Vocabulary for Describing Adventures, Homes, and Sounds
Unit 9: Describing an Adventure
Adjectives and Nouns
- Arid: desert, island, landscape
- Intrepid: traveler, group, voyage
- Idyllic: spot, conditions, setting
- Grueling (agotador): hike, climb, race
- Swirling (turbulento): mist, water, wind
- Exquisite: waterfalls, flowers, views
Phrasal Verbs
- Setting out to do something: Prepararse para alguna cosa
- Run into: Meet someone unexpectedly
- Kicks in: Begins to have an effect
- Set off: Begin a journey
- Turned out to be: Become
- Win through: Succeed after some difficulties
Anger
- Lose
Lyric Poetry: Key Features and Forms
Lyric Poetry: Main Features
Lyric poetry is a broad and varied genre characterized by its intensive use of the poetic function of language. It expresses emotion, feelings, imaginations, and personal experiences, serving as a vehicle for privacy, subjective changes, allusion, and connotation.
Key Characteristics of Lyric Poetry
1. Emotion and Immediacy
Lyric poetry expresses the feelings and emotions of its creator. The underlying sentiments are recognized directly and immediately by the receiver, who
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Art and Beauty
Artistic creation, or the work of art, is an activity aimed at the production of beautiful objects. It is a type of symbolic action and involves both the mastery of technique and intuition.
Historical Conceptions of Art
The Western tradition elaborated the concept of art from the Aristotelian conceptions of techne or ars. In this conception, it includes, as undifferentiated, any activity or practice learned from experience.
Plato had a positive concept of art, considering it a copy of
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Romanesque and Gothic Art: Key Features
What is the Crossing?
The crossing is the place where the two arms of the church cross. A tower with a dome was often built at this location.
The Facade
The facade typically consisted of a large door flanked by two towers. Above the door, a tympanum, a space decorated with sculptures, was common.
Ceiling Support
Ceilings were supported by round arches, large columns, and pillars. The walls were very thick, and the windows were small, allowing little light to enter,
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Avant-Garde Movements of the Early 20th Century
Futurism: Mixed feelings on war as art. It conceives aesthetic manifestos, decoupling of syntactic connectives. Key figures include F.T. Marinetti. Celebrates science and technology, violence, triumphalism, speed, and *maquinolatria* (machine worship). Related to Fascism.
Dada: Absolute negation, transgression, and betrayal of social norms. Embraces nihilism, ready-mades, and happenings. Key figures include T. Tzara, F. Picabia, M. Duchamp, V. Kandinsky,
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Understanding Copper Engraving
Margins in Copper Engravings
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, margins were largely minimal, barely leaving room. The three recorded measurements were nearly the same, even if the engraver used to cut the margin.
In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, margins were very large and sometimes exceeded the size of the image.
Signatures on Copper Engravings
Signatures are usually at the bottom and within the footprint of the engraving. They are often engraved on
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