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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"NK Decorative arts Applied arts Decoration and ornament"”.
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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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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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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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Unravelling the Musical in Art: Matisse, his music and his textiles
… images of music-making often appear within decorative scenes 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 …