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Pröschild, Sibylle. "Das Heilige in der Umbanda : Geschichte, Merkmale und Anziehungskraft einer afro-brasilianischen Religion /." Göttingen : Edition Ruprecht, 2009. http://deposit.d-nb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=3233429&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.
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Schrupp, Ottmar. "Der Befreiungsdienst - Handhabung in der Missionssituation in einem spiritistisch geprägten Land, anhand des Beispiels Brasiliens." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.
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Santos, Maria José dos. "A noção do medo frente as manifestações religiosas afro-decendentes." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2009. http://tede2.unicap.br:8080/handle/tede/890.
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The aim of this research is to investigate the fear facing the african- Brazilian religions and their manifestations in front of Municipal School Escolinha do Dom, is an individual or collective dimension. Indeed, research has established a dialogue between the historical formation and development of religion of Candomblé and Umbanda understood in its plurality, seeking to study the fear inside of discussions fostered in the Municipal Network for Teaching of Recife, in this capacity in the Group of Relations Ethnic-racial as well as linking these discussions within the school environment, teachers and learners in practice.
O objetivo desta pesquisa é investigar o medo frente as Religiões afro-brasileiras e suas manifestações na Escola Municipal Escolinha do Dom, tanto numa dimensão individual como coletiva. Com efeito, a pesquisa estabeleceu um diálogo entre a formação histórica e concepção religiosa do Candomblé e da Umbanda entendida em sua pluralidade, buscando estudar o medo no interior dos debates fomentados na Rede Municipal de Ensino do Recife, presente nas capacitações, no Grupo de Relações Étnicos-raciais, assim como relacionar tais discussões dentro do ambiente escolar, nas práticas docentes e discentes.
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Lunelli, Diego Conto. "Performance e religiosidade : ritmo, canto e poesia oral nos rituais de batuque e umbanda em Caxias do Sul/RS." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UCS, 2017. https://repositorio.ucs.br/handle/11338/3379.
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Esta dissertação trata das práticas poéticas e musicais das religiosidades afro-brasileiras na cidade de Caxias do Sul/RS, a Umbanda e o Batuque, a partir da perspectiva da performance e da vocalidade, baseada especialmente nas contribuições de Paul Zumthor (1915 - 1995). Para a elaboração da pesquisa foram realizados dois processos metodológicos. Inicialmente uma pesquisa bibliográfica para dar conta da observação de questões relativas à formação social da região estudada, formação das religiões brasileiras de matriz africana e da base conceitual sobre a poesia oral. O segundo processo metodológico foi de uma etnografia, desenvolvida em uma casa de religião afro-brasileira de Caxias do Sul, o Ile Axé de Ogum Onire, durante dois anos. Esta pesquisa teve um caráter investigativo inédito, pois são poucas as pesquisas existentes sobre religião que abordam a poesia oral e, ao mesmo tempo, inexistem pesquisas baseadas na performance segundo Zumthor que abordem as religiões afro-brasileiras praticadas no Rio Grande do Sul. Outros objetivos importantes deste trabalho foram observar as práticas ritualísticas a partir da perspectiva de região cultural, pois as religiões como práticas sociais tem particularidades importantes a serem observadas de acordo com o contexto no qual acontecem, e também observar as práticas musicais como marcas regionais, não só como particularidades do estado, mas também da região de Caxias do Sul. Ao final do processo de pesquisa foi possível perceber a presença constante, e especialmente a importância, da voz, do ritmo e da melodia na poesia oral dos rituais religiosos de matriz africana em Caxias do Sul. A poesia oral, como monumento significativo das práticas socioculturais de um grupo, é uma manifestação de resistência, ancestralidade, cultura, identidade e expressão das religiões afro-brasileiras.Submitted by Paula Leal (pffleal@ucs.br) on 2017-12-13T17:39:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Diego Conto Lunelli.pdf: 4415121 bytes, checksum: a60a6e5b369c1f33cf07eb71fbb70f72 (MD5)
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This dissertation approaches the poetic an musical practice in the Afro-Brazilian religiosities practiced in the city of Caxias do Sul in Rio Grande do Sul, Umbanda and Batuque, from the perspective of the performance and vocality, theory based especially on Paul Zumthor (1915 - 1995). For the elaboration of this dissertation two methodological processes were used, initially a bibliographical research to observe questions related to the social formation of the studied region, formation of the Brazilian religions with African roots and the conceptual base on oral poetry. The second methodological process was an ethnography, developed in a Afro-Brazilian religion house of Caxias do Sul, called Ilê Axé de Ogun Onire, for two years. This research had an unprecedented investigative character, as far as we know there is a few researches on religion that studies oral poetry and, at the same time, performance research according to Zumthor (1997) does not refers to the Afro-Brazilian religions practiced in Rio Grande do Sul. Another important objective of this work were to observe ritualistic practices from the perspective of cultural region, since religions as social practices have important peculiarities to be observed according to the context in which they happened, and also to observe the musical practices as regional marks, also in the region of Caxias do Sul. At the end of the research process it was possible to see the constant presence, and especially the importance, of the voice, the rhythm and the melody in the oral poetry of religious rituals with African roots in Caxias do Sul. Oral poetry, as a significant monument of the sociocultural practices of a group is an expression of resistance, ancestry, culture, identity and expressivity of Afro-Brazilian religions.
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Favaro, Jean Filipe. "A relação sociedade/divindades/natureza no templo Espírita de Umbanda Abaçá de Oxalá em Pato Branco - PR: modos plurais de existência." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2018. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/3262.
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Fundação Araucária de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico do ParanáInvestigações etnográficas imergidas no contexto do Terceiro Mundo exploraram diferentes e diversas práticas de pensar, irmanar, experimentar e codificar dimensões biológicas e naturais. Entre os diversos agregados sociais que se mobilizam no mundo por meio de racionalidades contra-hegemônicas, os cultos afro-brasileiros foram anunciados como religiosidades múltiplas, de grande importância ecológica e revestidos de conexões com os mais diversos e contraditórios actantes do cosmo, que resistem no Terceiro Mundo, com suas subjetividades descolonizadoras que se multiplicam em cada local de culto. Nesta conjuntura, esta pesquisa foi efetuada junto ao Centro Espírita de Umbanda Abaça de Oxalá, tendo por objetivo analisar a rede que se conforma nas inter-relações entre seres humanos/divindades/natureza. A Teoria Ator-Rede tal como apresentada por Latour (1994; 2004; 2012) forneceu ferramentas para que uma etnografia adequada à realidade deste terreiro fosse elaborada, expandindo o número de atores ocultos que se relacionam, agem e falam. Assim, durante o período de 19 meses a pesquisa foi operacionalizada por mediação da técnica Observação Participante, a partir de anotações no diário de campo, fotografias, transcrições de entrevistas e desenhos. A forma dos registros se desenvolveram na análise documental, através das anotações no próprio material analisado, objetivando engendrar um relato Ator-Rede para desdobrar um maior número de atores, mediadores e controvérsias que se conectam às práticas associadas as relações entre seres humanos/divindades/natureza no Abaça de Oxalá. Os humanos que configuram o local são caracterizados pelo pai-de-santo, filhos-de-corrente e clientes, que tecem relações com os Orixás em diferentes estratos e níveis de comprometimento com as normativas locais, almejando favores espirituais a partir de suas motivações subjetivas, as quais incluem as esferas da saudabilidade, das questões afetivos-familiares, da prosperidade financeira e desenvolvimento espiritual (no caso dos filhos-de-corrente). Os favores dos Orixás são logrados a partir de um rico e complexo regime de permutas, que permite agenciar lugares da natureza (pontos-de-força), elementos naturais (vegetação, minerais), alimentos, fogo, água, e múltiplos elementos que são relativos à subjetividade de cada humano conectado na rede, que emergem na forma de oferendas, chás medicinais, banhos de ervas, defumações, etc. Estas permutas são subsidiadas por um arcabouço de conhecimentos sobre suas naturezas, especificidades, associações e ações. Estes saberes são indissociáveis dos fazeres, e sua fonte primordial são os Orixás. A partir destes saberes foi possível identificar um total de 159 entidades espirituais mobilizadas nos discursos e atividades do terreiro e 140 vegetais empregados para as mais diversas finalidades que os humanos necessitam. O processamento das atividades ritualísticas no contexto religioso afro-brasileiro remete a uma realidade complexa, engendrada pelas profundas intersecções entre as esferas do mundo social, sobrenatural e natural. O conceito êmico de energia se mostra substancial para que tais conexões emerjam e ajam no cotidiano do terreiro, pois o Orixá é energia e se conecta com a energia dos humanos e da natureza para que transformações no mundo real sejam engendradas.
Ethnographic research immersed in the context of the Third World explored different and diverse practices of thinking, brotherhood, experimenting and codifying biological and natural dimensions. Among the various social aggregates mobilized around the world through counter-hegemonic rationalities, Afro-Brazilian cults were announced as multiple religiosities of great ecological importance and with connections with the most diverse and contradictory actants of the cosmos. They resist in the Third World, with its decolonizing subjectivities that multiply in each place of worship. At this juncture, this research was carried out with the Spiritist Center of Umbanda Abaça de Oxalá, aiming to analyze the network that is formed in the interrelations between humans / divinities / nature. The Actor-Network Theory as presented by Latour (1994, 2004, 2012) provided tools for an ethnography appropriate to the reality of this terreiro to be elaborated, expanding the number of hidden actors who relate, act and speak. Thus, during the 19 month period, the research was operationalized by means of the Participatory Observer technique, based on field diary annotations, photographs, transcripts of interviews and drawings. The form of the records was developed in the documentary analysis, through the annotations in the material analyzed. The aiming was to generate an actor-network account to unfold a greater number of actors, mediators and controversies that connect to the practices associated with the relations between human /divinities / nature in the Abaca de Oxalá. The humans that make up the place are characterized by the “pai de santo”, “filhos de corrente” and clients. They interact with the Orixás in different strata and levels of commitment to local norms, seeking spiritual favors from their subjective motivations, which include the spheres of health, affective-family issues, financial prosperity and spiritual development (in the case of filhos de corrente). The favors of the Orixás are obtained from a rich and complex regime of exchanges, which allows to place places of nature (points of force), natural elements (vegetation, minerals), food, fire, water, and multiple elements that are relative to the subjectivity of each human connected in the net, that emerge in the form of offerings, medicinal teas, herbal baths, smokes, etc. These exchanges are subsidized by a framework of knowledge about their natures, specificities, associations and actions. These knowledges are inseparable from doings, and their primary source is the Orixas. From these knowledge, it was possible to identify a total of 159 spiritual entities mobilized in the discourses and activities of the terreiro and 140 vegetables used for the most diverse purposes that humans need. The processing of ritualistic activities in the Afro-Brazilian religious context, refers to a complex reality engendered by the deep intersections between the spheres of the social, supernatural and natural world. The emic concept of energy proves substantial for such connections to emerge and act in the daily life of the terreiro, because the Orixá is energy and connects with the energy of humans and nature so that transformations in the real world are engendered.
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Miller, Shelby E. ""The Cult of Cézanne:" Marcel Duchamp, Clyfford Still, and Banksy." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu149471175808765.
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Lopes, Tadeu Mourão dos Santos. "Encruzilhadas da cultura: imagens de Exus e Pombajiras na Umbanda." Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, 2010. http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=3401.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorA presente dissertação pretende ser uma pequena contribuição para o campo, ainda pouco explorado, dos estudos das artes sacras afro-descendentes brasileiras. Aqui, intento me aprofundar no mundo delicado e complexo no qual se inserem as esculturas religiosas dos Exus e das Pombajiras da Umbanda. Todo o percurso desenvolvido pelas imagens que figuram esses entes está envolto em uma contraparte imaterial, ligada de maneira indissociável à mítica religiosa e ao afeto. Gerada usualmente em conluio com o onírico e o invisível, as imagens de Exus e Pombajiras ganham formas graças a um processo criativo coletivo e, presentes no mundo material, passam a cumprir função sagrada primordial nos espaços do terreiro e do lar. A demonização, dado visual tão identificável nas representações escultóricas desses entes, esconde um conteúdo simbólico que vai além da associação simplista entre Exu e o diabo. Esses personagens do culto de Umbanda e suas figurações imagéticas se ligam a uma série de fatores culturais e legados mítico-religiosos, contemporâneos e arcaicos, que, submersos em sua simbologia religiosa, podem ser entrevistos pelos ícones de suas representações
This work intends to be a contribution for Brazilian afro descendent sacred arts studies, an area which is not much explored yet. I intend to deepen in the subtle and complex world in which the Umbanda Exus and Pombajiras religious sculptures are inserted. All the route covered by those images that represent those entities is surrounded by a immaterial halfpart linked to its religious mythical environment and affection in an undividable way. Usually generated by a conjunction between the oniric and the invisible, Exus and Pombajiras images gain their morphology due to a creative collective process and, when realized in material world, they play their primordial sacred function at homes and terreiros (Umbanda religious temples). Devilishment process, a visual fact that is identified in sculpture representations of those entities, hides symbolic content which goes beyond the ordinary association between Exu and devil. These Umbanda cult characters and its imagetical representations are connected to several cultural factors and contemporaneous, archaic and mythical religious legacy, which can be perceived on the icons that represent them, when submerged in its religious symbolism
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Melo, Rodrigo da Silva. "A tradição Juremeira e suas relações com os rituais de candoblé e umbanda na casa Ilê Axé Xangô Agodô." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2013. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/6600.
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The present work is a study of case. The objective is to investigate through the ethnomusicological stand point, the relations among the cult of jurema with the candomblé and umbanda, into the rituals of the house Ilê Axé Xangô Agodô. The house is located in João Pessoa City, in state of Paraíba, during eighteen years. There, are worshiped entities of jurema and the orishas, from candomblé. The cult of two different entities in the same house connotes the influence of umbanda, associated with the movement of federalization of the Afro-Brazilian cults in the country. From the bibliography, are present the individual characteristics of the three cults and the beginning of the interaction among them. This perspective provides the basis to understand the elements that constitute the house in focus. Therefore, it was drawn up an overview that presents the norms, acceptations, and directives of the house, apprehended through interaction with the members of the cult. Their ceremonies are described to demonstrate the format of the cults and the doctrinaire acceptations. Music is an important element in the constitution of these ceremonies, it is directly bind to its structure, and is present in all the rituals. The analysis of this element expands the possibilities to understand the dimensions of reworkings in the cult of jurema starting from its intersection with the candomblé and umbanda.
O presente trabalho trata de um estudo de caso, cujo objetivo é investigar do ponto de vista etnomusicológico as relações do culto da jurema com o candomblé e a umbanda nos rituais praticados na casa Ilê Axé Xangô Agodô. A casa está sediada em João Pessoa, Paraíba, há dezoito anos. Nela são cultuadas as entidades de jurema e os orixás do candomblé. A presença do culto às duas entidades em uma mesma casa conota as influências da umbanda, associada ao movimento de federalização dos cultos afro-brasileiros no país. A partir da bibliografia, são apresentadas as características individuais dos três cultos e início da interação entre eles. Essa perspectiva fornece base para compreender os elementos que constituem a casa em foco. Desse modo, traçou-se um panorama que apresentou suas normas, acepções e diretrizes, apreendidas através da convivência com os integrantes do culto. Suas cerimônias são descritas para demonstrar o formato dos cultos e as acepções doutrinárias. A música é um elemento importante na constituição dessas cerimônias, ela está diretamente ligada à sua estrutura, bem como está presente em todos os rituais. A análise desse elemento amplia as possibilidades de compreender quais as dimensões das reelaborações do culto da jurema, a partir de sua intersecção com o candomblé e a umbanda
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Sutton, Dorothy Jean. "Fudo Myoo's independent cult in Japan: an analysis of its evolution and value." The Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1413459977.
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Gerhold, Emily. "American Beauties: The Cult of the Bosom in Early Republican Art and Society." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/353.
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This interdisciplinary project offers new research to introduce the American cult of the bosom, which emerged in the years following the Revolutionary War and helped shape the discourse around women’s roles in the early republic. The cult of the bosom sought to shift the way in which the female body, and especially the bosom, was regarded and represented by identifying it as the locus of a number of positive qualities associated with women, including virtue, modesty, beauty, and grace. This shift constituted, in the minds of citizens, a significant way in which American culture honored and celebrated women. Additionally, the cult of the bosom tied the bosom’s privileged status to a broader patriotic rhetoric that celebrated the special differences of America’s women and American culture as a whole, and insisted that, while most citizens of the world saw its potential to gratify lust, Americans were sufficiently enlightened to consider and celebrate the bosom’s ‘true’ function as a signifier of sacred womanhood. Through a variety of cultural materials, this project traces the points at which beauty, virtue, femininity, and the female body intersected in the early republic and the implications of these intersections for the political and social status of women. The study consists of five thematic chapters, which address textual foundations for the discourse on the bosom and female modesty in early republican America and examine female portraits of the period in order to identify the visual codes that represented patriotic ideology and signified the bosom.
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Barber, Charles Edward. "Image and cult : studies in the representation of the Virgin Mary in early medieval art." Thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London), 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.261573.
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Maniura, Robert John. "Image and pilgrimage : the cult of the Virgin of Czestochowa in the Late Middle Ages." Thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London), 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263264.
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Fowler, Michael Anthony. "Of Cult and Cataclysm: Considerations on a Maiden Sacrifice at Mycenaean Kydonia." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8909.
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Rosenzweig, Rachel. "Aphrodite in Athens : a study of art and cult in the classical and late classical periods /." view abstract or download file of text, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9957572.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 1999.Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 225-237). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users. Address: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p9957572.
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Smithers, Tamara. "Memorializing the Masters: Renaissance Tombs for Artists and the Cults of Raphael and Michelangelo." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2012. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/198573.
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In this study, I argue that the cult of the artist centered on memorial making. From the Quattrocento through the Seicento, the growth in the size and number of memorials for artists parallels the changes that took place regarding the social class, professional position, and economic privilege of practitioners of the three main visual arts, painting, sculpture, and architecture. Similar to portraits, self-portraits, personal emblems, and signatures, tomb effigies and epigraphs were a type of construction of identity that articulated similar notions, serving as a form of popular praise and as a way to preserve one's memory for posterity. Moreover, tombs for artists existed in the public sphere on a grand scale, reaching larger audiences and thus having a greater cultural impact. Additionally, in tandem with contemporary art theory, tomb making became a tangible outlet for the paragon of the arts and for comparison against each other. The funeral ceremony functioned not only as a communal display of local pride but it also served as a vehicle for constructing artist-patron relationships and a way to promote the profession. The faculty to fashion artistic ties through the public spectacle of the funeral and the permanent medium of the memorial proved to be particularly essential for the newly formed art academies in regard to group identity and professional bonding. Publicizing the unification of the three arts was a key concern for the academies, especially in regard to decorating communal burial sites and devising group insignia. The display of emblematic imagery in addition to the erection of inscriptions that link the artist to his master on the tomb memorial became a palpable way to formulate an artistic pedigree for that particular artist and for that associated community of artists. The early art companies in central Italy--I Virtuosi al Pantheon in the 1540s in Rome, the Accademia del Disegno in the 1560s in Florence, and the Accademia di San Luca in the 1590s in Rome--were founded with the intention to properly bury their members. Moreover, for members, establishing ties to Raphael and Michelangelo, who received unprecedented burials, were hailed as symbolic figureheads for the academies, and were venerated as "artistic saints," lies at the center of sixteenth-century memorial making for artists. For some in the profession, as was the case for the followers of Raphael, being buried near their capomaestro solidified real or desired connections. The display of what was believed to be Raphael's skull in the seventeenth-century Roman Academy exhibits the new regard for the artist. The physical being of the artist came to be an object charged with meaning, similar to a holy relic, bringing new meaning to the concept of the "divine artist." For others, viewing the miracle of the unmarred corpse of Michelangelo, their padre delle tre arti, upon the opening of his coffin after it arrived in Florence, left a lasting impression. By exploring the panegyric following of Raphael and Michelangelo with a focus on tomb memorials, this dissertation explores what is meant by the phrase the "cult of the artist," especially in relation to these two masters. In doing so, this study synthesizes and weaves together otherwise disparate sources in order to elucidate a better understanding of the idea of the artist during the Early Modern period in Italy. As it proves, honoring the artist through the creation of memorials was the principal way to publicly pay tribute to those in the trade and provided a new type of artistic camaraderie.
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Mbikayi, Maurice. "Fashionable addiction : the impact of digital identity through the cult of the body (an African perspective, with particular reference to the Democratic Republic of Congo)." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13772.
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My MFA project consists of sculptural installations, videos and images that, together with the written text, comment on the impact of information technology on society. In both the written and practical components, I refer to my own experience and developments in fashion and access to information technology (IT) in my home country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with a focus on Kinshasa. I also explore aspects of the consumerist nature of IT in Africa more broadly and how this generates trends relating to ‘FOMO’, an internet slang acronym for the Fear Of Missing Out. My primary reason for connecting African fashion with contemporary computer technology is because both concern Western products being utilised in Africa in the context of self-determination. The African continent is a source of mining wealth, for example coltan (short for columbite-tantalite), a mineral widely used in technology. The DRC is one of the major coltan-producing countries, and yet it is technologically underdeveloped or limited itself because of an oppressive capitalist system (Pole Institute – blood minerals [PI], 2010: 8-9), (PI, 2010). However, some of these minerals return to Africa in the form of products and create new consumers, desires and services in emerging contemporary technology contexts. In the process of upgrading to higher levels of technology, the developed world often uses Africa as a dumping zone for electronic waste (e-waste), with no regard for the environmental and human impact. For example, the UN environment programme's 2012 and 2013 report under the Waste for Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) legislation showed that thirty percent of the allegedly second-hand products imported to Ghana were useless (African WEEE Report by the UN Environment Programme [AWRUNEP], 2012). Pieter Hugo's photographs in the book Permanent Error (2011) provide strong visual evidence of this. Although I’m aware of the debate around issues of representation and ‘afro pessimism’ generated by Hugo’s images, my motivation in using them is that they provide sufficient documentation of the realities of disposing of electronic waste and the impact on people and the environment pertaining to those particulars zones of Africa. I draw an analogy between the consumption of IT and African fashion, and specifically with my own country's culture of dressing-up, which has developed into a kind of doctrine (the ‘cult of the cloth’) and an expression of resistance. The analogy is linked to the desire to stay up to date with IT, which can lead to addiction. I also consider it useful to compare the symbolic and aesthetic aspects of African customs of hairdressing, the wearing of hats and jewellery, and even body modification as a social identification with today's society, within which ‘personal media’ are additional accessories for urban status. My reference and use of computer parts critique the way that contemporary technology has become an extension of our personal style, as in the fashion sense described above: a virtual identification which could also suggest a tendency towards an alienation of the body (because of the virtual social interaction and virtual identity) from its immediate environment that has manifested in our current psychological landscape. Consequently, I suggest the consumption of contemporary media in urban spaces opens up the notion of virtual anthropology or virtual cultural anthropology, related to the electronic personality or e-personality.
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Peers, Glenn Alan. "The iconography of the archangel Michael on Byzantine icons /." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=66084.
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Divino, Cláudio da Fonseca. "An analysis of the spiritual lives of converts from the African Brazilian religions to Christianity and its ministerial implications." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p062-0250.
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Bell, Roslynne. "Power and Piety: Augustan Imagery and the Cult of the Magna Mater." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Classics and Linguistics, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/955.
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This thesis examines the ways in which the Magna Mater became an integral part of Augustan ideology and the visual language of the early principate. Traditionally, our picture of the Augustan Magna Mater has been shaped by evidence from literary sources. Here, however, the monuments of the goddess' cult are considered in their religio-political context. Works that link Augustus himself to the Magna Mater are shown to reveal that the goddess played a significant and hitherto unappreciated role in official propaganda. Part I examines the nature of the Augustan reconstruction of the Palatine Temple of the Magna Mater and challenges persistent claims that the princeps was disinterested in the metroac cult. Augustus' use of inexpensive building materials is shown to be, not a display of parsimony, but an attempt to retain the traditional appearance of a venerable structure. A reinterpretation of the temple's pedimental and acroterial sculpture, using the Valle-Medici reliefs, demonstrates that Augustus promoted the Magna Mater as an allegory of Rome's Trojan heritage and as a symbol of a new Golden Age. Part II investigates the topography of the Augustan precinct on the Palatine, and argues that the geographic linkage of the metroön and the House of Augustus became a topos in imperial imagery. It then demonstrates that several well-known works of art echo this connection between the princeps and the goddess. These works range from statues in the Circus Maximus designed to be viewed by thousands, to the Gemma Augustea, a luxury item intended for the elite. They are also found both inside and outside Rome. A reassessment of the Vicus Sandaliarius altar and the Sorrento base illustrates popular recognition of Augustus' reinvention of the Magna Mater as a national deity of Rome and the tutelary goddess of the Julio-Claudii.
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Carvalho, Fontes Larissa Yelena. "Anthropologie d'un musée silencieux : la Collection Persévérance et les enjeux de mémoire autour du "xangô alagoano" (Maceió - Brésil)." Thesis, Lyon, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LYSE2071.
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La présente thèse a comme objet central la Collection Persévérance, un ensemble d’objets qui ont été volés des maisons de culte afro-brésilien à Maceió, capitale de l’État d’Alagoas, au Nord-est du Brésil. Le pillage de ces objets s’est produit dans un épisode de répression politique-religieuse survenu en 1912 et connu comme Quebra de Xangô. Cette Collection est abritée par le Musée de l’Institut Historique et Géographique d’Alagoas et depuis son pillage, elle n’a pas été objet d’études scientifiques. Ainsi, cette recherche a essayé de combler les lacunes existantes sur le sujet, en traçant son parcours jusqu’à présent et en démontrant les grandes transformations vécues par le culte du xangô alagoano, à la fois au niveau liturgique et rituel. Pour la production de l’inventaire de la Collection Persévérance, un travail d’investigation a été mené pour essayer de trouver les usages originaux et référencer dûment les pièces. Cette investigation a été réalisée avec la participation de la communauté religieuse afro-brésilienne, en privilégiant leur savoir traditionnel, leur mythologie et leur système cosmologique pour découvrir et construire la biographie de ces objets. De cette manière, le xangô alagoano est ici présenté, en retraçant ses particularités, fruit de mes dix ans d’expérience de terrainThe central object of this thesis is the “Persévérance” Collection, a group of pieces that were stolen from Afro-Brazilian houses of worship in Maceió, capital of the state of Alagoas, in the northeast of Brazil. The pillaging of these objects occurred in an episode of political-religious repression in 1912, known as Quebra de Xangô. This Collection is exposed by the Museum of the Historical and Geographical Institute of Alagoas and since its pillage it has not been subject of any scientific studies. In this way, this research has tried to fill the existing gaps on the subject, tracing its path so far and demonstrating the great transformations experienced by the worship of xangô alagoano, both at the liturgical and ritual levels. For the production of those objects inventory an investigation was carried out to try to find the original uses and toproperly reference the pieces. This investigation was produced with the participation of the Afro-Brazilian religious community, focusing on their traditional knowledge, mythology and cosmological system to discover and construct the biography of those objects. Therefore, the xangô alagoano is presented here, tracing its peculiarities, fruit of my ten years of field experience
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Mowat, Fiona Anne. "Ritualising the dead : decorated marble cinerary memorials in the context of early Imperial culture and art." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/28748.
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This thesis explores the imagery of funerary ritual that expresses the commemoration of both the living and the dead in the art of the marble cinerary memorials of the early Empire. This group of objects includes decorated marble artefacts associated with cremation burial between the Augustan period and the reign of Antoninus Pius: ash chests (or cineraria); ash altars and grave altars (with or without ash cavities); as well as round urns and vase-shaped urns. The iconography chosen for cinerary memorials by individuals in the early Empire reflects those individuals’ concerns to remember families and friends and in turn to be remembered. This research approaches the analysis of funerary iconography holistically as embedded in its contemporary culture, as opposed to the focus on the art of various sub-cultures of Roman society, seen in recent scholarship. Items with adequate ancient provenance are used to create a sample dataset that represents individuals that belong to a middle to high income-group of society, individuals that are united through their ability to pay and commission these memorials, rather than by class. The epigraphic material, studied alongside the tomb analysis, indicates that this socio-economic group included people of different legal statuses: slaves, freed-people, non-elites and known-elites. Thus we are able to examine how artistic motifs, and also imperial iconography and culture, were received by a cross-section of society. The use of semiotics allows symbols to be analysed in conjunction with other methods such as examining narration and abstraction. This theoretical framework results in the extraction of meaning from seemingly generic motifs and connects this interpretation with contemporaneous cultural norms. Using these methods and the sample dataset, the memorial typology is examined as indicative of a focal point for funerary cult, through the connection between the object as a replacement altar for ritual, and as a house or shrine for the commemoration of the dead. The iconography associated with the memorials therefore relates to both the ritual context (garlands and other ritualistic motifs) and to the object as a small building (the architectonic façade and doors; garden and vegetative iconography). It also relates to the commemoration of the dead (portraiture and honorific iconography) and in particular to the idea of the spirit or manes of the deceased as being immortalised through the memorial (underworld and mythological iconography). All elements, then, point to the focus of the object in funerary ritual which enables the living to honour the spirit of the deceased and acts as a memento of family and friends, bringing together both the living and the dead in art and inscription.
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Granados, Salinas Rosario. "Fervent Faith. Devotion, Aesthetics, and Society in the Cult of Our Lady of Remedios (Mexico, 1520-1811)." Thesis, Harvard University, 2012. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10398.
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This study examines the cult of Our Lady of Remedios from an art-historical perspective. Choosing this specific cult statue as a case study is not arbitrary: Remedios is among the oldest Marian images in the New World and was named first patroness of Mexico City in 1574, when the city council became the patron of her shrine and a confraternity was founded to better disseminate the cult. As a result, the statue was carried fifty-seven times through the streets of New Spain's capital in three hundred years (an average of one procession every five years), thus outnumbering any other religious event that was not part of the liturgical calendar. The fame of Our Lady of Remedios was closely linked to her role as Socia Belli of the Spanish army, as she was believed to have protected Hernán Cortés and his allies during the conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlán in 1520-21. Her character as protector in times of war was enhanced in the centuries to come, when she was called to the city on every occasion when the Spanish Crown was involved in military campaigns. Her protection, however, was mainly requested in times of drought and epidemics, a reason for which her fame as protectress of the city grew intensively, and all sectors of society (Spanish, Indians, and Castas) followed her with the same fervent faith. This dissertation is a monographic study of a miraculous image that has hitherto been overlooked in the history of colonial religiosity of New Spain despite its symbolic relevance for the society of its time. It considers the sixteenth-century statue and the ways it was displayed to its devotional audiences as documents that inform us about its social role. By placing this cult image in the ritual context to which it belonged, both spatial and spiritual, this study considers the devotional gaze with which her devotees engaged her showing how devotion, aesthetics and politics were intertwined during colonial Mexico.History of Art and Architecture
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Yandek, Amy C. "Pagan Roman Religious Acculturation? An Inquiry into the Domestic Cult at Karanis, Ephesos and Dura-Europos: The First to Fifth Centuries CE." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2013. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/226655.
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The ancient Roman domestic cult is often overlooked and marginalized in favor of state sponsored practices, monuments, and temples; yet it can give us insights into daily life, cultural interactions, and personal identity in the Empire. In my dissertation, I recreate a selection of domestic contexts in order to learn more about private cultic practices, thus illuminating those activities and behaviors that may be far removed from what appears in the literary sources or in monumental reliefs and paintings. Furthermore, the era considered is a crucial period in the history of the western world that included the rise of Christianity and dramatic changes in Roman pagan cults. By concentrating on the Roman East, I produce information relating to these changes outside of Italy and study the impact on cross-cultural exchanges and identities formulated by the Roman colonization of these cities. The Roman domestic cult in Italy invoked specific gods to maintain the well-being of the home in small shrines within the house. Material evidence for these practices survives in the form of statuettes and wall paintings of the gods, incense burners, and altars. Other divinities chosen by the head of the household could join or supplant the traditional domestic deities. These additions to private shrines acted as protective patron gods of the household and they reveal a personal relationship between deity and devotee. One barrier to the understanding of the domestic cult in its original context is the nature of multiculturalism in the Roman Empire. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, scholars tended to equate the Roman Empire with the concept of the modern nation-state. The Empire was seen as a cultural juggernaut that disseminated a uniform Roman identity that was sent out from Italy to the provinces. Evidence for "Romanization" was noted in the introduction of the Roman city plan, and Roman habits were seen in new types of public buildings such as baths or amphitheaters, the adoption of Roman coinage, the toga and the Latin language, and the introduction of Roman cults, especially the cult of the emperor. Most scholars today prefer to view the expansion of the Empire as a process that included reciprocal acculturation between natives and their Roman masters. Using this model, I examine religious cross-currents on a domestic scale, thus contributing to the current scholarly discussion. By exploring the cult in the home, we can get a better indication of the interaction between native and Roman in the private sphere. Scholars agree that we can learn more from smaller, regional studies; it cannot be assumed that the same things occurred in all parts of the empire and at all times. The case-study approach has replaced the sweeping and sometimes vague histories of years past. I have chosen three sites from the Roman East since they have an abundance of material evidence that has not been exploited to its full potential: Karanis (modern Egypt), Ephesos (modern Turkey), and Dura-Europos (modern Syria). The significance of my project is three-fold. I present previously unpublished material from important sites in the Roman East. By looking at these three sites, I expand the dialogue from the singular discussion of domestic religion in first-century Italy, thus enriching it substantially. Through the consideration of acculturation between east and west I contribute to the discussion of "Romanization" in the first to fifth centuries CE. By comparing these sites with those better published, such as Pompeii and Ostia (Rome's port, largely abandoned in the second half of the third into the fourth centuries), I can more clearly show the contrast between the two halves of the Empire. My goals will be to determine how (and if) "Romanization" can be seen in these locations, what the impact of local artistic styles and indigenous deities is, and how the reciprocal relationship manifests in daily religious practices within the home.
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Santos, Vanessa Silva dos. "O candomblé xoroquê em Alagoas : uma introdução ao estudo dos símbolos nos espaços rituais do terreiro de Pai Manoel." Pós-Graduação em Antropologia, 2013. https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/3162.
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This research presents an ethnographic investigation into symbols used in rituals which are in different spaces of the ceremony of Candomblé de Xoroquê located in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. As starting point, the research presents the importance assumed by these symbolic elements in the composition of the two ritual spaces of the house (the location where the ritual works), considering this dynamic is shown essential in legitimizing the |terreiro| as Candomblé spaces to worship, that is distinct from Umbanda´s houses. The analysis on this is centered on the organization of the |terreiro|, according to the logic of organization of the ritual, as there a big shack in which only happen rites of the orishas, and other reserved to the umbandists entities. The methodology included the fieldwork and the ethnographic analysis, believing that these tools are essential to understand the apparent ambiguity shown by the house. Whereas that decompose the variables used at religious structure of the |Terreiro Ogun
Xoroquê| becomes effective from the coexistence and participation with the studied group, at the routine presence and interpretation of the faithful towards their daily actions in the spaces of the temple. Therefore, to analyze the role assumed by the symbols in each of the different rites, emerges as a key part in the apprehension of the complementary character of the two spaces, and consequently among the gods of the two religiosities. Based on this, it is possible consider that the Umbandists entities
performs a complementary role relative to the big shed of the orishas. Being, therefore, essential in the preservation and maintenance of the home of the African Gods. However, for the Holy Father´s house, Manoel Xoroquê, as well as their children, designate themselves socially as Candomblé is to validate the authenticity of the |Terreiro|, according to their African ancestry. However, the daily practices clarify that
the spaces receives the same attention because they are utmost importance in the religious practices of the house of Xoroquê.A presente dissertação tem por objetivo etnografar os símbolos rituais nos diferentes espaços de cerimônias do Candomblé de Xoroquê, situado em Maceió-AL. Toma-se como ponto de partida, a importância assumida por esses elementos na composição dos dois espaços rituais da casa, tendo em vista que essa dinâmica se mostra essencial na legitimação do terreiro como culto de Candomblé, que se identifica, distinto das casas de Umbanda. Centraliza-se nessa análise a organização do terreiro, segundo a lógica de separação dos ritos, tendo em vista que existe um barracão no qual acontecem somente os ritos dos orixás, e outro reservado às entidades umbandistas. O caminho metodológico compreendeu o trabalho de campo e a análise etnográfica, acreditando que estas são ferramentas primordiais na compreensão da aparente ambiguidade demonstrada pela casa, no que tange à construção de suas identidades religiosas. Visto que decompor as variáveis utilizadas na estruturação religiosa do terreiro de Ogum Xoroquê se efetiva a partir da convivência e participação com o grupo pesquisado, momento no qual se presencia a rotina e interpretação dos fiéis para suas ações cotidianas nos espaços do templo. Dessa forma, analisar a função assumida pelos símbolos em cada um dos diferentes ritos, surge como parte fundamental na apreensão do caráter complementar dos dois espaços e, consequentemente, entre os deuses das duas religiosidades. Com base nisso, é possível considerar que as entidades umbandistas desempenham papel central, além de sua complementaridade, em relação ao barracão dos orixás. Sendo, por esta razão, indispensáveis na preservação e manutenção da morada dos deuses africanos. Contudo, para o pai de santo da casa, Manoel Xoroquê, bem como aos seus filhos, designar-se socialmente como Candomblé é validar a autenticidade do terreiro segundo sua legítima ancestralidade africana. No entanto, as práticas cotidianas esclarecem, conforme presenciado, que os espaços recebem igual atenção por serem de suma importância dentro do que para os praticantes compõe as práticas religiosas da Casa de Xoroquê.
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Brandão, Flávia Christina Leite. "Cinema e animação: poéticas de um vivência." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2013. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tede/3513.
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This study aimed to mix in the work art experience theory and poetics. Were aggregated at the same level both religious and visual references of the author to produce a short film hybrid between live-action film and animation. The study of the archetypes Umbanda’s entities and the history and principles of animation also contributed, like the film hybrid between film and animation and analysis of the film Kill Bill I, chosen as the reference technique with which we bond our poetic. In the theoretical chapter the history of animation is based on the principles of technological devices of the season coming to current devices such as computers and software that were of great importance to the animation frame by frame made by the author. The choice of technique animated 2D is closely linked to technological devices today. We base ourselves on the theories of film analysis to conduct the analysis of Tarantino's movie and through this stimulus did correlate with in our practice we get elements of great importance for the production of the short film. Added to this analysis we also identify the archetype of character O'Ren Ishii that served us for the construction of the archetypes of our characters, creating a fine line between Tarantino references and references of the author. All this added to the theory and practice experience led us to achieving a live-action film and animation drawing on inspirations on religious experiences and professional author culminating in the production sequence and performing a short film essentially copyright.
Este estudo teve como objetivo unir em mesmo trabalho vivência, teoria e poéticas. Agregaram-se em mesmo patamar as referências tanto religiosas quanto visuais da autora para a produção de um curta-metragem híbrido entre cinema liveaction e animação. Contribuíram também para a construção da poética o estudo dos arquétipos das entidades da umbanda, historia e princípios da animação, filmes híbridos entre cinema e animação e a análise do filme Kill Bill I, escolhido como referência técnica com a qual fizemos interrelação com nossa poética. No capitulo teórico está a história da animação partindo dos princípios dos aparatos tecnológicos da época chegando a aparelhos atuais como computadores e softwares que foram de grande importância para a animação feita quadro a quadro pela autora. A escolha da técnica animada 2D está intimamente ligada aos aparelhos tecnológicos atuais. Baseamos-nos nas teorias de análise cinematográfica para conduzir a análise do filme de Tarantino e através deste estímulo fizemos uma correlação com nossa prática em que conseguimos elementos de grande importância para a produção do curta-metragem. Agregada a essa análise temos também a identificação do arquétipo da personagem O´Ren Ishii que nos serviu para a construção dos arquétipos de nossas personagens, criando uma linha tênue entre as referências de Tarantino e as referências da autora. Toda essa teoria somada à vivência e a prática nos levou a concretização de um filme live-action e animação partindo das inspirações sobre as vivências religiosas e profissionais da autora culminando na sequência de produção e realização de um curta-metragem essencialmente autoral.
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Parlby, Geri. "What can art tell us about the cult of the Virgin Mary in the early Roman Church? : a re-evaluation of the evidence for Marian images in Late Antiquity." Thesis, University of Roehampton, 2010. https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/what-can-art-tell-us-about-the-cult-of-the-virgin-mary-in-the-early-roman-church(5d8d4110-45a7-4da2-9d67-95a87c7b1f63).html.
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The purpose of this thesis is to re-evaluate the evidence of Marian images in Rome in late antiquity. It argues that centuries of misreading the iconography of Paleo-Christian art has produced unreliable evidence of an early Marian cult in the Roman Church. Surviving examples of images previously identified as Mary are compared with other forms of representation and personification alongside goddess images from around the Roman world. The conflicts present within the emergent Roman Church and the influence they may have had on the developing artistic traditions are re-considered, with particular emphasis on the iconography of the ‘Adoration of the Magi’. Powerful female figures such as martyr saints and widows are presented as more popular models of early Christian womanhood. In particular virgin martyrs, the eroticisation of whose cult with its sado-masochistic tendencies, catered for a Roman society still deeply influenced by its appetite for violent games and sports. The thesis also examines images identified as Mary, but much more probably originally intended as ecclesia and explores the role of Christ as the bridegroom to ecclesia, the martyrs and the consecrated virgins. It goes on to argue that the growing issue of anti-Judaism in the emergent Roman Church had a particular effect on how Mary was perceived by church leaders.
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Heinz, Sanda Sue. "The statuettes and amulets of Thonis-Heracleion." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:db17df52-6f5b-41e5-a650-f6ad268b2c60.
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This study catalogues and analyses 329 statuettes and amulets from Thonis-Heracleion, a sunken city off the coast of Egypt that flourished between the 7th and 2nd centuries BC. This is the first study of votive statuettes and amulets from the Late and Ptolemaic Periods that presents a comprehensive corpus from a single site, complete with detailed catalogue entries and photographs. Although some of the most exceptional pieces were previously published in an exhibition catalogue, the majority are unpublished and it is the first time they have been studied and viewed as a whole. The material includes not only Egyptian-style bronzes, which are typical dedications of this period, but also a range of other materials including lead, terracotta, faience, and limestone. Some figures are represented in foreign style and attest to a small hellenized community at the site. By viewing multiple categories of votive material laterally and in context, important conclusions about cultural interactions and cult practice at Thonis-Heracleion come to light. Chapter One details the find context of the statuettes and amulets, followed by a discussion of their types and the cults to which they attest in Chapter 2. Chapter 3 outlines the objects’ primary functions and demonstrates the ways that lead and bronze were utilised differently. Chapter 4 focuses on bronze and lead production methods, particularly methods of replicable production that are indicative of technological exchange with other Mediterranean cultures. Finally, in Chapter 5, I look at how the votives reflect the cultural community at Thonis-Heracleion, and how they compare to others at sites throughout Egypt. Each chapter highlights how the archaeological context informs us about cultural interactions between Egyptians and Greeks and about the dynamics of cult practice at a Delta site in the Late and Ptolemaic Periods.
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Hoffman, J. Starr. "Passionate transformation in vernicle images." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4701/.
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This thesis will examine the iconography of late-thirteenth- through fifteenth-century images of St. Veronica's veil, also known as vernicles. In the late Middle Ages, vernicle iconography changed from iconic representations of Christ's face toward graphic imagery of Christ's suffering during his Passion. These passionate transformations, as I have called them, were affected by the Roman Sudarium relic, popular devotion to Christ's suffering and humanity during his Passion, and the Catholic ritual of Mass. This thesis will consider how the function of vernicle images during Mass was reflected in their iconography throughout Europe between 1250 and 1500.
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MIGNATTI, ALESSANDRA. "Ritualità e cerimoniali nella Milano della prima metà del Settecento." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/1853.
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Oggetto d’indagine è il complesso delle celebrazioni e dei preparativi connessi con il passaggio di Maria Teresa d’Austria ed il solenne ingresso dell’arcivescovo Stampa nel 1739, casi esemplificativi di ritualità cittadina e cerimoniali pubblici della prima metà del secolo, rappresentazioni che coinvolsero la città. A confronto è stato analizzato anche il rito di possesso di Maria Teresa, compiuto in absentia nel 1741.
Attraverso l’analisi comparativa delle fonti primarie, a stampa e manoscritte, nonché iconografiche, si sono ricostruiti il ruolo delle norme di etichetta, dei cerimoniali, l’intera drammaturgia degli eventi festivi. La ricerca ha altresì riportato alla luce gli apparati allestiti dal Collegio dei Giureconsulti, ignorati dagli studi. Ha evidenziato meccanismi retorici, azioni, aspetti della rappresentazione che permangono, alcuni dei quali appartengono alla sfera degli archetipi. Benché semplificati, i cerimoniali mostrano ancora marcato il culto per la regalità. L’ingresso trionfale si rivela momento significativo per ricondurre la città verso l’immaginario delle origini dell’identità cittadina e rifondare un tempo nuovo. Si evidenzia la necessità della festa, di momenti rituali di rappresentazione e di autorappresentazione; il ruolo drammaturgico e non esornativo di elementi di decoro, quali il baldacchino, l’arco, la carrozza, il ritratto, in una cultura che attribuiva ancora grande valenza alle immagini.The object of this research is the whole of the celebrations and preparations connected with the passage of Maria Theresa of Austria and the solemn entry of Archbishop Stampa into Milan in 1739, both exemplifications of the 18th century first half civic rituality and public ceremonials, and representations which engaged the city. A confrontation has also been made with the possesso of Maria Theresa, enacted in absentia in 1741. By means of a comparative analysis of the primary sources – printed, hamdwritten and ichnographic as well – it has been possible to reconstruct the role of etiquette norms, ceremonials and of the entire dramaturgy of festival events. The research has also brought to light the apparati set up by the Collegio dei Giureconsulti, so far ignored by studies. It has highlighted rhetorical mechanisms, actions, representational aspects which remain, some of them pertaining to the archetype sphere. Even if simplified, the ceremonials still show a strong cult of regality. The triumphal entry proves to be a meaningful moment to bring the city back to the imaginary of the origins which constitutes its identity and to renovate a new era. The necessity of the feast, of ritualistic moments of representation and auto representation is pointed out; and also the dramaturgic and not ornamental role of decorative elements like the baldachin, the arch, the carriage, the portrait, in a culture which conferred great value to images.
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Krasniqi, Shemsi. "Croyances et pratiques rituelles albanaises du Kosovo : réflexions sur une écoculture." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013STRAG003.
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L’idée principale de la thèse est l’écoculture, c'est-à-dire une réflexion plus approfondie sur la relation entre l’homme et la nature. Afin d’expliquer cette idée, nous avons analysé certains éléments caractéristiques de la culture traditionnelle, comme : le châtiment, la malédiction, la bénédiction, le serment, la métamorphose, l’empathie, la révérence, la sacralisation etc. Ces éléments culturels ne concernent pas seulement les mœurs et pratiques morales humaines dans la vie sociale, mais aussi bien les relations entre l’homme et la nature. Dans son sens véridique, en dehors de pensée, des symboles et des valeurs, l’écoculture sous-entend également les comportements, les actions concrètes et les autres routines de la vie quotidienne. L’une des conclusions de cette thèse est que les mouvements écologiques au Kosovo, et tout ceux qui prétendent créer une culture environnementale ou bien une conscience écologiques, afin de changer des comportements et des habitudes par rapport à l’environnement, pourraient prendre pour référence l’écoculture traditionnelle albanaise, parce qu’on y trouve beaucoup d’éléments communs avec des éthiques environnementales contemporaines, comme : écologie profonde, écoféminisme, spiritualisme écologique, dark-green religionThe main idea of the thesis is the eco-culture, that is to say, a deep reflection on the spiritual relationship between human and nature. To explain this idea, I analyze some characteristic elements of the traditional culture, such as punishment, curse, blessing, oath, metamorphosis, empathy, reverence, sacredness, etc. These cultural elements do not concern only the mores and ethical human practices in social life, but also the relationship between human and nature. Nowadays, in everyday life, these values are sometimes expressed openly and concretely, and other times latently and not obviously. In addition to thinking, symbols and values, the eco-culture also manifests itself through behavior, concrete actions, and other routines of daily life. Amongst the conclusions of this thesis is that the environmental movements in Kosovo, aiming at changing the habits related to the environment by means of creating the environmental culture and raising ecological consciousness, must refer to the traditional Albanian eco-culture, since the latter has many common elements with contemporary environmental ethics, such as deep ecology, eco-feminism, ecological spiritualism, dark-green religion, etc
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McMullin, Julia Alice Jardine. "The Artistic and Architectural Patronage of Countess Urraca of Santa MarÃa de Cañas: A Powerful Aristocrat, Abbess, and Advocate." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2005. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/423.
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Countess Urraca Lope de Haro was the daughter of the noble Lord Diego Lope de Haro, friend and advisor to King Alfonso VIII of Castilla-León and granddaughter of Lord Lope Díaz de Haro and Lady Aldonza Ruiz de Castro, aristocratic courtiers as well as popular monastic patrons. As a young and wealthy widow, Countess Urraca took monastic vows at the Cistercian nunnery of Santa María de Cañas founded by her grandparents. Within a short time of uniting herself to this monastery, she was chosen as its fourth abbess in 1225, a position she held for thirty-seven years until her death in 1262. Following the tradition of monastic patronage established by her noble family members, Countess Urraca expanded the monastery's small real estate holdings, oversaw extensive building projects to create permanent structures for the nunnery, and patronized artistic projects including statuettes of the Virgin Mary and St. Peter in addition to her own decorative stone sarcophagus during her term as abbess. This thesis examines the artistic decoration and architectural patronage of this powerful woman and the influences she incorporated into the monastic structures at Cañas as she oversaw their construction. In dating the original buildings of the monastery at Cañas to the period of Countess Urraca's leadership, the predominant architectural features and decorative details of female Cistercian foundations in northern Spain are discussed. Comparisons with additional thirteenth-century Cistercian monasteries from the same region in northern Spain are offered to demonstrate the artistic connections with the structures Countess Urraca patronized. In addition, this thesis examines Countess Urraca's obvious devotion to the Virgin Mary and St. Peter by considering the medieval monastic world in which she lived and the strong emphasis the Cistercian Order placed on such worship practices. The potent spiritual connections Countess Urraca made by commissioning images of essential, holy intercessors testifies to her devotion to them and the powerful salvatory role she herself played in the lives of the nuns for whom she was responsible. As a nun and abbess, Countess Urraca was urged to emulate Mary's mothering, nurturing qualities, and, as she did so was simultaneously empowered by the Virgin's heavenly authority as administrator of mercy. Indeed, through studying her art it is clear that she saw herself as an intercessor on behalf of the nuns for whom she was responsible. Furthermore, discussion of the imagery displayed on Countess Urraca's decorative stone sarcophagus demonstrates not only a similar message of salvation through intercessors such as Peter and Mary, but also testifies of Abbess Urraca's aristocratic lineage. Through this artistic commission, the Abbess creates another direct, personal link between herself and the Virgin by including the symbol of the rosary throughout the iconography of her tomb. Such a symbol represents her devotion to Mary as Queen of Heaven and simultaneously empowers Countess Urraca as an intercessor herself. All of these architectural and artistic commissions confirm that she was a powerful woman who wielded a great deal of influence.
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Kaulicke, Peter. "Nota editorial." Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2012. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/113449.
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Arya, Darius Andre. "The goddess Fortuna in imperial Rome cult, art, text /." Thesis, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3101196.
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Chirapravati, M. L. Pattaratorn. "The cult of votive tablets in Thailand, sixth to thirteenth centuries." 1994. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/63882009.html.
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Busby, Kimberly Sue. "The temple terracottas of Etruscan Orvieto : a vision of the underworld in the art and cult of ancient Volsinii /." 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3301107.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007.Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-02, Section: A, page: 0410. Adviser: Eric Hostetter. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 379-392). Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.
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Smith, Timothy Bryan Freiberg Jack. "Alberto Aringhieri and the chapel of Saint John the Baptist patronage, politics, and the cult of relics in renaissance Siena /." 2002. http://etd.lib.fsu.edu/theses/available/etd-06232003-193658/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2002.Advisor: Dr. Jack Freiberg, Florida State University, School of Visual Arts and Dance, Dept. of Art History. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Oct. 7, 2003). Includes bibliographical references.
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Přikrylová, Hana. "Kritéria pro porovnávání sportu a umění." Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-339689.
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Title: Criteriafor the comparison ofsportand art Objectives:The aim of this thesis is to develop its own criteria that enable sport and arts closer comparison. The criteria for comparison should be based on the sources studied, indicating the definition of sport and art. The sub-objectives include a definition of the field of sport and art that best suits examined issue. The work also aims to demonstrate that the issues examined are a topic that interested personalities such as Pierre de Coubertin and are still current as in the case of New Circus. Methods:The basicmethodologyof theoretical work, see chaptermethodology. Results: A close examinationof the literaturefocused onthedivisionof sport onpurposeandaesthetic. Comparisonaestheticssportswith artandcreate your owncomparison criteriaforthe sportandartusedon a specificexample of a newcircus. Keywords: Sport, art, visual culture, kalokagathia, olympism, the cult of the body. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Fričová, Michaela. "Svatí a blahoslavení polští mučedníci v průběhu staletí." Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-323028.
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The Saint and Hallow Polish Martyrs In The Course of Centuries The objective of thesis "The Saint and Hallow Polish Martyrs In The Course of Centuries" is the introduction of selected Polish martyrs from the middle ages until the end of the 20th century. The thesis follow their cult development from its origin until present, including related demonstration of art, in particular the development of iconography. They also follow the influence of life example and the subsequent cult of the martyrs on the society at that time, as well as the spiritual and national awareness of the following generations. In this connection, they also give attention to particularities of the Polish national history, the constitutional arrangement, the artistic and culture relationships and environment and the history of the Catholic Church in Poland. Each chapter, which is introducing a Saint or a group of martyrs, is divided into three parts - the epoch, the life, the cult and iconography. The objective of this division is the schema of historical conditions in which the personality of the Saint was formed. These historical conditions were also determine for the martyrdom. The next parts of the chapters deal with a brief biography of the Saint and the summary of significant moments in the development of the Saint's cult...
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Öztürk, Onur. "Temples of divine rulers and urban transformation in Roman-Asia : the cases of Aphrodisias, Ephesos and Pergamon." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/21835.
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This study provides an in depth analysis of three temples dedicated to emperors in Roman Asia (western Asia Minor): the Temple of Divine Rulers at Aphrodisias, the Temple of Divine Rulers at Ephesus and the Temple of Zeus Philios and Trajan at Pergamon. Focusing on each case study in a separate chapter, the project provides a brief introduction to each city's history and a detailed discussion of each temple's name, dating, patronage structure, architectural form, sculptural program, and the application techniques of sculptural and architectural details. The study proposes an understanding of these temples as key monuments of constantly changing dynamic urban landscapes rather than simple symbolic gestures towards the Roman emperors. Utilizing Kevin Lynch's terminology, the project suggests close links between each monument and the already existing urban elements of each individual city, further strengthening its overall urban image. These structures were essential to their urban contexts, and their meanings and functions were directly linked to the culture and history of each city. Finally, the project demonstrates that through their architectural designs and sculptural programs, each temple emphasized the perspectives of the local elite. The methodology of the project involves a careful study of the city plans, an analysis of context-specific local features and finally a consideration of multiple-viewer perceptions. This dissertation aims to provide an alternative model for later studies in Roman provincial art and architecture.text
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Saloio, Marta Isabel Romão. "Os relicários em Portugual e no Mundo Português entre os Séculos XVI e XVIII. Um Estudo Introdutório." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/20132.
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A presente dissertação é dedicada aos relicários, produzidos em Portugal e nos territórios dominados pela Coroa Portuguesa entre os séculos XVI e XVIII. Dos diferentes núcleos que fazem parte deste enorme conjunto, o da igreja de São Roque merece especial desenvolvimento pelo significado de que se reveste. A devoção prestada aos restos mortais ou materiais de figuras de santos, da Virgem e do próprio Cristo desenvolveu o culto das relíquias, que, vindo da Idade Média foi duramente criticado pelo movimento da Reforma Protestante. Confirmada a sua validade pelo Concílio de Trento, o culto das relíquias implicou uma produção de relicários em todo o espaço europeu que permaneceu fiel a Roma, tendo contribuído para isso a acção da Companhia de Jesus e o exemplo de colecções régias, como a de Filipe II de Espanha. Em Portugal, este aspecto relaciona-se também com a expansão para Oriente e o Brasil, introduzindo elementos extraeuropeus nas suas realizações. A grande variedade das tipologias, dos cofres e cruzes aos bustos e braços relicários, ligadas às artes decorativas e à escultura, tornam os relicários na arte portuguesa um campo de estudo bastante extenso, que esta dissertação procura abordar de forma introdutória.This dissertation is dedicated to the reliquaries, produced in Portugal and in the territories dominated by the Portuguese Crown between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. Of the different cores that are part of this huge set, the São Roque church deserves special development by means of which it contains. The devotion paid to the remains or figures of saints materials, the Virgin and Christ himself developed the cult of relics, which, from the Middle Ages was heavily criticized by the movement of the Protestant Reformation. Confirmed the validity of the Council of Trent, the cult of relics led to a reliquaries production throughout the European area that remained loyal to Rome and contributed to that the Company's share of Jesus and the example of royal collections, such as Philip II of Spain. In Portugal, this aspect also relates to the expansion to East and Brazil, introducing extraeuropeus elements in their achievements. The wide variety of types, the vaults and crosses the busts reliquaries and arms, related to decorative arts and sculpture, make the shrines in Portuguese art a very extensive field of study, this dissertation seeks to address in an introductory way.