Referring to the Reading,"Visual Evidence in Primary Sources: Portraits of Power

question 88

Essay

Referring to the reading,"Visual Evidence in Primary Sources: Portraits of Power: George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte," compare and contrast the portraits of George Washington and Napoleon Bonaparte and discuss their importance in shaping their images of power.

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Definitions:

British Empiricists

Philosophers from Britain who emphasized the importance of sensory experience as the foundation of knowledge.

Transduction

The process of converting one form of energy into another, as in sensory organs transforming physical stimuli into nerve signals.

Sensitization

The process of becoming more receptive or sensitive to a stimulus after repeated exposure to it.

Distal Stimuli

Objects and events in the external world that provide sensory input, as opposed to the sensory signals (proximal stimuli) actually perceived by the senses.