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11. Om måleriet i den klassicistiska konstteorin : Praktikens teoretiska position under 1700-talets andra hälft
Sammanfattning : The character of the manual execution and material form of the art object were ascribed little value in the classicist theory of art. The practical act of painting was associated with handicraft and routine. LÄS MER
12. Counterpoint and Partimento : Methods of Teaching Composition in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples
Sammanfattning : During the second half of the eighteenth century, the city of Naples had three music conservatories: the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Onofrio, the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto, and the Conservatorio di Santa Maria della Pietà de’ Turchini. Through disciplines such as solfeggio, partimento, and counterpoint, the students at these institutions received highly professional training in singing, instrumental playing, and composition. LÄS MER
13. I want to stay : Local community and prisoners of war at the dawn of the eighteenth century
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is about war captivity in the early eighteenth century. It is also about the ways in which early modern local communities negotiated their boundaries towards the outside world. The resident populations’ interaction with prisoners of war (POWs) offers unique perspectives on how local communities handled wartime migrants. LÄS MER
14. Vice in the Service of Virtue: John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Sammanfattning : Originally published in two volumes in 1748-9, John Cleland’s Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (or Fanny Hill) has long been an underground classic. Because of this underground status, and the prejudicial treatment of literary pornography, Memoirs has never been thoroughly investigated. LÄS MER
15. Min allrabästa och ömmaste vän! Kvinnors brevskrivning under svenskt 1700-tal
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of women's letter-writing in eighteenth-century Sweden. The letters are written by a number of women from the uppper classes (nobility and bourgeoisie) during the last two decades of the eighteenth century. The majority of the letters are written in Swedish, some however in French. LÄS MER