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Roman Depiction Of The Aethiops Type In Literature And Artwork, Evin Demirel Jan 2005

Roman Depiction Of The Aethiops Type In Literature And Artwork, Evin Demirel

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

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Gerard David's Nativity Triptych: Landscape As A Genre And A Tool For Spiritual Pilgrimage, Laurel Eddleman Jan 2003

Gerard David's Nativity Triptych: Landscape As A Genre And A Tool For Spiritual Pilgrimage, Laurel Eddleman

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

This work by Gerard David, painted around 1510 to 1515, represents a style built predominantly upon the foundation of his predecessors, while hinting in certain ways to the tastes and styles of the near future. Specific details of style show influence of artists before David such as Jan Van Eyck, Rogier Van der Weyden, Geertgen tot sin Jans, Hugo Van der Goes, and Hans Memlinc. His innovation is exemplified on the exterior panels, which introduce landscape as a genre and incorporate the spiritual theme of pilgrimage between the exterior and interior panels. Stylistically, the Nativity shows a look toward the …


Madonna De La Mer: Reflections Of Light And Memory, Amjad S. Faur Jan 2001

Madonna De La Mer: Reflections Of Light And Memory, Amjad S. Faur

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

The Pioneers of photography sought to document their lives with a new sense of reality and permanence. The results have persevered throughout photography's brief history as sparse, elegant, honest and strikingly beautiful images. My research uses late nineteenth century and early twentieth century equipment and techniques to document the timeless beauty, which connects us to those old photographs by creating portraits of people, which will deceive and nurture memory. Without our memories, we respond to the present with only survival instincts. Memory is our pool of reference for all experience. Only two basic elements, light and memory, are used as …


Ex Machina: Electronic Resources For The Classics, Beth Juhl Jan 1995

Ex Machina: Electronic Resources For The Classics, Beth Juhl

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

This essay aims to provide an overview of electronic resources for the study and teaching of classics—including Greek and Latin languages and literature, philosophy, religion, art and archaeology, and ancient history—with particular emphasis on the tools most useful for a library collection serving an undergraduate clientele. Most of this discussion is devoted to CD-ROMs and other soft ware that are available for purchase, lease, or subscription. A short section at the end of the essay summarizes resources available on the Internet. There are a great many ingenious and entertaining programs for language teaching and drill, and numerous customized Greek and …