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Showing 1 to 20 of 127 for “"Iconographic"”.
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Cherubim and Seraphim : a textual and iconographic study
… word seraph. This study employs a textual and iconographic analysis to attempt to reconstruct a picture of what the authors of the Hebrew Bible had in mind when they wrote about cherubim and seraphim. Every text in the Hebrew Bible mentioning one of these words is listed, translated and …
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Iconographic architecture as signs and symbols in Dubai
This study seeks to investigate the impact of architectural icons on the cities that they are built in, especially those in Dubai to understand the perceptions and associations of ordinary people with these icons, thus analysing their impact on the quality of life in the city. This is an important …
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A comparative, iconographic study of early-modern, religious emblems
Although scholarly interest in the field of emblematics has increased greatly over the last decade, there is still much to be done, particularly in the area of religious emblems. The emblem form has been considered from the perspective of individual author, geographical factors and theological …
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The Birth of Sacrifice: Iconographic Metaphors for Spiritual Rebirth in Master Matthias' Isenheim Altarpiece
… context from which the work was commissioned and iconographic analysis of the images portrayed by Master Matthias. This thesis explores iconographic metaphors for birth and sacrifice, metaphors which work to create a theological dialogue about Christian redemption within the nine painted panels …
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The Iconographic Owl through the Eyes of American Artists: From Native Americans to Joseph Cornell
<p>The owl has been a symbol for the Americas, as well as the rest of the world since people could write. It is a symbol with many meanings to Native Americans, from guardian to an omen of approaching death; the owl’s presence could be both a blessing and a curse. As western society spread American …
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Sacred, Sensual and Sublime: An Iconographic Study of the Female Nude in the Murals of Diego Rivera
<p>Diego Rivera (1886-1957) played a pivotal role in Mexico's artistic Renaissance. During one prolific decade (1922-1932), Rivera painted nine important mural cycles in which he helped to revive and perfect the tradition of fresco painting in Mexico. These murals expressed Rivera's hopes for an …
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An iconographic investigation of the attributes and functions of Ancient Egyptian canine deities and their relation to death.
The Ancient Egyptians have always had a strong connection with their animals. This can be seen in the depictions of their gods as well as in their way of writing in hieroglyphics, in which multiple animal figures are used. The Ancient Egyptians are also associated strongly with the afterlife and …
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L'iconografia apocalittica nei Beatos IX-XIII secolo
… sources may have been the transmission medium of iconographic models between the different cultures that lived in the Iberian Peninsula after 711. In order to achieve this goal it was created a catalogue with all the manuscripts preserved until today. On the one hand, the catalogue makes available …
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Vom Bildnis zum Bit. Deep Learning zur Analyse der Ikonographie antiker Münzen
… and the complexity of interpretative iconographic descriptions. This study investigates the potential and current limits of an AI-based approach to the automated classification of Roman coins. Focusing on Roman coinage (ca. 320 BCE–491 CE), the research combines Natural Language …
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Mother of God, Cease Sorrow!: The Significance of Movement in a Late Byzantine Icon
… specifically of the Pausolype ("cease sorrow!") iconographic type, I believe that this image contributes significantly to our understanding of Late Byzantine culture and liturgical practice. Careful study of this particular icon encourages a consideration of the problematic subject of emotion, …
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"The windows of heaven" : temple windows in the Hebrew Bible and in comparative ancient Near Eastern evidence.
… analysis includes textual, architectural, and iconographic evidence categories. The textual evidence occurs across genres and provides examples of monumental windows, cosmological windows, and figures at the window. The archaeological evidence consists of windows in temples based on evidence …
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Art, Ideology, and Politics at El Achiotal: A Late Preclassic Frontier Site in Northwestern Petén, Guatemala
… and analysis of archaeological materials and iconographic programs, primarily associated with two construction phases in the sequence, Structure 5C-01-sub 4 and -sub 2. The theoretical frame of reference I employ is that of early states, emphasizing archaeological variables used to study the …
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Tracing the passion of a black Christ: critical reflections on the iconographic revision and symbolic redeployment of the Stations of the Cross and Passion cycle by South African artists Sydney Kumalo, Sokhaya Charles Nkosi and Azaria Mbatha
… Stations of the Cross - and more broadly, the iconographic tradition of the Passion cycle. In so doing, I demonstrate the strategic application of Christ's episodic sufferings as a means of both analogously chronicling situations of historical trauma, as well as articulating more aspirant …
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Jocus : a personification of folly and play and an attribute of carnal love in Renaissance art
… both art and literature. This study recovers the iconographic tradition of Jocus, identifying its classical literary origins, and tracing its survival, development and transformation in early-Christian, medieval, and Renaissance literature. Thereafter, it analyses representations of Jocus within …
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From the Resurrection to the Ascension: Christ's post Resurrection appearances in Byzantine Art
… impact of liturgy upon the dissemination of an iconographic theme. The emergence of the Anastasis will rival their exclusive role as visual synonyms of Christ’s resurrection, but this thesis reveals that their relation was one of cooperation rather than rivalry, since the post-Resurrection …
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Ο ΧΕΙΡΙΣΜΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΚΟΜΙΚΣ (1950-ΣΗΜΕΡΑ)
… IDEOLOGICAL BACKGROUND. IT IS ALSO SEARCHING FOR ICONOGRAPHIC TROPES AND CENSORSHIP TO THE WORKS OF ANTIQUITY.
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Hermetic heresies: a sculptural revision of the iconography of the classical muse
… and to reconstruct the choir of the muses by iconographic substitution. The hypothesis is that if the muses are prototypes rather than personages, then mythic meaning will survive its own dislocation and continue to function in substitute form, giving the resulting sculptures symbolic impetus.
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The Washington Bronze Dionysos
… the early 1960's. The bronze no longer had the iconographic attributes that it had once held in its hands, but the head presented features which made it possible to identity the figure as representing the god Dionysos. The sculptor drew upon earlier prototypes, specifically a figure called the …
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An Inquiry into the Relationship between Community and Text: Narratives and Iconography Depicting Christian Women with Authority in Late Antiquity
… study uses changes in texts, both narrative and iconographic, to illuminate subtly changing cycles of gender politics within the larger cultural and historical context of Late Antiquity.
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Saint, martyr, killer of Christ? The legend of Longinus in medieval Irish tradition
… over time. Sources used for the analyses include iconographic representations of the spear-bearer in manuscripts, metalwork and stone and textual representations of the figure of Longinus ranging over the history of Irish literature from the early medieval to the early modern period, as well as …
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