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Headlines classification

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Headlines included in schedule may be classified according to the uses for which they are intended and the kind of job that they have to perform.  In general, they fall into the following groups a) Large headlines, Banners and Spreads.  b) Top heads. c) Secondary heads.  d) Subordinate heads.   e) Contrast heads.  f) Special feature and departmental heads.   a. BANNER HEADS :  A banner headline is run across eight columns, and placed on top of the front page of the newspaper. It is set in the highest point size that the newspaper style permits. No other headline on the front page is written in a point size bigger than the banner headline.  Newspapers today run banners in the upper lower format too. The range of the Banner heads extends from 72 points to 120 points, or even larger in certain instances.  Bolder, larger, open-faced types are usually used in banner heads, since the banner holds the best position on the page and it should be strong and bol d.  Banner heads are generally

Rasa – Indian Aesthetic Theory

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Rasa  is a central concept in Indian aesthetic theory. The term has a variety of meanings Aesthetics refers to a distinctive type of emotional experience that can be experienced in connection with an artwork. The concept is presented in the  Nāṭyaśāstra  (200-500 C.E.), traditionally attributed to Bharata, a work that amounts to a collection of knowledge on dramatic performance (including music and dancing). That  Nāṭyaśāstra  enumerates eight  rasas  that can be aroused in audience members through skillful performances. These include 1.      the erotic  (śṛṅgāra),   2.      the comic ( hāsya ), 3.      the pathetic or sorrowful ( karuṇa ), 4.      the furious ( raudra ), the heroic ( vīra ), 5.      the terrible ( bhayānaka ), 6.      the odious ( bībhatsa ), (hateful)and 7.      the marvelous ( adbhuta ).  8.      Later interpreters often acknowledged a ninth rasa, 9.      the tranquil ( śānta ). Rasa Bhavam Each  rasa  corresponds to a  bhava , an ordi

Michelangelo, his Paintings, and Sculptures

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Michelangelo was one of the most inspirational and talented artists in modern history. Michelangelo was born on March 6, 1475 in Caprese near Arezzo, Tuscany Italy. At age of 6, Michelangelo was sent to a Florence grammar school but he showed no interest in schooling. His father realized he had no interest in family's financial business and agreed to send him, to the painter Ghirlandaio to be trained as an apprentice  at the age of 13. Michelangelo learned the technique of Fresco and draftsmanship (. a person who draws plans and sketches)  He was the first artist who was recognized during his life time. He is also the first western artist whose biography was published when he is still alive. Two biographies for him was written, one was by Giorgio Vasari, who praised Michelangelo as the greatest artist since the beginning of renaissance. He is the best documented artist in 16th Century and has influenced so many areas of art development in the West. Together wit

Film Noir

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Film Noir   (literally 'black film or cinema') was coined by French film critics (first by Nino Frank in 1946) who noticed the trend of how 'dark', downbeat and black the looks and themes were of many American crime and detective films released in France to theatres following the war, such as   The Maltese Falcon (1941) ,  Murder, My Sweet (1944) ,   Double Indemnity (1944) ,  The Woman in the Window (1944) , and  Laura (1944) . A wide range of films reflected the resultant tensions and insecurities of the time period, and counter-balanced the optimism of Hollywood's musicals and comedies. Fear, mistrust, bleakness, loss of innocence, despair and paranoia are readily evident in noir, reflecting the 'chilly' Cold War period when the threat of nuclear annihilation was ever-present. The criminal, violent, misogynistic, hard-boiled, or greedy perspectives of anti-heroes in film noir were a metaphoric symptom of society's evils, with a strong undercurrent o