Encyclopedia - Masculinity: Encyclopedia - Masculinity
Masculinity is the trait of being associated with the male in various contexts. The word masculine can refer to: the property of being b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camp Style: Encyclopedia - Camp Style
The term camp—normally used as an adjective, even though earliest recorded uses employed it mainly as a verb—refers to the deliberate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vice: Encyclopedia - Vice
Vice is the opposite of virtue. The modern English term that best captures its original meaning is the word vicious, which means "full of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masculinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Masculinity - Men's Health Risks
Many assert that social pressures to be masculine frequently have a negative affect on men's health, as represented by higher accident ra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Golden Mean Philosophy: Encyclopedia Ii - Golden Mean Philosophy - History Of The Golden Mean In Philosophy
Golden mean philosophy - Crete. The earliest representation of this idea in culture is probably in the mythological Cretan tale of Daed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vice: Encyclopedia Ii - Vice - Popular Usage
The term vice is also popularly applied to various activities considered immoral by some; a list of these might include the use of alcoho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Painter: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon Painter - The Millais House Studio 7 Cromwell Place: 1943 - 1951
Returning from Hampshire at the latter part of 1943, Bacon and Hall were to take the ground floor of 7 Cromwell Place, South Kensington, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mário De Andrade: Encyclopedia Ii - Mário De Andrade - Macunaíma
Throughout the 1920s Andrade continued traveling in Brazil, studying the culture and folklore of the interior. He began to formulate a so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metrosexual: Encyclopedia Ii - Metrosexual - Narcissism And Changing Masculinity; The Metrosexual
Narcissism is an important element of the metrosexual concept. The metrosexual in its original form, as Simpson intended, is a person who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Aspects Of Clothing: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Aspects Of Clothing - Dress Codes
Dress codes may apply: by law for employees, pupils/students, etc. - sometimes a uniform; sometimes depending on the day, see Casual Fri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camp Style: Encyclopedia Ii - Camp Style - Examples Of Camp
Camp is best explained to those unfamiliar with the concept of camp through the use of examples. Television shows such as The Brady Bunch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Aspects Of Clothing: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Aspects Of Clothing - Dress Codes
Dress codes may apply: by law for employees, pupils/students, etc. - sometimes a uniform; sometimes depending on the day, see Casual Fri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mário De Andrade: Encyclopedia Ii - Mário De Andrade - Partial Bibliography
Published posthumously: Lira Paulistana (1946) O Carro da Miséria (1946) Poesias Completas (1955). Mário de Andrade - Essays criticis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Painter: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon Painter - After 7 Cromwell Place 1951 - 1953
Bacon took a place in Carlyle Studios Chelsea near the King's Road and, for a time, Bacon worked at the Royal College of Art, in a studio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Aspects Of Clothing: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Aspects Of Clothing - Inverse Dress Codes
Inverse dress codes, sometimes referred to as "undress code", set forth an upper bound, rather than a lower bound, on body covering. An e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Painter: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon Painter - 1 Glebe Place And Petersfield
In 1937 (or late in 1936), Bacon moved from 71 Royal Hospital Road to the top floor of 1 Glebe Place, Chelsea, which Eric Hall had rented...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Painter: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon Painter - 71 Royal Hospital Road
In April 1933, Bacon moved to 71 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea (just across Pimlico Road from Ebury Street, where de Maistre had his tempo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Painter: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon Painter - Later Life
Bacon was well known for his taste for gambling and alcohol. In 1964, he began a friendship with Eastender George Dyer, who he met (he cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mário De Andrade: Encyclopedia Ii - Mário De Andrade - Early Life
Andrade was born in São Paulo and lived there virtually all of his life. As a child, he was a piano prodigy, and he later studied at the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Painter: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon Painter - The Estate
Main article:The Estate of Francis Bacon Bacon bequeathed his entire estate (then valued at £11 million) to John Edwards after his death...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mário De Andrade: Encyclopedia Ii - Mário De Andrade - Late Life And Musical Research
Andrade was not directly affected by the Revolution of 1930, in which Getúlio Vargas seized power and became dictator, but he belonged t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mário De Andrade: Encyclopedia Ii - Mário De Andrade - The Week Of Modern Art
While these folklore-gathering trips were going on, Andrade developed a group of friends among young artists and writers in São Paulo, w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Painter: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon Painter - Early Life
Francis Bacon was born at 63 Lower Baggot Street, a nursing home in Dublin, Ireland to English parents - Eddy Bacon, forty, a retired Cap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Aspects Of Clothing: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Aspects Of Clothing - Gender And Clothing
Various traditions suggests that certain items of clothing intrinsically suit different gender roles. In particular, the wearing of skir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Aspects Of Clothing: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Aspects Of Clothing - Clothing Deficiencies
Clothing deficiencies may reduce functionality and/or be unaesthetic, but also be considered socially improper. As far as other people kn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Social Aspects Of Clothing: Encyclopedia Ii - Social Aspects Of Clothing - Inverse Dress Codes
Reverse dress codes, sometimes referred to as "undress codes", set forth an upper bound, rather than a lower bound, on body covering. An ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camp Style: Encyclopedia Ii - Camp Style - Academic Appropriation Or Proliferation Of Camp
While the success of postmodernism granted camp a place in mainstream art and literature analysis, as well as a certain weight in contemp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camp Style: Encyclopedia Ii - Camp Style - Origins And Development
The OED gives 1909 as the first citation of "camp" in print, with the sense of "ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effemina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metrosexual: Encyclopedia Ii - Metrosexual - Common Usage
While included in the original definition, gay men are not "metrosexual" in common usage, since such interests are stereotypically consid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metrosexual: Encyclopedia Ii - Metrosexual - Evolution Of Usage
The origin of the term traces to a 1200 word article titled "Here come the mirror men" dissecting the new urbane man by Mark Simpson, pub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Painter: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon Painter - 17 Queensberry Mews West
Bacon returned to London in late 1928 or early 1929, and started work as an interior designer. He took a studio in a converted garage, 17...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Painter: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon Painter - London Berlin And Paris
Bacon spent the Autumn and Winter of 1926 in London, with the help of an allowance of £3 a week from his mother's trust fund, living on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masculinity: Encyclopedia Ii - Masculinity - Sociology
Sociologist Janet Saltzman Chafetz (1974, 35-36) describes seven areas of traditional masculinity: Physical--virile, athletic, strong, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Metrosexual: Encyclopedia Ii - Metrosexual - Retrosexual: The Anti-metro
A retrosexual is a man with a generally poor sense of style -- not necessarily a boor; rather, someone who rejects being finicky about ph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Francis Bacon Painter: Encyclopedia Ii - Francis Bacon Painter - Fulham Road
Bacon left the Queensberry Mews West studio in 1931, and was not to have a settled space for some years. Bacon probably shared a studio w...   » Read the article