Sökning: "motifs and symbols"
Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 15 avhandlingar innehållade orden motifs and symbols.
6. Vackert och värdigt : Liturgiska textilier från svenska ateljéer 1880 - 1930
Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with the production of liturgical textiles in five Swedish studios between 1880 and 1930. It is based on a survey of what was delivered to and preserved in the buildings of the Church of Sweden, more than 4,000 recorded objects. LÄS MER
7. Kameran i krig : den fotografiska iscensättningen av Vietnamkriget i svensk press
Sammanfattning : The doctoral thesis deals with the problems of (news) photographic representation in general, and is based on an empirical study ofVietnam War photography in four major Swedish daily newspapers. A more specific aim of the thesis is to investigate and ideologically evaluate the representational strategies of the press photographs. LÄS MER
8. Pictorial Primates: A Search for Iconic Abilities in Great Apes
Sammanfattning : Pictures and other iconic media are used extensively in psychological experiments on nonhuman primate perception, categorisation, etc. They are also used in everyday interaction with primates, and as pure entertainment. LÄS MER
9. Föreställd hedendom. Tidigmedeltida skandinaviska kyrkportar i forskning och historia
Sammanfattning : The thesis discusses Medieval Scandinavian art, in particular church doors and portals from 12th and 13th century Sweden and Norway. The entrance of the church was a demarcation of holiness, but also a meeting place for the local communities, where otherwise secular activities could be legitimatized by the ecclesiastical context. LÄS MER
10. Greeting the visitor : A contextualising study of fauces-mosaics in Pompeii
Sammanfattning : The focus for this study is the collection of mosaic-floors that adorn the entrances, fauces, to atrium-houses around Pompeii. The aim is to further our understanding of the Roman view of transitional spaces, in this case the private house-entrance between the inside and the outside world. LÄS MER