National Law Review, Dec 14»
Transgender teacher reveals joy, heartbreak of new life as a woman
Karen Adell Scot started the year as Gary Sconce, a California high school science teacher, andwent back to school a woman after her plans to switch genders ... «Today.com, Dec 14»
Terralux delivers an LED light engine and flat driver for sconce …
Surface-mount fixtures including wall sconces and other decorative fixtures that use low-profile pin-based lamps can be upgraded to LED sources with the look ... «LEDs Magazine, Aug 14»
Walsall schoolgirl badly hurt in collision with rider
Sean Sconce had overtaken a bus and was on the wrong side of the road as he hit the schoolgirl, who had been to the shops with her younger sister, ... «expressandstar.com, Apr 14»
Shocker: Male High School Teacher Returning as Woman After …
Gary Sconce, Karen Adell Scot Gary Sconce announced to his students that he will start teaching as Karen Adell Scot after spring break. (ABC Fresno). «Charisma News, Apr 14»
Late decision before mudslide saved life of Wash. father
Thirteen-year-old Jed had qualified for the state wrestling championships, so Sconce canceled plans to help fix the roof at the home of his friend, Billy Spillers. «CBS News, Mar 14»
California high school teacher announces shocking gender …
Sconce detailed in a letter home to parents on March 19 the trials and tribulations of being a “false, phony male” who used military service and martial arts to ... «New York Daily News, Mar 14»
Yosemite High science teacher changing gender to 'authentic self'
After spring break, 24-year Yosemite High School science and multimedia teacher Gary Sconce will return to teach as her true self, she says: Karen Adell Scot. «Fresno Bee, Mar 14»
