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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"art and nature"”.
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Formalism in the Victorian garden.
… It begins with the decades dominated by Loudon and concludes with what might be termed the triumph of formalism in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. The area chosen as a case study is the county of Derbyshire and its periphery, which contains such gardens of monumental and seminal …
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Shakespeare and the Grace of Words: A Doxological Reading of "King Lear" and "The Winter's Tale"
… thesis explores the connections between theology and literature through a doxological approach, an understanding of all language as grounded in praise for the divine. My textual analyses of Shakespeare’s plays both instantiate and complement this approach, learning from insights from the literary …
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Evoking the Art of Nature
… to investigate the therapeutic potential of nature-based art therapy, an innovative approach that combines artmaking with the healing power of nature. The research aimed to examine the synergistic effects of nature and artmaking, as well as the impact of the eco-art experience on adult …
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Panography
… juxtaposing its own Pan-narrative with nods to (and appropriations of) his appearances in classical mythology and literary iconography, and his rare invocations in contemporary popular culture. Panography is an examination of rural Canadian ideas of masculinity, an exploration of the backwoods …
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Drawing on nature : the legacy of Ruskin’s moral cosmos
… investigates drawing as a form of looking, and the possibility of transcending looking, into perception. Words and photos constitute a text that weaves together distinctive strands; those of drawing, those of writing in italics (subjective, personal reflections: the journal) and those of …
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Antonio Machado, the Institucion Libre de Ensenanza and Spanish Krausism
… education unique in the Spain of that time and exposure to the ideological influences of Krausism and institucionismo. After examining the biographical aspects of his contact with the school (chapter 1), I investigate the nature and extent of its influence in certain areas of thought: …
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Immersed: Case studies in art and ecology
Climate change and biodiversity loss are cultural as much as scientific events, and art can play a role in exploring and debating the current climate crisis. Observational drawing is used as a way of paying careful attention to what is here and now, to produce multiple responses to my lived …
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Transient Constellations: Adorno, Benjamin, and the Actuality of Idealism
… examines the thought of Theodor W. Adorno and Walter Benjamin in critical constellation with German Idealism, specifically G.W.F. Hegel and F.W.J. Schelling. I explore how Adorno and Benjamin deconstruct and refashion Idealist notions, while also providing the post-Idealist theoretical …
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(At)testing Virtue: Shine and the Materiality of Metals in the Construction of Habsburg Nobility (1477–1519)
… the critical role that metallic matter and its transformations played in shaping narratives of Habsburg nobility, with particular focus on the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519). Beyond generic interpretations of metals as precious materialia, I show how metallic matter and its …