Essays about: "decorations"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word decorations.

  1. 1. Shiny Things : Decoration as tool and function whilst revaluating notions of good and bad taste

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Tove Berner Wik; [2019]
    Keywords : Fashion; Design; Decoration; Details; Sportswear; Craft; Construction; Haute couture techniques; Good and bad taste;

    Abstract : This work is an investigation of how to redefine the perception of decoration. Decorative elements are reinvented as fundamental tools for creating garments and form in a collection of nine outfits. To show the width of what embellishment is able to create, the decorative techniques of all garments are different. READ MORE

  3. 2. ”Den är väldigt speciell. Du kanske vet?” : upplevelsen av konsten i Stockholms tunnelbana

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Emma Carlström; [2018]
    Keywords : Stockholm; tunnelbana; Stockholms tunnelbana; kollektivtrafik; offentlig konst; offentliga rum; konst; utsmyckning;

    Abstract : Uppsatsen avhandlar den konstnärliga utsmyckningen av Stockholms tunnelbana och undersöker dess funktion ur resenärernas perspektiv. Vilken betydelse konsten har och hur den påverkar människorna som befinner sig i rummen med konstnärlig utsmyckning. Nästintill alla av tunnelbanans 100 stationer har idag konstnärlig utsmyckning. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Shrines of Gebel el-Silsila : and their function

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Alexandra Boender; [2018]
    Keywords : Gebel el-Silsila; shrines; cenotaphs; Qasr Ibrim; function; religion; helgedom; kenotaf; funktion; Gebel el-Silsila; Qasr Ibrim; religiös; funktion;

    Abstract : In 1963 came Ricardo Caminos to the conclusion that the shrines of Gebel el-Silsila functioned as cenotaphs. However, his views have never been reassessed by contemporary Egyptologists, which has led to the shrines still being interpreted as cenotaphs today. READ MORE

  5. 4. A study of shock-metamorphic features in zircon from the Siljan impact structure, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Josefin Martell; [2016]
    Keywords : Zircon; impacts; shock metamorphism; shock metamorphic features; planar deformation features; Siljan impact structure; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Shock-metamorphic features such as planar deformation features (PDFs) and in some cases planar fractures (PFs) are widely used as impact-indicators when to confirm a suspected impact structure. These features only develop when exposed to a sudden and immense pressure and temperature increase in association with meteorite impacts. READ MORE

  6. 5. Finding Butehamun : Scribe of Deir el-Medina

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : George Wood; [2016]
    Keywords : Butehamun; Deir el-Medina; Thebes; Egypt; Egyptology; mummies; reburial; caches; Valley of the Kings; Butehamon; Deir el-Medinah; Egypten; Egyptologi; mummier; Kungarnas dal;

    Abstract : Butehamun was one of the most famous scribes involved in the building of the royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings, and a member of the most illustrious family of scribes there. Butehamun presided over the closure of the Valley and the workers’ village of Deir elMedina, and the move from building new tombs to the preserving and moving (some would say plundering) of the mummies left behind, marking the transition from the New Kingdom to the Third Intermediate Period, as Egypt splintered into what were essentially two realms. READ MORE