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  2. Composition (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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    The composition of a picture is different from its subject (what is depicted), whether a moment from a story, a person or a place. Many subjects, for example Saint George and the Dragon, are often portrayed in art, but using a great range of compositions even though the two figures are typically the only ones shown.

  3. Composition (objects) - Wikipedia

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    For example, any ontology that affirms the existence of tables, rabbits, or rocks necessarily commits to the inclusion of some compositional objects. The specification of 'some' compositional objects foretells the point of attack suffered by these theories. Clarification demands that these theories provide a means to account for which ...

  4. The Philosophy of Composition - Wikipedia

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    "The Philosophy of Composition" first appeared in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art, April 1846, Philadelphia "The Philosophy of Composition" is an 1846 essay written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe that elucidates a theory about how good writers write when they write well. He concludes that length, "unity of effect ...

  5. Principle of compositionality - Wikipedia

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    The task of finding the rules of composition, then becomes a matter of describing what the connection between S and M is. Among the most prominent linguistic problems that challenge the principle of compositionality are the issues of contextuality , the non compositionality of idiomatic expressions , and the non compositionality of quotations .

  6. Canon (basic principle) - Wikipedia

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    The term canon derives from the Greek κανών (kanon), meaning "rule", and thence via Latin and Old French into English. [1] The concept in English usage is very broad: in a general sense it refers to being one (adjectival) or a group (noun) of official, authentic or approved rules or laws, particularly ecclesiastical; or group of official, authentic, or approved literary or artistic works ...

  7. Alexander Bain (philosopher) - Wikipedia

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    The Art of Study; Is There Such a Thing As Pure Malevolence? The Classical Controversy; The University Ideal: Past and Present; On Teaching English: With Detailed Examples and an Enquiry Into the Definition of Poetry; English Composition and Rhetoric: Emotional qualities of style; English Composition and Rhetoric: Intellectual elements of style

  8. Composition - Wikipedia

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    Composition (visual arts), the plan, placement or arrangement of the elements of art in a work; Composition, a 1921 painting by Jozef Peeters; Composition studies, the professional field of writing instruction; Compositions, an album by Anita Baker; Digital compositing, the practice of digitally piecing together a still image or video; Musical ...

  9. Fallacy of composition - Wikipedia

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    A trivial example might be: "This tire is made of rubber; therefore, the vehicle of which it is a part is also made of rubber." This is fallacious, because vehicles are made with a variety of parts, most of which are not made of rubber. The fallacy of composition can apply even when a fact is true of every proper part of a