In recent years, there has been a trend on simulating impressionism with computers. Among the various styles of impressionism, we are particularly interested in simulating the style of pointillism, especially the style presented by Georges-Pierre Seurat, as he was deemed the founder of pointillism. The reason that his style attracts us is twofold. First, the painting process of pointillism is e...

As the most prominent novelist in contemporary Persian prose, Jalal Ale-Ahmad has had great influence on Persian writers, insofar as many writers have followed his suit. Employment of colloquial language is the characteristic style of his fiction. What makes his different, however, is mainly the employment of colloquialism in a subtle, precise and accurate way. Due to the extensive use of collo...

muhammad ibn jarir al-tabari (839-923) was a moslem historian and religious scholar whose annals are the most important source for the early history of islam. he is also a renowned author of a monumental commentary on the koran. at tabari wrote history, theology and qur'anic commentary. his legal writings were published first and then continued to appear throughout his life. next were his ...

Evolution of the Monkey Crouch T. PFAU ET AL. (“MODERN RIDING STYLE IMPROVES HORSE RACING times,” Brevia, 17 July, p. 289) nicely document the effectiveness of the “monkey crouch” riding style on race times and horse-jockey biomechanics. This style produced measurable speed benefits to winning race times at the English Epsom Derby Stakes (1900–1910). The change in riding style across a decade o...

soroush esfahani is one of the most outstanding poets of the qajar period and a follower, in style of poetry, of farrokhi sistani. one of the most prominent subjects of his poetry is “the virtues of ahl-e-bait, peace be upon them. the manner of expression and its style in these poems indicates the presence of a particular type of thought in naser-e-din shah court. this essay hopes to demonstrat...

jabra ibrahim jabra, one of the most prolific arab authors, has enriched the arabic library and the mind of his audience by first functioning as a link in a rich chain of past cultural, artistic, and literary heritage; and second by reflecting the modern arab intellectual's classical mindset. he has a multifaceted career as a short story writer, novelist, critic, poet, playwright, and pain...

In this study, the case of a patient who developed artistic ability following a traumatic brain injury is reported. The subject was a 49-year-old male who suffered brain injury at the age of 44 due to an accidental fall. At age 48, he began drawing with great enthusiasm and quickly developed a personal style with his own biomorphic iconography. At first, his drawing was restricted to realistic ...