- An
epitome (/ɪˈpɪtəmiː/; Gr****: ἐπιτομή, from ἐπιτέμνειν
epitemnein meaning "to cut short") is a
summary or
miniature form, or an
instance that represents...
-
Rudolph Valentino, the
original "Latin lover", who
epitomized the type...
- fiction,
particularly film,
combining film noir and
science fiction,
epitomized by
Ridley Scott's
Blade Runner (1982) and
James Cameron's The Terminator...
- bands, and
reached its
height in the 1940s to late 1960s.
Crooning is
epitomized by jazz
vocalists of the era such as Bing Crosby, Rudy
Vallee and Frank...
-
right from 1959 film Dil Deke
Dekho to the year 1995. She and
Nirupa Roy
epitomized the "mother"
roles right from 1959
until the
early 1990s. She has worked...
- comrade-in-arms of
Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi.
Their partnership epitomized the
spirit of the 19th century's Age of
Romanticism and revolutionary...
-
American colonies' new
motifs of
neoclassical architecture as it was
epitomized in
Britain by
Robert Adam, who
published his
designs in 1792. American...
- for one. It is the
unofficial motto of Switzerland, and the
attitude is
epitomized in the
character of
legendary Swiss hero
Arnold von Winkelried. A French...
- Presley, with his rise from
poverty to
riches and fame, had
seemed to
epitomize the
American Dream. In his
final years, and
following the revelations...
- each civilization. It can thus be
framed as a
story of high culture,
epitomized by the
Wonders of the World. On the
other hand,
vernacular art expressions...
