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X-Ray Spectrometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Portable X‐ray computed tomography (portable CT) has become an important tool for the non‐destructive investigation of cultural heritage objects, particularly when in situ analysis is required. This work presents the experimental characterization and application of a transportable cone‐beam CT system designed for the inspection of large and ...
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Martyr et Pontifex: The Formation of St. Josaphat Kuntsevych’s Iconography
Lietuvos Istorijos StudijosThis paper traces the origins of the iconography of Josaphat Kuntsevych to the early adoption of the Baroque aesthetic on the part of the Ruthenian Uniate Church, following the Union of Brest of 1595.
Anatole Upart
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The iconographic transformation of the “tail of the dragon of the eclipse” into the “hunting cheetah” [PDF]
, 2018 Medieval Islamic iconography includes many depictions in which the tail of Sagittarius takes the form of the “dragon of the eclipse”. The current paper examines the gradual transformation of this imagery into that of a quadruped, eventually detached from
Fontana, Maria Vittoria
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Flap Anatomies and Victorian Veils: Penetrating the Female Reproductive Interior
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the reappearance in the early nineteenth century of anatomical flapbooks in the context of obstetrical education in Britain, America and France. It asks why liftable paper flaps were reintroduced at this time after their disappearance from medical atlases in the eighteenth century.
Margaret Carlyle, Marcia D. Nichols
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Iconography of the Labour Movement. Part 1: Republican Iconography, 1792–1848
ICO Iconographisk Post, 2020 This is the first article in a two-part study of the background and development of the iconography of the international socialist labour movement. With the breakthrough of modern political ideologies after the American and French revolutions, the symbols
Fred Andersson
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Images of the Crowned Buddha along the Silk Road: Iconography and Ideology
Humanities, 2018 The interpretation of early Buddha images with a crown has long been a source of debate. Many scholars have concluded that the iconography of the crown is intended to denote Śākyamuni as a cakravartin or universal Buddha.
Rebecca L. Twist
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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Iconography of the Labour Movement. Part 2: Socialist Iconography, 1848–1952
ICO Iconographisk Post, 2020 This is Part 2 of a two-part study which aims at preliminary conclusions regarding the iconography of the international labour movement. Earlier research in the fields of social history, art history and visual rhetorics has been consulted for this ...
Fred Andersson
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Искусство Евразии, 2020 This article is about the the meanings and iconography of Padma as a red lotus, Vajrayana deity, yogini, a Auspicious Emblem, one of the Eight Nagas (snakes), one of the incarnations of Avalokiteshvara. Famous images from Japanese, Chinese, Mongolian and
Chandra, L., Belokurova, S.M.
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Capturing light in Late Antique Ravenna a new interpretation of the archbishops’ chapel [PDF]
Zograf, 2013 Analysing the cultural context in which the archbishops’ chapel in Ravenna was built, the article proposes a new interpretation of the structure. Designed in a period when the Catholic Church and the Arian court were clashing, and displaying ...
Ivanovici Vladimir
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