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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Forests and woodlands are important for biodiversity, climate change mitigation and the provision of services including recreation, timber and non‐timber forest products. Land use policies currently aim to increase forest cover while also maximising the benefits of forests for people and improving community engagement with the process of ...
Sarah Greenwood +6 more
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Greek myths in Roman art and culture : imagery, values and identity in Italy, 50 BC–AD 250
, 2016 Images of episodes from Greek mythology are widespread in Roman art, appearing in sculptural groups, mosaics, paintings and reliefs. They attest to Rome's enduring fascination with Greek culture, and its desire to absorb and reframe that culture for new ...
Newby, Zahra
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Using art history to explore society's changing connections with agriculture
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Food insecurity is a looming challenge that especially affects those least fortunate. Consumer food choices have a substantial impact on the sustainability of current food systems. Here, we use art as a lens through which to consider our contemporary and historical relationship to one of the world's most crucial crops, the potato, in the context of the
Edward F. Hill‐King +2 more
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Roman Art : A Resource for Educators
, 2007 Buku ini dirancang untuk pengajar seni yang mencakup diskusi tentang relevansi Roma dengan dunia modern, tinjauan sejarah singkat, dan deskripsi empat puluh lima karya seni dari koleksi seni Museum Romawi .
Thompson, Nancy L
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Exploring the Use and Impact of Composite Materials in Robotics: A Systematic Review
Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Lightweight and high‐strength materials are important in robotics, as structural design impacts efficiency, payload capacity, and energy consumption. Composite materials, with their superior stiffness‐to‐weight ratios and multifunctional properties, offer clear advantages over conventional metals and polymers.
Doglas Negri +4 more
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Charles Cournault’s Call for a ‘Persian Museum’ at the Louvre [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Archaeological StudiesIn 1857, the French artist Charles Cournault published a plea for a French mission to Persepolis. The aimof the mission was to obtain examples of relief sculpture, like those he had seen in the British Museum, for theLouvre Museum.
Daniel Thomas Potts
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As sustainability pressures intensify across the global event and tourism industries, this study examines how environmental identity and social openness shape visitors' willingness to pay more for sustainable festivals and whether attitudes toward specific sustainability practices mediate these relationships.
László Kökény +3 more
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Were the ancient Romans art forgers? [PDF]
Journal of Art Historiography, 2016 A popularly held tenet in the historical record on art is that the practice of forgery began in ancient Rome, where sculptures made by craftsmen of the day were passed off as classical Greek antiquities.
William Casemen
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Lakshmi, Bounty and Cultural Deification: A Review of Treasures of Lakshmi – The Goddess who Gives by Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal [PDF]
LitinfiniteIndian mythology and cultural constructiveness have always seen Lakshmi as the goddess who gives, Lakshmi as the goddess of bounty and fortune. If we scrutinize the cross-cultural segments of Greek, Roman, and Indian mythology, we find that in the ...
Sreetanwi Chakraborty
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Small, EarlyView.This review surveys large‐area monocrystalline gold flakes, covering synthesis, growth mechanisms, and structural properties. It highlights their role as atomically flat, highly conductive platforms for precise nanostructuring, enabling applications such as plasmonics, sensing, and nanoelectronics.
Amro O. Sweedan +3 more
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