Essays about: "ancient senses"

Found 3 essays containing the words ancient senses.

  1. 1. Making Sense of Material Culture : A Sensory Approach to Bird-Shaped Vessels in Imperial Age Greece

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Lina Enevång Viklund; [2023]
    Keywords : bird-shaped vessels; glass unguentaria; ancient senses; archaeology of the senses; ancient lived experience;

    Abstract : The focus of this thesis is Roman bird-shaped glass vessels from the 1 st and 2 nd centuries AD. The vessels were containers for cosmetics and distinguished themselves from other types of unguentaria in that once they had been filled with cosmetic powder, the vessels were reheated and sealed shut by fire. READ MORE

  3. 2. Historiska ljudinstallationer och deras användning i modern tid

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Linn Nilsson; [2013]
    Keywords : akustik; eolsharpa; kaskad; landskapsarkitektur; ljudinstallation; vattenorgel; vindspel;

    Abstract : Att gestalta med ljud inom landskapsarkitektur kan ses som relativt ovanligt. Ljudets inverkan på människor och hur detta påverkar utemiljöers karaktär har det dock experimenterats med sedan antikens Grekland. Man använde sig av olika ljudinstallationer som producerade ljud med hjälp av naturens krafter – luft och vatten. READ MORE

  4. 3. Rhythm and Rhetoric: A Linguistic Analysis of Barack Obama's Inaugural Address

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Liilia Batluk; [2011]
    Keywords : rhetoric; rhythm; lexical chain; parallelism; alliteration; foregrounding; political speech; personal deixis; context; semantics; Barack Obama;

    Abstract : In this essay I shall analyze Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address, January, 2009 from the perspective of various linguistic techniques. More specifically, I shall propose and focus on the idea that the composition of the speech has an aim to create a unity of the speaker and the audience in order to deliver the message. READ MORE