- An
epitome (/ɪˈpɪtəmiː/; Gr****: ἐπιτομή, from ἐπιτέμνειν
epitemnein meaning "to cut short") is a
summary or
miniature form, or an
instance that represents...
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Pictorial image that
epitomizes a
concept or that
represents a person...
-
which means "[back] to the sources" (lit. "to the sources"). The
phrase epitomizes the
renewed study of Gr**** and
Latin classics in
Renaissance humanism...
- fiction,
particularly film,
combining film noir and
science fiction,
epitomized by
Ridley Scott's
Blade Runner (1982) and
James Cameron's The Terminator...
-
American colonies' new
motifs of
neoclassical architecture as it was
epitomized in
Britain by
Robert Adam, who
published his
designs in 1792. American...
- Alyosha's
simple life, soft-spoken manner, and calm
acceptance of
death epitomizes Tolstoyan principles. The hero and
namesake of the
story was
based on...
- in
several installments from
December 1959 to
February 1960. The
novel epitomizes many of ****'s
themes with its
concerns about the
nature of
reality and...
- 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...
- 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...
-
surrealist piece introduced the
image of the soft
melting pocket watch. It
epitomizes Dalí's
theory of "softness" and "hardness",
which was
central to his thinking...
