In grasses (including cereals such as rice, barley, oats and wheat), the ripe seed is surrounded by thin, dry, scaly bracts (called glumes, lemmas and paleas), forming a dry husk (or hull) around the grain.he process of loosening the chaff from the grain so as to remove it is called threshing â traditionally done by milling or pounding. Separating remaining loose chaff from the grain is called winnowing â traditionally done by repeatedly tossing the grain up into a light wind which gradually blows the lighter chaff away.
Mannerism refers to the art of the Late Italian Renaissance when artists used clashing colors and many bizarre themes in their work. Mannerism refers to the art of the Late Italian Renaissance when artists used clashing colors and many bizarre themes in their work.
The art movement had an artificial as opposed to natural feel and was considered to be an intellectual expression in visual art that carried over into literature and music. Mannerism does not derive from the English word âmannerâ, but from the Italian maniera, which does mean manner yet also means style. Mannerism therefore denotes style in the abstract sense. To define the movement by a certain style of characteristic is difficult for scholars as it is mostly use to differentiate between arts with category from the Italian art of the 16th century.