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The possible initial period origins of the Chavin Jaguar motif

, 2010
For years, the focus of study in the Chavin culture has been on their influence on later cultures. This study is meant to look into the influences that cultures in the Initial Period may have had on the Chavin, in particular, to their famous jaguar ...
Everson, Nathan
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Urban form evolution and transformation of traditional water towns based on space syntax and GIS: evidence from ancient Wenzhou city (16th to the 20th century)

Frontiers in Earth Science
The traditional form of a water town is the result of a combination of urban history, culture, and spatial structure. This study digitized historical maps of ancient Wenzhou City from four developmental periods (1566, 1765, 1876, and 1949); employed ...
Yuhao Huang, Zehui Shi, Yile Chen, Kai Zhou, Ziyi Ying, Liang Zheng, Shuai Yang   +6 more
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ROBERT WALSER'S ‘BLEISTIFTWEG’: POETICS OF ATTENTION AS CRAFT

German Life and Letters, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 323-336, July 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines Robert Walser's entry into what he called his ‘Bleistiftgebiet’ in the early 1920s, when in response to a profound crisis as a writer he began to produce manuscripts in minuscule size, the so‐called ‘Mikrogramme’ (microscripts). Intertwining the analysis of the short prose form with Walser's reflections on the short‐lived
Anne Fuchs
wiley   +1 more source

Dances of life and death: interpretations of early modern religious identity from rural parish chuches and their landscapes along the Hampshire/Sussex border 1500-1800. Volume 1 (thesis), volume 2 (appendix)

, 2013
This thesis enters a territory infrequently visited by English archaeologists – the early modern period. I have chosen a research area encompassing fifty neighbouring arish churches along the border of East Hampshire and West Sussex and studied what ...
Jones, Judith Frances
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Spectacle as Myth: Guanxi, the relational and the urban quotidian in contemporary Chinese art (2005-2008) [PDF]

, 2008
This thesis is an interrogation of the spectacle of Chinese contemporary art and the concept of a Chinese modernity, in terms of the legacy from the Communist era, China's social fabric and its urban quotidian. It contributes to knowledge in a way of
Bartlett, Voon Pow
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Study on the Classification of Chinese Glazed Pagodas

Buildings
Glazed tiles are a quintessential ceramic creation applied in architectural systems, with Chinese pagodas serving as emblematic symbols that embody the design philosophy and diverse cultural beliefs of construction. Despite enduring wars, extreme weather,
Duo Mei, Lu Li, Weizhen Chen, Yue Cheng
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The archaeoacoustics of San Vitale, Ravenna

, 2010
This research tests and assesses whether sixth-century social and cultural dynamics can be archaeologically identified by including the study of acoustics in the context of extant Late Antique Christian architecture, namely the centrally planned domed ...
Knight, David J.
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The spiral stair or vice: Its origins, role and meaning in medieval stone castles [PDF]

, 2011
This thesis addresses a neglected area of castles studies - the spiral stair. It studies the origins, evolution, placing, structure, role, significance and meaning of spiral stairs in medieval stone castles between 1066 and 1500, so covering the rise ...
Ryder, Charles
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Urban pattern and architecture of traditional Omani foothill settlements: al-Ḥamrā and Birkat al-Mawz

, 2014
Outside of Yemen, Oman arguably contains the most significant, active vernacular heritage within the Arabian Peninsula. While some research exists on settlement pattern and architecture of large settlements on the plains (e.g., Manah, Nizwa, Bahla World ...
Al-Abrī, HNS
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Dunhuang Architectural Studies, 1926–2024

Heritage
This field statement reviews the sources, issues, approaches, and missions of Dunhuang architectural studies from 1926 to the present. The studies of Dunhuang architecture constitute a subfield at the intersection of Dunhuang studies, Silk Road ...
Zhenru Zhou
doaj   +1 more source