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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"ancient art"”.
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The Ancient Art of Smile-Making
… this with their irrational companionship. “The Ancient Art of Smile-Making,” “A Well Meaning Marionette,” “The Peacock Cloister,” and “In the Garden, Swallowing Pearls” are essentially about this innate need for company. “Murdered in a Good Dress” and “Myrtle Slog” illustrate the homesickness …
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Ancient Art, Modern Tech: Experiencing the Digital Reinvention of the Mogao Grottoes
… China is the greatest repository of Buddhist art in the world. It has long faced a range of threats from natural disasters to imperialistic plunder. But now it must confront the greatest challenge to its continued existence: modern-day tourism. The sheer volume of visitors seeking a direct …
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Lamenting Patrick Og MacCrimmon : a reconstruction of the ancient art music of the great Highland bagpipe
… the teaching, reconstruction and transmission of ancient classical Bagpipe music called Ceol Mor, Gaelic for “Big Music”, commonly known as Piobaireachd. The author engaged several leading members of the performer community in Scotland and Canada to produce this aural and visual record of the …
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A Classical Marble Head in the Krannert Art Museum: Issues of Identity and Museum Acquisition Policy
The Bearded Head in the Krannert Art Museum (acquisition number 1970-11-1) poses a significant problem of identification. Although there is no disagreement over the fact that it is a work of ancient art, it is unclear as to the period in which it was created. It has been defined in the past as a …
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Exploring new work: a personal reflection art critique in the world of prints
… process, act of making, and several contextual art concepts of the past including: comparisons to certain Futurist artists and elements of pre-Columbian Aztec and Mayan artwork. I will discuss briefly technical processes and emphasize visual concepts. In viewing several examples of my own prints …
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Weaving Architecture: An Exploration of Old and New Materials and Construction Methods in Washington, D.C.
… a gallery and bar for the Textile Museum, artist studios, a restaurant, leaseable space for offices and residences as well as a public garden. This complex design reflects the evolving nature of cities and a building's ability to adapt to new demands and technology; similar to the ancient …
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Overcoming barriers in chemistry : a birds eye view of electrostatic fluctuations in fundamental proteins and streamlining inclusivity in the classroom.
… by 3D printing common science data using an ancient art form known as the lithophane that can be interpreted with the same level of detail by both the blind and sighted.
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Design, Fabrication, and Testing of Mechanical Hinges with Snap-Fit Locking Mechanisms in Rigid Origami Structures
<p>The ancient art of ‘origami’ has recently become the source of inspiration for engineers to create structures that can unfold from a compact state to a fully deployed one. For instance, researchers have currently adopted origami designs in various engineering disciplines, including aerospace …
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On the Edge
… about conceptual and visual influences from some ancient art works in Korea and Japan such as Full Moon Jar, Kizaemon Tea-Bowl and Wabi Sabi, and contemporary ceramic artists, such as Gwyn Hessen and David Kimball Anderson. These influences support my aesthetic: asymmetry, simplicity, quietness, …
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On the Edge
… about conceptual and visual influences from some ancient art works in Korea and Japan such as Full Moon Jar, Kizaemon Tea-Bowl and Wabi Sabi, and contemporary ceramic artists, such as Gwyn Hessen and David Kimball Anderson. These influences support my aesthetic: asymmetry, simplicity, quietness, …
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Tattooed college students: an exploratory analysis
Tattooing is an ancient art. Tattoos have been used to worship gods, to show tribal membership, and to display wealth. However, in modern Western culture tattooing has been a devalued practice reserved for the those on the fringe of society. In the last twenty-five years, however, more mainstream …
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From Rio to Romola: Morality and Didacticism in the English Appreciation of Early Italian Art 1836-1863
This thesis takes as its starting point the marked rise in interest in the earlier schools of Italian painting in the English art world during the 1840s. Over the course of this decade the study and collection of so-called 'primitive' painting was transformed from a marginal pursuit to an aspect of …
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Natus Diformis: Hermaphrodites in Greek and Roman Art
… these Mischwesen as they are reported by various ancient authors to occur in nature. But from the inscriptions, literary testimonia, and artifacts, it appears that the Greeks and Romans considered Hermaphroditos a divinity with a variety of divine functions and characteristics. Representations of …
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An analysis of the Aristotelian rhetorical appeals of ethos, logos, and pathos in selected musical plays of Rodgers and Hammerstein
Rodgers and Hammerstein began their partnership in 1942. Their history changed the history of musical theatre. This dissertation is a rhetorical analysis of the scripts and scores of three of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musicals, Oklahoma!, Carousel and South Pacific. These texts are particularly …
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Resistance to the Rise of the Principate: An Analysis of Literary Allusions to Augustus’ Rivals
… rise to power. Using maps, coins, and other artefacts to help explore topographical and contemporary references, this study maintains that coded depictions in literature may provide deeper understanding of events from the period, especially since many of our extant sources are biased, …
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Fragments and Assemblages: The Display of Ancient Sculpture in the Vatican’s Museo Chiaramonti
… The result was a new museum display of ancient sculpture, the first that included fragments on a wide scale, while at the same time restorations continued to play an important role. It is this duality between fragments and assemblages that is the central theme of this thesis. Founded in …
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The Classical in the Contemporary: Contemporary Art in Britain and its Relationships with Greco-Roman Antiquity
… ‘The Classical in the Contemporary: Contemporary Art in Britain and its Relationships with Greco-Roman Antiquity.’ From the viewpoint of classical reception studies, I am asking what contemporary British art (by, for example, Sarah Lucas, Damien Hirst, and Mark Wallinger) has to do with the …
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Violence Against Architecture: The Lost Cultural Heritage of Syria and Iraq
<p>This thesis examines ancient architecture within Syria and Iraq that has been deliberately destroyed by violence. The act of destroying architecture and monuments in both Syria and Iraq, which is often-historical UNESCO protected, will invariably violate various laws, such as the 1954 Hague …
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The rendering of landscape in Greek and South Italian vase painting
… draughtsmanship characteristic of the engraver’s art rather than of painting. The lines in vase painting were made with incision or glaze, either diluted or undiluted. Each method produced a unique effect. The Attic white lekythoi of the second half of the fifth century B.C. introduced into vase …
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Mechanics driven architectures for flexible nanomaterial-based sensors
… that significantly surpass their bulk counterparts. As a result, they have captivated academic and industrial interests for use as electrical and thermal conductors, transparent electrodes, semiconductors, lights absorbers, condensation channels, etc. In this dissertation, I further explore the …
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