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Science, Art and Geometrical Imagination [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2009
From the geocentric, closed world model of Antiquity to the wraparound universe models of relativistic cosmology, the parallel history of space representations in science and art illustrates the fundamental role of geometric imagination in innovative findings.
arxiv  

Beyond Cultural History? The Material Turn, Praxiography, and Body History

open access: yesHumanities, 2014
The body came to be taken seriously as a topic of cultural history during the “corporeal” or “bodily” turn in the 1980s and 1990s. Soon, however, critique was raised against these studies’ conceptualization of the body as discursively shaped and socially
Iris Clever, Willemijn Ruberg
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Contemporary Art: World Currents in Transition Beyond Globalization

open access: yesContemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture, 2014
An edited transcript of a colloquium between Terry Smith, Mellon Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory at the University of Pittsburgh, and Saloni Mathur, Associate Professor of the History of Art, University of California, Los Angeles, held ...
Terry Smith, Saloni Mathur
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A History of Art History by Christopher Wood

open access: yesEstetika: The European Journal of Aesthetics, 2021
A book review of Christopher Wood, 'A History of Art History'. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019. 459 pp. ISBN 978-0-691-15652-1.
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Artistic Practices in Lockdown: Resistance and Collectivism during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Portugal

open access: yesArte, Individuo y Sociedad
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the precariousness and working conditions of artists and cultural workers globally, including Portugal. Through the research project Práticas Artísticas Confinadas: Resistência e Coletivismo na Pandemia Covid ...
Raquel Ermida, Cristina Pratas-Cruzeiro
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Julius and Julia: Mastering the art of the Schwarz lemma [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2010
This article discusses classical versions of the Schwarz lemma at the boundary of the unit disk in the complex plane. The exposition includes commentary on the history, the mathematics, and the applications.
arxiv  

The limits of Art History: Towards an Ecological History of Landscape Art

open access: yesLandscape Review, 2005
An ecological art history primarily concerns the relationship between the aesthetic and representational functions of landscape art, the environment it depicts and the ecology of this environment. Such investigation should enable us to determine whether particular aesthetic sensibilities or styles are more or less conducive to providing accurate ...
Gaynor, A., McLean, Ian A
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