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Can Developing Women Create Primitive Art? And Other Questions Of Value, Meaning And Identity In The Circulation Of Janakpur Art, Coralynn V. Davis

Faculty Journal Articles

In this article, I examine the values and meanings that adhere to objects made by Maithil women at a development project in Janakpur, Nepal – objects collectors have called ‘Janakpur Art’. I seek to explain how and why changes in pictorial content in Janakpur Art – shifts that took place over a period of five or six years in the 1990s – occurred, and what such a change might indicate about the link between Maithil women’s lives, development, and tourism. As I will demonstrate, part of the appeal for consumers of Janakpur Art has been that it is produced at …

Chinese Landscape Painting, Maria Gambarov

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

No abstract provided.

Age Dependence; Of Spiral Grain In Widte Oaks (Quercus Alba) In Southcentral Illinois, Julia Rauchfuss

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Spiral grain, the alignment of wood fibers (trachejds) to the longitudinal axis of h·ees, is thought to be an indicator of old age and is a phenomenon that has been only stndied with destrnctive sampling methods (cutting down trees). In this study, the usefulness of non-fatal sampling methods and existing methods to quantify spiral grain patterns in Jiving and dead deciduous trees are examined, particularly in white oaks (Qi1ercus alba). 111e overall goal is to detem1ine if spiral grain growth is a reasonable indicator of h·ee age. Methods that were tested included the use of a 12 mm increment borer …

3. Message From The President, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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1. Mission, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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4. Fom Coordinators & Presidents, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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5. Inaugural Meeting, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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2. Foreword From The Chairman, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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11. Friends On Tour, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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10. A Small World Of Discovery, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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6. Volunteers, Take A Bow, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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12. New Directions, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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8. Interest, Commitment And Enthusiasm, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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9. Cultural Exchange In Japanese, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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7. Shared Vision, United Passion, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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19. Front And Back Cover, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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14. International Connections, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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18. Publication Details, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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17. Thank You Sponsors And Acknowledgements, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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16. Fom Organisation Chart, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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13. Reaching Out To The Wider Community, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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15. Behind The President's Chair, Friends Of The National Museum Singapore

Friends of the Museum Collection

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20. Friends Of The National Museum Singapore 25th Anniversary 1978-2003 [All Pages], Friends Of The Museum

Friends of the Museum Collection

This version is the entire book comprising 52 pages including the cover.

Pemikiran Melayu Dalam Seni Ukiran Kayu : Tumpuan Kepada Tiga Generasi Pengukir, Mohammad Nazzri Ahmad

Student Works (2000-2009)

Sesungguhnya kegemilangan dan keunggulan bangsa Melayu sedikit sebanyak dapat dilihat daripada warisan keseniannya. Kajian ini cuba membincangkan seni ukiran kayu sebagai salah satu warisan budaya yang boleh mencerminkan pemikiran dan seterusnya cara hidup bangsa Melayu itu sendiri. Bagi tujuan tersebut tiga orang pengukir terkenal tanahair telah dipilih sebagai asas untuk melihat dan mengkaji bentuk pemikiran yang ada pada diri mereka seterusnya apa juga yang terkandung di dalam hasil karya mereka. Selain daripada pemikiran mereka perkara-perkara seperti sejarah peribadi dan teknik­teknik ukiran turut disentuh. Tumpuan utama kajian ini ingin melihat perbezaan pemikiran yang terdapat pada diri mereka kesan dari perubahan yang …

The Influence Of Retention Intervals And Warning Signals On Prospective Memory, Michael Andrew Sarapata

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Prospective memory, memory for future events, is used for remembering duties and obligations that all people must complete. Past research has contributed to our understanding of the bases of prospective memory tasks (time versus event) and the kinds of situations requiring prospective memory (appointments, chores, deadlines, and medications). However, research has yet to examine how prospective remembering unfolds over time. For example, very little is known about how such remembering is affected by the time from when the task is encoded to the time that a task must be conducted (the retention interval), the length of the time in which …

Trends. The Idolatry Of Ignorance And Iconoclasm: Notes On The Taliban, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The New York Times has reported that at least some Taliban authorities have directed that all statues in Afghanistan--including those commonly viewed as priceless exemplars of cultural (largely Buddhist) heritage and as treasures--be destroyed. The Taliban's rationale--that these statues have been used as idols and deities by non-Islamic believers and may be turned into idols in the future--is largely discussed in the context of leading to a global cultural catastrophe, as an unacceptable decision, as gratuitous vandalism, as exemplifying a rigid ignorance deserving unique contempt and disgust.

Seni Islam : Suatu Kajian Mengenai Pengaruhnya Dalam Seni Kraftangan Di Pasar Besar Siti Khadijah Di Kota Bharu, Che Nadzrina Abdul Rahman

Student Works (2000-2009)

Kelantan is one of the famous states in Malaysia that have a lot of special education to culture side. Capital city of Kelantan, Kata Bharu still preserved their own culture identity. lnside it, the pure traditional characteristic of Kelantan' s Malay and it's still performed. This characteristic bas not change since pre-history time. Furthermore it creates various of dimension in their culture. When Islamic exist in an excellent century during its spreads time, it turns to a dramatic changes towards its development. The prove of Islamic influences can be seen in its art, which consists of syariah Islamiyah and the …

Water And Woodfiring, Richard Bresnahan

Asian Studies Faculty Publications

Part of a special section on the 1999 International Woodfire Conference. The technique of putting water into a high-temperature woodfired kiln is discussed. This 800-year-old technique is used to oxidize the environment, clear carbon, and quickly cool the pottery. It produces unique, beautiful textures and colors, particularly a rich earth-tone palette that cannot be paralleled by chemical glazes or other firing techniques. This technique was used in a Teppo-gama (gun kiln) based on designs from 12th-century Korean tunnel kilns, built on the island of Tanegashima, Japan, in 1969. The writer discusses the work of a number of artists who use …

Cross Racial Preferences In Viewing Sexually Explicit Material: A Comparison Between African-American And Caucasian Males, Boyd Randal Horton

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The present study investigated that extent to which the race of actors in an erotic video affected sexual arousal in African-American and Caucasian heterosexual males. It was hypothesized that the two racial groups would be significantly more sexually aroused while watching their respective homoethnic erotic video. The hypothesis was grounded in the modeling effects of Bandura's Social Leaning Theory (1977), the Matching Hypothesis (1982) and worldview differences between African-Americans and Caucasians (Baldwin and Bell, 1985). Thirty-four African-American and Caucasian males were shown homoethnic and non-homoethnic erotic videos while penile circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, and self-report ratings of sexual …

Art Of The Scholar-Poets: Traditional Chinese Painting And Calligraphy, University Of Richmond Museums

Exhibition Brochures

Art of the Scholar-Poets: Traditional Chinese Painting and Calligraphy

April 01 to May 09, 1998

Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond Museums

Introduction

Chinese culture developed one of the world's most enduring artistic traditions, literati painting, based upon a unique idea about the purposes of art. The art of the scholar-poets is centered in calligraphy and poetry, which the literati learned at an early age as part of their basic education. Painting was done with the same tools as poetry and calligraphy - brush, ink, and paper - and it was an easy step to express poetic sensibilities in visual …