Essays about: "iconographical analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words iconographical analysis.

  1. 1. A Benjaminian Gaze on the Representation of Historical Conjunctures in the Illustrated Magazine Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung 1924-1935

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : John Norrman; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Denna magistertes undersöker hur bildrepresentationer av förflutna och samtida konjunkturer används, i den tyska kommunistiska tidskriften Arbeiter-Illustrierte-Zeitung(AIZ, 1921-38) under perioden 1924-1935. Under dessa år, då tidskriften bar namnet AIZ, var den också som mest populär. READ MORE

  3. 2. Painting, Play, and Politics : A Technical Examination of the Painting Polyxena is Sacrificed by Jacob de Wet I (ca 1610-1675) and its Cultural Contex

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Joanna Kiesler Svensson; [2022]
    Keywords : Technical Art History; Multispectral Imaging; Polyxena; Jacob de Wet; Dutch Golden Age; Theatricality;

    Abstract : The study departs from a technical examination of the panel painting Polyxena is Sacrificed in the Stockholm University Collection of Art, establishing the artistic process, level of ambition, and material choices by means of multispectral imaging techniques and elemental analysis. The artist, Jacob de Wet I, was both a well-reputed Haarlem-painter who specialized in small scale history paintings and headed a mass-producing workshop which supplied the low-end art markets of Haarlem and Amsterdam. READ MORE

  4. 3. The mirror in ancient South Italian funerary context : A study of the mirror’s function and symbolic meaning in graves in the Greek colonies Locri Epizefiri and Metaponto

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

    Author : Isabella Jäger; [2021]
    Keywords : Mirror; grave; Locri Epizefiri; Metaponto; contextual archaeology; iconographical analysis; Dionysiac cult; divination;

    Abstract : The mirror appears frequently in funerary contexts in the Greek colonies Locri Epizefiri and Metaponto and this thesis endeavours to rebuild the contexts of these mirrors using the approach of contextual archaeology. To explore the mirror’s contemporary function and meaning within the burial record and to discern why mirrors appear within a funerary setting, a chain of contexts is followed from the archaeological material to iconographical analysis, to comparative archaeological data, widening the contextual circles step by step. READ MORE

  5. 4. Religious Identities in Viking Age Britain: Pagan Imagery in a Colonial Context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Margaret Lucille Muth; [2020]
    Keywords : archaeology; colonial identity; iconography; imagery; Norse mythology; preChristian religions; religion; stone monuments; Viking Age Britain; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : When the Vikings settled the British Isles between the 8th and 11th centuries, they left behind numerous stone monuments in their wake. These monuments, many of which are stone crosses, utilize a combination of Christian and pagan imagery, and are found heavily in Christian contexts. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Stela of Tita : Renewed Considerations on a late Middle Kingdom Stela at Museum Gustavianum

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

    Author : Emmaline Trossvik; [2020]
    Keywords : Middle kingdom; stelae; iconography; Egyptian titles; Gustavianum;

    Abstract : Private funerary stelae are a vital bundle of material in Egyptological research that may reveal plenty of information in terms of e.g. social structures, religious practices and linguistics. READ MORE