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Exporting Flemish Gothic architecture to China: meaning and context of the churches of Shebiya (Inner Mongolia) and Xuanhua (Hebei) built by missionary-architect Alphonse De Moerloose in 1903-1906 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
De Congregatie van het Onbevlekt Hart van Maria (C.I.C.M.), beter bekend als congregatie van de scheutisten, werd in 1862 door de Vlaamse priester Théophile Verbist in Brussel gesticht. De congregatie kreeg van Rome de missie om Mongolië te evangeliseren.
Coomans, Thomas, Luo, Wei
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Circulation and collecting of Japanese design books in the north of Italy - The Varese city library case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
At the beginning of the 20th century, the term zuan denoted prototype designs to be applied to an artefact in the applied arts. These prototypes were not only popular because they provided ideas and patterns to be reproduced as decorations; they were ...
E. Lanza
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Architecture of Poland as the Heritage of the Past in the Present. Castles, palaces and mansions, historic cities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The present book “Poland – History, Culture and Society. Selected Readings” is the third edition of a collection of academic texts written with the intention to accompany the module by providing incoming students with teaching materials that will assist ...
Kaczmarek, Sylwia
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The Failure of "Chinese Intrinsic Form" [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Architectural trends in modern China have evolved into four stages over the course of history : from the “Chinese Form” in the 1900s, to the "Chinese Intrinsic Form" in the 1930s, to the "Ethnic Form" in the 1950s, and to the "New Ethnic Form" in the ...
Wu, Rui
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History of art paintings through the lens of entropy and complexity

open access: yes, 2018
Art is the ultimate expression of human creativity that is deeply influenced by the philosophy and culture of the corresponding historical epoch. The quantitative analysis of art is therefore essential for better understanding human cultural evolution ...
Perc, Matjaz   +2 more
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Alessandro Mazzucotelli: an artistic and educational project [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
ALESSANDRO MAZZUCOTELLI: AN ARTISTIC AND EDUCATIONAL PROJECT MAGNAGHI-DELFINO Paola, (I), NORANDO Tullia, (I) The authors of the present paper are engaged in interdisciplinary research initiatives of the FDS Laboratory of the Politecnico di ...
Magnaghi Delfino, Paola, Norando, Tullia
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The narrow mausolea at Conchada cemetery as part of Portuguese and European architectural heritage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Over millennia, death was the origin of great funerary constructions that have come down to us. These constructions aimed at ensuring eternity and perpetuating memory. Funeral art thus appears not in the service of death, but in the service of memory. In
Belgas, Lurdes   +3 more
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Streamline Moderne Design in Consumer Culture and Transportation Infrastructure: Design for the Twentieth Century [PDF]

open access: yes
Situated in the time between World War I and World War II, the design community sought a new design for a new century, free of the trappings and encumbrances of the past.
Kowalik, William
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Imaged Voices—Envisioned Landscapes: Storylines of Information-Age Girls and Young Women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
In Information Age societies around the world, adolescents are storylining-that is, creating and sharing their own stories and images of who they are and how they would like to be in the world.
Manifold, Marjorie
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The Manila Chinese Cemetery: A Repository of Tsinoy Culture and Identity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The funerary architecture of the vast 19th-century Chinese Cemetery in Manila differs markedly from other Chinese cemeteries in Southeast Asia.This paper describes the development of this architecture and its many styles rooted in Western and Chinese ...
Akpedonu, Erik
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