Understanding a work of art involves recognition of the ideas that it reflects or embodies.

Very likely it will also include a recognition that the work we are reading reflects or `` belongs to '' some way of thought labelled as a `` school '' or an `` -ism '', i.e. a complex or `` syndrome '' of ideas occurring together with sufficient prominence to warrant identification.

He worked in oil for years before beginning his work in watercolor, and his first public recognition and early honors, including his election to the Academy, were for his essays in the heavier medium.

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He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted into Paris's foremost school of art.

In practice aesthetic judgement refers to the sensory contemplation or appreciation of an object ( not necessarily an art object ), while artistic judgement refers to the recognition, appreciation or criticism of art or an art work.

Only after the translation into Latin and the addition of commentary by van Schooten in 1649 ( and further work thereafter ) did Descarte's masterpiece receive due recognition.

The Arrhenius definition of acid – base reactions is a development of the hydrogen theory of acids, devised by Svante Arrhenius, which was used to provide a modern definition of acids and bases that followed from his work with Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald in establishing the presence of ions in aqueous solution in 1884, and led to Arrhenius receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1903 for " recognition of the extraordinary services ... rendered to the advancement of chemistry by his electrolytic theory of dissociation ".

He subsequently appeared in Rumble Fish ( 1983 ) and The Osterman Weekend ( 1983 ), and received critical recognition for his work in Blue Velvet and Hoosiers, with the latter film garnering him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

In grateful recognition of that fact, on the fiftieth anniversary ( May 16, 1866 ) of the date of Windischmann's preface to that work, a fund called Die Bopp-Stiftung, for the promotion of the study of Sanskrit and comparative grammar, was established at Berlin, to which liberal contributions were made by his numerous pupils and admirers in all parts of the globe.

The FIDE Congress in Vienna in 1957 adopted new regulations, called the FAV system, in recognition of the work done by International Judge Giovanni Ferrantes ( Italy ), Alexander ( probably Conel Hugh O ' Donel Alexander ), and Giancarlo Dal Verme ( Italy ).

His work at the experiment station in plant pathology and mycology first gained him national recognition and respect as a botanist.

According to Eusebius and Plutarch, Herodotus was granted a financial reward by the Athenian assembly in recognition of his work and there may be some truth in this.

It was not until the " Melville Revival " in the early 20th century that his work won recognition, especially Moby-Dick, which was hailed as one of the literary masterpieces of both American and world literature.

In 1885, the same year that he published his monumental work, Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology, he was made a professor at the University of Berlin, most likely in recognition of this publication.

Among her many activities as First Lady, Michelle Engler chaired the Michigan Community Service Commission which gained national recognition under her leadership for its innovative work in expanding volunteer opportunities across Michigan.

It was the only painting he ever dated, and was the first work to garner him official recognition, a second-class medal at the 1853 salon.

In 2010 Jamison was conferred with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of St Andrews in recognition of all her life's work.

But while Mies ' work had enormous influence and critical recognition, his approach failed to sustain a creative force as a style after his death and was eclipsed by the new wave of Post Modernism by the 1980s.

Jimmy Page was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his charity work in 2005 and Robert Plant was honoured as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to popular music in 2009.

But during the 1870s all his papers ( except the very first note ) were published in Norwegian journals, which impeded recognition of the work throughout the rest of Europe ( ibid, p. 76 ).

She was a paleontologist who was known around the world for important finds, but because of her gender, usually omitted from formal recognition for her work.

The legal recognition of midwifery has brought midwives into the mainstream of health care with universal funding for services, hospital privileges, rights to prescribe medications commonly needed during pregnancy, birth and postpartum, and rights to order blood work and ultrasounds for their own clients and full consultation access to physicians.

While his early compositional work was not widely known outside of Egypt at the time, El-Dabh would eventually gain recognition for his influential work at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in the late 1950s ( Holmes 2008, 156 – 57 ).

* 1782 – John Adams secures the Dutch Republic's recognition of the United States as an independent government.

In 1982 Pope John Paul II conferred beatification, in recognition of the holiness of his life, thereby making the title of " Blessed " official.

To prevent civil war the Scottish magnates asked Edward I of England to arbitrate, for which he extracted legal recognition that the realm of Scotland was held as a feudal dependency to the throne of England before choosing John Balliol, the man with the strongest claim, who became king in 1292.

His first major recognition came with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado ; his new stature led to his selection as chief architect for the John F. Kennedy Library in Massachusetts.

Secretary of State John Quincy Adams suggested delaying formal recognition until Florida was secured.

Armed conflict broke out between John and Longchamp, and by October 1191 Longchamp was isolated in the Tower of London with John in control of the city of London, thanks to promises John had made to the citizens in return for recognition as Richard's heir presumptive.

St. Paul in opposing his enemies in Galatia names John explicitly along with Peter and James the Just ( the brother of Jesus ) as a " pillar of the Church ", and refers to the recognition which his Apostolic preaching of a Gospel free from the law received from these three, the most prominent men of the old Mother-Church at Jerusalem ( Galatians 2: 9 ).

* 879 – Pope John VIII gives blessings to Branimir of Croatia and to the Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state.

On 3 December 1963, U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson posthumously awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States ' highest civilian award, in recognition of the good relationship between Pope John and the United States.

He also ended the war with Braccio da Montone in exchange for his recognition as vicar and reconciled with the deposed John XXIII, to whom he gave the title of Cardinal of Tusculum.

By this time the torpedo boat, the first of which had been built at the shipyards of Sir John Thornycroft in 1877, had gained recognition for its effectiveness, and the first torpedo boat destroyers ( later simply destroyers ) were built to counter it.

* April 19 – John Adams secures recognition of the United States as an independent government by the Dutch Republic.

Paul, in opposing his enemies in Galatia, recalls that John explicitly, along with Peter and James the Just, were referred to as " pillars of the church " and refers to the recognition that his Apostolic preaching of a gospel free from Jewish Law received from these three, the most prominent men of the messianic community at Jerusalem.

The science block at John Port School is named Flamsteed in recognition of his work for science.

In recognition of John D. Rockefeller, Jr .' s efforts to establish and then expand Grand Teton National Park, a parcel of land between Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks was added to the National Park Service in 1972.

With the generation or so before 1922 there " had been a marked growth in the constitutional recognition of the Welsh nation ," wrote historian Dr. John Davies.

* 1779-Spain enters the war as an ally of France ( but not of America ); John Jay appointed minister to Spain ; he obtains money but not recognition

For a variety of reasons ( including Mauchly's June 1941 examination of the Atanasoff – Berry Computer, prototyped in 1939 by John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry ), US patent 3, 120, 606 for ENIAC, granted in 1964, was voided by the 1973 decision of the landmark federal court case Honeywell v. Sperry Rand, putting the invention of the electronic digital computer in the public domain and providing legal recognition to Atanasoff as the inventor of the first electronic digital computer.

A treaty of amity and commerce was however concluded with the Americans in October, 1782, after John Adams, who succeeded Henry Laurens, had managed to obtain diplomatic recognition of the American republic from the States-General in April, 1782.

But this recognition was not without influence from John ; Duke Karl received confirmation on his dukedom without the restrictions of his power that the Arboga articles imposed.

At Lacock, as elsewhere, they were named for individuals " whose recognition in this way advertised the family's affinities ": the best chamber was " the duke's chamber ", probably signifying John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, whom Sharington had served, while " Lady Thynne's chamber ", identified it with the wife of Sir John Thynne of Longleat, and " Mr Mildmay's chamber " was reserved for Sharington's son-in-law Anthony Mildmay of Apethorpe in Northamptonshire.

Fort Hood was named for the Confederate General John Bell Hood, who gained recognition during the Civil War as the commander of Hood's Texas Brigade.