Browsing Journals (South African Journal of Art History (SAJAH)) by Title

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  • East - West South - North : the villancico as carrier of visual, tonal and cultural art forms 
    Geldenhuys, Daniel G. (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2007)
    The article deals with the origins and background of the villancico, explaining its role in the transfer and assimilation of cultures between continents. It deals with the resultant metamorphosis and "otherness" of the ...
  • Ecological ‘art’ and the transformation of the world 
    Olivier, Bert (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2007)
    If the modernist artwork was autonomous in the sense of being subject only to the aesthetic laws of its own distinctive being, ecological artworks cannot be understood as ‘autonomous’, but – in accordance with ecological ...
  • Editorial 
    Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2007)
    Response from academics in a variety of disciplines who have not given up on beauty, but are aware of ugliness and willing to introduce new applications for the sublime in visual artefacts.
  • Editorial 
    Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2009)
  • Editorial 
    Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2008)
    Design as a theme.
  • Editorial 
    Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2009)
    Editorial to a special issue of SAJAH with the theme "Art/Architecture/Music".
  • Editorial 
    Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2010)
    Editorial to SAJAH 2010 with the theme “The visual arts and the sciences".
  • Editorial 
    Noble, J.A. (Jonathan) (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2010)
    Editorial to SAJAH 2010 issue with the theme: "The processes of mediation".
  • Editorial 
    Steyn, Gerald (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2007)
    The South African Journal of Art History allows the 'art' in architecture to be celebrated and explored.
  • Editorial 
    Bakker, Karel Anthonie (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2008)
    Editorial.
  • Editorial : Ruination as metaphor and process : ideals, damage, and the passing of time 
    Mare, Estelle Alma; Bitzer, Rudolf (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2011)
  • Editorial : The visual arts and the law 
    Kelbrick, Roshana; Stevens, Ingrid; Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2011)
  • Eenheidfaktore in die ontwikkeling van moskee-ontwerp 
    Le Roux, S.W. (Schalk Willem) (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 1989)
    Despite the immediately recognisable differences in form, construction, use of material and variance in spatial realisation between mosques throughout the Muslim world, they share architectural elements and principles. ...
  • The effect of media law on selected Zimbabwean editorial cartoons during Zimbabwe’s 2008 harmonised general elections 
    Mushohwe, Knowledge; Saayman Hattingh, Heidi; Economou, Inge (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2011)
    During the 2008 elections the Zimbabwean media laws had a direct impact on the way that editorial cartoonists expressed themselves. The study contextualises an understanding of the editorial cartoon as practised in an ...
  • Eight lessons from karesansui 
    Van Tonder, Gert J. (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2006)
    Eight structural aspects of Japanese dry rock gardens are presented as suggested conceptual qualities for probing the underlying logic of naturalistic landscape design. The aim is to better equip a methodic research ...
  • El Greco, a mediator of modern painting 
    Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2010)
    Without clear articulation of their insights, except in painted copies of and citations from his works, various modern artists seem to have recognised that formally El Greco’s late paintings are mental constructs, representing ...
  • El Greco’s representation of the body of Christ in the "Crucifixion with Donors" : its mediation between the divine and the human 
    Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2012)
    The focus of this research is El Greco’s representation of Christ on the cross in the "Crucifixion with Donors" (circa 1577-80, Musée du Louvre). This painting shows the semi-nude body of the centrally placed Christ figure ...
  • El Greco’s use of hidden geometry : an analysis of the concealed Kabbalistic sefirot in the Virgin and Child with Saints Agnes and Martina 
    Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2006)
    This article introduces a neglected aspect of El Greco’s fantasia, namely the hidden geometric frameworks of his later compositions which, when discovered by the viewer, reveal El Greco’s scientific approach to art and ...
  • Empathy as perception in downtown Los Angeles and the Walt Disney Concert Hall as an act of architecture 
    Geldenhuys, Daniel G. (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2008)
    The present article suggests that empathy is not the sole preserve of human beings, and that a city or buildings can also relate with empathy to people and the environment. The Walt Disney Concert Hall, designed by the ...
  • Enkele tendense in kunshistoriese navorsing in Suid-Afrika 
    Van der Waal, Gerhard-Mark (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 1987-06)
    As vertrekpunt vir 'n moontlike bree oorsig van die groei van Kunsgeskiedenis in Suid-Afrika, bied hierdie artikel enkele bevindings op grond van die gelewerde formele studies oor die afgelope vyftig jaar. Aan die hand van ...