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Showing 1 to 20 of 306 for “"Iconography"”.
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Patterns in Seal Iconography: A Frequency Model
In this thesis I explore iconography displayed on flat and roller seals manufactured during the Preclassic era in five Maya regions in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Honduras as well as two collections of seals of the same age from Ecuador and Peru. I gathered a corpus of images and …
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Monkey and Ape Iconography in Minoan Art
This dissertation examines monkey and ape iconography in Minoan art during the Aegean Bronze Age (ca. 3,000–1,100 B.C.). Although a broad range of animals exist for depiction, Minoan artists carefully selected each subject in order to fulfill specific roles. Monkeys and apes appear to function …
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Ancient Maya Afterlife Iconography: Traveling Between Worlds
… myths or represented in the iconography from most noncontextual objects, are the "travelers": a group of gods, humans, and animals who occupy a unique niche in the ancient Maya cosmology. This group of figures is depicted journeying from one level or realm of the universe to …
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The Volunteers 1778-1793: Iconography and Identity
The Volunteers of 1778 to 1793 represent one of the most widely studied political and military movements of eighteenth century Ireland. The Volunteers were undoubtedly of central importance to the political life of this period, but were also of great significance to the tradition of amateur …
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Cutting Edge: Re-reading Iconography in Body Worlds
<p>Over two hundred licensed creations - plastinated human and animal bodies and specimens - are currently on view in each of seven, independently themed exhibits belonging to <em>Gunther von Hagen’s</em> <em>Body Worlds</em>. While academic readers typically exclude these bodies from conversations …
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St. Joseph Iconography In Fifteenth Century Florentine Painting
… of Joseph is evident in Christian art, and his iconography is widely recognized. The significance of the addition of the donkey saddle and traveler's items to Florentine nativities in the 15th century is understated at best, if not ignored all together. These items appear during the rise of the …
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The iconography of ancient Greek and Roman jewellery
… 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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Advertising Media as a Source for Painting Iconography
One of the phenomena of twentieth century America is the enormous growth in size and influence of the advertising industry. It is impossible to avoid the visual and aural images of sultry women and sophisticated men (and various portions of their anatomy), who order, persuade and cajole the public …
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The Catafalque of Paul V: Architecture, Sculpture and Iconography
… allow us to reconstruct the appearance and iconography of Paul's catafalque. Meaning is created through formal choices in the architectural design of the catafalque and the sixteen personified virtues which adorn it. While the iconography is not explicitly dealt with in the Breve Racconto, …
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Princes set on stages : Iconography on the early modern stage.
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The Iconography of the Sacred Mother of Santa Maria Tonantzintla
… The third part focuses on the European- based iconography of the Virgin and the iconography of the pre-Hispanic earth mother Tonantzin. It will illustrate how the image of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception at Santa Maria is the physical manifestation of a sacred discourse between Catholic …
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The Human Image in the Iron Age Iconography of Gaul
… the use and development of anthropomorphic iconography in Iron Age Gaul, up to the beginning of the Roman period. The principal focus is on freestanding human imagery. Art, and in particular religious art, is for many societies a critical feature in the definition of cultural identity. It is …
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Dalí's Religious Models: the Iconography of Martyrdom and its Contemplation
… thesis investigates Dalí’s adoption of religious iconography to help represent themes that he had conceptualised through Surrealism, psychoanalysis and other thought systems. His selective use of sources was closely bound to his life circumstances, and I integrate biographical details in my …
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Late Byzantine Liturgical Vestments and the Iconography of Sacerdotal Power
Previous scholars have argued that the Orthodox clergy actively borrowed elements from the dress of the emperor and his court in the late Byzantine period. I argue that, in addition, the decoration of liturgical vestments adapts the hierarchical code of imperial imagery used on court costume. …
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The Iconography of Kee -Chung Sohn in Korean Cultural Memory
… the dissertation traces Sohn's image or iconography, as it has appeared in Korean history including after World War II, the 1980s and present-times. The main argument of the dissertation is that Sohn is an idealistic figure to the Korean people, especially those born before 1970, and that …
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The insular reception of the Eusebian canon tables: exegesis and iconography
This thesis examines the Insular reception of the Eusebian canon tables before 800 AD. The tables, devised in Caesarea in the early fourth century, represent one of the most successful patristic attempts to demonstrate the harmony of the quadriform Gospel. Their success is reflected in the series' …
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The art of the spearthrower: understanding the Andean Estólica through iconography
… and in what contexts, by comparing iconography to existing artifacts. It was determined that they saw the heaviest use among the coastal societies through the Early Intermediate Period and were primarily seen as a symbol in the following years.</p>
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From Tempera to Ink to Code: The Other Media of Orthodox Iconography
… contributions to the fields of iconology and iconography.
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Hermetic heresies: a sculptural revision of the iconography of the classical muse
Concentrating on the object as vestige of function in the portrayal of muses in ancient Greek sculpture, my aim is to dismiss their traditional representations, and to reconstruct the choir of the muses by iconographic substitution. The hypothesis is that if the muses are prototypes rather than …
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