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  2. Incroyables and merveilleuses - Wikipedia

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    Hair was often shoulder-length, sometimes pulled up in the back with a comb to imitate the hairstyles of the condemned. Some sported large monocles. They frequently affected a lisp , allegedly to avoid the letter "R" as in revolution , and sometimes a stooped, hunchbacked posture or slouch, as caricatured in numerous cartoons of the time.

  3. Mockery - Wikipedia

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    Australian linguistics professor Michael Haugh differentiated between teasing and mockery by emphasizing that, while the two do have substantial overlap in meaning, mockery does not connote repeated provocation or the intentional withholding of desires, and instead implies a type of imitation or impersonation where a key element is that the nature of the act places a central importance on the ...

  4. Mocking of Jesus - Wikipedia

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    Édouard Manet, Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers, c. 1865. After his condemnation by Pontius Pilate, Jesus was flogged and mocked by Roman soldiers.They clothed him with a "purple" or "scarlet" (Matthew 27:28) robe symbolizing a royal gown since purple was a royal color, put a crown of thorns on his head symbolizing a royal crown, and put a staff in his hand symbolizing a scepter.

  5. Life imitating art - Wikipedia

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    This can include how people act in such a way as to imitate fictional portrayals or concepts, or how they embody or bring to life certain artistic ideals. The phrase may be considered synonymous with anti-mimesis , the direct opposite of Aristotelian mimesis : art imitating real life.

  6. Sand + Bone - Wikipedia

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    The book has been described as gritty. [1] Mutti uses a blocky style which is perfect for the chiseled face of Hitcher. [editorializing] During more action-paced scenes, Mutti begins to imitate charcoal drawings with dark shades and harsh lines. [2]

  7. De pictura - Wikipedia

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    Inspired by the order and beauty inherent in nature, his groundbreaking work sets out the principles of distance, dimension and proportion; instructs the painter on how to use the rules of composition, representation, light and colour to create work that is graceful and pleasing to the eye; and stipulates the moral and artistic pre-requisites ...

  8. Imitation - Wikipedia

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    A toddler imitates his father. Imitation (from Latin imitatio, "a copying, imitation" [1]) is a behavior whereby an individual observes and replicates another's behavior. . Imitation is also a form of learning that leads to the "development of traditions, and ultimately our cu

  9. Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? - Wikipedia

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    The story follows a man named Mr. Brown, who can make a wide variety of sounds, imitating the sounds of animals and inanimate objects. The narrator recites a list of items and animals that Mr. Brown can sound like, each one accompanied by illustrations of the object and an onomatopoeia, which replicates the sound he can make. Mr. Brown can make the "moo" of a cow, the "buzz" of a bee, the "pop ...