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Assyrian Music and Iconography

Classica, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos, 2012
The sources about music in ancient Mesopotamia are numerous, there are hundreds of cuneiform tablets in Sumerian and Akkadian language, and also iconic representations of material culture have been rescued by archeology.
Katia Maria Paim Pozzer, Simone Silva da Silva, Fábio Vergara Cerqueira   +2 more
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The Garden and the Gardener: Film, Creativity, and the Gift of Creation

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract In his essay ‘From God the Artist to Man the Creator’, Jean‐Louis Chrétien considers the possibility that human creativity can participate in divine creativity. As created, creative beings, Chrétien suggests that our art and other creative enterprise may become a site for participation in God's act of creation. This article takes its lead from
James Lorenz
wiley   +1 more source

Risk Factors and Prediction of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease After Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Prospective Cohort Study

International Journal of COPD
Xingming Ye,1,* Shengbing Le,1,* Shiyun Han,2 Zhuo Zhang,3 Qian Li,1 Fen Gao1 1Department of Tuberculosis Internal Medicine II, Hunan Chest Hospital, Changsha, 410006, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Electrophysiology, Hunan ...
Ye X, Le S, Han S, Zhang Z, Li Q, Gao F
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Nationalist–Feminine Bifurcation: The Construction of National Morality Through Gender Regimes

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article introduces the concept of nationalist–feminine bifurcation to analyse how nationalist–populist regimes construct moral orders through gendered representations. It explores how women are simultaneously portrayed as the idealized ‘national woman’ and the excluded ‘moral threat’. Through a comparative discourse analysis of four cases—
Muhammed Ramazan Demirci
wiley   +1 more source

The Pictures and the Frame: Banknote Iconography and Bottom‐Up Nationalism in Pre‐ and Post‐Revolutionary Tunisia

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘Bottom‐up nationalism’—the belief that the nation is of the people, by the people and for the people—can serve as a powerful collective action frame for mass mobilization. We study the evolution of Tunisian dinar banknote iconography as an indicator of the institutionalization of bottom‐up nationalism before and after the Jasmine Revolution ...
Jacques E. C. Hymans, Chloe Bernadaux
wiley   +1 more source

Shrines of Goa: Iconographic Formation and Popular Appeal

South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal, 2018
Religious shrines in Goa (India), both Hindu and Catholic, are marked by notable differences. Shrines in temples and churches are distinguished from wayside shrines by their formalized iconography and elite patronization.
Alexander Henn
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Remembering Independence, Debating the Nation: Ghana's National Days

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In Ghana, Independence Day is the most important national day and has been annually observed since the attainment of independence in 1957. Additional national days that various military governments introduced to commemorate their ascension to power have been rather short‐lived. Other holidays like Republic Day or Founder's Day have been longer
Carola Lentz
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Artifex Ars Cartographica: Collaboration Between Portuguese Painters and Cartographers in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there was no statutory difference between cartography, drawing and painting. These activities were performed then by craftsmen who were part of a vast group under the umbrella of ‘mechanical arts’ and fell under the ‘artifex’ category. Artifex were experts in any particular art, whether a craftsman,
Vasco Medeiros
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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The Iconography of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: The Symbolic Means in Visual and Design Culture [PDF]

International Journal of Arts Architecture & Design
The Iconography of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891–1956) is a subject of significant scholarly interest, delving into various aspects of his life, work, and influence. Ambedkar’s impact on society, particularly formerly untouchable communities, has been
Arun Mascarenhas
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