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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Decoration and ornament"”.
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Painted and decorated floors on the Greek mainland and Crete in the Bronze age
<p>The colorful painted plaster decoration on the walls of the Bronze Age palaces and mansions of Crete and Mycenae is a well known architectural feature. It is less widely known that a great many stucco floors were painted as well. This probably is because the information regarding these floors is …
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Digital and Interactive Media Analysis of Myths and Traditions Expressed in Thai Fairground Art
… been didactic Buddhist ethical works and popular folkloric beliefs. Both are permeated with a cosmology and worldview that is supernatural but which is pervaded with ethical implications for people’s daily lives. Buddhist art aims to encourage selfless acts for the good of others, …
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The volute in architecture and architectural decoration with particular reference to its introduction into the Ionic order
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A social analysis of Viking jewellery from Iceland
Abstract available p. 2-3
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The iconography of ancient Greek and Roman jewellery
… work will examine the various forms of symbolism and iconography in jewellery from ancient Greece and Rome. It sets out to elucidate and place into the appropriate cultural context the motifs represented in jewellery from these civilisations. The work is largely divided into three parts. The first …
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The Arts and Crafts movement: exchanges between Greece and Britain (1876-1930)
This thesis discusses exchanges between Britain and Greece as part of the Arts and Crafts Movement which took shape in England in the 1880s. It had an impact throughout Europe; its influence was especially significant on newly emergent nation states. Two important elements were the use of the past …
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The use of ceramics as an aesthetic element in Durban architecture (1914-2012)
Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment in compliance with the requirements for the Masters Degree in Technology: Fine Art, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2013.
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Two senses of 'installation' -what does it mean to place a work of art?
… in history, examining the function of art and its placement throughout the ages. I then overviewed how the placement of art is presented in modern gallery space; unconventional space and installation. I discovered that where and how one places art will affect how it is perceived. I used …
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Floristry and fine art — a practical and conceptual investigation
… investigates the concepts of both floristry and art and how they are interrelated, drawing on the author’s 15 years’ experience in the floristry industry. The research is based on both theory and personal practice. The most common theoretical concepts of both art and floristry were reviewed. …
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More Alive than Ever? Futurism in the 1940s
… but its vocal endorsement of Mussolini’s regime and its military adventures at this time is widely considered to represent Futurism’s ultimate betrayal of those ‘progressive’, counter-cultural values popularly associated with the avant-garde. For many, the movement’s apparent engagement with the …
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Painting in Stone: The Symbolism of Colored Marbles in the Visual Arts and Literature from Antiquity until the Enlightenment
… century BC. This thesis examines the poetics and symbolism of marbles, as a medium more than a material, over many centuries along three predominant lines: as images of substance according to a pre-modern concept of matter and pre-modern notions of geology; marble's apparent ability to bear …
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Videos sobre creación, restauración y decoración de artículos para el hogar a bajo presupuesto para el lanzamiento de un canal de Youtube
Realización de videotutoriales de proyectos DIY (Do It Yourself) para el lanzamiento de “Hazlo Eco”. Un canal de Youtube enfocado en artículos del hogar, con el propósito de incentivar el ahorro y la sostenibilidad, a través de la reutilización y el reciclaje.
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Unravelling the Musical in Art: Matisse, his music and his textiles
… of gleaming carpets, multi-coloured costumes and lavishly embroidered wall hangings. All of these textiles and more comprised what he called ‘ma bibliothèque de travail’, a working library of inspiration that he maintained throughout his career. ‘I am made up of everything I have seen,’ he …