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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Auguste"”.
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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres' Jupiter and Thetis
The painting of Jupiter and Thetis was to be Ingres' vindication against previously hostile critics and the ultimate proof of his stature as a history painter. A definitive work in his oeuvre, it synthesizes all the intellectual, stylistic and visual influences to which he had so far been exposed. …
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O naturalista e o viajante: o Brasil nos escritos de Auguste de Saint-Hilaire
… sobre a literatura de viagem produzida por Auguste de Saint-Hilaire durante os seus trabalhos pelo Brasil. O recorte temporal se encontra compreendido entre os anos de 1816-1822, período no qual Saint-Hilaire coletou plantas e as enviou para a França. Apesar de ser um naturalista, seus …
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The Loss of the Philosophic Tradition and the Rise of the Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte
… and originator of the Positive Philosophy, Auguste Comte. I analyze the author's several volumes, these dedicated to establishing a new foundation of political thought, one in which scientific inquiry would serve as the ground for seeking truth and knowledge and as a basis for …
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The Whiteface and the Auguste: the integration of structure and spontaneity in contemporary clown theatre performance
… of clown theatre. In my view, the Whiteface and Auguste clown partnership arguably represents a break in the tradition of circus clowns towards a more modern way of understanding and thinking about clowning informed by ideas around spontaneity and structure. The characteristics of their …
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Cross-shore exchange in the northern Benguela and the related role of upwelling filaments Annethea Auguste Muller.
The purpose of this research is to quantify where, how much and by what mechanisms water leaves or comes on to the Namibian shelf and secondly to gain a better understanding into the circulation associated with upwelling filaments in the northern Benguela region and quantify their contribution to …
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The cult of Rodin : words, photographs, and colonial history in the spread of Auguste Rodin's reputation in northeast Asia
This dissertation explores the growth of Auguste Rodin's phenomenal acclaim in Northeast Asia, where he was introduced in the early 20th century, when China, Japan, and Korea were undergoing social, political, and cultural turmoil caused by colonial intrusions of the West, and became established …
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Rationalism and the organic analogy in fin-de-siècle Paris : Auguste Perret and the building at 25b rue Franklin
… in Paris designed in 1903 by the architect Auguste Perret. It documents the building's history and discusses its design in the context of late-nineteenth-century theoretical debate on housing and architecture. The first part of the study examines the context. It includes an analysis of the …
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Alteridade e fragmentação do eu na obra de E. A. Poe: a trilogia de Auguste Dupin da palavra à imagem
… em particular à fragmentação do eu da personagem Auguste Dupin, nos seus Tales of Ratiocination, atentando de que forma a (des)construção desta personagem inspirou o género literário no séc. XIX e XX. Procuramos ainda refletir sobre a relação literatura-cinema, nomeadamente sobre a problemática da …
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The Comte connection : George Eliot, positivism and poetry
… propagate ideas derived from the philosophy of Auguste Comte. An understanding of the relationship between the poetry and Comtean Positivism is an essential preparation for adequate critical assessment. After a brief exploration of the critical disinheritance, the question of George Eliot's …
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A Search For Balance
… the spirit of which nature herself is animated" (Auguste Rodin). My intention as a sculptor is to explore the intersection between nature and industry. I seek to find a balance between the industrial (steel) and the natural (stone). Steel represents societal obligations. Stone (river rock) is …
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Reconstructing the Merovingian Cemetery of Butte Des Gargans, Houdan, France: The Documents of Auguste Moutie and Paul Guegan Considered With the Collections of the Spurlock Museum of World Cultures and the Musee d'Art Et d'Histoire De Dreux
From the artifacts remaining and the details gleaned from the Moutie manuscript it is evident that this cemetery was in continuous use, probably by Gallo-Romans and also laeti from the fourth to the seventh centuries, and follows the patterns known in rural cemeteries in the Paris basin. Appendices …
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Parisian Social Studies: Positivism and the Novels of Balzac, Paul de Kock and Zola
… in the early 1840s, the progressive theories of Auguste Comte (collected, in particular, in his Cours de philosophie positive from 1830-1842) promulgated a scientific, observational approach to the study of society. Throughout the five chapters of this project, I will posit that authors of urban …
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The question of method in social science
… was popularized through the writings of Auguste Comte and John Stuart Mill and found its final expression in the doctrines of logical positivism. The positivist ideal of a social scientific method based on observation, experimentation and verification gained dominance through the …
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The Astonishing Phantom and Other Works
… or paralleling my story to those of figures like Auguste Piccard and Laika the Soviet space dog, these essays try to uncover such links.</p>
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Chimeras and Jagunços: Positivist Discourse in Euclides da Cunha's Os Sertões
… adhering to the Natural Laws identified by Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, and, in particular, Herbert Spencer. Positivist progress was, however, contingent upon the elimination of the pathological, amorphous 'savage lower races. Non-white degeneration in Brazil, especially amongst its …
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Camille Claudel
… family, her friends and her teacher and lover, Auguste Rodin. It describes her childhood, teenage years and her start in the art of sculpture in Paris. Il also explains the lack of art education for women. Her relationship with Rodin was a key element in Claudel's life, it affected her artwork …
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Arpenter le monde en esprit fort : les écrits de voyage libertins au XVIIe siècle
… réseaux savants. Car si les écrits de François-Auguste de Thou, Ismaël Boulliau, Jean-Jacques Bouchard, Balthasar de Monconys, Chapelle et Bachaumont, Dassoucy, François Bernier, Samuel Sorbière et Isaac de La Peyrère présentent une expérience semblable du voyage – et singulière par rapport au …
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Camille Claudel: The Struggle for Artistic Idenity
… a career that was largely defined in terms of Auguste Rodin. This perspective of her work may be seen most notably in the reactions to her sculpture L'Âge Mûr. This work was interpreted as an allegory of two women's struggle for one man -- the artist Rodin. The sculpture depicts an old woman on …
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Os jardins no Brasil do século xix: glaziou revisitado
… the French gardens. inherited by our artists. Auguste François Marie Glaziou, a French botanic landscaper, arrives in Brazil in 1858, invited by D. Pedro II to become "Diretor Geral das Matas e Jardins". lt is through his works and studies that European elements are fit to our flora. Glaziou's …
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Brave Belgians of the Belle Époque : a study of the late-romantic Ghent horn playing tradition
… and institutional achievements of François-Auguste Gevaert (1828- 1908) and Adolphe Samuel (1824-1898) developed a horn school that emphasized functional technical proficiency in the service of free artistic expression. From the end of the nineteenth century onwards, the center of gravity of …
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