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The purpose of the article is to show what knowledge on the ludic culture of Cieszyn Silesian residents at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries can be obtained through the resources of the Photography Section of the Museum of Cieszyn Silesia. The project required both preliminary research and an analysis of archival photographs. The research questions regarded the usefulness of old photographs depicting past games in the preparation of both online and offline museum classes on the local cultural heritage. In the article, the author discusses photographs documenting past toys and pastimes, divided into 10 thematic groups, and presents outlines of lesson scripts as well as other museum activities prepared on their basis. The research conducted during the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic required netnographic methods and the analysis of historical sources, while the application of methods of design thinking made it possible to prepare scripts of museum classes.
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In the second half of the XX – beginning of the XXI centuries the fashion photo got the status not only as a beauty source, but became as a phenomenon of the material culture, capable to create new cultural remarks by means of mass communications. Communication implementation in the fashion photo occurs as coding, as dispersion, as dialogue of approximate images and contents by means of connotation receptions.
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Narrativity is a fundamental cognitive potential of human thinking. The article tackles the narrative function of photography and outlines three options for its creative application – sequence photography telling a story in a sequence of images; an assembly of photographic collages in a literary text, and the ability of photography to stimulate the imagination of the recipient. As an illustration two examples have been adduced.
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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.
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The photo exhibition “In the world of Dora Gabe” is part of the schedule of events held by Dobrich Regional library “Dora Gabe” in celebration of the 130 th anniversary of the birth of its patron.
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The article investigates the terms photobook, photographic book and photographically illustrated book and how these terms have been used in different periods; when they have come into being; in which scientific or art researches they occur. The emergence and increased use of the designation „photobook” at the turn of the twenty-first century is considered. The text goes back to the second half of the nineteenth century to delve into the earliest sources in which the use of the term occurs. A graphical analysis by Jose Luis Neves is presented using the Ngram Viewer tool, which outlines the frequency of use of the abovementioned terms, from the mid-1800s to 2019, in digitised English texts in Google Books. The data obtained seem reliable enough to serve as evidence of the predominant use of „photobook” in the last two decades and its scarcity in previous periods. Following the graph, the publications that have contributed to the popularisation of this term are considered. Several iconic ontological studies are presented, which reconsider the history of photography through its role in publications and their contribution to the shaping of the contemporary understanding of „photobook”. The coming of a parallel form of photobook, which replaced the photo album on paper copies and was launched onto the mainstream market, is considered, as well as the reasons for such replacement: the arrival of digital technologies in photography and printing. Recently published books are also described, which guide the more ambitious authors on how to self-publish.
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When Ptolemy I became ruler of Egypt (306 BC), he continued to have interests in Thrace and Asia Minor where Lysimachus, its ruler, married his daughter Arsinoe II. Most likely, their wedding was fixed with certain benefits, which led to the permanent presence of the Ptolemy in Southern Thrace. In fact, the whole 3rd century was marked by the presence of the Ptolemies in Thrace. This for sure, but also for some other unclear reasons facilitated the spreading of the Egyptian cults in that region. Several Egyptian deities, mainly Isis and Sarapis, but some other deities in relation with them, were found on various documents attesting their presence in Thrace from the Hellenistic period to the end of the Roman Era. Harpocrates, the presumed son of Isis and Sarapis in Greco-roman period, was one of those deities. Unlike his divine parents, he was a synnaos theos and his cult spread on a different manner. According to the monuments he was more likely worshiped because of his qualities as savior god and his magical competences. The study will examine the existing documentation and will discuss the mechanisms of spreading of the Harpocrates cult in Ancient Thrace from the Hellenistic period onward.
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28 ноября 2012 года в Музее промышленности и искусства состоялось открытие выставки «Иваново- Вознесенск. На стыке времён», приуроченной к празднованию 95-летия Иваново-Вознесенской губернии. Уникальный облик города, созданный историей, реальностью и воображением, представлен двадцатью тремя живописными работами начала XX века московского художника Михаила Константиновича Ефимова и более чем пятьюдесятью фотографиями Иваново-Вознесенска 1920 – 1930-х годов.
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The exhibition So Close, So Far is an annual event representing the art of contemporary Bulgarian artists, who live and work abroad. By using examples of their works, which were displayed in the exhibition during a five-year time period, this article aims at highlighting the artistic oeuvre of a specific group of Bulgarian artists, who have chosen to develop their artistic careers beyond the borders of their home country. These are authors that by showing their works back in their homeland draw parallels between global and local and thus provide a platform for intercultural dialogue. In its essence the exhibition presents a panoramic view of the current artistic tendencies in the contemporary art world on a global scale as seen through the prism of the Bulgarian artistic Diaspora. The main themes that reappear in the exhibition – the multilayered notions of detachment and home – will be discussed in relation to the rising movement of the “global nomad“ as a product of the processes of globalization. Through detaching themselves from their local environment and subse¬quently returning to their home with a new and enriched personal and artistic perception of the world, these nomadic artists alter the established status quo, give reasons for the formation of new movements in contemporary Bulgarian art, and disturb the fixed norms of the local cultural identity. They take part in the creation of new artistic communities and spaces, serving as building blocks of our contemporary society.
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The purpose of the article is to identify the historical-art basics of Photography as a type of Photo Art and Design activity. The methodology consists in the interdisciplinary approach is proposed using system-structural and socio-cultural methods, which made possible a retrospective generalization, as well as coverage of contemporary trends in the development of Photographics. Scientific novelty consists in theoretical understanding the stylistic and technological transformations of Photography in the context of Visual Culture, which was in first studied in Ukraine. The authors analyzed the art-aesthetic aspects of Photography in various types of Design. Conclusions. During the last decades, the elevation of Photography and its recognition as one of the most relevant art forms occurred in the cultural-information space. According to results of comprehensive study the theoretical and practical world experience in the development of Photography, the term-base, in particular Photographics, was deepened and expanded; visual means of artistic expressiveness (frame composition, colour harmonization, computer specific effects, stylistics) were specified; and their extrapolation to new spheres – to Digital Art and Digital Media was justified.
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The purpose of the article is to develop the issues of quoting the art direction of pop art and the use of artistic techniques of its representatives in the design of clothing of the late XX - early XXI centuries. Visual material covering the history of fashion of the end of the XX - beginning of the XXI century taken from printed publications and the Internet. Methodology. Methods of literary, socio-cultural, art history, aesthetic, and structural-compositional analyzes were used. The scientific novelty of the work lies in identifying the main stages and specifics of quoting pop art in clothing design of the late XX - early XXI century. Brands and designers who turned to the motives of this art direction from 1960 to 2010 were considered. Conclusions. It is determined that the iconography of pop art in clothing design includes the following: portraits of celebrities; reproductions of famous paintings, banners and posters; covers and pages of newspapers and magazines, comics; images of letters, words, slogans and logos; different types of packaging; home appliances; plumbing; electrical appliances; means of transport; food; tobacco products and alcoholic beverages. It was found that the techniques typical of pop art, such as a combination of illusory and real, hyperbolization of objects or their individual properties, duplication of images, mixing bright contrasting colors and multi-context images, introducing quotes, and using collages of photographs were fully adapted to clothing design in the twentieth century Since the eighties of the twentieth century. The parody approach to creativity characteristic of pop art is spreading. In the XXI century. designers focused on "combining the incompatible." Pop-art ideas for decorating things with a simple cut with various slogans and of everyday and commonly available motifs, as well as imitation materials, have become the most widespread for ready-made clothes.
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The research explores the interoperability and information exchange between 3D photogrammetric survey software and Building Information Modelling (BIM) software. It is based on a case study of a real traditional Bulgarian house. It proposes a proven and reliable workflow for data transfer for use in the practice of digital documentation and preservation of cultural and historical heritage.
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The author of the article, Walentyna Sobol, analyzes documentary and literary books from Morocco and two émigré writers about Morocco. These are “Spells of Morocco” – the Ukrainian forgotten author Sofia Jabłońska (1907–1971) and “Moon in Tears” – contemporary writer Morocco Ouard Saillo, born in Morocco in 1974. Ouardy Saillo’s book, decorated with photos of the Saillo family, was written in German. For the first time is published in Polish translated by Barbara Otwinowska (published in 2005 in Warsaw). In 2018, in Kiev were published 107 photographs of Sofia Jabłońska from her times of work and travel around the world, including Morocco. The goal of the article is to reveal the phenomenon of persistence and bravery of both writers, different, but sometimes very similar intertextuality . The narrative of the documents is examined using a methodological approach, especially in terms of: “intertextuality is a study of the memory of literature” (Tadeusz Sławek). Using modern research in anthropology, including the lexicon of the culture of memory “Modi memorandi”, the author of the article investigates the phenomenon of intertextuality in the narratives of Jabłońska and Saillo. This comparative study of the autobiographical works of Ukrainian and Moroccan writers in Poland not only reveals the conclusions, but also opens wide research perspectives.
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The exposition analyzes the semantics of Thracian vessels of precious metal; an attempt was made to discuss their function in the context of sacred mysterious logos; a reinterpretation of the ritual symposial practices characteristic of the Orphic communities of Thracian political elites is proposed. Precisely because of their sacred functions, vessels of precious metal with inscriptions are found in the funerals and treasures of the aristocratic elite. They function in a certain way in the symposium rituals during the ruler’s symposia, and such practices in Thrace, are part of the Orphic religion and are associated with aristocratic political elites. There are several reasons for this topic: There is discussion in the literature and there is still a lack of a systematic and consistent thesis about the function of precious metal vessels in the Thracian cultural model. Despite the fundamental research of Al. Foul, the connection between the Thracian basic model of Orphism as aristocratic ideology and its projections in artifacts and folk narratives has not yet been sought. No effort was made to illuminate the function of the Thracian sacral artifacts in parallel with the Greek orphic sources.
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The article presents itself the way of looking for a strategy which would allow to actualize, analyze and interpret archival photographs. In a focus there are images of medieval temple architecture from the territory on which the civilizations of East and West are converged. As the main source a collection of photographs from the Kosovo and Bitola vilayets of the Ottoman Empire is taken. It was acquired in 1914 by the famous linguist E. A. Volter (1856–1941) in Skopje for the Department of Ethnography of the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III. Comparing images with each other and with other similar photographic artifacts of the early 20th century the author noted their common subject referred to the heritage of the Serbian dynasty Nemanichi ruled in the 14th century. The photographs thus visualize the phenomenon of Old Serbia, defined as a folklore-ideological construct which has become a part of the national program of the Kingdom of Serbia in the 19th century. Using the example of three photographic scenes, the historical fate of this heritage, its phenomenology and semantics are traced, as well as its role and significance for the modern Serbian society is revealed. Based on this, the conclusion about the deep connection between the temple heritage and the national myth, Serbian identity and its representation is drawn. The problem of interethnic contradictions is touched upon. Interpretation of photographs is carried out by their correlation with folklore and narrative sources within the framework of an integrated approach. The results of the analysis allow to conclude that the materials of the collection significantly contribute to the comprehension of a number of historical and ethnological issues, including global problems of our time, such as the problem of preserving the world cultural heritage.
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Researchers are still raising questions related to the time and place of shooting of certain portraits in the scarce photographic iconography of F. M. Dostoevsky. First of all, this pertains to a set of early photographs, whose dating ranges between 1857 and 1863, according to various sources. The article offers new arguments in favor of attributing several portraits of F. M. Dostoevsky to 1859. This refers to photographs that captured an image of F. M. Dostoevsky that is unusual for most of his admirers, namely, without a beard. Two of them were taken in Semipalatinsk by the photographer S. A. Leibin, while in one of them F. M. Dostoevsky was captured together with the Kazakh educator Ch. Ch. Valikhanov, whom he befriended during the years of his exile. Another photo has not been precisely attributed. A comprehensive analysis of the details depicted on them, the facts of the biography of Ch. Ch. Valikhanov and the letters of F. M. Dostoevsky allows to date the Semipalatisk photographs with greater accuracy. The article proposes that another one of the portraits taken in Tver was carried out simultaneously with the shooting of the portrait of M. M. Dostoevsky. A comprehensive examination of various details and circumstances also leads to the same conclusions. To date, only a few copies of photographs with Ch. Ch. Valikhanov and a photograph allegedly taken in Tver are known. The original solitary portrait made in Semipalatinsk has been lost. The conducted research allows to assert that other copies of these photographs may exist. The proposed conclusions are made on the basis of a study of the originals of photographs in the collection of The V. I. Dahl State Museum of the History of Russian Literature.
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The text offers a review of Prof. Miglena Nikolchina's monumental study "God with Machine: Subtracting the Human", dedicated to fundamental theoretical conceptualizations around anthropological issues. The review dwells in particular on the central conceptual paradox outlined in Prof. Nikolchina's book, namely the double determination of man as "a being who wants to be human" and “being who does not want to be human”
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In the analysis suggested, I make an attempt first and foremost to gather in one place all evidence on the function and meaning of human hair in Thracian culture. Human hair, save for being a biological factum, is an object of impression in human culture, i.e., it is a unique cultural phenomenon. I consider written evidences on the specific Thracian hair-do, as noted by the ancient authors, as well as the evidence according to which Thracians were red-haired. I pay attention to the archeologic findings of human hair in ancient Thrace, to visual evidences about hair-dos and colour in human hairs, as well as some folklore evidences on treatments of human hair, precisely as the object and subject of human culture.
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