Sculpture - Science topic

The article focuses on comprehensive analyses of four new Turkic statues from the territory of the Ongudai and Ust-Kan districts of the Altai Republic and introduction of the new data into scientific circulation. All the sculptures have been relocated from their original places and, as a rule, were discovered in the course of agricultural works. Th...

Among biological museum specimens, many relatively small organisms are difficult to observe macroscopically. Therefore, their attractiveness to visitors is limited. To present such small objects, various magnifying techniques can be used in combination with the digital presentation of the specimens. In this conference report, we describe how we use...

In the era of intelligent design, the rapid development of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and 3D modeling has promoted the innovation of sculpture art creation. AI not only optimizes the sculpture design process and improves the efficiency of creation, but also promotes the...

To improve the accuracy and completeness of three-dimensional sculpture reconstruction, this study proposes a global–local two-step scanning method for industrial robot-based scanning. First, a global model is generated through stepped rotary scanning based on the object’s dimensions. Subsequently, local viewpoint planning is conducted to refine re...

Khatoozin, a self-taught artist, embodies the essence of naïve art through her unique terracotta sculptures, which are deeply influenced by Kurdish mythology and her surroundings. Beginning her artistic journey at sixty, she drew inspiration from the rich cultural heritage of her region and the characteristics of local clay, allowing her imaginatio...

Artículo catalográfico sobre la Virgen entronizada conservada en la Iglesia de San Marcos de Villavidel (León, España), escultura renacentista, datada en el siglo XVI, elaborada por el círculo de Juan de Juni, con diversas controversias en cuanto a su autoría.

Copyright law is designed to protect the artistic, the creative. For centuries, courts have been careful to avoid granting copyright protection to systems or processes better suited to patent protection. For instance, in a book explaining how to build a house, the text of the book as creative expression would be copyrightable. However, copyright pr...

Plasticien, enseignant, cinéaste, Manu Gomez est à l’origine d’une œuvre ludique et inventive dans laquelle les références artistiques et la recherche conceptuelle côtoient l’humour potache. Située du côté de l’expérimentation subversive, son œuvre cinématographique se caractérise par un intérêt pour l’exploration de la matière au sens large : ses...

The dating of the monumental tombs at Qaw el-Kebir has long constituted an anomaly in the reconstruction of the historical framework of the provinces in the Middle Kingdom. These large funerary complexes have often been attributed to the reigns of Senusret III and Amenemhat III, which would have provided evidence of a particularly important demonst...

Raquel Abad Gómez, reflexiona sobre la moda como un fenómeno cultural que dialoga con diversas expresiones artísticas, como la pintura, la escultura, el cine y la fotografía. Se analiza cómo la moda se nutre de la historia del arte, tomando inspiración de movimientos artísticos como el surrealismo, el cubismo y el impresionismo. Además, se explora...

Morphology and types of the seed testa sculpture in the East African taxa of the genus Hypoxis were investigated. Studies have revealed that there are 9 types of the seed testa sculpture in the East Tropical Africa. Distribution of types of seed testa sculpture is unequal among the taxa studied. Some are wide spread and some confined to a single sp...

The creation and manipulation of photonic skyrmions provide a novel degree of freedom for light-matter interactions, optical communication and nanometrology. Since the localized vortex within skyrmions arises from the twist and curl of the phase structure, the orbital angular momentum of light is essential for their construction. While numerous sky...

En su estudio titulado «El arte o de la monstruosidad», el reconocido historiador y filósofo mexicano Edmundo O’Gorman se pregunta por la relación entre la sensibilidad del hombre occidental y el mundo artístico de los antiguos mexicanos, esto producto de su exaltación a la hora de contemplar la escultura de la Coatlicue. La pregunta de la que part...

The head was the essential part of a Roman portrait, but the portrait's meaning was shaped by the body to which it was attached. After a presentation of portrait heads joined to ideal bodies, the article discusses the combination of different stones for different parts of a sculpted bust. To attract collectors, many antique works were later refash-...

At the end of the 1970s, The Memory Cube, a memorial commemorating World War II, was erected in the small Georgian town of Senaki. The work betrays an unconventional, non-Soviet vision of war. Our essay focuses on this forgotten monument and views it in the context of Soviet memorial statues dedicated to World War II. In such ideologically oriented...

The first subway opened in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi on January 11, 1966, back when the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union as one of its Soviet Republics. The first subway stations were designed when Soviet modernism, a new stage in Soviet Georgian architecture, gained a foothold to replace Stalinist Empire style. This transition was...

This paper mainly explores the architectural form of the interior of Maiji Mountain’s Cave 4 and the spiritual realm it establishes. Previous research holds the view that the niche within Cave 4 is architecturally modeled after a tent-like structure. However, after in-depth research, this paper suggests that the niche in Cave 4 is more of an imitat...

This study looks at the development of figurative sculpture in ancient Chinese and traditional West African sculpture, aiming to preserve insights for future generations. While there has been a burgeoning corpus of scholarly inquiry exploring China-Africa relations, much of the research remains siloed, focusing exclusively on one region’s artistic...

Plastic waste poses a significant threat to communities and the environment. Urban waste overflow is a direct consequence of large-scale economic, social, and industrial expansion that prioritizes the mass production of plastics for everyday use. This has led to an accumulation of plastic waste that is difficult to dispose of and has contributed to...

The article examines the Gupta period (4th–6th centuries CE) as a transformative era in ancient Indian history, renowned as the Golden Period. Under visionary rulers such as Chandragupta I, Samudragupta, and Chandragupta II, the Gupta dynasty established an empire characterized by political stability and strategic expansion. The article highlights...

The fundamental role of mathematics as an inspiration for artists, but also as a tool for art creation, is presented in this paper following different art fields, like architecture, sculpture, painting, photography, literature and poetry, movie making and music. The historical viewpoint is completed with recent applications of mathematics to create...

This paper introduces a novel method for the in‐situ compression testing of cylindrical rammed earth samples, offering a low‐cost, time‐efficient, lower‐bound alternative to laboratory‐based testing. Utilizing widely accessible and inexpensive materials, the method aims to remove technical and financial barriers to rammed earth testing, providing k...

Rhizosphere microorganisms can enhance the growth of medicinal plants and the contents of pharmacologically active secondary metabolites (SMs). Hence, sculpturing the rhizosphere by reintroducing plant-beneficial rhizosphere microorganisms selected from plants' natural habitats back into the rhizosphere during plant cultivation is expected to incre...

Groundwater is crucial for human society’s development in piedmont plains, yet its hydrogeochemistry often exhibits complex spatial distributions due to the interplay of nature and human factors. Ninety-two phreatic groundwater samples were collected from a typical piedmont plain in northern China and analyzed using self-organizing map combined wit...

This article concerns itself with how archaeologists and other heritage studies professionals contend with temporal collapse on landscapes that hold African Diasporic histories. Coral stones lay the foundation of colonial architecture on the island of St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. This article explores how buildings constructed of coral stone...

Barcelona can only be sung "sentimentally" because it must be sought in its stones. Stone holds a concrete trace of memory. As you walk through the streets of Barcelona you will find many sculptures that bear witness to this memory that is rooted in social history. Thought and life in Barcelona are closely united with art. This is where the interes...

A comprehensive analysis of the surface of polycrystalline CVD diamond after its static thermochemical treatment is presented. The study focuses on subtle changes in the morphology and roughness of the diamond surface before and after processing. Optical, atomic force, and scanning electron microscopy methods were used for the analysis, which made...

A new genus, Trematirunellagen. nov. (Mesostigmata: Uropodina: Trematuridae), with Trematirunella seychelliasp. nov. as its type species, is described, based on a female, males, and deutonymphs collected in soil samples from the Seychelle Islands. The new genus belongs to the family Trematuridae based on the shape of the corniculi, gnathosomal seta...

Clay work has been a popular medium in art for many centuries, which offers many artists a versatile and expressive means of creating three-dimensional forms in art. It provides artists with a wide range of creative possibilities and expressive techniques. More so, it is relatively inexpensive and accessible material, making it an ideal medium for...

Sirwan Baran was a well-known Iraqi-Kurdish artist. He explored themes of war, identity, displacement, and cultural memory that permeate contemporary schools. His art encompassed diverse media such as painting and sculpture. He combined elements of traditional Iraqi art with modern techniques. He applied the creative use of materials and techniques...

In 2017, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden organized a major retrospective of Kusama Yayoi’s Infinity Mirror Rooms that enjoyed a six-venue tour of North America [...]

The applications of 3D printing in art are a fascinating topic, but they have their controversies and limitations often overlooked in the literature. The artistic area is often presented as a niche for applications for 3D printing, but it is this direction that is one of the first to open up its wide application. The relationship between the world...

En las excavaciones realizadas en el foro de Los Bañales de Uncastillo fue localizado un importante programa escultórico localizado en la zona sur del conjunto en una unidad de amortización. El presente trabajo estudia unos fragmentos escultóricos pertenecientes a una representación de tamaño colosal que se ubicó en el forum de la ciudad. El tamaño...

Background: Buddhist and Jain artworks are rich manifestations of spiritual and cultural meaning. Buddhist art includes portrayals of Gautama Buddha, Bodhisattvas, narrative scenes, mandalas, and Buddhist-related things such as stupas and temple architecture. Buddhist art originated in the northern Indian subcontinent and changed as Buddhism expand...

The article summarizes the results of a study on the history of the establishment of the Biblical Botanical Garden at Volodymyr Hnatiuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University (TNPU) and the expansion of its species composition. It is noted that the Garden of Gethsemane in Israel is the first biblical garden, founded in ancient times, and today it...

En este escrito se presenta el trabajo realizado con niñas, niños en espacios vulnerables. Estudiantes de trabajo social han sido parte del proceso de atención de acompañamiento con técnicas diversas: dibujos, escultura, narrativa, teatro, para, frente a la violencia sexual, ofrecer información de cuidado de cuerpo desde la Educación Sexual Int...

This article is my 27th article about Istanbul Maritime PaleoCulture that I discovered 9 years ago (December, 2015). For he first time, we will deal with the "head-on-head" sculptures of Istanbul Maritime PaleoCulture in this 27th article. And we will show the largest portable "head-on-head" sculpture of Istanbul Maritime PaleoCulture. Ístanbul Mar...

The X-ray radiography technique is highly efficient in investigating the manufacturing techniques employed by an artisan when creating a sculpture, as well as assessing the state of conservation and restoration processes. For instance, it allows the determination of whether the artist carved the sculpture from a single piece of massive wood or if i...

The ceiling of the eastern gopura of Panayanniri Shrirama temple in Peringode village of Palakkad district in Kerala depicts a four-handed sculpture. It is identified as Rakshoghnamurti, a new form of Shiva. The iconic representation of this aspect of Shiva is reported for the first time. The only ancient work that prescribes the iconography of Rak...

Resumo: Malaguzzi é um autor conhecido na Educação Infantil por ter suas ideias pedagógicas aplicadas nas escolas infantis de Reggio Emilia, principalmente no tocante à aprendizagem por experiências, por meio de projetos. Em seu modelo pedagógico, o espaço atua como um terceiro educador. Assim, o objetivo deste estudo é oferecer um olhar diferencia...

Die maßgeblich von Musikern der Schönbergschule geprägte Pianistin Erika Haase gehört zu den wegweisenden Interpreten der Klaviermusik György Ligetis. Die Grundlage ihres Ligeti-Spiels bildet ihre persönliche Bekanntschaft mit dem Komponisten, die in die frühen 1960er Jahre zurückreicht. 1990 begann Erika Haase, nach und nach sämtliche Klavier- und...

Buddha head is a valuable cultural heritage of human civilization. Detection and counting of Buddha’s head is a very important work. Especially in the case of a large number of Buddha heads and dense, detection and counting is very necessary. This work is helpful for cultural relics conservators to quickly obtain the number of Buddha heads and carr...

Objectives: This research aims to uncover significant figures in Balinese craft art from the Tegallalang sub-district by exploring various forms of craft art, identifying superior works, and highlighting key contributors. Methods: Using qualitative methods, primary data was collected through observations in Tegallalang, while secondary data was obt...

A Matemática está presente em diversas áreas do conhecimento, sendo uma delas as Artes. Pinturas, esculturas e obras arquitetônicas trazem aspectos que se relacionam diretamente com a Matemática, em particular com a Geometria. O objetivo geral deste trabalho é estudar o paraboloide elíptico e o paraboloide hiperbólico e suas modelagens via Slicefor...

This study examines how musical instruments are depicted in Buddhist art and how these representations influence the design and performance practices of modern Indian musical instruments. The methodology combines a qualitative iconographic analysis of Buddhist art, focusing on sculptures, frescoes, and engravings that feature musicians and musical...

This paper discusses the important finding of a late medieval temple from village Thora in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. The finding is more important because the village lies quite close to the upcoming Noida International Airport and the temple has some unique paintings on its ceiling and walls. The temple originally seems to hav...

This case study is a chapter from my PhD exegesis. It details the life and art practice of Ola Cohn, a pioneer of modernist sculpture in Australia during the early to mid-20th century.

Dimidiogalumna (Oribatida, Galumnidae) currently comprises seven species collectively distributed in the Paleotropical and southern Palaearctic regions. We describe a new species—D. dhatywalalensis sp. nov.—based on adults collected from litter in a bamboo forest in Western Ethiopia. The new species differs from all known species of the genus by th...

This article examines the significance of a highly unusual stone statue discovered at Teynham, Kent, depicting a triton and a ketos. It discusses the context of the find in what appears to be a mausoleum complex adjacent to Watling Street. It provides a detailed description of the statue itself, alongside a petrological study, and places this in th...

In-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM), enabling the introduction of various stimuli into the TEM sample chamber, is a powerful tool to observe the dynamic structural transformation under external stimuli at the atomic scale, and thus has attracted extensive attentions in the research of materials science and nanotechnology. In particular,...

Crystallization of water-soluble salts poses a considerable threat to the integrity of porous building materials and sculptures. The electrokinetic (EK) desalination process aims to remove salt ions from the fired-clay bricks using a low DC electric field. This study examines the effect of adding buffers, CaCO3 and CH3COOH, to kaolin clay poultice...

This paper presents a historical overview of the construction of the Franciscan architectural complex, specifically the monastery and the Church of St. Nicholas the Bishop in Čakovec. The construction of the complex began in the mid-17th century and lasted for the next hundred years. However, after the church's consecration in 1750., both the churc...

Background Many molluscan species exhibit a high degree of shell morphological plasticity in their shape (including sculptures), size and colour patterns, which can vary significantly depending on environmental conditions. These shell morphological variations make it challenging to differentiate species, based on morphology alone, often resulting i...

Resumen: En el presente trabajo se analiza una pieza de mármol que fue recuperada a inicios del s. xx en Nápoles-Campania, Italia-y que representa a la diosa Fortuna. Este estudio se ha centrado en su iconografía y simbolismo, argumentando su posible datación mediante paralelos formales y tipológicos que remontan la estatua a la época antonina, amp...

The exposure rates at the Niger Delta University sculpture gardens have been measured and excess lifetime cancer risk has also been determined. Measurement of exposure rate was carried out in a total of twenty points around the garden using a portable hand-held radiation detector, radalert 100X. Results show averages of exposure rate, absorbed dose...

Cita bibliográfica recomendada para este artículo: IRULEGI LOPEZ, Aitor “Autorretrato, espejo y sombra”, Zainak. Cuadernos de Antropología-Etnografía, nº 42, 2024, pp. 13-29, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.30175.78249. Resumen: Este artículo presenta una investigación basada en la práctica artística, en esta línea, el proceso artístico se defien...

Cita bibliográfica recomendada para este artículo: MACARENO RAMOS, Jon. “Zainzurien soroa”, Zainak. Cuadernos de Antropología-Etnografía, nº 42, 2024, pp. 67-77, http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17592.87043. Resumen: En este artículo se trata de reflexionar alrededor del origen y desarrollo del proyecto artístico titulado Zainzurien soroa. Se abor...

Lily (Lilium candidum L.) is an herbaceous, bulbous perennial plant belonging to the family Liliaceae. Studying floral parts of the Lilium candidum had samples collected from different gardens in Baghdad City, Iraq. The Flora of Turkey helped identify the measurements of the floral parts studied. The results found that flowers form funnel shapes, w...

Archaeologists have significantly contributed to the material turn, an ontological, theoretical, and methodological perspective that has transformed the archaeology of art. Various visual arts found in the archaeological record -such as rock art, geoglyphs, portable art, body ornaments, sculptures, and friezes- are now studied through materiality,...

Neoclassicism was an art movement in Europe and North America from the mid-18th to the 19th century. Inspired by ancient Greek and Roman art, it aimed to bring back classical ideals of beauty, order, and simplicity. It emerged as a reaction against the extravagant Baroque and Rococo styles. The Grand Tour, a trip to study European art and history,...

Ochre is found in paleolitihic site. Ochre has a prehistoric value. Ochre is used and applied by artist in painting and in sculptures. Ochre is allied with earthy forms of minerals. This paper garners about the multifasceted aspects of ochre.

Baroque art, flourishing between 1600 and 1750, was characterised by grandeur, movement, and emotional intensity. Emerging from Rome as a response to the Protestant Reformation, it spread across Europe, shaping painting, sculpture, and architecture. Theatricality and illusion defined the works of artists like Caravaggio, Rubens, and Bernini, while...

There is nothing as that to introduce P.Lal afresh as because those who read Indian English poetry know him as the founder of a poets' corner with his press and publication house based in Calcutta as well as a poet publisher of friendly volumes on an experimental basis and from the commoners he chose to promote the best, to bring it the stalwarts o...

"Los Asensio de la Cerda, una 'revelación' en la escultura andaluza del XVIII. Reflexiones y nuevas atribuciones post scriptvm", en Centros y periferias en la escultura andaluza e hispanoamericana del siglo XVIII. Valencia, Editorial Tirant Lo Blanch, 2025, pp. 175-200.

The antennae and mouthparts of treehoppers in twelve genera (11 Membracidae, and 1 Aetalionidae) were examined to identify and describe the fine structure of the antennae and the mouthparts. The gross morphology of the antennae and mouthparts are similar to that of other previously studied Auchenorrhyncha groups. Six types of sensilla were observed...

Artefacts, in conjunction with various archaeological sources such as coins, intricate inscriptions, exquisite sculptures, vibrant paintings, and impressive architecture, hold significant importance in the historical material culture of India. The discipline of archaeology is principally concerned with the narrative of human cultural development wi...

Resumen: Este mapa conceptual refleja un razonamiento que integra de manera fluida el proceso de creación artística investigativa. Cada etapa se nutre de la anterior, pasando de la inspiración y fundamentación teórica a la experimentación y producción, para finalmente dialogar con el público y generar un impacto social. Este recorrido no solo subra...

En el presente trabajo de investigación se lleva a cabo la reconstrucción tridimensional del monumento de San Juan Bautista de La Salle, ubicado en las escalinatas de la entrada del edificio de la Universidad La Salle Pachuca, campus La Concepción. La reconstrucción se obtiene mediante la aplicación combinada de fotogrametría aérea mediante el uso...

The genus Murdannia Royle was recognized as a member of the family Commelinaceae, known for its beautiful and outstanding flowers, which made it highly valued as an ornamental plant. In this study, three previously unidentified species of Murdannia are described as new species from Laos including Murdannia maronea, M. rhizomatosa, and M. thyrsoidea...

The global decline of freshwater mussels and their crucial ecological services highlights the necessity and urgency of developing and guiding conservation efforts for this group. Accurately delineating species and understanding their phylogeny are crucial to the core of species conservation. Here, we integrate shell morphology, soft-body anatomy, a...

With the development of economy, the public’s demand for cultural life is increasing. Sculpture brings a dynamic experience to the urban landscape, enabling people to actively participate and integrate into the landscape space, thus adding to the urban cultural construction and enhancing the variability and depth of space. Based on the principle of...

Este trabalho analisa a recepção das estátuas antigas nas sociedades árabe-islâmicas considerando seis estudos de caso que evidenciam seu valor e vigência, da época medieval até os dias atuais: a construção de uma estátua faraônica, de Ramsés II, no Cairo, durante o governo de Nasser, e sua recente transferência, entre as massas, ao novo museu arqu...

Domestication procedures or changing habitats of medicinal plants significantly reduces the amount of plant specialized metabolites (PSMs). Previous studies have already shown the direct influence of rhizosphere microorganisms on PSMs. Hence, reintroducing plant-beneficial rhizosphere microorganisms selected from plants' natural habitats back into...

Mramorni glavni oltar u franjevačkoj crkvi Male braće u Dubrovniku pripada najvažnijim ostvarenjima barokne altaristike u Hrvatskoj. Podignuli su ga 1712. – 1713. majstori Celio i Giovanni Toschini. Oltar dosad nije bio kontekstualiziran s obzirom na naručitelja, specifičnu tiplogiju te izrazit scenografski smještaj u crkvi. Sagrađen je zaslugom du...

U Splitu je u nedjelju, 17. ožujka 2024. nakon teške bolesti u 68. godini preminuo akademik Radoslav Tomić, povjesničar umjetnosti, vodeći hrvatski stručnjak za figuralnu umjetnost renesanse i baroka. Započeo je svoje djelovanje u Splitu kao muzealac, a zatim kao konzervator u službi zaštite spomenika kulture, a potom kao istraživač u Institutu za...

U radu se nastoji istaknuti uloga benediktinskog reda kao jednoga od ključnih faktora u nastanku i širenju predromaničke skulpture na istočnoj obali Jadrana. Posebno se naglašava važnost zadarskih benediktinaca kao naručitelja nekih od najreprezentativnijih reljefa predromaničkog stila u hrvatskoj ranosrednjovjekovnoj baštini, zatim njihov utjecaj...

The influenza epidemic of 1918-1919 stands out as one of the most devastating public health crises of the 20th century. Yet despite the catastrophic socio-economic and demographic consequences recorded worldwide, the so-called “Spanish Flu” seems to have left surprisingly little trace in the artistic manifestations of the period. What is more, the...

Among the numerous early medieval sculptures of Semirechye, characterized by a significant variety of iconography, costume elements and accessories, the author distinguishes a series of those that should be attributed to the Tugu Turks. The criterion for differentiation this group of sculptures are images of a caftan with triangular lapels, a hairs...

Introduction: Public art in urban spaces enhances aesthetics, reflects cultural identity, fosters community engagement, and contributes to place making, transforming everyday environments into meaningful, interactive public experiences. Limitations include a lack of deep learning applications in extracting public art elements, limited exploration o...

This paper presents the application of two key stages in Cultural Heritage (CH) analysis: cross-time registration and change detection, aimed at automatically identifying subtle geometric variations in CH objects. The proposed method addresses the challenge of manually aligning and detecting differences among large collections of 3D-digitized objec...

This study investigates the conservation assessment of a polychrome sculpture from the 17th century depicting San Diego de Alcalá, whose origin and workshop remain unknown. Traditionally characterized by specific iconographic elements such as bread and keys, the examined statue deviates from these norms. Initiated by the Diocesan Mitre in Duque de...

The Ateneo Sueco del Socorro, built in 1927 in Sueca, Spain, is a prime example of the 20th-century architectural transformation, using reinforced concrete. Designed by architect Juan Guardiola, it reflects the Art Deco style, incorporating ornamental elements from Eastern civilizations. The building’s structure includes masonry walls, concrete col...

A 1st-c. CE lamp from Cyprus, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, features a discus design of a satyr on a base before an enclosure. Formerly identified as a nude silenus, the design on this lamp and others with the same decoration in fact illustrates a motif after the Forum Marsyas statue from the Forum Romanum. The statue is typically understo...

The advent of modernism and modern Art in the first decades of the 20th century inspired artists to test and transcend the boundaries and the limitations of the traditional and conventional forms of art making in search of new materials. Ani Udosen, a sculptor, continued in the search for new materials in the 21st century time period, to produce hi...

The taxonomic classification of the Nepeta genus (Lamiaceae) and its intrageneric species has long been a subject of debate. This study aims to comprehensively examine the palynological characteristics of selected Nepeta species and compare these findings with their phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic classifications. Using scanning electron m...

Erigeron bonariensis, Mentha longifolia, Anisomales indica, Isodon rugosus, Bidens Pilosa and Digera muricata. The microscopic slides were prepared, and both the qualitative and quantitative characteristics were measured and described using LM techniques. The qualitative characteristics include pollen type, pollen shape, aperture features, and exin...

Between 300 and 1500 CE, African kingdoms and empires flourished across the continent, creating diverse and sophisticated artistic traditions. From the architectural marvels of Great Zimbabwe to the intricate sculptures of the Yoruba and the religious art of Aksum, these cultures expressed power, spirituality, and social identity through visual for...

The 16th century was a period of artistic brilliance and intellectual expansion in Italy, marking the height of the Renaissance. Building upon the foundations laid by 15th-century masters, artists of this era advanced the exploration of humanism, classical antiquity, and scientific inquiry. The invention of the printing press in Venice (1470) had a...

Resumen Las artes han variado en su composición e integrantes durante los úl-timos 100 años, a la música, la arquitectura, la danza, la pintura, la poesía y la escultura, se incorporaba el cine envuelto en una polémica sobre su originalidad o posibilidad desarrollar un lenguaje propio. En este contexto, de la mano con el surgimiento de las tecnolog...

Resumo: Quando se aborda a questão da arte em Platão, o foco costuma estar no Livro X da República onde Sócrates afirma que a arte mimética se encontra três graus afastada do real, das Ideias. Parece, assim, haver uma oposição entre arte e filosofia, esta mais próxima do real. Todavia, ao se lançar luz sobre outras partes da obra, nos deparamos com...

The artistic traditions of Oceania, encompassing Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, reflect a vast and diverse cultural landscape shaped by centuries of migration, social structures, and spiritual beliefs. Unlike Western art, Oceanic art was primarily functional and deeply embedded in ritual, social identity, and ancestral worship. M...

This article is my 26th article about Istanbul Maritime PaleoCulture that I discovered 9 years ago (December, 2015). The oldest sculpture of humanity belongs to 230.000-300.000 years ago. This paleolithic table sculpture of Istanbul Maritime Paleoculture, that I discovered 9 years ago, belongs to at least 300.000-400.000 years ago. All the oldest a...

jарства, примењених уметности, споредних делатности у уметности и т.д.) у руском, бугарском и српском језику. Наведене су неке сличности и разлике приликом творбе у овим словенским језицима са освртом на наjфреквентниjа и наjпродуктивниjа творбена средства (претежно на суфиксе). Разматрани корпус терминологиjе jе разврстан и класификован по семанти...

In this article, Karolina Tomczak is concerned with the latest and as yet unstudied works of renowned Wrocław artist Anna Szpakowska-Kujawska (born in 1931) created during the pandemic. These works include a series of pastels Kwadraty zaokienne (Squares outside the Window, or “pandemic squares”) from 2020 and spatial objects made of polystyrene foa...

This study takes as its starting point a painting by André Bauchant, a naïve painter who inspired the modernists, most notably architect Le Corbusier. Bauchant’s Bouquet Le Corbusier (1927), which features a large vase and the figures of Le Corbusier and his wife shrunk to the size of ants, was given to Le Corbusier as a gift. Bauchant was a garden...

El presente texto revisa los estudios relacionados con el monumento, el patrimonio y la escultura en el departamento de Santander, Colombia, y reflexiona la presencia de las esculturas y monumentos en los medios de divulgación, con el fin de bosquejar una ruta de trabajo que permita una exploración historiográfica y artística del patrimonio escultó...

I discovered a Paleolithic culture in İstanbul 9 years ago (December, 2015). I wrote and published 24 articles related this paleolithic culture on Reserarchgate and Academia.edu.[1] [2]. This is my 25th article about Istanbul Maritime PaleoCulture that I discovered 9 years ago. In this period, some artifacts, that ı found, were approved as artifac...