Search results for "Performing Arts"

The Bell-Tower Facade: An Aseismic Device in Sicily Between the 12th and 18th Centuries

2014

Imposing tower facades with belfries in the last order were built in Sicily Italy, from the Middle Ages to the late Baroque period. Until the 16th century, this model, which was inspired by northern European examples, also had a parallelepiped forepart leaning against the facade, working as containment for the pressure imparted by the inner longitudinal arches on the front, and amplified in case of earthquakes. The lacking static efficiency of these early structures is demonstrated by collapses during the strong earthquakes that hit the island in the modern age. Despite numerous cases of destruction, the memory of some prototypes survived in Sicilian constructive memory through the elaborat…

New Architectural Models and Building Tradition: A Dialogue in Early Modern Sardinia - The Jesuit Church in Sassari

2014

L'architettura nella Sardegna di età moderna è caratterizzata da una forte continuità con pratiche antecedenti. Nella seconda metà del XVI secolo, nuovi modelli, legati in particolare alle nuove tendenze nel campo dell'architettura militare e il classicismo della controriforma cattolica, affiancano la tradizione costruttiva gotica.La chiesa dei Gesuiti di Sassari offre un interessante esempio di intreccio tra queste modalità architettoniche, causato da un improvviso cambio alla guida del cantiere. Giovan Maria Bernardoni, un architetto gesuita italiano, redasse il progetto iniziale della chiesa sul modello del Gesù di Roma, ed essa fu parzialmente costruita sotto la sua direzione. Dopo la s…

Assessment of textile craft products’ creativity in the Latvian competition for pupils

2018

The purpose of the research is to explore the results of pupils’ creative activity in a competition in textile craft in Latvia and to find trends in the creation of textile craft products. The applied method is the analysis of creative work items made by pupils from Forms 6–7 (N1 = 106) and Forms 8–9 (N2 = 132): photos, designs and textile craft products. Among the hand and foot garments, the most popular products in both age groups were fingerless gloves. The knitting technique was used most frequently, and most of the items were wearable. Creativity predominantly manifested in the combinations of colours, techniques and materials, followed by creative technology solutions and creative pro…

Évolution de la durée et du tempo dans les enregistrements du Sacre du printemps de Stravinski de 1929 à 2019

2021

Le Sacre du printemps (1913) d’Igor Stravinski est sa première œuvre gravée pour le disque et l’une des plus enregistrées. Tous les plus grands chefs d’orchestre de phalanges internationales, abordant le répertoire d’orchestre du XXe siècle, ont enregistré l’œuvre, certains d’entre eux plusieurs fois au cours de leur carrière. Stravinski qui avait une idée très précise de la façon dont ses œuvres doivent être exécutées, a lui-même effectué quatre enregistrements du Sacre afin d’offrir un modèle à suivre, notamment quant au strict respect des tempi. Cependant, ses propres versions discographiques ne respectent pas toujours les indications de la partition, si bien que leur valeur en tant que …

Jewish Identities in German Popular Entertainment, 1890–1933. By Marline Otte. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Pp. xiv + 317. ₤51/$96 Hb.

2008

Crítica musical y pensamiento estético en la España de la Restauración: José María Esperanza y Sola (1834-1905)

2015

One of the most outstanding figures of music criticism in the Spanish Restoration was José María Esperanza y Sola (1834-1905), active for thirty years, from the late 1860s until the end of the century. During this period, Esperanza collaborated in different periodical publications and, particularly, “La Ilustración Española y Americana”, from whose pages he informed about the most important musical events celebrated in Madrid, judged according to a conservative aesthetic criterion, opposed to any novelty that infringe the traditional music system. On the basis of Esperanza´s thought, our study analyzes the different subjects that constitute his journalistic production.La crítica musical en …

Jay De Feo's Forgotten Roses: The Wise and Foolish Virgins

2009

in 2012–2013 the Whitney Museum of American Art will feature a retrospective exhibition of Jay De Feo's works. In view of this, it should be noted that two of her lesser-known monumental paintings ...

What Are the Rules of the Game? Some Remarks on The Yellow Jacket

1995

The vast caravan out of Ceylon … arrived safely in Europe in April 1884 … There were sixty-seven people, twenty-five elephants … and a great many oxen of various kinds. The ethnographic exhibition included hundreds of different shows, and even the vegetative world was represented in numerous exhibits … My Singhalese troupe was veiled in the ancient wondrous world of India; not only had we captured the vibrant, picturesque, outward appearance of India, but also the shimmer of its mystique. The colourful, captivating sight of the caravanserai, the majestic elephants, partly bedecked in golden saddlery, partly in work harnesses, pulling gigantic loads; the slim, attractive, doe-eyed dancers wi…

Bridges Baltimore 2015: Charmed by Mathematics in Charm City

2016

In 2015, the Bridges World Conference, the most significant annual international gathering to be held for exploring connections between mathematics and the arts, met in Baltimore, USA. The conference program included lectures by recognized scholars and artists, the world largest exhibition of mathematical art, thematic theatre performances, a poetry afternoon demonstrating how mathematics can interrelate with literature, and a short film festival as well as workshops organized by researchers, educators and artists. nonPeerReviewed

Can sad music really make you sad? Indirect measures of affective states induced by music and autobiographical memories

2012

The present study addressed music’s disputed ability to induce genuine sadness in listeners by investigating whether listening to sad music can induce sadness-related effects on memory and judgment. Related aims were to explore how the different mechanisms of music-induced emotions are involved in sadness induced by familiar, self-selected music and unfamiliar, experimenter-selected music, and whether the susceptibility to music-induced sadness is associated with trait empathy. One hundred twenty participants were randomly assigned into four conditions with different tasks: listening to unfamiliar sad or neutral music, or to self-selected sad music, or recalling a sad autobiographical event…