If you ask about the early Christian mosaics - the saints were usually presented on a golden background. For example in the St. Catherine's Monastery from 6th century in Egypt, all the Saints, and Jesus were all presented on a golden background
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Edward T. Hall developed the Iceberg Model of Culture in
1976. He hypothesized that culture was
like an iceberg in that there were two kinds: internal and external. External is
the outer manners of a society while internal are the principles, standards,
and thought patterns underlying those behaviors.
The fact that Sasha, who is a student in a sociology class, he was deducted points for his research paper for not citing a famous study done five years ago that was nearly identical to the research he conducted means that she should have done the step: review the evidence/literature more carefully.
By doing literature review Sasha will have shown that she has an in-depth grasp of her subject and that she understands where her research fits into.