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Abstract Cutout animation is one of the earliest forms of animation, and to this day remains a popular technique featured in numerous films including Monty Python and South Park series. Most computer animation systems, however, focus on different styles, including cel animation, making cutout animation somewhat underexplored.
Ivan Puhachov +3 more
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Scharoun. From refined composition to violent ugliness
It could be said that the first approach by young Hans Scharoun to expressionism implied the search of an aesthetic and formal alternative both to the academic and classical tradition and to its modern sequel, the “New Objectivity “.
Antón Capitel
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A ninny, an idiot and an economic theorist
Abstract Anton Chekhov's story ‘The ninny’ meets the question: ‘What is the meaning of economic theory?’
Ariel Rubinstein
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Gender representation in animal-related proverbs: Algerian vs. Jordanian Arabic. [PDF]
Madani Z, Abusalim N, Rayyan M.
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Positive aesthetics and ugliness
The view that everything is beautiful has been attractive to philosophers since antiquity. Today, few hold this view—known as positive aesthetics—save in relation to pristine nature. This piece will explore some of the most prominent defences of positive
Paris, Panos
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The first bear raid and squeeze: Isaac Le Maire and the Dutch East India Company
Abstract In 1609, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) faced a bear raid by a syndicate of short sellers led by Isaac Le Maire, a former director. We reconstruct the forward trade between 1607 and 1611, the actions taken by the syndicate members, and the responses to these actions by the company.
Oscar Gelderblom +2 more
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What ugly and beautiful photographs reveal about COVID-19 lockdown experiences, everyday aesthetics and photography aesthetics. [PDF]
Vissers N, Wagemans J.
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Speculative Unity in Hegel's Restrictive Identity Claim
Abstract Hegel identifies thought with the ‘in itself’ of things. It is common to read the statement as an unrestricted claim regarding Hegel's metaphysical view of reality. I argue it should be read as the expression of what speculative truth achieves.
Ana Vieyra
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Trapped in the Cave: Toward a Platonic Theory of Ideology
Abstract This paper is about showing that Plato has a theory of ideology in the broadly Marxist sense of distorted self‐consciousness of social life. Focusing on the Allegory of the Cave and related passages in the Republic, the paper argues that in the Cave, Plato illustrates the social mediation of human psychology, which contributes to the soul's ...
John D. Proios
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ABSTRACT Purpose Based on recollections of family‐of‐origin violence (FOV), and using the actor–partner interdependence mediation model (APIMeM), the aim of this study was to investigate spouses' mutual contributions to intimate partner violence (IPV). Specifically, we examined the role of conflict resolution style between FOV and IPV.
Izhar Harani, Anat Ben‐Porat
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