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The Caracol Disk of Chichén Itzá (929-932 CE). Some Throughts on Epigraphy and Iconography
Estudios de Cultura Maya, 2016 The sculpture referred to as the ‘Tenoned Disk’, which was recovered from the Caracol building at Chichén Itzá, is a monument decorated with a bass-relief carving displaying historical figures and accompanying hieroglyphic text that is located on the rim
Péter Bíró, Eduardo Pérez de Heredia
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The Allegory of Dynastic Succession on the Façade of the Prague Belvedere (1538–1550)
Acta Universitatis Carolinae: Philologica, 2017 The paper analyses a unique relief sculpture which decorates the Prague Belvedere built by Ferdinand I. It represents an old man on horseback passing the globe to a young man standing in front of him.
Jan Bažant
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Bas-Relief Modeling With Detail Preservation and Local Significance Enhancement
IEEE Access, 2020 Bas-relief, usually attached to a certain plane, is a semi-stereoscopic sculpture that is suitable for decoration of various environments. Since the rise of 3D printing technology, digital bas-relief modeling is greeted with an avalanche of publicity. In
Zhongping Ji +2 more
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3D Bioinspired Hair‐Based Solar Evaporator for Efficient Water Harvesting
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.A bio‐derived solar evaporator inspired by blackbody radiation is developed using human hair waste. The vertically aligned hair structure enables broadband light absorption, efficient thermal localization, and rapid water transport, achieving high evaporation rates and stable desalination performance.
Yi Liu +10 more
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Novel Functional Materials via 3D Printing by Vat Photopolymerization
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This Perspective systematically analyzes strategies for incorporating functionalities into 3D‐printed materials via Vat Photopolymerization (VP). It explores the spectrum of achievable functionalities in recently reported novel materials—such as conductive, energy‐storing, biodegradable, stimuli‐responsive, self‐healing, shape‐memory, biomaterials, and
Sergey S. Nechausov +3 more
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Artemis: Depictions of Form and Femininity in Sculpture [PDF]
, 2017 Grecian sculpture has been the subject of investigation for centuries. More recently, however, emphasis in the field of Art History on the politics of gender and sexuality portrayal have opened new avenues for investigation of those old statues.
Waters, Laura G.
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Deepening inside the pictorial layers of Etruscan sarcophagus of Hasti Afunei: An innovative micro-sampling technique for Raman/SERS analyses [PDF]
, 2019 The Hasti Afunei sarcophagus is a large Etruscan urn, made up of two chalky alabaster monoliths. Dated from the last quarter of the third century BC, it was found in 1826 in the small town of Chiusi (Tuscany- Il Colle place) by a landowner, Pietro Bonci ...
Bianco, Armandodoriano +7 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Metallofullerenol Sc3N@C80(OH)18 demonstrates strong radioprotective properties as a scavenger of both short‐ and long‐lived radicals. The study reveals protection of human erythrocytes from γ‐radiation–induced biochemical damage via post‐irradiation removal of primary and secondary reactive oxidants, supported by pulse radiolysis kinetics.
Jacek Grebowski +6 more
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New Deal Art: California [PDF]
, 1976 Traditionally, the years of the New Deal projects have been treated as a part of the Depression experience with an emphasis on their economic and social dimensions.
de Saisset Art Gallery and Museum +2 more
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Architectural perspectives in the cathedral of Palermo : image-based modeling for cultural heritage understanding and enhancement [PDF]
, 2015 Palermo off ers a repertoire of both artistic and architectural solid perspective of great beauty and in large quantity. This paper addresses the problem of the 3D survey of these works and their related study through the use of image-based modelling
Inzerillo, Laura, Santagati, Cettina
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