Human Communication: A Comprehensive Guide to Language, Logic, and Writing
HUMAN COMMUNICATION + = FACULTY OF SOCIAL RELATIONS
SIGNIFICANT SIGN LANGUAGE = + MEANING
ORGANIZATION OF ARTS-WORDS-STATEMENT
LANGUAGE. FACULTY OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION
TONGUE. CONVENTION ON SOCIAL SYSTEM, SUBJECT TO THE GEOGRAPHY, VARIES IN TIME AND SPACE
DIALECT, JARGON, SLANG, CALO.
SPEECH = INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSION OF LANGUAGE
SPEECH + LANGUAGE + = COMMUNICATION
Sign language, oral, written, FORMAL, colloquial, vulgar, informal, express, PRINCIPAL.
SIGN LANGUAGE = WORD + CONCEPT
Morphosyntax. STUDY OF
Renaissance & Mannerism Art: A Comprehensive Overview
Renaissance and Mannerism Art
Introduction
The Renaissance, emerging in 16th century Florence, marked a transformative shift in artistic conception. This revival of classical forms is categorized into the Quattrocento (15th century) and the Cinquecento (16th century). Artists, now independent intellectuals, steered their own ideological and cultural endeavors, with workshops becoming central hubs for artistic creation. This period witnessed groundbreaking discoveries like perspective and proportion
Read MoreA Journey Through English Literature: Periods, Styles, and Key Authors
Periods of English Literature
Old English or Anglo-Saxon (450-1066)
Beowulf, The Wanderer
Middle English (1066-1500)
The Canterbury Tales (Chaucer)
The Renaissance (1500-1660)
Shakespeare: Macbeth, Hamlet
John Donne: The Flea
Margaret Cavendish (Neoclassical): To the Ladies
The Neoclassical Period (1660-1798)
Daniel Defoe: The Education of Women
Jonathan Swift: Gulliver’s Travels
Samuel Richardson: Pamela
The Romantic Period (1798-1832)
Mary Shelley: Frankenstein
Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ozymandias
Jane Austen: Sense
Semiotics: Peirce, Saussure, and Beyond
Peirce’s Theory of Signs
Peirce I
Philosophical perspective.
Theory of reality and knowledge through signs.
It is thought by signs.
Semiosis (semiotic) = = = logical inference from signs.
Inference from signs.
Semiosis, triadic process.
Peirce II
Women with the index finger on the mouth (representamen = sign). Sequence of letters, sound, form, image or smell.
He understands that we must be quiet (object) from a semiotic process of inference is that the representative triggers an interpretant.
20th Century Architecture and Art: A Comprehensive Guide
Architecture
Rationalism: The Bauhaus and Le Corbusier
The Rationalist movement emerged in the early 20th century, emphasizing simplicity of form and function. Key figures included Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus school, and Le Corbusier, known for his innovative use of reinforced concrete.
Organic Architecture: Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright championed organic architecture, which sought to harmonize buildings with their natural surroundings. His iconic works include Fallingwater and the
Read MoreExploring Salvador Dalí’s ‘The Great Masturbator’: A Surrealist Masterpiece
The Great Masturbator
Author: Salvador Dalí
Date: 1929
Style: Surrealism
Technique: Oil on canvas
Support: Canvas, 1.1 m x 1.5 m
1. Classification of the Work
‘The Great Masturbator’ is a significant piece of Salvador Dalí’s work that represents the surrealist movement in Paris, France. Dalí joined the School of Fine Arts in Madrid and became involved in surrealism in the late 1920s, utilizing the paranoiac-critical method to capture the unreal aspects of the dream world. From 1940 until 1955, Dalí
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