Modern mass culture often uses religious figures as a medium to express social and political beliefs, leading to their transformation. In this article I examine how the Iron Vaginas in the song Wziemiowstąpienie reinterpret the figure of the Virgin Mary. By interpreting the lyrics of the song and the music video for the song, it is possible to find...
The article is devoted to the analysis of the role of intergenerational transmission in the shaping of an artist’s identity on the example of the Lodz-Lviv Minich family. My main purpose was to capture the content and meanings contained in the aforementioned transmission, to look for examples and explanations of how the intellectual atmosphere of M...
In art-historical terms, a self-portrait in assistenza refers to an artist having inserted their own likeness into a larger work. In Renaissance-era art, more than 90 examples have been identified, famously including Botticelli’s Adoration of the Magi (c. 1478/1483). There, Botticelli glances out from the painting, making direct eye contact with th...
Published in Human Affairs
Collingwood’s concept of corruption of consciousness is introduced, followed by an extended example from art history. While the typical Renaissance nude enabled, or even encouraged, corruption of consciousness on the part of the male spectator, the nudes by Goya and Manet led the viewer to confront his disowned feelings, thus serving as a medicine ...
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The article aims to explore the evolution of the concept of the artist from the Renaissance to the modern era, focusing on how cultural, philosophical, and socio-economic factors have redefined the artist's role in Western society. The study examines the shift from viewing artists as artisans or servants of religion and power to recognizing them as...
The increasing prevalence and familiarity of Artificial Intelligence (AI) significantly impact various life aspects, particularly in the creative domain. Understanding perspectives and motivations towards AI, especially among artistic individuals, is crucial due to the substantial influence of this technology on their work. This paper investigates ...
Introduction: The book Remembranzas costarricenses. Cantos tradicionales y algo más... was published by the Costa Rican Commission for Cooperation with the United Na-tions Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1994 and 2012 (first and second editions). Flora Elizondo Jenkins and Carmen Méndez Navas transcribed 25 songs from ...
The first edition of the correspondence of the greek-venetian jacobin Giorgio Ricchi
Studies of the fauna from the Cave « Cuvier 1 » and the various levels of the cave « Cuvier 2 » at Fouvent-le-Bas have encouraged artists and scientists to reconstruct the extinct fauna of large mammals, carnivores and microfauna that used these sites. In each cave, the fauna represents those typical of the steppe-tundra in which the woolly mammoth...
