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Lesbas meliķu pēdas romiešu lirikā: maģistra darbs
1944
Antiquitas Viva: Studia classica
2001
Izdevums tapis ar ERAF projekta „Atbalsts Latvijas Universitātes starptautiskās sadarbības projektiem un citiem starptautiskās sadarbības pasākumiem zinātnē un tehnoloģijās” Nr. 2010/0202/2DP/2.1.1.2.0/10/APIA/VIAA/013 atbalstu
Wrong Hand, Wrong Children? The Education of Left-Handed Children in Soviet Latvia
2019
Left-handers have always been surrounded by stigma and controversy, and attitudes toward this group have always been rooted in the ideas and traditions of power relations existing in a given society. Thus, the goal of this study is to describe the retraining of left-handers as it was conducted in Soviet education. The impact of political power on an individual’s body-mind interaction is a significant problem in research on the creation of the “New Soviet Man.” The teaching of left-handed children in the Soviet Union is a noteworthy example of the totalitarian regime’s illusionary endeavors to change human nature. The Soviet education envisaged neither a special attitude nor any particular p…
Reflections on the Everlasting and the Transient or the Road to the “Freed Field of Light”
2000
The twentieth century is a contradiction-ridden time. Without warning it combines grandiose Utopias and apocalyptic reasonings. It bottles up tragic contradictions, a feeling of insecurity, at times manifestations of despair and feverish activity. In the eyes of a considerable part of society man has lost his divine image, his place in the system of universal value. Consciousness of the loss of sense, the loss of absolute values forms a peculiar background for the cultural processes of the twentieth century. It is this loss of sense that may be the basis for its dualistic and even tragic vision of the world.
L’altro sapere. Bello, Arte, Immagine in Leon Battista Alberti
2000
The great attention that, during the past few years, has been paid to Leon Battista Alberti has led to the creation of research centers and to the organization of exhibitions and conferences dedicated to him, but it has yet to result, especially in Italy, in a new approach to his aesthetic theories. This represents a serious scholarly gap, because Alberti was an important figure in the history of aesthetics, both for the role he played in the aesthetic and literary debates of the 15th century, as well as for the impact that his thought had on theory and art in subsequent centuries. The present volume constitutes an important tool to fill such gap. The volume centers on three key concepts: b…
Il "De equo animante" di Leon Battista Alberti: una teoria della bellezza?
2010
Il De equo animante si presenta come un trattato tecnico ed erudito, piuttosto che artistico, in quanto rielabora notizie attinte dalle auctoritates in materia di ippologia. Tuttavia, a partire dal concetto di “vitalità”, messo in rilievo fin dal titolo, è possibile individuare due percorsi che consentono di rileggere il testo all’interno dell’estetica albertiana: il primo si snoda in seno stesso alla teoria della bellezza e mette in luce una concezione estetica che si risolve nella funzionalità; il secondo interpreta il concetto di “vitalità” nel senso dell’enargeia, della “vivezza rappresentativa”, qualità fondamentale delle opere d’arte. A conclusione di queste analisi e alla luce dell’o…
Beauty and the Cosmetic Secret
2018
Cosmetic surgery is often linked to the perception that women who resort to cosmetic interventions to alter their physical appearance are vain, superficial, and narcissistic. Few investigations have acknowledged and explored the individual’s personal motivations and experiences of her action and choice with regards to aesthetic surgery. By focusing on subjective experience, alternative insights can be gained on the cosmetic procedure(s) and on how their reshaped body influences an individual’s lifeworld experience. The article explores the perceived benefits and consequences of reshaping, enhancing, and/or reducing a perceived flaw or shortcoming of the body. From this exploration the focus…
For a semiotic multisensorial analysis of urban space. The case of Ballaro and Vucciria markets in Palermo
2017
One of the most interesting fields in which to study the interaction between senses is that of the urban space experience. If the semiotic approach questioned especially the meaning configurations deriving from the visual organisation of space and from the relationship between designed space and lived space (Hammad 2003, 2013; Marrone, Pezzini 2006 and 2008) other approaches suggested concepts like ‘soundscape’ (Schafer 1977) or ‘smellscape’ (McLean 2014). These concepts introduced new interpretative keys which allowed the study of landscape through sensorial channels other than sight. However, they once again anchored this study to only one sense, detached from the others. What we propose,…
AN ICY FORCE BOTH FOUL AND FAIR: THE THEME OF LOVE VERSUS FEAR IN THE DUTCH DUBBED VERSION OF DISNEY’S FROZEN
2020
Abstract:This study compares the songs from the original, English-language version of the 2013 Disney film Frozen to those of the Dutch dubbed version, investigating how the thematic representation of love and fear differ between these versions. To support this inherently qualitative analysis, this study employs the triangle of aspects, an analytical model that identifies certain aspects and variables central to animated musical film dubbing, allowing a quantification of differences between dubbed versions. It is found that the dubbed songs differ most strongly from the original songs in the verbal code, which covers issues such as semantic sense and register, and least in the musical code,…
Towards a multidisciplinary approach in creative subtitling
2012
Standard subtitling practices have long been influenced, if not governed, by norms and conventions such as the Code of Good Subtitling Practice (Ivarsson & Carroll 1998). Yet recent research into film subtitling has begun to take a creative turn: a trend that is matched by increasing numbers of fansubs and professionally produced creative subtitles. This paper seeks to demonstrate the need for a multidisciplinary approach to creative subtitling and, by drawing upon principles from film studies, suggests some key features for the development of a creative subtitling practice.