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The architectural and art historical heritage of Salona, the capital city of the Roman province of Dalmatia, is enormous in scope. A considerable amount of data on the research sites in the city and serendipitous discoveries of its art objects, has however been lost. This study engages with the dispersed data in the literature and archives by an interdisciplinary approach that results in a synthesized work which includes previously unpublished documents and lost objects. The sources in this study are historical-li...

The paper, based on the field ethnographic data of the researcher, is dedicated to Nauryz (Navruz) or New Year - the holiday of awakening and resurrection of nature. Great importance is given to the preparation of ritual food - "Nauryz kozhe" or "nauryzdy?". This dish is supposed to consist of seven food components: meat, wheat, rice, etc. The main characteristic feature of this ceremonial meal is a sign of abundance, which is habitually interpreted in connection with the "magic of the first day", meaning that the...

The aim of this research is to determine models of contact between arts different by their nature and to offer a relevant classification. The last could aid to comprehend, how the principles of interaction of arts have changed in historical perspective. Consideration of this problem allows: 1) to propose a new approach for studying of correlations between different arts; 2) to establish ontological correspondences between arts of the same epoch; 3) to develop a method of analysis of means of expression in temporal...

The paper aims to highlight the main theories about catharsis, how this transformation occurs in the fine arts, some conclusions drawn from research in psychology that answer the question: what are the conditions under which the sublimation of aggression occurs (catharsis), and when this do not occur - in some cases there is a reverse effect - in fact, increase aggressiveness. The problem could be resolved by the psychologists rather than by aestheticians as follows: Under what circumstances and to what extent, th...

The objective of the text is to examine the cultural reception of texts on values as good, which are often described as universal. Texts were carried out by representativeness of many cultures using the method of transformative drama while at the University of Pécs. Students from Russia, Kazakhstan, Haiti, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, China, Mongolia, Korea, Laos, Hungary, Egypt, Syria, Cameroon, Mexico, Indonesia, in a dramatic cutscene illustrated, how is the concept of good understood in their culture.

The article is devoted to the study of the theory and methods of linguistic analysis of the folklore text. Material for the study consists of Tatar folk tales, baity (tragic folk song). In the study of the vocabulary taken into account baity dedicated to any historical events or personalities, describes the dramatic fate of the women, or personal tragedy. The leading method of research was used such as analysis, observation, experiment, generalization. The use of verbs in fairy tales and in baity has its own chara...

The research we propose starts from the premise that the classical music composers of the 20th century turned to religious texts written almost 3 millennia ago, and they rediscovered their essences in spite of the social, territorial, linguistic, and religious changes that took place throughout history. Despite the different musical composition techniques used or the origin of the composers, the subject of David’s Psalms is embodied in the work of some of the most prolific creators of the last century (Arnold Scho...

{Purpose}. Advertising contributes to the emergence of a new reality, characterized by increasing the integrity of the variety of different cultures, traditions, religions and values. Modern social relations and globalization processes actualize the question of identity of any culture. Modern advertising involves the context of another culture, appealing to basic ideals of their culture, taking into account cultural identity of perception. The purpose of the research - to analyze the phenomenon of advertising in t...

Only intensified technological acceleration is capable to provide sustainable development in conditions when annually the number of consumers of culture increases almost by 100 million people. Effective methods of art have to change essentially in these conditions. The analysis of the main lines of topical art process allows to conclude that the replication becomes a basis of preservation and expansion of experience, and the art sphere turns into space of copies. It is possible to see rather clear tendency to fadi...

Social networks are a noteworthy opportunity to build a more caring and responsible society, a practice that is assimilated by learning to use the Web in a conscious way. The media competence takes the form of expertise both to active participation to the Web and to society. The focus is on the need to acquire the know-how to exploit the media, with particular reference to social networks, in a clever way so as to meke them intelligent instruments (Rheingold, 2013). From an educational point of view, social networ...

The paper discusses the pictorial data received in the survey in 1994 and 2012 as the result of the task consisting in drawing a picture of a representative of a given nation. Treated as evidence of mental representations, the pictures are examined on account of the occurrence of the traces of the past and studied as manifestations of dynamic collective memory of the group.

The issue of relations among national and regional literatures is closely bound with the concept of national literary canon. National literary canon is a system for studying and segmenting authors who belong to a national literature. National literary canon is formed by writers and their literary works. A canon has a marked nucleus. In Latvia “Latvian Cultural Canon” was compiled in 2007 as a treasure trove that contains the most important cultural achievements of all times including also the branch of literature....

The article deals with one of the eternal issues of the theory and practice of literary translation: “What happens to a literary original after it has been translated?” The answer to this question could be probably found through interdisciplinary approach which takes into consideration not only exclusively translation categories and literary translation traditions but also broad literary, cultural and political contexts of the target text. The subject of the present research is the experience and results of foreig...

This article presents the thesis about consolidation of regional identity of the republic. Development of regional identity raises region competitiveness. Materials and methods: the theoretically methodological basis of a research is compiled by works of national philosophers, culturologists and historians. Empirical material for article compiled in the Russian researches. The purpose and contents of article determined the choice of methodological acceptances: principle of historicism, logical methods. Results: th...