Sökning: "classical tradition"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 51 avhandlingar innehållade orden classical tradition.

  1. 1. Studies in Roman architecture : Configuring the classical orders

    Författare :Peter Liljenstolpe; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Architecture; classical architecture; Roman archaeology; classical archaeology; column; capital; ornamentation; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Sammanfattning : This study describes the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic and Corinthian orders as subsystems, which were configured according to the desired effect of the system, i.e. the architecture. This follows what Vitruvius termed decor and was dependent on either physical factors, convention or custom. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Dazzling Dining : Banquets as an Expression of Imperial Legitimacy

    Författare :Simon Malmberg; Averil Cameron; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Banquets; emperor; legitimation; rituals; ideology; propaganda; Domus Augustana; Great Palace; triclinium; Rome; Constantinople; virtues; Christianity; precedence; consensus; tradition; court; late antiquity.; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Antikens kultur och samhälle; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines how banquets hosted by the Roman emperor were vehicles of imperial propaganda and expressions of the ruler’s political legitimation. The focus will be on the banquets held in the palace of Domus Augustana in Rome and in the Great Palace in Constantinople during the period AD 330-580. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Aristotle in the Greek gnomological tradition

    Författare :Denis M. Searby; Jan Fredrik Kindstrand; Dimitri Gutas; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical philology - general; anthology; apophthegm; Aristotle; chreia; Chreiae of Aristotle; CorpusParisinum; Diogenes Laertius; florilegium; gnome; gnomology; Gnomologium Parisinum Ineditum; Gnomologium Vaticanum; Greek gnomological tradition; LociCommunes; maxim; ps.-Maximus; Stobaeus; wise sayings; Klassiska språk - allmänt; Classical Greek language; Klassisk grekiska; Greek; Grekiska;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of a new collection of maxims and apophthegms associatedwith Aristotle in the Greek gnomologies along with an introduction to the sources and acommentary on the content of the sayings. The major sources have been DiogenesLaertius, the anthology of Stobaeus, Gnomologium Vaticanum and related collections,cod. Par. gr. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Klassicismens interiörer : Inredningskonst och arkitekturprofiler från Vitruvius till Tessin

    Författare :Stefan Günther; Johan Mårtelius; Fredric Bedoire; Ove Hidemark; Lars Karlsson; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Architectural theory; Historiography; Architecture; Interior decoration; France; Italy; Sweden; 15th–17th centuries; Vitruvius; Columnar orders; Moulding; Classicism in Art; Design; Conservation; Restoration; Architecture and architectural conservation and restoration; Arkitektur och bebyggelsevård;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to describe and analyse the design and development of the classical interior detail and its theoretical background from its Italian origins through its development into a shared European style around 1700. It mainly presents a close study of some forty chosen interiors in Italy, France and Sweden dating from antiquity to the close of the seventeenth century. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Överflöd och ofullbordan : Essä om det moderna

    Författare :Bo Isenberg; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; abstraction; abundance; classical modernity; contingency; crisis; modernity; oblivion; postmodernity; the principle of insufficient reason; religion; society; sociology; structivity; Sociology; tradition; cultural sociology; historical anthropology; Sociologi; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

    Sammanfattning : The problem which the present study discusses is modernity. The study interprets modernity’s cultural and anthropological dispositions as historical appearances. Consequently, it is situated at the intersection of cultural sociology and historical anthropology. The aim is to generate insight and understanding rather than a coherent theory. LÄS MER