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Pura Luhur Uluwatu Temple Complex (Bali Island): features of composition and decoration
Культура и искусство, 2023 This article is devoted to the study of the ancient Balinese temple Pura Luhur Uluwatu, which belongs to the circle of the six most revered sanctuaries of the island (Sad Kahyangan). The purpose of the article is to analyze the features of the spatial organization of the temple complex, the main types of structures on its territory, the motives of ...
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the nineteenth century, American agricultural fairs often featured ladies’ equestrian exhibitions. At these events, women constructed an athletic femininity based on skill and competitiveness that challenged traditional ideals of womanhood.
Gabrielle McCoy
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Sacrum et Decorum, 2013 The convent and church of the Discalced Carmelites in Poznań is the first and oldest temple in Poland which was dedicated to St Joseph (1618). The church erected in the Baroque style was designed by architects Jerzy Catenaci and Krzysztof Bonadura.
Benigus Józef Wanat OCD
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Decorative Features of the Temple Complex Pura Beji (Sangsit, the Island of Bali)
Человек и культура, 2023 The author examines the sculptural decoration of the Pura Beji temple – a vivid representative of the style of sacred architecture and decorative plasticity of northern Bali. This temple complex is the sanctuary of the subak irrigation association. It is unique with a peculiar vocabulary of decor, rich texture of stone carvings, masterfully executed ...
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Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The final Stuart monarch, Queen Anne, has often been overlooked in studies of visual and material culture, particularly of fashion and dress. This article is the first to undertake a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the wardrobe accounts of Queen Anne, situating her consumption within the context of the eighteenth‐century fashion ...
Sarah A. Bendall
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A Blocked-Out Capital from Berenike (Egyptian Red Sea Coast)
Open Archaeology, 2022 The article examines a blocked-out capital discovered in Berenike on the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea. The artefact was reused in a Late Antique installation just outside the courtyard wall of the main city sanctuary, the Isis Temple.
Popławski Szymon +2 more
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Coles Creek Culture and the Trans-Mississippi South [PDF]
, 1991 Certain Lower Mississippi Valley (LMV) traits, mostly Coles Creek ceramic traits, but also traits such as temple mounds and certain mortuary patterns, appear at Late Fourche Maline and Early Caddo sites in the Trans-Mississippi South, particularly at ...
Schambach, Frank F.
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Nebelivka: From Magnetic Prospection to New Features of Mega-Sites [PDF]
, 2016 The international project at Nebelivka included three field seasons, funded by grants obtained by Prof. John Chapman (Durham University, UK).1 The Institute of Archaeology of NAS Ukraine, for its part, has provided researchers, obtained the necessary ...
Burdo, Nataliia, Videiko, Mykhailo
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The influence of religious and cosmological beliefs on the solar architecture of the ancient world [PDF]
, 2014 In the earliest civilizations of the Ancient World, sun worship developed in parallel with an understanding of the movement of the stars. That was the origin of an architecture that expressed a number of religious and cosmological beliefs.
Fumadó Alsina, Joan Lluís +2 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract Trade between Mesopotamia and the Indus Civilization is studied through the analysis of Early Dynastic III Period (2600–2350 BCE) carnelian beads from the site of Kish, Iraq. Morphological and technological features of the beads are compared with beads from the Indus region.
J. Mark Kenoyer +2 more
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