Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or property of being visual.
- noun A sight; a glimpse; a mental picture.
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- noun The quality of being
visual .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the studioli this transformation in visuality may be characterized as a polithetic overlap rather than an abrupt departure. 11 Mechanical practices such as perspective recalibrated rather than replaced earlier rhetorical traditions.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Antonio Pasolini at Kamera on Las Hurdes (Land Without Bread): "The film must have been a shock to film goers then unused to seeing such harshness on screen; fearless, raw visuality is one of the lasting factors behind Buñuel's only documentary."
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Parts of my research focussed on a handful of texts – Rosalind Krauss and subsequent commentary on the ‘expanded field’ of arts practice, and Jacques Lacan on visuality and subjectivity.
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I came to organize this series having become intrigued by a number of recent online encounters and their multifarious moves towards combining visuality and progressive politics.
Introduction to New Media, the Arts and Social Change Series « Gender Across Borders 2010
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If Tyra and Simpson, perhaps with the help of an anthropologist or two, could unload the myths of beauty—the social forces that play into beauty standard formation—we might have revolutionary visuality to cling to.
Empower-tainment: “True Beauty” Celebs Miss the Big Picture « Gender Across Borders 2010
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My paintings are less about materials and visuality than about the physical aspect of their creation -- although the visual effects achieved are quite arresting.
Miriam Cabessa: Art and Movement: An Artist's Connection to Lou Gherig's Disease Miriam Cabessa 2010
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At the same time, it opens up for a spontaneous, abstract visuality.
A Speech David McDuff 2010
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Cinematically, the film has traces of Bela Tarr's Satantango entwined with Shakespeare's play Macbeth -- where themes of morality haunt one's psyche with poetry and striking visuality.
Natasha Subramaniam: Searching for Redemption in Nina Menkes' Dissolution Natasha Subramaniam 2010
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At the same time, it opens up for a spontaneous, abstract visuality.
Archive 2010-01-01 David McDuff 2010
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As a 20-something year old woman, visuality smothers my every day.
Empower-tainment: “True Beauty” Celebs Miss the Big Picture « Gender Across Borders 2010
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