Learned by Reading
In the British National Corpus:
More often his thoughts, feelings and responses centre on his inner world, his imagery and on understanding phenomena both inside and outside himself.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
His clever imagery and animation add a sense of mystery to the music.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Smart is one of Australias best known artists with his almost iconic and unique imagery, heavily influenced from various artists and art forms alike.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I love his imagery and vivid poignant words: they fuse into me like raindrops soaking into freshly – ironed cotton on a rainy, spontaneous spring afternoon.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
His verse is compact in structure, and his imagery is direct, terse and devoid of any artificial verbosity.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
His imagery and wordplay are something songwriters should study.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I love his bold imagery, use of colors and patterns, his confident line work.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Milton’s poetry fleshes this out with his typically beautiful and dramatic imagery.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
The anime has four episodes of relentless Peter Pan imagery, the most smack – you – over – the – head moment of which is Shiroe constantly referring to Jomy as Peter Pan.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
I didn’t even have to read the whole post at TPM, where the new ad was posted, to remember the wolf imagery used to represent Islamic terrorists in 2004.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Ludmilla Eggleton, Stan Kisselev, and Beth Schnitzer, Taj Chahal seen background left Ladrin Exquiste will launch webiste for public introduction soon, operated by Stan Kisselev, son of philanthropist Ludmilla Eggleton, center, seen with fundraiser co – host Mark Calvano, and San Francisco premier hair designer Kimberly Givsan Photo by Jason Steinberg Imagery (C) 2008 “We believe Joe Alioto has a very well – articulated vision for the District and the City that will bring improve quality of life, better business conditions and lead San Francisco into a bright economic future, while keeping the unique character of the City and it’s neighborhoods.” – Joel Goodrich, Mark Calvano and Justin Fichelson.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
His metaphoric imagery feeds off Afro – Brazilian folklore, pagan and alchemic symbolism and contemporary pop culture.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Influenced by history, fashion, and the pursuit of beauty, the artist infuses his imagery with a potent mix of lost love, stolen hearts, sexual longing, and spiritual death.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The Romans exported their own celestial god, Jupiter, to Celtic lands by “interpretatio romana”, and his imagery was merged with that of the native sun – god to produce a hybrid sky – deity who resembled the Roman god but who had the additional native solar attribute of the wheel.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
His densely layered graphic imagery is at once beautiful, confusing and familiar; but since beginning to experiment with pigments in the laboratory / studio, his latest exhibition Aesthetic Comfort has all new secrets to reveal.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Influenced by history, fashion, and the pursuit of beauty, the artist infuses his imagery with a potent mix of lost love, stolen hearts, sexual longing, and spiritual death.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
David Lynch is often praised for his surreal imagery.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
And whether you recognize Scarfe’s name or not, I’m sure you’re all familiar with his imagery from Pink Floyd’s The Wall.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
He addressed some hacks on the topic of cicero the other day, and on the basis that it’s fun to trace other people’s use of language, I found myself thinking about his imagery.
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In Wikipedia:
New movements in art had begun and his imagery, which was thought of as Victorians in togas, fell out of favor.
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(. .)))
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