Understanding Twentieth Century Music Historiography

Twentieth Century Historiography. Branches profundas. Investigación thorough and methodological research and interpretation of sources and treaties. Corrientes XX Cultural History. The music historians moved to the early twentieth centuries in the wake of borrowing from Art History many of the terms. Wolfflin, in particular, influenced ideological history without names, devoid of biographical facts in relation to positivism and aware of shapes and styles. The history of art or music would be branches

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Understanding Literary Texts: Lyric, Narrative, and Drama

Literary Texts

The Lyric

The lyrical text has the following characteristics:

  • Provides a very subjective and emotional speech where the poetic function predominates.
  • Does not develop a story; its content is the expression of feelings, emotions, and ideas. The poetic voice belongs to fiction.
  • Focuses on one aspect, is short, and allows for the accumulation of expressive resources.
  • Usually occurs in verse, but can also be lyrical or poetic prose.

Communicative Process in Lyrical Text

The lyrical text issuer

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Hispano-Muslim Art and Architecture Features

This can be seen in the Alhambra. In many cases, it hides the architecture itself because there is plenty of decoration. It aims to give a luxurious appearance, but the structures are made with poor materials. Decoration is applied to architecture or objects like a skin, covering everything. Indoors, illusionism aims to create a transformation of space through spatial continuity and three-dimensionality. It is covered from floor to ceiling, as seen in textiles.

There are two basic principles:

  • Repetition:
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Understanding Scientific, Legal, and Advertising Texts

Scientific and Technical Texts

Scientific and technical texts are intended to convey universal knowledge or objectives that can be verified and processed. Sometimes, scientific texts are informative, i.e., for the general public, but the audience must have some scientific knowledge. The purpose of informative scientific and technical texts determines the prevalence of the referential function and denotative use of language to express the message clearly and precisely. It is common to use monosemy

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Consumer Behavior in Advertising: Insights & Analysis

Consumer Behavior in Advertising: A Deep Dive

Selling stocks that were the fabric of advertising in newspapers and magazines for women gave rise to three basic ads:

The Consumer is a Woman

“Women are emotional; the ads have to stir the emotions.” Texts are to be intimate, with contemporary typography. Transnational television flow is characterized by fragmentation, *publicitarismo*, and a constant appeal to women.

Advertising and Consumer IQ

The advertising directed at the consumer often refers to their

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Understanding Velázquez’s ‘Las Meninas’: A Baroque Masterpiece

“Las Meninas” by Velázquez:

1. Contextualization

The Baroque period of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century is characterized by the diversity of alternatives and aesthetic standards. Realism distinguishes aesthetic trends: the naturalist, the rhetorical and theatrical realism, and classicism. The Baroque represents the “golden age” of Spanish painting, with Velázquez as the most important and brilliant figure of this era.

2. Identification of the Work

“Las Meninas” is a painting in oils on

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