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Legitimacy and Persuasion in the Anglo‐Scottish Wars of the 1540s
Abstract The considerable efforts of the invading English to justify their activities and garner support during the Anglo‐Scottish wars of the 1540s are well known. Recent welcome attention to Scottish texts produced during the conflict has begun to correct a previous historiographical imbalance towards English materials.
Amy Blakeway
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Iconography of the Labour Movement. Part 2: Socialist Iconography, 1848–1952
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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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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Hunting in the Ghaznavid State: Courtly Culture, Military Practices and Political Power
Abstract Hunting occupied an important place in the royal court culture of the Ghaznavid state (963–1186 CE). Ghaznavid hunting culture developed through the interaction of Turkic‐Islamic political traditions, Persianate models of kingship and local ecological settings. Rather than constituting a fully formalized institution, Ghaznavid hunting practice
Arslan Durdu
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ABSTRACT The increasingly close integration of analytical techniques in the study of Greek and Roman wall paintings has shown that Egyptian blue was a common pigment, widely documented in the production of blue and greenish hues in ancient painted production.
Simone Dilaria +5 more
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Saintly doctors : the early iconography of SS. Cosmas and Damian in Italy [PDF]
The Italian iconography of the doctor saints Cosmas and Damian reflects fluctuations in the fortunes of the cult of those saints with significant variations in appearance and meaning being tied to changes in the position of the saints with respect to ...
Harrold, Jillian
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The Discourse of Equality in Spanish Museums. How Social Media Communicate International Women's Day
ABSTRACT International Women's Day on March 8th is an arena for discourse in contemporary Spain, highlighted by intra‐feminist tension and ideological polarization. In their role as sociocultural mediators, museums construct narratives of gender equality.
Héctor Navarro‐Güere +2 more
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In Canada, Indigenous peoples represent a distinct minority that has been the target of policies of cultural assimilation and discrimination. Today, these Peoples, victims of considerable cultural loss, unite in common movements in which they exhibit a ...
Elisa Tripotin
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Orthodox Cosmology and Cosmography
Orthodox iconography is focused on the idea of representing the cosmos, the essence of God’s creatio ex nihilo, thus serving as a visual cosmology and thence - as a cosmography of all being. Icons depict the image of the archetypal world in its integrity,
Rotislava Todorova
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How Undergraduate Students Perceive Postgraduate Training and Continuing Education: A French Survey
ABSTRACT Introduction The practice of Continuing Dental Education (CDE) serves as a fundamental requirement for lifelong learning but there is limited knowledge about how dental students handle CDE during their final educational period. This study examined how final‐year French dental students perceive CDE through their expectations, motivation and ...
Margot Queney +3 more
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