Essays about: "portraits"

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  1. 1. Portraits of Participation : An interview study on the effects of social learning theory mechanisms on political participation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jakob Olsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Social learning theory; social interactions; political socialization; political participation; voting; democracy; theory building; theory developing; mechanisms; Social inlärningsteori; sociala interaktioner; politisk socialisering; politiskt deltagande; röstning; demokrati; teoribyggande; mekanismer;

    Abstract : If democratic society is to avert the dire straits that may come from decreasing levels of political participation and civic engagement, all potential explanatory factors must be explored. The purpose of this paper is to i) elucidate how the modeling and self-efficacy mechanisms of social learning theory affect individuals’ decisions to participate politically or not, and ii) assess the applicability of the relatively unutilized social learning theory in studies on political socialization and participation, respectively. READ MORE

  3. 2. Photographic Portraits of Sculptors at the turn of 1900

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Olga Grinchtein; [2023]
    Keywords : portrait of sculptor; photographic portrait;

    Abstract : The goal of the thesis is to investigate the importance of photographic portraits of sculptors at the turn of 1900 in history of sculpture, photography and portrait art. Impact of the portrait of sculptor in painting on the photographic portrait of sculptor and other way around is analyzed in the thesis. READ MORE

  4. 3. RENAISSANCE PORTRAITS : Pairs in Art and Marriage

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kristel Thalström; [2023]
    Keywords : portraiture; Renaissance; Italy; marital pendant portraits; fashion; culture; nobility; context; marriage.;

    Abstract : The aim of this master’s thesis is to examine portraits of married couples from the Italian Renaissance. It is a study of how, and why, men and women are portrayed differently even though they are married to each other and painted by the same artist. READ MORE

  5. 4. DIOSES EN LA TIERRA E EL INGENIOSO HIDALGO DE LA MANCHA : VELÁZQUEZ’S SUBVERSION OF THE HABSBURG MYSTIQUE OF POWER

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Dan Hanqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Baroque; Siglo de Oro; Portraiture; Diego Velázquez; Philip IV; Naturalism; Subversion; Habsburg Iconography; Political Iconography; Vision; Visuality; Reception; Barroco; Siglo de Oro; retrato; Diego Velázquez; Felipe IV; naturalismo; subverción; Habsburgo; Austrias; Iconografía; Iconografía política; visión; visualidad; recepción;

    Abstract : Sometimes the concrete form and skill of a work of art stand in a non-arbitrary or non-contingent relationship with the social circumstances of its facture. I hypothesise that this form and such skill was used by Diego Velázquez for artistically, socially and politically subversive purposes. READ MORE

  6. 5. Virtuous Women; Flower Iconography in Female Portraits During the Seventeenth Century

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Sally Granbacka; [2022]
    Keywords : art history; konstvetenskap; porträttkonst; gender; portraiture; flower iconography;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE