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A.V. Morozova's article deals with the development of Art criticism and Spanish Art research in Russia starting from 1917 up to the present time This sphere has not been investigated in research literature so far. But the knowledge of stages of this development allows us to be better oriented in the historiography of the old Spanish Art of the 15th-18th century. It seems important to take into consideration these stages when analyzing Russian historiography of the Spanish art in the 20th century. The author has an...

In this research, we develop a system, which enables the users to experience past exhibitions on-site, by using AR technology. Our efforts focused on the new methods for using "digital archives" with respect to the spatiality of exhibitions and archives of site-specific or installation art. The purpose of this system is to propose a new use of an archive using AR technology, and to help users acquire various understandings about an exhibition. The system shows interactively the scene of past exhibition on the scre...

From the beginning of its history, film has been considered as ideal synergy of art forms, including painting, literature, music and dance. †Moving pictures' on artists and art belong to a particular group of films. Traditionally, Muses were connected with movement. even today, artists produce images of muses dancing in circle: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Thalia, Terpsyhore and Urania. In my article I write about Cinema as †the Tenth Muse', who quickens the imagination of a film dire...

Composers who have not only created some new operatic forms but have also verbally expressed their respective ideas are understood as the opera reformers. Among them may be named Gluck, Wagner, and Debussy: the latter managed to show another possible path which, as a matter of actual practice, turned out to be different from that of Wagner. The great opera reform is also worth mention: that entails the grounding of the notions of prima pratica and seconda pratica by Vincenzo Galilei and Claudio Monteverdi. Bernd Z...

Debussy's aspiration for novelty of form is embodied in the unique synthesis of procedural and architectonical aspects of form-building: the architectonical profile of form is only a “spatial trace” of intensive evolution of musical material (the structure of the whole as the having become one is the result of all the varieties of the becoming of material). This feature of Debussy's music was determined by the desire to rely on the natural laws of development, not only perceived intuitively, but also understoo...

The paper †Ciuleandra – Variations' for mixed choir, written by the composer Vasile Spătărelu, highlights a Romanian folkloric play from the region of Muntenia-Argeş, particularly known as a dance and holler song with progressive accelerated rhythm, carrying profound symbols which relate to the folkloric practice of magic. Vasile Spătărelu rearranges the whole composition in variations, by using methods such as melodic, rhythmic, metric, harmonic and improvisational transformation, obtaining a series of v...

The byzantine art is the cultural and spiritual emanation of the most enduring form of government in history: the Byzantine Empire. These forms of faith and art have survived to the present day undergoing an outstanding independently historical evolution, free from the conditions that initially created them. A unique event in human history. The characteristics of these forms of art are the spiritual unity, the specificity of each one and the complexity of the cultural system that supports it.

This paper explores transcription and reconstruction problems of manuscript musical sources preserved in new German organ tablature notation. The printed form of this musical notation was used for the first time by Elias Nicolas Ammerbach (ca. 1530 – 1597) in his work Orgel oder Instrument Tabulatur [Organ or Instrumental Tablature] (1571). Later, in 17th-century Central Europe, it was used in Lutheran churches mainly to write manuscripts with vocal (or vocal-instrumental) compositions, so-called intabulation. A...

The problem of the symmetry of key relationship is one of specific problems in the theory of music which has a great urgency for studying of tonal music of Modern times. Opened by english musicologist E. Prout it gained the development in works of the soviet scientists (I. V. Spossobin, L. M. Rudolf, A. N. Dolzhanskiy, Yu. N. Tyulin, M. A. Iglitskiy, Yu. G. Kohn, L. A. Mazel, S. S. Grigoryev, Yu. N. Kholopov). The studying of this problem led to understanding of a divergence between known theories and the real pra...

According to the teaching of the Orthodox Church, the sacred image has existed and is just as old as Christianity itself, which is why one can say that the sacred image is an indispensable attribute of the Christian religion. From an Orthodox perspective, the icon, understood as perceptible representation of the Divine, is not a simple sacred image, because, through it, the believers are given the possibility of an authentic connection to the world of God and of the Saints. The iconographic representations are the...

The research examines the success of implementation of theoretical basis of modern urban typologies in Split, particularly of the thesis that new social environments can achieve spatial and sensorial characteristics similar to those in the town's historic core. The research approaches street as a paradigm of public space in the context of the new city area from 1970s, the so-called Split 3, as well as in the context of the historic core. Insight into the urbanistic plans of Split 3 and both theoretical and practic...

Three very young shepherds, on May 13, 1917, reported seeing “... a lady even brighter than the sun\ldots”, floating a meter or so in the air, near an old oak tree, when they were pasturing their little herd in Cova da Iria, Portugal. The story of Our Lady of Fatima has remained one of the most remarkable odes in Portuguese folklore. It is, beyond the religious event in itself, a key episode in the official history and culture of the Portu-guese people. It is a day celebrated every year; more among the faithfu...

This paper presents findings related to symbolic interactionism in the development and interpretation of art installations. It stems from three projects created by the first author: “Attrition,” “Contrition,” and “Babel Amidst an Arising.” This paper looks at symbolic interactionism as a proactive tool used by the artist first to engage the observer; second to construct an environment that communicates through shared meanings and societal experiences; and third to shape future decisions made by the obs...

Creativity is widely acknowledged to be the trigger of innovations and urban development after recognition of ideas by R. Florida, R. Landry and others on creative city and creative class though the latter notions are nowadays criticized for unsustainability issues they raise (Kirchberg & Kagan 2013). Moreover, these ideas put the main accent on macro-level of analysis, i.e. economic effects of creativity in the cities; however the micro-level of creativity - grass-rooted interactions of real creative actors - whi...

The aim of this paper is to investigate the relations between art and social evolution, referring in particular to Japanese experience of the tragic events of March 11th 2011, which had a direct impact on a huge piece of territory along the north eastern coast and indirectly affected the whole society. My focus here is on how, in one form or another, many Japanese artists, designers, architects and filmmakers shifted to a collective and social form of creativity after the Great Earthquake. Several representative e...

Although the networking in the cultural and creative industries has been the subject of a number of studies, almost nothing is known about networking in the post-transitional social and cultural context. By studying the personal networks of creative professionals, this paper identifies the different types of sociality that are taking place in a post-transitional artistic and creative sector. Personal networks were reconstructed with the help of eight name generators. Data was collected in the form of structured in...

Fashion, art and narrative photography are taking one of the main positions in the development of culture and art. Photographs which are obtained as a result of the team work of art figures are the most promising. In this paper our team of photographer, assistants, retoucher, designers, make-up artists, hair stylists and models represents our works in fashion, art and narrative photo industries.

16th century was the most important century on the history of Ottoman architecture not only because it was its Golden Age of Empire economically, but also Architect Sinan, the head architect of dynasty had lived in that era. As the head architect of dynasty, Architect Sinan designed different building types on private, public and religious usage, such as bridges, aqueducts, Turkish baths, mosque complexes including darulkuttap, darulhadis, medresahs and etc. However, his name is mostly known as the architect of we...

The author attempts to interpret Baudelaire's famous concept of “correspondences” in terms of the problem of the synthesis of the arts, which was of vital importance to the Romantics. According to Baudelaire, “correspondences” arise between the attributes abstracted from objects in the surrounding world, to which the poet assigned the status of signs. The author models an algorithm which transforms these signs into symbols in an artist's mind, shows possible outcomes, the most important of which is the “...

George Enescu's music was the result of a deeply personal Romanian synthesis of all the most important dominants of the century (Neo-classicism, Impressionism, national folkloric elements, Germanic tradition). The most complex Romanian musician of all times, he remains the composer with an individual symphonic profile in the orchestral art of the XXth century. The Enescian symphonic work (developed over the course of seven decades) is marked by obvious stylistic changes: the variety of compositional idioms constit...

The Middle-Ages can be considered as the affirmation of Europe as the center of civilization, and the Gothic style as the manifestation of this affirmation.In the European context, Portugal is born with the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors, and its recognition as an independent country coincides with the appearance of the Gothic style.The Gothic had two means of assertion in Portugal: The scholarly path, expressed in the foreign influence of the Cistercian Gothic of Alcobaca as well as the flamboya...

An urban arterial, collector or local street must be geometrically and functionally designed, i.e. not only considering the occupation of the physical space but also the capacity and level of service provided, that is directly related with the perception of the user. The pavement is an element of the urban infrastructure that also has a fundamental effect on the perception of the user, for instance on the ride quality (regularity and skid resistance of the surface), visibility and especially on the interventions f...

From an architectural office, that was founded to become the antidote to the star-architecture, here there are three herotic names on the cat walk of the contemporary architecture; Rem Koolhaas, as the founder of OMA, Winy Maas as the founder of MVRDV and finally Bijark Ingles as the founder of BIG. The beginning of 1990's is the time of the capital market changes the hand by the neo-liberalism; inter connected networks, known generally as the internet, start to be called as internet, which will be the new space o...

In the architectural practice, the correct ideas - being property of all - are naturally assimilated and its validation is guaranteed by the evidence of the facts in the building. This way, the good ideas result in good practice, decoding a “modus faciendi” inherent to the discipline of architecture, where the passage of time does lead to its own tradition. But when the craving of innovative and different ideas, absurd ideas arise, what legitimacy has the architect to persuade the client, or even being persuad...

This article is meant to provide a brief overview of the recently emerging trend in sustainable architecture - the using of locally available, often unprocessed materials to construct fully functioning, modern residential architecture. From the use of garbage as filler in concrete, to structures made of compressed earth found on-site that are not only pleasing to the eye, but also offer high quality insulation properties, architects and engineers are rediscovering seemingly primitive materials and design solutions...

For designing process in single family houses many think that is the simplest thing in designing. But they often do not bear in mind that the architect has to collaborate with the potential user of the house. This collaboration must be effective, so that the process continues in the desired direction. In this sphere the architect has to think about the user's needs and wishes and the architectural landscape where the object will be placed, as well as on the spatial legislation in that area. Combining all that in o...

This paper focuses on haiga painting—a Japanese art which unifies painting, poetry and calligraphy on the same surface—and the influence that it had on some of the Western artists in their creations at the end of the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st century. Haiga painting was created together with the haiku poetry in Japan during the 17th century. The paper is divided into two parts. The first part consists in presenting the appearance of the haiga painting in Japan, its aesthetics, and its evolu...

During the second semester of 2013-2014, as an associate professor at the Arts Faculty from the Ovidius University in Constantza, I proposed a research project to the masters' degree students in Visual Arts, focussing on the relationship between earth and water in different versions: Waterfall, River, Coast of the Sea, Coast of the Lake, and the Danube Delta. From the beginning, I told the students that this research project had to be completed by an exhibition at one of the art galleries in Constantza—including...

If art and science inspire each other, bringing them together is a real challenge that pushes back the boundaries of knowledge. This paper describes a current project from the artistic motivation to the technical skills it requires and especially how one can contribute to the other. Through our connection to new technologies and even reality, we develop a piece that involves a new vision on different research areas while grouping them together, as in image synthesis, massively parallel programming, artificial life...

The goal of the research is the content, style and specificity of historic monumental paintings in Orthodox churches in Vyatka (now the Kirov region) in Russia. Nowadays many of the villages with the churches are abandoned as people moved to the cities. The wall paintings are on the edge of disappearing both physically and from the realm of academic study. Therefore a significant part of cultural heritage of the region is at stake. Since 1989, we have conducted inspection of more than 150 churches, the monumental ...

This article is dedicated to the comprehensive study of virtuosic concert piano pieces of Dikran Tchouhadjian (1837-1898): Armenian classical musician, a genius composer, the founder of Armenian musical theatre, a gifted pianist, a talented conductor, a skillful pedagogue and an active musical and public figure, who lived and worked in Constantinople in the 19th century. We used traditional methods of research, such as study of archives, empiric and theoretical analysis of the pieces. In this article an attempt is...

Every musical style can be characterized by means of probabilistic restrictions imposed upon structures as well as mutual relations between those structures and the mental representation of musical surfaces formed on their basis by listeners. In music, narratives generally result from a culturally embedded musical language that has been established over the course of centuries. There seem to be two factors that contributed to specific way that Xenakis understood music – the free play of the imagination directly ...

Our current research involves determining effort dynamics on a couple of performance dancers (dancesport - standard dances), in the pre-competitive stages for two successive competitions: Romanian National DanceSport Championship, held in Iasi, on the 1st and 2nd of March, 2014 The WDSF DanceMasters International DanceSport competition, held in Bucharest, on the 29th and 30th of March, 2014. The athletes used in our study are registered members of the Katamis DanceSport Club in Craiova, Romania – official member...

The avant-garde movements of the 20th century have emphasized the experiments in artistic creation, building on the experience of abstract movements in visual arts. They introduced new elements such as body movement, materials and unconventional sceneries. All of these have led, later on, to performance art and new media. The artistic experiments of the last century focus more and more on the subjective experience of the artist during the artistic process. Using the new technologies and visual media, the artist is...

The oldest drama theater of Russia, A.S.Pushkin Russian State Academic Theater (Alexandrinsky Theater) is the leader in new media and internet technologies amid the Russian theaters. Over the last years, the New Stage was founded at Alexandrinsky Theater by the young stage directors, to serve as an experimental space for implementing their innovative creative ideas. The New Stage is a high-tech performing-cum-educational facility. The challenges faced by the New Stage cast, as well as the hi-tech nature of most sh...

The stage construction of a role could be influenced by the borderline situation of a show, staged with a particular expressivity. The creation process of the stage play demonstrates the ability of the actor to transform and transpose himself in the role considering the borderline situations of the dramatic text. The performer could express the dramatic dimension of his text and the impact on the receiver even since the first rehearsals. One unique, obsessive question keeps standing though: how do I play? At the f...

The science of aesthetic joy The human body is certainly one piece of classic engineering designed to enable positive physical, emotional and above all spiritual enhancement. It is well upon the individual to understand, utilize and then usher in great sense of fulfillment. The Supreme has gifted us this wonderful Yantra or our body. In dance, one delves deep into the macrocosm and into the micro orbits of forces. The physical entity, the body form is never negated but it rather used as a VДЃhana or a vehicle that...

This article analyses the phenomenon of the virtual museum as one of the key features of post-postmodernism. It describes the way modern science masters virtual reality. The article gives classification of the virtual museums and indicates specific features. In details it tells about the creation of virtual museum. In 2014 The Chair of Engineering Graphics of ITMO University, the Center of Design and Multimedia of ITMO University together with the Prosecutor's Office of Novgorod region created a project Virtual Mu...

Viorel Munteanu, the author of the Glossa Symphony, is a multilateral artistic personality and composer of archaic origin. This article depicts the composer for whom the interpretation of folkloric or byzantine sources, that he often draws on his creation, is accomplished through the light of a well understood contemporary conception, carefully approached and minutely polished. Skilful in handling concrete time and space, either nostalgic, concerned and lyrical or expansive and playful or tense and dramatic, the c...

The main objective of this paper was to investigate and evaluate the factors which determined the winning of Eurovision 2014 contest by the cultural marketing campaign of Austria. Due to its huge stake, with immense financial gains and international consecration for the winner, the festival has become a true battle of national marketing campaigns. In the attempt to explain the social and political implication of the brave Austrian marketing campaign, I used the statistics that I found illustrative, overlapping the...

The article is a study of interdisciplinary cooperation of IT and multimedia experts from the University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (UITMO), and the New Stage of Alexandrinsky Theater. The cooperation resulted in several theatre projects that involve multimedia and internet technologies, in designing the prototype of a system for multi-stream online broadcasting of shows, with the option of interactive involvement of the online audience and switching between the streams; several long-term go...

The paper focuses on the fundamental manners of working with graphic notation within the Different Hearing music-creative programme, which has developed in the Czech Republic the method of classroom composing. It deals with the creation and performance of graphic notations and, on the basis of analysing 35 scores and the experience gained within the Different Hearing programme, describes specific approaches to and strategies of their creation within the context of current research.

The personal synthesis between national and universal that Enescu has performed throughout his compositional career is foreshadowed since the time when writing the Octet op. 7, one of the composer's youth works, that reveals a number of trends and personal marks of the style he gained in subsequent creation. With the new perspective upon polyphony, offered by the multitude of the processes outlined in the twentieth century, the Octet op. 7 by George Enescu offers a personal view upon multivocality, seen from a set...

If we talk about great musicians, usually men's names are remembered, not women. Only musicologists can name some musician-women, who have got be successful performers in the world stage. In common view men are thought to be as creators and women – executors of something men intended. Question of duality of artistic interpretation in music performing art is considered in gender categories of logic, ratio, emotion and sensitive. Analysis of critical articles devoted to musicians' performing art reveals prejudice ...

In recent years the international community has begun to focus on the dangerous state of conservation of Buddhist heritage in the SwДЃt Valley (Pakistan). Not only are these religious complexes abandoned and decaying, they are also subject to attacks and destruction. However local populations and the international community both appear disinterested in this issue. The scope of this research is to contribute to the archaeological history of SwДЃt and the architecture of GandhДЃra. The study, involving a survey and ...

Space does not occur only as a physical structure, also occurs with human activity, such as the occurrence of public spaces. They find meaning with human activities beside their definition by boundaries and design. The emergence of public spaces by human activity also helps to reach to a level of political human identity from the level of being human. In this study, spatial footprints of this mutual existence are read through social movements. Urban spaces are not considered only with their physical features but a...

The concept of sustainable development is based on the development of appropriate relations between the economic growth and the care for the environment and human health. Implementation of a sustainable construction investment, a housing investment included, should principally provide its investors with benefits, but at the same time it should minimise the burden for the environment and the negative impact upon the society. In Poland already as early as in 1990 a document State Ecological Policy was drawn up. It c...

Demographic change and economic decline modify the patterns of urban land use. Shrinking cities are the subject of intense international debate and numerous academic and government studies. However, neither thorough scholarly understanding of the urban shrinkage phenomenon nor proven urban strategies for its mitigation have been achieved. Characterized by the incipient stages of urban sprawl in a context of acute population loss, the un-sustainability of Romanian urban development is unequivocal. Social and econom...

The power of capitalist demands from architects necessitates reconsidering the social role of architecture especially in the curricula of architectural design studios. Contrary to the conception that inflexible demands limit student creativity, this study aims to question whether these limitations are opportunities for students to discover the function of architectural solutions for a social purpose in individual, communal and urban scales. The research was conducted for the 2014 Spring Semester's experience in a ...

Contemporary building materials manufacturers compete with each other in searching for a new concrete mixtures to increase the attractiveness of this material at all levels. Success can be seen in terms of life span of the products, appearance and structural strength. In the past few years, concrete has also gained a reputation as one of the most environment friendly building materials. It is difficult to decide how much of this is due to efficient marketing efforts of the manufacturers but there is no doubt, that...