breaker
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break·er
/ ˈbrākər/
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n.
1.
a heavy sea wave that breaks into white foam on the shore or a shoal.
2.
a person or thing that breaks something:
[in comb.]
a rule-breaker
a code-breaker.
∎ short for circuit breaker.
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Criminal madness: cultural iconography and insanity. (Symposium: Media, Justice, and the Law)
Magazine article from: Stanford Law Review; 4/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...INTRODUCTION I. CRIMINAL MADNESS AND CULTURAL ICONOGRAPHY II. THE AGE OF EUGENICS: CRIMINAL...written, however, about the cultural iconography of criminal madness--that is, the...development and transformation of cultural iconography does not play out in a vacuum any more...
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BLESSED ART/ Iconography exhibit displays the beauty behind Orthodox theology
Newspaper article from: The Gazette; 11/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Arts Center lend broader meaning to the idea of iconography. "Iconography: A Sacred Pilgrimage" - This exhibit celebrates...not an icon." "Traian Filip: Contemporary Iconography" - This exhibit features etchings and paintings...
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Nasca and Moche iconography.(A Sourcebook of Nasca Ceramic Iconography: Reading a Culture Through its Art)(Sex, Death, and Sacrifice in Moche Religion and Visual Culture)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...A Sourcebook of Nasca Ceramic Iconography: Reading a Culture through its...long career devoted to Andean iconography, especially that of the Nasca...Steve Bourget, the book on Moche iconography elucidates recurring themes from...
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Images: Iconography of Music in African-American Culture, 1770s-1920s. (Cultural Topics).
Magazine article from: Notes; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; Images: Iconography of Music in African-American Culture...examined in detail in recent years, iconography has remained relatively unexplored...Important contribution to the fields of iconography and African American music history...
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A New Banknote in the People's Republic: The Iconography of the Kip and Ideological Transformations in Laos, 1957-2006
Magazine article from: Internationales Asien Forum. International Quarterly for Asian Studies; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...denominations.2 If one looks closely at the iconography of this banknote, it reveals a new...During the last five decades, the iconography of Lao paper money has been frequently...Laos. In this article, the changing iconography of the Kip will be analysed in detail...
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Iconography gave painter a new vision of the world and God.(The Dallas Morning News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 10/18/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...iconographer is more than a painter. "Iconography is not just a form of art," Grigorenko...he came across a traditional Orthodox iconography _ a style of painting more than 800...express my encounter with God was through iconography," he said. Orthodox Christianity...
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Picturing Performance: The Iconography of the Performing Arts in Concept and Practice.(Review)
Magazine article from: Notes; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Picturing Performance: The Iconography of the Performing Arts in Concept...of music, dance, and theater iconography, this collection of essays actually...demonstration of how practical iconography works. However, Heck's claim...
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The Iconography of Cylinder seals.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 10/1/2006; 700+ words
; The Iconography of Cylinder Seals. Edited by PAUL...s entire section on Western Asian iconography includes only four thousand photos...volume. Diana Stein ("Palaeolithic Iconography on Bronze Age Seals from the Mesopotamian...
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The Iconography of Hindu Tantric Deities, vol. 1: The Pantheon of the Mantramahodadhi.(The Iconography of Hindu Tantric Deities, vol. 2: The Pantheons of the Prapancasara and the Saradatilaka)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; The Iconography of Hindu Tantric Deities, vol. 1...Pp. xxix + 280. [euro]80. The Iconography of Hindu Tantric Deities, vol. 2...In the present context, I define iconography as the study of icons meant for worship...
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Jewish Historiography and Iconography in Early and Medieval Christianity.
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 12/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...Schubert studies both Jewish and Christian iconography, including the programmatic paintings...textual and artistic, and the Christian iconography demonstrated in these monuments. Both...share the operating conviction that iconography is a significant primary source for...
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iconography
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
iconography [Gr.,=image-drawing] or iconology...meaning. The Meaning and Significance of Iconography When first used in the 18th cent. the...degrees of richness and elaboration an iconography of its own. As used today, therefore...
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iconography and the body
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...individuals whom they represent. Iconography as the study of representation...represented the idea of mortality. Iconography has been central to some...contrast, have extremely rich iconographies. The Hindu caste system...blue and has four arms. Iconography has proved a source of controversy...
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Iconography
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Iconography (Gk., eikon , ‘image...content. See further ART . Judaism Jewish iconography is dominated by the prohibition on idols...has broken any tradition of Christian iconography: W. religious artists combine an arbitrary...
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Christian iconography
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Christian iconography see under iconography .
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iconography, Christian
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
iconography, Christian. The earliest Christian art was mainly symbolical: Christ was represented by a fish or as a young shepherd, the...
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