Retrospective (from Latin retrospectare, "look back") generally means to take a look back at events that already have taken place. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. For example, the term is used in medicine, describing a look back at a patient's medical history or lifestyle. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the The medical history or Anamnesis of a Patient is information gained by a Physician or other healthcare professional by asking specific questions The term lifestyle was originally coined by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler in 1929
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Visual arts
Within the visual arts, the term commonly refers to an art exhibition assembled to allow a look back at an individual artist's career, an art movement, or a certain artistic period. Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which Art objects (in the most general sense meet an Audience. A solo show or solo exhibition is an exhibition of the work of only one Artist. An art movement is a tendency or style in art with a specific common philosophy or goal followed by a group of artists during a restricted period of time or at least with the heyday An art period is a phase in the development of the work of an Artist, groups of artists or Art movement.
In film as an art form, a retrospective is a representative selection of films of a specific actor, director, or other film crew member, or pertaining to a specific film genre or era. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. For the comedic team see The Film Crew. A film crew is a group of people hired by a production company for the purpose of producing a In Film theory, genre refers to the primary method of film categorization based on similarities in the narrative elements from which films are constructed Retrospectives may be presented by local movie theaters or as part of film festivals. Cinemaaustraliajpg|thumb|A movie theater in Australia ]]A movie theater, movie theatre, picture theatre or cinema is a venue A film festival is the presentation or showcasing of Films in one or more Movie theaters or screening venues
Music
Retrospective compilations are sometimes assembled from an artist's greatest hits. A greatest hits album (sometimes referred to as a " best of " album is a Compilation album of successful previously released Songs by a particular
Software engineering
The term is also used in software engineering, where a retrospective is a meeting held by a project team at the end of a project or process (often after a certain number of iterations) to discuss what was successful about the project or time period covered by that retrospective, what could be improved, and how to incorporate the successes and improvements in future iterations or projects. Software engineering is the application of a systematic disciplined quantifiable approach to the development operation and maintenance of Software.
In agile development retrospectives play a very important role in iterative and incremental development. Agile software development refers to a group of Software development methodologies that are based on similar principles Iterative and Incremental development is a cyclic Software development process developed in response to the weaknesses of the Waterfall model. At the end of every iteration a retrospective is held to look for ways to improve the process for the next iteration.
Awards
A retrospective award is one which is created, and then awarded to all persons who would previously have received it. Alternatively, a slight change to the criteria of an existing award may result in retrospective awards being presented to persons who would have won the award under present rules. Comparatively few awards are presented retrospectively.
Dictionary
retrospective
-adjective
- of, relating to, or contemplating the past
- looking backwards
- affecting or influencing past things; retroactive
-noun
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