7 results on '"stylistic change"'
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2. Marking Closure.
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Rendsburg, Gary A.
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CLOSURE (Rhetoric) , *STYLISTIC succession , *BIBLICAL scholars - Abstract
The literary device of stylistic change to indicate closure is barely recognized by biblical scholars. Apart from Aharon Mirsky, who wrote the seminal article and monograph on the subject, very few scholars have paid attention to this technique. The present article summarizes the work of Mirsky and two others (with six examples total), and then proceeds to present an additional nineteen examples of this literary device. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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3. An application of fashion cycle methodology to change in residential floor coverings, 1950-2000.
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Ulrich, PamelaV. and Lee, Seunghee
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TRENDS ,POPULAR culture ,FLOOR coverings ,HOME furnishings - Abstract
Established research methods for investigating stylistic change were applied to a consumer product category outside the arena of clothing or personal appearance. Residential carpet sales expanded in the United States with the post-1945 growth of tufted carpet manufacturing, but by the 1990s, as consumers and builders made other floor covering choices, carpet sales were suffering. Quantitative content analysis of 1033 pictures in two consumer interior decorating magazines counted depictions (within room types) of single and combined floor covering surfaces (wall-to-wall carpeting, room-sized and area rugs, and wood, ceramic/stone and vinyl floors), as well as visual carpet structures (average cut pile, shag, loop, and sculptured) and colour-differentiated patterns (no pattern, shaded pattern, and pronounced pattern). Graphed results presented some visual patterning that reflected accepted definitions of inclining and declining trends, normal (bell-shaped curve) fashion cycles, and classic (flattened curve) fashions. Significant correlation statistics suggested cycling in structural appearance categories, and colour-differentiated categories. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2008
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4. A philological commentary on Tacitus, Annals 14, 1-54
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Adams, James Noel and Ogilvie, R. M.
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937 ,Classical literature ,Tacitus ,Annals ,Stylistic change - Abstract
The Commentary deals only with stylistic and linguistic matters. Textual problems are sometimes discussed, but only when they can be illuminated by points of usage. Diverse subjects are treated, but certain themes predominate. Many of the notes are concerned with the history and usage of certain words and stylistic devices down to the end of the first century A.D. Tacitus' originality and idiosyncrasies, and his indebtedness both to contemporary developments in educated usage and to the historiographical tradition, are pointed out. Archaisms, poeticisms, and words of high style are differentiated from words current among the educated classes. Tacitus' vocabulary is compared in artificiality with that of previous historians and other archaising writers of the early Empire. The Controversiae and Suasoriae of the Elder Seneca, the Institutio Oratoria of Quintilian, and the Declamations ascribed to Quintilian have been taken as evidence for the ordinary educated usage of the period.
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- 1970
5. Prelude: The Music of Pleasure and Desire
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Mcclary, Susan, author
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- 2012
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6. The Effect of Technology on the Development of Magazine Visual Design Style
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Cleveland, Paul
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stylistic change ,fashion ,Magazine design ,visual grammar - Abstract
This thesis is concerned with studying the factors which influence stylistic change in magazine design. Of particular interest is the role computer technology plays in the formulation of design style change. This relates to the rate of style change and the application of inscription characteristics into the visual imagery to create distinct visual grammars. The introduction of the computer during the late 1980’s as a design tool revolutionised the practice of graphic design. Anecdotal evidence suggests computers changed the restrictive practices previously imposed by typesetters, film houses and printers (Patterson, 2004). The purpose of this study is to investigate the period prior to and after the introduction of the computer as a design tool to discover what direct and indirect influences computer technology had on the development of visual grammar associated with print based publications, specifically the graphic design style of selected magazines over this period. The influence of technology within a creative society is a complex process in which interacts with sub cultures and market economics. The intent was to discover if there was a way to quantify style change in magazines and evaluate the usefulness of such information in terms of keeping the visual content vital and interesting to different market audiences. Many magazine editors do not appreciate the relevance of the visual grammar they use in maintaining readership interest. The readership figures and the advertising environment ascertained by market research from companies such as Roy Morgan Research and McNair-Anderson indicate how “healthy” a magazine is in the marketplace. These figures tend to fluctuate and it is common to see re-vamps of a magazine’s style to give the flagging image a boost without any survey of readers’ preferences in visual grammar. The re-focusing of content and appearance often tries to bring the magazine into a more contemporary design space which is often a reflection on what competitors are doing. The research problem was restricted to two magazine titles whose readership markets were at the opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of demographics and their appreciation of visual grammar. Two magazines were studied, The Face and The Australian Women’s Weekly (TAWW). It was shown that each had developed individual visual grammars from the influence of technology using differing approaches. The Face used the inscriptions of digital imagery to create novelty in design. The Australian Women’s Weekly on the other hand, tended to use the attributes of software programs to create novelty. Readership spread was shown to have an influence on the type of visual power used. By knowing the readership spread, an appropriate visual power could be implemented. The findings showed that the computer does not have a neutral influence on the workplace, so it would be expected that change over time between the technology and the The Effect of Technology on the Development of Magazine Visual Design Style formation of visual material would be evident. The study showed that the rate of style change can be mapped and predictions can be made from the data. The visual grammar used by different magazine publications can be ascribed differing levels of visual power. Visual power is the degree of visual stimulus emanating from a given design, the higher the stimulus the greater the degree for attracting attention. First described by Baird (1993), it was used as a method for attributing degrees of design aesthetic in print materials. It was shown that magazines with homogeneous age group readerships or subcultures tend to use greater values of visual power than those with wider age group readerships. It also indicated that there was a connection between readership spread and the amount of visual power employed in the design and layouts; the wider the spread the lower the visual power value. There are two implications which arise from these findings. The first is that Baird’s original model describing readership of non-focused print material requiring larger amounts of visual power is reversed. The second feature is that possible experimentation with visual grammar is more possible in narrow readership spreads without alienating the readership. Cross media influences from computer games and the Internet are now common features of these magazines. The findings also showed that The Face and TAWW have variations in arousal potential, hedonic tone, and primary cognition which are cyclical in nature. Understanding the audiences’ habituation cycle is an important factor in determining changes to the application of visual power within visual grammar. Predictions can be made on when an audience is tiring of a particular application of visual power to a grammar. Steps can then be made to adjust the visual grammar so as to maintain arousal potential. The knowledge gained from these findings would be beneficial to magazine publishers as a method of gauging reader satisfaction. Further research could be undertaken to see if there are similar influences at work in digital media such as the internet. Perhaps the greatest potential of these findings is in the development of generative algorithms which would aid in the construction of stylistic designs aimed toward specific sub cultures.
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- 2004
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7. Temporal Variation among White Mountain Redware Design Styles
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Graves, Michael W.
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- 1984
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