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History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology

Selected Works

2017

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Full-Text Articles in Arts and Humanities

The Parallel Of Briseis And The Classical Athenian Women, Savannah Redfern Nov 2017

The Parallel Of Briseis And The Classical Athenian Women, Savannah Redfern

Savannah Redfern

In the Iliad, women make few appearances; however, they are crucial to the plot.They function as vehicles of meaning adding commentary to the activities of the men. This is particularly apparent with Briseis, who primarily functions as the token for Achilles’s initial estrangement and subsequent assimilation into the Greek army. From the beginning, as she was taken captive by Achilles, to the ending as she mourns the death of Patroclus, Briseis’s life was full of injustices, and her feelings to these adversities were forced to be suppressed due to the passive role she must portray as a woman. This forced …

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A Period Examination Through Contemporary Energy Analysis Of Kevin Roche’S Fine Arts Center At University Of Massachusetts-Amherst, L Carl Fiocchi Jr May 2017

A Period Examination Through Contemporary Energy Analysis Of Kevin Roche’S Fine Arts Center At University Of Massachusetts-Amherst, L Carl Fiocchi Jr

L. Carl Fiocchi

Studies of buildings belonging to a subset of Modernist architecture, Brutalism, have included discussions pertaining to social and architectural history, critical reception, tectonic form and geometry inspirations, material property selections, period technology limitations, and migration of public perceptions. Evaluations of Brutalist buildings’ energy related performances have been restricted to anecdotal observations with particular focus on the building type’s poor thermal performance, a result of the preferred construction method, i.e. monolithic reinforced concrete used as structure, interior finish and exterior finish. A valid criticism, but one that served to dismiss discussion that the possibility of other positive design strategies limiting energy …

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Place Matters: Mount Tamalpais In Marin County, California As Site And Insight, Leslie D. Ross Apr 2017

Place Matters: Mount Tamalpais In Marin County, California As Site And Insight, Leslie D. Ross

Leslie Ross

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Global Medievalism: From Model Books To Manga, Leslie D. Ross Apr 2017

Global Medievalism: From Model Books To Manga, Leslie D. Ross

Leslie Ross

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Image, Epigram, And Nature In Middle Byzantine Personal Devotion, Brad Hostetler Apr 2017

Image, Epigram, And Nature In Middle Byzantine Personal Devotion, Brad Hostetler

Brad Hostetler

In Nectar and Illusion, Henry Maguire examines Byzantium's ambiguous relationship with nature in both art and literature. He demonstrates that after Iconoclasm, visual representations of the terrestrial world displayed in public settings were in "a constant tension between acceptance and denial," but "tended to flourish most abundantly in relatively inconspicuous locations," such as on small private objects. I build upon Maguire's work by examining the ways in which nature was invoked, represented, and utilized through epigrams, images, and materials in personal devotional contexts in the Middle Byzantine period.

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Arnold Dolmetsch's "Green Harpsichord" And The Musical Arts And Crafts, Edmond Johnson Dec 2016

Arnold Dolmetsch's "Green Harpsichord" And The Musical Arts And Crafts, Edmond Johnson

Edmond Johnson

This study uses Arnold Dolmetsch’s “Green Harpsichord” as a starting point for a larger discussion of the relationship between Arnold Dolmetsch, William Morris, and other members of the Arts and Crafts movement who were active in London in the 1890s. Built in 1896 and displayed that same year by the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, the Green Harpsichord was the harpsichord built in England in nearly a century, and its design and decoration reflect its position as an object that had to negotiate the aesthetics of the past and the practical needs of the present. The article concludes by looking …

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