Essays about: "Fin de Siècle"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Fin de Siècle.

  1. 1. “Human Spiders”: Intellectual Observers, Degeneration and Darwinism in H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för engelska

    Author : Maja Loberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Degeneration; Fin de Siècle; Literature; Darwinism; H.G. Wells; The Time Machine; Intellectual Observer; Victorian literature; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : H.G. Wells’ novella The Time Machine (1895) tells the story of The Time Traveller who travels to the year 802,701. There, he encounters two evolutionary progressions of humanity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reflets dans l'eau : A reflection on a piano piece by Claude Debussy in relation to impressionism

    University essay from Kungl. Musikhögskolan/Institutionen för klassisk musik

    Author : Herdís Ágústa Linnet; [2022]
    Keywords : Claude Debussy; impressionism; light; piano; reflections; Reflets dans l’eau; water;

    Abstract : Claude Debussy was the first composer to be described as an impressionist. Impressionistic artists and writers around fin de siècle were pioneers in their fields, creating new colours and describing light in new and inventive ways. Scientists were equally amazed with water and light and tried their best to describe it in a theoretical manner. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mussels in deep water with climate change: Spatial distribution of mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) growth offshore in the French Mediterranean with respect to climate change scenario RCP 8.5 Long Term and Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) using Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) modelling

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Victoria Persson; [2022]
    Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; GIS; Physical Geography; Mediterranean; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Dynamic Energy Budget; DEB; growth rate; France; mussel cultivation; mussel farming; offshore; aquaculture; climate change; Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture; IMTA; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Victoria Persson Abstract Mussel cultivation is a sustainable type of food production that may help mitigate the nutritional needs of a future world population of 10-12 billion in 2100. The demand for mussels on the French market is increasing but the production is saturated due to a lack of space for expanding the cultivation close to shore. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Enchantment of Noble Masculinity : A look at the material enchantment of nobility through the professional uniforms of count Carl Axel Lewenhaupt in fin de siècle Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Modevetenskap

    Author : Hilma Persson; [2021]
    Keywords : Material enchantment; Fragments; Nobility; Uniforms; Ideal masculinity; Discipline; Whiteness;

    Abstract : The analytical framework of enchanted objects has mainly been studied in the fields of anthropology and religion, but can equally be applied to fashion and dress. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the material process of enchantment through the fragments of count Carl Axel Lewenhaupt’s professional uniforms from fin de siècle Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Quest for Gnosis : G. R. S. Mead’s Conception of Theosophy

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Paulina Gruffman; [2020]
    Keywords : theosophy; theosophical society; gnosis; g.r.s. mead; helena blavatsky; annie besant; c.w. leadbeater; occultism; esotericism; western esotericism; new religious movements; new spirituality; quest society; the quest; teosofi; teosofiska samfundet; gnosis; ockultism; esoterism; västerländsk esoterism; nyreligiösa rörelser;

    Abstract : G. R. S. Mead is an important but neglected historical personality of the British fin-de-siècle occult, Theosophical, and post-Theosophical milieu. READ MORE