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50 Facts About Little Mix: Little Mix - Group of four small British girls with BIG voices stormed into musical world in December 2011 with their impressive debut singles “Cannonball” which topped in UK singles chart and gains huge popularity in Ireland. Apart from their featured appearance in ‘X Factor’, Little Mix discography has 2 Studio Albums, 10 singles and 13 Music Videos. This group of four singing girls joined together for the TV series X Factor in its eight series. They went on to win the competition in their debut entry itself. Victory was followed by fame worldwide with big audio company taking them into their recording studios. Their rise has since been meteoric. Some facts about this group of girls follow. 1. The group was formerly known as Rhythmix. 2. The group members are Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jesy Nelson 3. All members are auditioned as solo artists and later joined together as group. 4. Pierre Edwards was born 10 July 1993 at South Shields 5. Her parents are Alexander Edwards and Deborah Duffy with an elder brother too. 6. She started her schooling at Radipole Primary School in Weymouth 7. Graduated from Mortimer Community College 8. Pierre was good at academics 9. Pierre met singer Zayn Malik at the sets of X Factor. Both are engaged as of now with marriage not in their plans for now. 10. Perrie she labelled her style as ‘hippy-boho’. 11. Perrie had eaten a dog biscuit when small. People deduce that she yet eats them…

A Moments to Myself Have you ever think about why popular culture affect us? Popular culture is what we consume in our lives and the decision in what we make. American popular culture have a positive influence on society. We are influenced by our popular culture because of the way we socialize with the social media, television, music, and magazines. Popular culture have shaped us in many ways, such as, the way we dress, do things, and connect ourselves with all of these social medias. Pop…

Is Iconoclasm acceptable? Today we have encountered numerous situations of iconoclasm. Iconoclasm means “icon-breaking,” which includes the religious as well as the political destruction of images or monuments usually, not always, by those of another group (Džalto). There are many examples in the past and even recently that prove that iconoclasm still exists today. Thus, iconoclasm is the destruction of icons and sometimes it is believed that it is done because of the difference between…

The theme/text that I found enriching and challenging is Iconoclasm. Before this class, I had only heard a little-bit about icons, and I was ignorant and ambivalent about the controversy. I discovered through this class that icons are central to Eastern Christian theology and identity. For Eastern Christians, icons are used in religious contexts and also venerated by touching, kissing, bowing in front of them, and lighting candles—these Christians are iconophiles (icon lovers). Icons were…

Iconography: Iconography is the practice of perceiving a visual work for more than what it is plainly seen as. Through different lenses a viewer can assume more deeper meanings about the artwork. These assumptions can be related to many areas such as: time period, how it relates to literature, social classes, culture, values, and the relationship between the artist and his/her subject. An example of how we learned, as a class, to use iconography was with our observation of Jan Van Eyck’s…

thing to do. Martha tells him to promise her that he will do it, the scene ends with the two embracing in a kiss under the rain. This scene evokes a lot of emotion. As the readers feelings are manipulated with sympathizing with both Thomas and Martha as the two embraced love towards each other. With the use of these rhetorical devices, it helps bring emphasis on the theme of losing one 's humanity, as Thomas and Martha Wayne both did as they both being cold and heartless in their own way.…

greater social commentary on Trump and the implications he has on society. In the political cartoon there is the most obvious visual, which is the signifier, and the message it is sending, which is the signified. The signifier in this context is the portrait of Donald Trump with the wall inside his mouth paired with the clipboard that lists Trump’s platform. The signified in this context is the message that the platform Trump is running on should be blocked. The message is signified through the…

Byzantine art, especially Byzantine icons, can be commonly be referred to as sacred art. As described by art historian, Herbert Read, Byzantine art is “the purest form of religious art that Christianity has experienced.” (Cavarnos, pg. 25). Due to Byzantine art’s deep rooting in the Christian faith, most of the depictions of this art period are religious figures. Most of the icons are closely associated with wooden panel painting (Brooks, p. 1). The many themes found within Byzantine art…

After reading the “Slate” article and listening to the “Icon For Access” podcast, two opposite approaches to whether or not the international wheelchair symbol should be redesigned, I was able to learn about the affordance of different modes and the reaction each can get. Modes are methods of communicating or getting something across. Audio narration, alphabetic text, video interview, soundtrack, and image are all examples of modes. These modes can be utilized to help circulate (spread…

The Peplos Kore, is a free standing, fully clothed female figure who may have been depicting a Greek goddess. The Peplos Kore is clothed in a peplos, which was worn by women of the highest status, covering most of the contours of the body giving the figure a columnar effect. Although the figure is idealized, the garments that cover the Peplos Kore allow the artist to provide the soft female form more naturally compared to the muscular bodies illustrated by the male kouros. The Peplos Kore was…