Search results for "Visual arts"

Ostensori architettonici in Sicilia tra suggestioni iberiche e rinascimentali

2022

Through the analysis of six architectural monstrances housed in churches and museums in Sicily, the formal and compositional languages that, between Iberian and Renaissance suggestions, characterize these masterpieces of sacred art are analyzed. They are small silver architectures, produced between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, which are influenced by the Catalan Gothic influences and the Italian Renaissance, in a peculiar Sicilian synthesis.

What does it mean to be visually literate? Examination of visual literacy definitions in a context of higher education

2018

Full Article Figures & data References Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Get access Abstract Competency in visual literacy (VL) is crucial for effective visual communication, and thus for living and working in a visually saturated environment. However, VL across disciplines is still marginalized in higher education curricula. This tendency is partly caused by the lack of knowledge and agreement on what it means to be visually literate. This study juxtaposes and evaluates 11 VL definitions, selected as the most relevant for higher education practitioners and coined from 1969 (the first one) to 2013 (the most recent one). The study further proposes three lists of VL skills with themati…

A comic page for the first isomorphism theorem

2022

Given a homomorphism between algebras, there exists an isomorphism between the quotient of the domain by its kernel and the subalgebra in the codomain given by its image. This theorem, commonly known as the first isomorphism theorem, is a fundamental algebraic result. Different problems have been identified in its instruction, mainly related to the abstraction inherent to its content and to the lack of conceptual models to improve its understanding. In response to this situation, in this paper, we present an illustration that explores the narrative and graphical resources of comics with the aim of describing the set-theoretic elements that are involved in the proof of this theorem.

Cybertext Challenge

2007

This article discusses the changing role of literature in the contemporary media landscape. Literary scholarship may well maintain its importance in the digitalizing world, but this requires it to engage in an open dialogue with cultural and media studies. It is important that more attention is paid to contemporary literature as well as to new media offering significant pedagogical possibilities, which should be better acknowledged. The article's main focus is on the emerging field of digital literature. Cybertextuality, especially, is fundamentally changing our notions of the integrity of a literary work, reading, writing and interpretation. I attempt to describe and put into context one …

Dance moves reflect current affective state illustrative of approach–avoidance motivation.

2013

The rise of the hybrid model of art museums and cultural institutions. The case of Barcelona

2015

ABSTRACTArts and museum management analysis usually classifies art museums and cultural institutions as a public or private non-for-profit. However, budget and analysis management, as Mark J. Schuster stated, reveals that the majority of museums and cultural institutions cannot be classified neither public nor private non-profit, because they are hybrids. This paper analyses with a multidimensional methodology the different degrees of hybridization of Barcelona's museums and cultural institutions. Finally, we explain its phenomenon as the emergence of a new hybrid local model of museums and cultural institutions, which Barcelona is a singular and advanced case.

El paisaje sonoro como Arte Sonoro

2019

espanolEl concepto de paisaje sonoro o soundscape acunado por primera vez por el ca-nadiense R. Murray Schafer en 1933 se basa en la defensa del valor del silencio y del sonido por si mismo como fuente de creatividad. El objetivo principal del articulo es reflexionar sobre el concepto de paisaje sonoro como arte sonoro y resenar las sinergias entre naturaleza y paisaje a traves de la concepcion de estos en la historia. Se plantea la paradoja del ruido como musica y la incognita del orden primigenio del sonido. Se incide en el valor emocional del paisaje sonoro y su utilidad como herra-mienta didactica. Cuando se comprende la nocion de Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) con la escucha profunda y l…

Una nueva personalidad para Juan Melchor Pérez, <em>scultore e tragettatore</em> al servicio del VII Duque de Montalto y Juan José de Aus…

2018

El artículo presenta a Juan Melchor Pérez (doc. 1642-1650) como un escultor y fundidor sucesivamente al servicio del Duque de Montalto y Juan José de Austria, cuestiona la identificación de uno de los bustos de bronce firmados por él que se conserva en el Museo del Prado, se plantea la complejidad de determinar la autoría en las obras realizadas en bronce y el papel de los escultores de corte al servicio de familias nobles.

Compilation iconographique et légitimation de l'ordre dominicain : les fresques de Tomaso da Modena à San Nicolò de Trévise (1352)

1992

Russo Daniel. Compilation iconographique et légitimation de l'ordre dominicain: les fresques de Tomaso da Modena à San Niccolo de Trevise (1352). In: Revue de l'Art, 1992, n°97. pp. 76-84.

Design follows politics? The visualization of political orientation in newspaper page layout

2017

This article explores how the political orientation of newspapers is reflected in their page layout. The authors compare the layouts of five German national quality newspapers exemplarily and exploratively in a combination of quantitative and qualitative analyses. Dimensions of comparison are typography, size, colouration, quantity and arrangement of elements. Results show systematic differences between the page layouts of left-wing and right-wing newspapers. These differences are reflected in the contrast of traditional and contemporary styles and also in the use of ideologically charged typography and colours. In addition, the size of headlines seems to be dependent on political extremity…