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Gorgias sets out not to prove Helen was innocent based on facts, but to demonstrate the power of words to control a person's emotions and beliefs. -
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The Acropolis of Athens communicated the power, religious devotion, and political strength of the Athenian democracy to both its own citizens and any visiting rivals. -
Trajan's Column was designed to communicate the emperor’s greatness and the might of the Roman army to everyone in the forum, even after the war was over. -
The printing press represents the most significant leap in mass communication since the invention of writing, making it possible to copy information quickly and cheaply for large numbers of people. -
Cervantes' Don Quixote is a commentary on the communication gap between fantasy and reality. -
Molière's Amphitryon provides a unique form of immediate, public communication using comedy and mistaken identity to communicate ideas about power, class, and social rules. -
Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is an example of argumentative communication that uses clear and logical writing to demand social change. -
Louis Daguerre's Still Life with Plaster Casts represents visual communication. -
Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass redefined how poetry communicates the self. -
The Night Café on the Place Lamartine in Arles is an example of emotional communication through color. -
The Lumière Brothers' Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat demonstrates the beginning of cinematic communication. -
Claude Debussy's La mer redefined how music communicates feelings and atmosphere. -
Marcel Duchamp's Fountain communicated a challenge to the very definition of what art is and who decides its value. -
Fritz Lang's Metropolis communicates the dangers of dehumanization and the struggle for communication between classes. -
The Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" communicated a new level of artistry for a youth-driven genre. -
Apple Macintosh Commercial is one of the first examples of commercial communication, aired only once during the Super Bowl, and used as a cinematic drama.