Шерсть как арт-терапевтический материал, или Фелт-терапия

Author(s): Olga Lanberg / Language(s): Russian Issue: 5/2016

This paper discusses the possibility of using unspun sheep’s wool dyed in different shades as a medium of art-therapy and presents an exclusive technique called “Carpet of resources”. The basis of this technique is one of the ancient ways to create felt and felt carpets. The article describes the historical aspect of the origin of felting, legends accompanying its appearance, and the advantages of using it in the art therapeutic process. The “Carpet of resources” technique is described in details, as well as the experience of its use, the effects obtained in the course of it, a list of necessary materials, and restrictions on the use of this technique.

Conferinţa Știinţifică Internaţională „Patrimoniul cultural: cercetare, valorificare, promovare”. Ediţia a X-a: Prin ştiinţă spre cunoaşterea patrimoniului naţional

Author(s): Adrian Dolghi,Victor Ghilaş / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2018

Przekaz o królewnie Annie Wazównie wyrażony w jej pomniku grobowym

Author(s): Alicja Saar-Kozłowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 12/2018

Jan Sztwiertnia (1911-1940). Wiślański kompozytor, animator kultury i pedagog, ofiara hitlerowskiego obozu Mauthaussen-Gusen

Author(s): Adrian Uljasz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 12/2018

Transitions Online-Around the Bloc-3 March

Author(s): Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English Issue: 03/09/2020

Transitions Online-Around the Bloc-3 MarchToday’s regional roundup: more constitutional changes in Russia; Borisov stands by Erdogan; the Transdniester war, 28 years on; Armenians in Ethiopia; and Polish filmmaking.

The History of the Organs in the Cistercian Abbey in Kraków-Mogiła

Author(s): Piotr Matoga / Language(s): English Issue: 01 (36)/2018

The history of the organs in the Cistercian Abbey in Kraków-Mogiła has not been studied so far. The article elaborates this topic based on the results of an archival query. Most of the sources are preserved in the Cistercian Archive in Mogiła. Examining them, the author discusses the history of instruments in the monastic church and in the former St Bartholomew church. On the basis of the sources, it was stated that at least in the 18th century the monastery church was equipped with two pipe organs. This fact has not been pointed out so far by researchers. The following article is supplemented by archival photographs.

Account books of the Musical Chapel of Lviv Uniate Bishop Leon Szeptycki (1760–1779)

Author(s): Ivan Yuriyovych Kuzminskyi / Language(s): English Issue: 03 (38)/2018

This article explores the newly discovered account books of the Lviv Uniate Musical Chapel of the Bishop Leon Szeptycki. The main stay of this musi­cal chapel was the architectural complex of the Cathedral of St George in Lviv. Today, two account books are stored in the department of old books and manuscripts of the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv in the archives of the Lviv bishops; they cover the years 1760–1779. In the first two parts of the article, the author investigates the issues of the founding of the musical chapel and its place of activity. In the third part, there is a list of musicians who were members of this chapel over the years. In addition to the names and surnames, their positions, years of employment, musical instruments which they played and details of their biography are indicated. In the next part, there is a list of pupils of the chapel. It appears that the total number of pupils ranged from 2 to 14. Adult musicians and pupils played various instruments: harpsichord (“kla­wicymbaly”), clavichord (“klawikort”), organ, violin, alto, viola da gamba (“kwartviola”), cello (“basetla”), oboe, bassoon, trumpet and horn; there were singers as well. In the fifth part, the author specifies in what way the Lviv Uniate musical chapel was financed. In the next part, both the church and the secular musical repertoire of the musical chapel are described. In this section, also information from the Warsaw periodicals are used. In the seventh part, the collaboration of the Uniate music chapel with other chap­els and monastic orders, Jesuits, Dominicans and Conventual Franciscans is explored. In the last part, the author examines the information about the human settlements that are found on the pages of the account books.

Обогатяване на изобразителните умения по моделиране при учениците от първи клас

Author(s): Elitsa Alexandrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 2/2020

The article presents modelling as a type of visual activity, in three main dimensions. According to the First Class Fine Arts curriculum, the student's individual needs and creative development are emphasized through the sensory systems. The expression of ideas and experiences, by means of visual means to the students of the first grade, covers a large part of the educational content in the fine arts. The modelling activity is analyzed. The necessity of practical application of the volume-plastic imaging to the students in the initial stage was established. This is considered to be an important point in the overall development of their visual skills. A system of assignments is given, the applicability of which enables the enrichment of modelling skills in first grade students. Modelling is a process through which the cognitive processes are refined and developed, which leads to the accumulation of sensory experience and allows the creation of vivid sensory images that actively stimulate their visual activity.

След „Медея” ще е трудно

Author(s): Snezhina Petrova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 40/2020

A blitz interview with Sneshina Petrova, award-winning actress and university professor, on her recent theatre and social project “Medea.”

Transitions Online_Around the Bloc - 3 April

Author(s): Ioana Caloianu / Language(s): English Issue: 04/06/2020

TOL’s regional roundup: EU party leaders pick on Hungary; refugees in Central Europe; coronavirus in Serbia; and a Czech non-festival.

Театърът на Баухаус

Author(s): Violeta Decheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 40/2020

How Bauhaus movement informs not only modern architecture but also modern theatre, dance, art, music, the structure of the stage, the idea of the space, etc.? The ‘theatre of Bauhaus’ is not a clear system of ideas shared by all the participants in the movement. On the contrary, there are many internal conflicts. But we could speak of concepts that were developed and became influential through Bauhaus, especially after the ‘branding’ of the movement in the US in the second half of 20th century.

Кой не се страхува от Шекспир

Author(s): Mariana Melnishka / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 40/2020

The ever growing and updating Shakespearian context is the topic of this article examining the almost simultaneous appearance (in Bulgaria, 2019) of a book, a film, and a theatre production related to the Bard: the book is “Nothing Like the Sun” by Anthony Burgess (translated by M. Melnishka), the film is Kenneth Branagh’s “All Is True”, and the theatre production is “Romeo and Juliet” at the Mladezhki Theatre (Youth Theatre) in Sofia.

Влиянието на експресионизма върху творчеството на Юджийн О’Нийл

Author(s): Ksenia Kisselincheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 40/2020

The main focus in this study is the unique individual reception of the Expressionism in some of Eugene O'Neill’s plays from the 1920s: "The Emperor Jones" (1920) and "The Hairy Ape" (1922). A strong source of influence is August Strindberg and his experiments at the Chamber Theater in Stockholm. This can be traced by pointing out common thematic and stylistic features in Strindberg's trilogy "The Road to Damascus" and O'Neill's "The Emperor Jones". Another major source of influence is the German Expressionist movement from the first quarter of the 20th century, especially some of the leading playwrights like Georg Kaiser and Ernst Toller. Yet another source of influence are the German Expressionistic films of R. Wiene, F. Lang and Murnau, which followed most of the principles of the avant-garde trend.

Морално-политическа идеология в острата критика на Георги Марков към българския тоталитаризъм

Author(s): Giuseppe Dell’ Agata / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 40/2020

The task of this text by the is to outline the main political and ethical ideas that Georgi Markov (Bulgarian writer and dissident, murdered in exile by the Secret Services) maintains in his constant and often radical criticism towards Bulgaria regime during the years. Italian professor Giuseppe Dell’ Agata’s main point is related to Markov’s unshattered conviction that the Bulgarian regime created by the Communist Party had nothing to do with the communism or the socialism but was simply an example of state capitalism.

Конгресът на AICA в Полша през 1960 г.: „Интернационалният характер на съвременното изкуство”

Author(s): Irina Genova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 40/2020

The art historian prof. Irina Genova traces the history of AICA (Association internationale des critiques d’art) and focuses on its congress in Poland (Warsaw and Krakow) in 1960. The carefully chosen topic of the congress, “International Character of Contemporary Art”, meant to provide a meeting point for Western European and Eastern European artists and to open the post-Stalinist Eastern art scene to the contemporary tendencies of the abstract painting. The situation was different in the different countries. The research draws a parallel between the quite open Polish scene and the more conservative and closed Bulgarian one and the reception the congress had in those two contexts.

Фотографският образ – ключов елемент от съвременната реклама

Author(s): Angel Kotsev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 40/2020

This article explores the general content of printed advertisement, its elements and their interaction. By making a brief presentation of the different elements involved in print advertising, the research attempts at presenting and summarizing the role in advertising of illustrations and photographic images in particular. The study will also try to give a clear answer to the question concerning the quantity of photographic images compared to other types of illustrations, drawings, collages or computer generated images in Bulgarian print advertising during the period 2000-2017.

Expressions of Postmodernism Within the Dimension of Digital Games

Author(s): Jana Radošinská,Zuzana Kvetanová / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

A specific type of society or historical period is usually determined by characteristic kinds of technology and corresponding forms of media contents that shape the public discourse and reflect both collective social experience and individual lifestyles. Given the preferred kinds of media products and media entertainment forms, contemporary society is terminologically denoted as “postmodern” (or “late modern”), largely due to the obvious expansion of gaming technologies and the Internet. Digital games and virtual gaming environments have become prominent forms of media entertainment, especially in the case of children, teenagers and young adults. The fact we cannot forget to mention is that every emerging societal model reflects or rather revisits and reshapes at least some of typical cultural elements and means of expression known from previous cultural epochs (for instance, digital games production draws inspiration and creation principles from modernism, classicism and other art or philosophical movements). These aspects are either recreated in identical ways or modified in order to include some of the already known features and consequently shape their own prominent characteristics. Particularities of the current postmodern (or late modern) society and its products are thus at the centre of our attention. The main objective of the study is to reflect on the presence of specific traits of postmodernism in the dimension of digital games. To reach the given goal, we mainly apply logical-conceptual methods of textual analysis, while the issue of mapping the characteristics of late modern culture in relation to digital gaming products is subject to a discourse analysis. Defining the basic terms such as “postmodernity” or “postmodernism” and introducing the elementary concepts related to this cultural form will help us to achieve the primary objective. The presented theoretical premises thus become adequate fundamentals for clarifying the presence of typical features of postmodern culture in both the formal design and narrative structure of digital games. 

Creation And Development Of Accent Typeface Forms Of Writing And Their Use In Advertising

Author(s): Ivana Bulanda,Tomáš Koprda / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2020

The first forms of the accent script were created at the beginning of the 19th century and at that time there was no indication that they would be very popular even in the second half of the 21st century. The reason for their emergence was the first industrial revolution and new requirements for the use of the font. In the 19th century, printers began to print various promotional and promotional prints more intensively and did not have the appropriate font for this type of printing. The article deals with the reasons for the creation of license fonts and the purpose of their use, while examining whether the original function of the font still applies today.

Muzykalia po dawnej Wałbrzyskiej Orkiestrze Górniczej (Waldenburger Bergkapelle) ze zbiorów Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej w Warszawie

Author(s): Lidia Bialucha / Language(s): Polish Issue: 03 (42)/2019

In the article, the author investigates 24 musical manuscripts belonging to former Miners’ Orchestra of Wałbrzych (Waldenburger Bergkapelle), which used the sources for concerts of the orchestra. The analysed manuscripts have not yet been researched or catalogued in RISM (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales) database before. The ensemble’s repertoire was analysed and the collection’s characteristics, including copyists, watermarks and stamps, were examined. It allowed to assess the provenience of the manuscripts and make certain remarks about the type of repertoire played by Waldenburger Bergkapelle. The results of the analysis were presented in the context that can be found in secondary sources, widely describing the activity of the orchestra. The author also carried on cataloguing in Warsaw University Library, creating the catalogue in the Muscat RISM system. Considering the numbers on shelfmarks, it can be assumed that the original collection contained circa one hundred of musical sources. However, only a small part of them is known and catalogued. Therefore, the knowledge of the collection remains incomplete and is worth further investigation.

Edward Mąkosza. Biografia i działalność kompozytora

Author(s): Paweł Urban / Language(s): Polish Issue: 01 (44)/2020

Edward Mąkosza (born on 13th November 1886 in Lisków, died on 25th April 1973 in Częstochowa) was a Polish composer, pedagogue, conductor, organist and ethnomusicologist. He was the main organiser of the musical life in Częstochowa. He is an author of circa 1000 compositions. He received numerous commendations and was a hero of the Jasna Góra Monastery. The article, presenting Edward Mąkosz’s biography, is to serve as an intro-duction to the comprehensive study of his work. The subsequent periods of his life (childhood, youth, professional work until World War II, professional work after World War II) are discussed. Then, we focus on the composer’s broadly understood activity: social, pedagogical and artistic undertakings. The article aims to show the professor’s entire life.