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THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN METABOLISM: Landscape, Design and the Politics of In/Visibility
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, we chart the evolving aesthetic contours of urban metabolism across London, focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead to the north and south of the River Thames, respectively. We begin in the nineteenth century, when these two sites formed critical nodes within a new sewerage system that relegated the city’s circulatory flows ...
Ben Platt, Zuhri James
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In Defiance of a Stylistic Stereotype: British Crematoria, Architecture, Design and Landscape [PDF]
, 2006 This paper presented a new critical reading of the crematorium, rendered ‘invisible’ by the taboo surrounding death and provided the first opportunity to disseminate this research to an international audience.
Grainger, Hilary J.
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The Incarnational Aesthetic of David Brown☆
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract The notion of incarnation has historically been a prominent concept for the acceptance of images and the interpretation of art within Christianity. A contemporary proponent of this line of reasoning about the theological potential of art is David Brown, who builds his theology of culture on the doctrine of incarnation. This article presents an
Filip Taufer
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Entheogens in Christian Art: Wasson, Allegro and the Psychedelic Gospels [PDF]
, 2019 In light of new historical evidence regarding ethnomycologist R. Gordon Wasson’s correspondence with art historian Erwin Panofsky, this article provides an in-depth analysis of the presence of entheogenic mushroom images in Christian art within the ...
Brown, Jerry, Brown, Julie M.
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LE DISCOURS POLITIQUE DANS LE ROLAND BARTHES PAR ROLAND BARTHES : DE LA PRÉFIGURATION FRAGMENTAIRE AU ROMANESQUE [PDF]
Studii si Cercetari Filologice: Seria Limbi Romanice, 2017 La recherche d’une « nouvelle » identité littéraire est au cœur de l’œuvre de Barthes. Il se transforme ainsi à la fin de sa vie en théoricien du roman écrivant la Chambre claire, La Préparation du roman et le Roland Barthes par Roland Barthes. Dans cet
Mohammad Reza FALLAH NEJAD
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Aportaciones al estudio de la gestualidad en la iconografía románica hispana
Medievalista, 2010 The aim of this paper is to set a series of general aspects related to the graphic representations of gestures in the Romanesque iconography of the Iberian Peninsula.
Alicia Miguélez Cavero
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Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.Abstract To expose the pollution of marshes and swamps, whether by hydrocarbons or other contaminants, the French or Francophone author of the twentieth century must first confront a literary tradition that equates stagnant water with a volatile poison and, more broadly, wetlands with toxic environments. In his article “Wetland Gloom and Wetland Glory,”
François Sagot
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Interdisciplinary research project on the Abbey of S. Croce at Sassovivo in Foligno, Italy [PDF]
, 2017 The research project on the Abbey of S. Croce at Sassovivo in Foligno (Italy) started in 2012, based on the studies of Giovanni Carbonara and Lia Barelli from Sapienza University of Rome.
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The sculpture of the church of the holy virgin of the Studenica Monastery. Origin and models [PDF]
Zograf, 2019 The paper deals with the architectural sculpture of the twelfth century Church of the Holy Virgin at the Studenica Monastery. Its parallels with Italian Romanesque sculpture have long been identified in academic literature, and attention has ...
Babić Valentina
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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
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