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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"adoration"”.
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Adoration, Appropriation, or Approximation? Rethinking the Exotic in Western Music
Throughout the history of European art music, the desire to portray “Other” cultures has been given voice by composers by way of exoticism. The ability to depict the exotic has, for centuries, held the fascination of listeners and composers alike. In spite of this, the identification and study of …
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The glass machinery in Christopher Dewdney's Predators of the adoration
… poetry, prose, and visual art, Predators of the Adoration: Selected Poems 1972-82 . Employing a strategy of repetition, association, and layering, Dewdney explores the workings of "the glass machinery," a complex, all-encompassing, metaphorical symbolic system that imitatively represents the very …
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Prayers of Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication: A Composition for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
… between text and music in Prayers of Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication - a four-movement composition, fourteen minutes in length, for soprano, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, violin, double bass, and percussion. The text of the composition is taken from the …
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The Work of the Magi: Adoration Images and Visions of Globalization in Early Modern Europe
… depictions of the three magi of the biblical Adoration story can be understood within a representational "economy," that is, an economy defined by ideas and ways of knowing that circulate through the visual innovations and re-imaginings of this story. This project is significant in its …
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"Rosa alchemica," "The tables of the law," and "Adoration of the magi," edited and with an introduction
… Alchemica," "The Tables of the Law," and "The Adoration of the Magi." Panned by critics over the last century, the three stories contained in this volume are both controversial and difficult. The introduction explains the language of occultists and alchemists in terms of Jungian psychology and …
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Pity Those Who Live Without Love: The Function of Love in Harry Potter
… respond to these texts with unprecedented adoration and dedication. Generally, critics attempt to explicate the popularity of Harry Potter in one of two ways: through an examination of either Rowling’s literary artistry, or an analysis of the relentless marketing of the culture industry. …
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Rose Windows: A Bridge Between Heaven And Earth
… the love of joy. Ornament and beauty are the adoration of light. Layers of composition and layers of light allow form to follow feeling through the structural repetition and thought of light as a material itself.
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Making Love in the English Reformation: Carving Images in the Temple of Our Harts
… theology, I recover what I call a poetics of adoration. This poetics of adoration incorporated the imagery of traditional, Catholic practice and its sacramental theology to rewrite Petrarchan discourse and in some cases to celebrate traditional religion. Some Protestant poets read these poems …
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Scream Queen: Drag, Dance, and the Grotesque Beauty of Queer Imagination
Scream Queen is, if anything, an act of adoration for the medium of horror and the power of queer expression. This paper will detail the process and culminating product of my choreographed work, Scream Queen, presented in October 2024. I will discuss persona, drag, and the intimate relationship …
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Whitman And The Elegy: Mythologizing Lincoln And The Poetic Reconstruction Of Mourning
… scales. The regimented order of lament, adoration, and consolation of the traditional elegy were not enough to accommodate the complex, organic mourning that Whitman sought to capture in his poems. Whitman's series of elegies following the death of Abraham Lincoln mythologized the …
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Ο ΒΑΡΝΑΛΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΟΙ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΙ
… CLIMATE OF VARNALIS' TIME (P .6), INWHICH HIS ADORATION OF THE ANCIENTS IS ALSO SET. WE ALSO SEARCH THROUGH THE ATTITUDE OF THE CRITICISM CONCERNING OUR THEME (P.16). IN THE FIRST PART (P.47) WE PRESENT VARNALIS' VARIOUS CONTACTS WITH THE ANCIENTS. IN THE SECOND PART (P.98) WE EXAMINE HIS …
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Dorian Gray: The Myth
… is a myth cautioning against excessive self-adoration and fixation on beauty. However, in the late 19th century, this ancient myth underwent a transformation, taking center stage as a prominent symbol in the emerging Aesthetic Movement. Contrary to warnings present in the myth, this movement …
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Romanticizing Leadership: A Historical and Cultural Critique
… of the spiritual into everyday life, pantheistic adoration of nature, glorification of the self, fascination with the irrational, focus on the power of the imagination, subjugation of the individual to the common good, and apocalyptic hope for a new world, are influencing, theories and practices …
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René Girard, Sacrifice, and the Eucharist
… view in light of Christian realities. Both the adoration that mimetic desire directs towards the model of desire and the violent worship of the victims of sacrifice emerge as anticipatory parodies of Christian life and worship. The parody emerges fully when Christ recapitulates its elements. …
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Leaving Her Story: The Path to the Second Marriage in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Middlemarch
… Helen and Dorothea. Both women move from blind adoration to despair and hatred at the failure of their first marriages. Both eventually seek a second marriage and wed men who are in turn wiser for their association with these women and who love and respect them. The treatment of marriage in the …
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The Role of Support and Prayer in Enhancing the Psychological Well-Being of Cancer Patients in Canada
… effect for the prayer of Reception and Adoration. Greater support from family, friends, and faith community results in more positive psychological well-being (β=.30, p< .001). Prayer partially mediates the influence of support on psychological well-being (β=.197, p< .001). Higher levels …
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The social role of the Museum: a visitor survey in the Cape
… Greece where it was applied to a temple for the adoration of the Muses. By the end of the 3rd century A. D. such museums had perished and the term "museum" was not used again until the 16th century when it was applied to the private collections which developed in Italy and then spread through …
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"a good rain and a baby calf are always welcome"
… water in Texas. What is the architecture for the adoration of water in Texas? Where does one immerse oneself in water as a retreat from the sun and an act of tribute to that water? Furthermore, what is the form this architecture? How does such an architecture meld into a dynamic and varied …
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Examining the Dynamics of Urban Form, Flow, and Accessibility Using Geo-Computational Methods: A Case Study of Delhi
The adoration for cities is widespread across the globe. However, as urbanization escalates in the cities of the global south, concerns regarding unsustainable living have become increasingly prominent. Consequently, there is a pressing need to delve deeper into comprehending the essence of cities …
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Cults of Artemis in Ancient Greece
… epic tradition seems to have opted for the adoration of beauty as an indication of Excellence. How are we to combine the adorable divine maiden of the Homeric epics with the wild power manifested in local cults? Artemis vacillates between virginity conceived as maidenly exquisiteness and …
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