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Est locus... : the "Grotteschi" of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and the ancient topos of locus horridus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The present article discusses Piranesi's use of the ancient topos of locus horridus on the example of his four Grotteschi. The analysis of particular ingredients of Piranesi's loci horridi has shown that, in order to understand them, the onlooker must be
Pypłacz, Joanna
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La emoción del paisaje en el joven Azorín

open access: yesEstudios Románicos, 2020
Se estudia en este artículo el paisaje como materia literaria en el joven Azorín, el de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, renovador de viejos tópicos literarios como el beatus ille y el locus amoenus.
José Manuel Vidal Ortuño
doaj   +2 more sources

Cultural identity in alcoholic beverages advertising [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Determinados anuncios utilizan el imaginario colectivo que identifica a una región o país para construir un mensaje eficaz y asociar así los valores de dicha cultura a la marca en cuestión.
Ramos-Serrano, Marina   +1 more
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International Biological Flora: Tsuga canadensis*

open access: yesJournal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 10, Page 3037-3080, October 2025.
Eastern Hemlock is a long‐lived forest tree of eastern North America known for its deep shade and home given to many organisms. Despite surviving large‐scale clearing for agriculture when Europeans arrived, it returned to dominate when the land was abandoned in the mid 1800s.
Peter A. Thomas, David A. Orwig
wiley   +1 more source

Oltre il topos letterario: il locus amoenus come spazio vissuto nei dialoghi ciceroniani - Beyond the Literary Topos: the Locus Amoenus as Inhabited Space in Cicero's Dialogues

open access: yesCiceroniana On Line, 2018
This paper seeks to examine the existential significance of the description of place in Cicero’s works. Descriptions of the locations in which philosophical dialogues are set serve more than an ornamental function, adding an essential element to the ...
Valentina Calcò
doaj   +1 more source

Gastritis over Gastrisus Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xanthopygina): Resolving a major taxonomic impediment with phylogenomics

open access: yesSystematic Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 3, Page 449-468, July 2025.
Comprehensive phylogeny of Xanthopygina rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), including 30 of 33 genera, was generated by anchored hybrid enrichment of 1229 nuclear, protein‐encoding loci. We resolved nine major clades within Xanthopygina, including the new Leptodiastemus group, and successfully delineated a monophyletic concept of Gastrisus ...
Adam J. Brunke, Stylianos Chatzimanolis
wiley   +1 more source

The mined garden of El galán fantasma, by Calderón

open access: yesAtalanta: Revista de las Letras Barrocas, 2013
:Some of the most important dramatic movements of Calderón's El Galán Fantasma (1637) occur in the garden. More than a third of the verses and many of the key actions take place there.
Noelia Iglesias Iglesias
doaj   +1 more source

Katherine Mansfield and anima mundi [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This presentation proposes a reading of Katherine Mansfield’s work that will begin with the medieval theories of anima mundi or world soul, the concept of an animistic universe in which the earth can be revivified through a spiritus mundi.
Wilson, Janet M
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The Book of Genesis and other allegorical origin stories of games

open access: yesOrbis Litterarum, Volume 80, Issue 1, Page 1-18, February 2025.
Abstract This essay delves into the complex interplay between the sacred and the ludic, with a particular emphasis on allegorical origin stories from various religious and mythological traditions, highlighting their portrayal of games and the concept of play. The analysis includes the Judaeo‐Christian Book of Genesis and the Babylonian Enuma Elish.
Bo Kampmann Walther
wiley   +1 more source

Persistence of Reptile DNA in a Terrestrial Substrate: A Case Study Using the Eastern Indigo Snake

open access: yesEnvironmental DNA, Volume 7, Issue 1, January–February 2025.
We use eastern indigo snakes to study eDNA deposition and persistence in terrestrial substrates to inform the application of terrestrial eDNA sampling at broader landscape scales. We used a species‐specific assay and optimized extraction protocol to conduct a full factorial experimental study of snake eDNA detection as a function of the duration of ...
Leah R. N. Samuels   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

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