Servius set his face against the prevalent allegorical methods of exposition of text.

More broadly the term is used in a wide number of contexts for an image, picture, or representation ; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it either concretely or by analogy, as in semiotics ; by extension, icon is also used, particularly in modern culture, in the general sense of symbol — i. e. a name, face, picture, edifice or even a person readily recognized as having some well-known significance or embodying certain qualities: one thing, an image or depiction, that represents something else of greater significance through literal or figurative meaning, usually associated with religious, cultural, political, or economic standing.

A smiley, smiley face, happy face, or :) is a stylized representation of a smiling humanoid face, commonly occurring in popular culture.

His 1967 film The Fireman's Ball, on the face of it a naturalistic representation of an ill-fated social event in a provincial town, has been viewed by both movie scholars and the then-authorities in Czechoslovakia as a biting satire on East European Communism, which resulted in it being banned for many years in Forman's home country.

On the face of it a naturalistic representation of an ill-fated social event in a provincial town, the film has been seen by both movie scholars and the then-authorities in Czechoslovakia as a biting satire on East European Communism, which resulted in it being banned for many years in Forman's home country.

Michelangelo did not want his version of The Pieta to represent death, but rather to show the " religious vision of abandonment and a serene face of the Son ", thus the representation of the communion between man and God by the sanctification through Christ.

Provided with a human face and a scaly tail, as in Dante's vision of Geryon in Inferno xvii. 7 – 17, 25 – 27, hybrid monsters, more akin to the Manticore of Pliny's Natural History ( viii. 90 ), provided iconic representations of hypocrisy and fraud well into the seventeenth century, through an emblemmatic representation in Cesare Ripa's Iconologia.

The camera initially avoids her face, which may be meant to serve as a representation of when she was still awake and not watching herself walking.

Image: Happy face ball. jpg | Artwork on this ball is a common abstract representation of a smiling face.

A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant.

There is particular emphasis on the representation of the details of headdresses, hairstyles, body adornment and face painting.

Alternatively, the idea of his red face could have been borrowed from opera representation, where red faces depict loyalty and righteousness.

( This is the first edition ; the introduction to the second edition contains Burnside's famous volte face regarding the utility of representation theory.

For the transitional period until the actual formation of that assembly, the Vorparlament formed the Committee of Fifty ( Fünfzigerausschuss ), as a representation to face the German Confederation.

Because of the difficulties third parties face in gaining any representation, third parties tend to exist to promote a specific issue or personality.

A Green Man is a sculpture, drawing, or other representation of a face surrounded by or made from leaves.

The fact that the representation of the face lies adjacent to the representation of the hand and arm in the cortical homunculus is crucial to explaining the origin of phantom limbs.

" The actual face under the helmet has only been seen once, as a mass of eyeballs-although no explanation was given whether it was his actual face, or a representation of Fear's manifestation of the person watching's greatest terror.

* Green Man-A Green Man is a sculpture, drawing, or other representation of a face surrounded by or made from leaves.

* Taste: The primary gustatory area is near the face representation within the postcentral gyrus.

Starting in 1969, Bardot's features became the official face of Marianne ( who had previously been anonymous ) to represent the liberty of France.

Whatever the truth Olympia, rather than face trial, subsequently fled France for Brussels in January 1680, leaving Eugene in the care of his father's mother, Marie de Bourbon, and her daughter, Hereditary Princess of Baden, mother of Prince Louis of Baden.

In 1624 France attempted to settle in the area, but was forced to abandon it in the face of hostility from the Portuguese, who viewed it as a violation of the Treaty of Tordesillas.

Ultimately, Britain and France both abandoned the concept of collective security in favour of appeasement in the face of growing German militarism under Hitler.

The Principality of Monaco, which is the world's second smallest nation ( after the Vatican City State ), has a very limited military capability, and would depend entirely upon its larger neighbour, France, for defence in the face of an aggressive world power.

* 2005 – The first partial human face transplant is completed in Amiens, France.

* Sékéné Mody Cissoko, Le Khasso face à l ' empire Toucouleur et à la France dans le Haut-Sénégal 1854 – 1890, Paris, L ' Harmattan, 1988, 351 pages ISBN 2-7384-0133-3

In Italy, France and Germany, it was said that a man or woman could turn into a werewolf if he or she, on a certain Wednesday or Friday, slept outside on a summer night with the full moon shining directly on his face.

* In 2005 surgeons in France carried out the first successful partial human face transplant.

In 1948, the Mitchell Reel Company of Cluses, France introduced the Mitchell 300, a spinning reel with a design that oriented the face of the fixed spool forward in a permanently fixed position below the fishing rod.

In August 1791, Frederick Augustus arranged a meeting with Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II and King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia at Pillnitz Castle that was intended partly to offer support for the French monarchy in the face of revolutionary agitation in France.

In 1624 France attempted to settle in the area of modern day French Guiana, but was forced to abandon it in the face of hostility from the Portuguese, who viewed it as a violation of the Treaty of Tordesillas.

In March 2007, the treatment of 30-year-old neurofibromatosis patient Pascal Coler of France ended after he had received what his doctors call the world's first successful full face transplant.

Again they would face Italian opposition, Juventus, who had won the Cup Winners ' Cup the previous season and had a team comprising many of Italy's 1982 World Cup winning team, and Michel Platini of France, winner of the Ballon d ' Or ( awarded to European footballer of the year ) in 1983, 1984 and 1985.

" and the French ambassador in London reported that Thatcher had told him, " France and Great Britain should pull together today in the face of the German threat.

France also provide agricultural exports to many poor African countries ( including its former colonies ) which face serious food shortage.

Usually these varieties have only one large fruit per burr, well rounded ( no flat face ) and which is called " marron " (" marron de Lyon " in France, " marron di Mugello " in Italy, or " Paragon ").

In his summary of the events of 1483, Commines says quite categorically that Richard was responsible for the murder of the princes, but of course Commines had been present at the meeting of the Estates-General of France in January 1484, when the statement was taken at face value.

It was rumored in France that the face of the Statue of Liberty was modeled after Bartholdi's mother ; and the body after his wife, Jean Emilie.

Bendigeidfran had commanded his men to cut off his head and to " bear it even unto the White Mount, in London, and bury it there, with the face towards France.

Guy's son Count Robert III ( 1305 – 1322 ) nevertheless granted further city rights to Dunkirk, his successor Count Louis I ( 1322 – 1346 ) had to face the Peasant revolt of 1323 – 1328, which was crushed by King Philip VI of France at the 1328 Battle of Cassel, whereafter the Dunkirkers again were affected by the repressive measures of their lord-paramount.

Unlike France in which regional languages face incredible endangerment and possible extinction, Spain's long-established approach to making regional bilingual education mandatory has served often as a model for both the survival and thriving state of the languages indigenous to the country.

Historically, the main British naval bases were located near the English Channel to better face England's old enemies, France, Spain, and the Netherlands.