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Melancholy
melancholy(ˈmelənˌkɑli) (noun plural -cholies) 1. A gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression. Sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness 2. Black bile: in medieval times considered to be one of the four humors of the body, to come from the spleen or kidneys, and to…
Technique
What does technique mean?Lots of people conceive it as Photoshop, others think of it as do-it-yourself painting handbooks and stuff.Let’s consider a 13th century fresco’s process of creation. Firstly comes the Sbruffatura,…
The uncanny
According to Freud, the uncanny (Unheimliche) is what is strange whilst feeling strangely familiar to our psyche – a familiar thing or event is encountered in an unsettling context. It’s something located…