Mannerism

Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. In sociology, manners are the unenforced standards of conduct which show the actor to be cultured, polite, and refined. They are like laws in that they codify or set a standard for human behavior, but they are unlike laws in that there is no formal system for punishing transgressions. They are a kind of norm. What is considered "mannerly" is highly susceptible to change with time, g ...

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Mannerism: Encyclopedia - Bedside manner Bedside manner is a term describing how a doctor handles a patient. A good bedside manner is typically one that reassures and comforts the patient. Attitude, vocal tones, body language, openness, and presence may all affect bedside manner. Poor bedside manner leaves the patient feeling unsatisfied, worried, alone, or frightened. Bedside manner becomes difficult when a doctor explains to his patient the true diagnosis, while keeping him from being alarmed. Other related archivesbody language,

Mannerism: Encyclopedia - Comedy of manners

The comedy of manners satirizes the manners and affectations of a social class, often represented by stock characters, such as the miles gloriosus in ancient times, the fop and the rake during the Restoration, or an old person pretending to be young. The plot of the comedy, often concerned with an illicit love affair or some other scandal, is generally less important than its witty and often bawdy dialogue. The comedy of manners was preceded by the new comedy of the Ancient Greek playwright Menander. His style, elaborate plots, ...

Mannerism: Encyclopedia II - Art of Italy - Mannerism

As the Renaissance had moved from formulaic depiction to a more natural observation of the figure, light and perspective, so the subsequent, Mannerist, period is marked by a move to forms conceived in the mind. Once the ideals of the Renaissance had had their effect artists such as Giulio Romano (ca 1499? to 1546) were able to introduce personal elements of subjectivity to their interpretation of visual forms. The perfection of perspective, light and realistic human figures can be thought of as impossible to improve upon unless ...

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Mannerism: Encyclopedia - Western art history

Main article: Medieval art Most surviving art from the Medieval period was religious in focus, often funded by the Church, powerful ecclesiastical individuals such as bishops, communal groups such as abbeys, or wealthy secular patrons. Many had specific liturgical functions — processional crosses and altarpieces, for example. One of the central questions about Medieval art concerns its lack of realism. A great deal of knowledge of perspective in art and understanding of the human figure was lost with the fall of Rome. ...

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Mannerism: Encyclopedia - Barrister

A "barrister" ("advocate" in Scotland and the Channel Islands, "barrister-at-law" in Ireland and elsewhere) is a lawyer found in Common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. In this regard, the profession of barrister corresponds neatly to that part of the role of legal professionals found in the civil law jurisdictions relating to appearing in trials or pleading cases before the courts. However, barristers, as a profession, are also known for specialising in certain areas of the law, and for giving advice ...

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Mannerism: Encyclopedia - Osama bin Laden

Usāmah bin Muhammad bin `Awad bin Lādin (born March 10, 1957; Arabic: أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن), commonly known as Osama bin Laden, or Usama bin Laden, (Arabic: أسامة بن لادن), is the founder of the militant organization al-Qaeda. There is strong evidence linking Osama and al-Qaeda to several terrorist acts worldwide, most particularly the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., which ...

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Mannerism: Encyclopedia - Cha chaan teng

The cha chaan teng (lit. tea restaurant) is a kind of restaurant commonly found in Hong Kong. Many people regard the cha chaan teng a characteristic product of Hong Kong, for its eclectic menus and efficient if not perfect service. Cha chaan teng - Name. The cha chaan teng provides tea (usually weak tea) contained in brown plastic cups, called 清茶 (Cantonese Jyutping: cing1 caa4) , to customers as soon as they are seated, although many patrons use the tea to was ...

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Mannerism: Encyclopedia - Voiceless consonant

In phonetics, a voiceless consonant is a consonant that does not have voicing. That is, it is produced without vibration of the vocal cords. Voiceless obstruent consonants are usually articulated more strongly than their voiced counterparts, because in voiced consonants, the energy used in pronunciation is split between the laryngeal vibration and the oral articulation. The IPA diacritic for voicelessness is the under-ring, » Voiceless consonant: Encyclopedia - Voiceless consonant

Mannerism: Encyclopedia - Voiced consonant

A voiced consonant is a sound made as the vocal cords vibrate, as opposed to a voiceless consonant, where the vocal cords are relaxed. See phonation for a continuum of degrees of tension in the vocal cords. Examples of voiced-voiceless pairs of consonants are: If you place your fingers on your voice box (Adam's apple in your upper throat), you can feel a buzz when you pronounce zzzz, but not when you pronounce ssss. That buzz is the vibration of your vocal cords. Except for this, the sounds [s] and [z] are pract ...

Mannerism: Encyclopedia - Celtic Rite

One part of Britain, indeed, derived a great part of its Christianity from post-Patrician Irish missions. St. Ia and her companions, and St. Piran, St. Sennen, St. Petrock, and the rest of the Irish saints who came to Cornwall in the late fifth and early sixth centuries found there, at any rate in the West, a population which had perhaps relapsed into Paganism under the Pagan King Teudar. When these saints introduced, or reintroduced, Christianity, they probably brought with them whatever rites they were accustomed to, and Cornwall certainly ...

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Mannerism: Encyclopedia II - Holland Manners - History

Holland Manners was Vice President of Special Projects at Wolfram and Hart, and boss to Lindsey McDonald and Lilah Morgan at the beginning of the series. Part of his job involved enforcing loyalty among the employees by using mind-readers and having disloyal staff "terminated". Once when the mind-readers detected that Lindsey had agreed to help Angel save three innocent children, he was faced with the difficult decision of whether to terminate Lindsey, who had become Holland's favorite in the company. Lindsey, however, had prepared incriminating evidence against his employer. In recognition of Lindsey's savvy, Manners ...

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