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

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  • On the question of architecture and identity, in post-apartheid South Africa 
    Noble, J.A. (Jonathan); Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2014)
    Considerations as to personal and group identity seem to be everywhere these days, in the national news, in the latest pop/rap video and with respect to the very clothes that we choose to wear. Significantly, in ...
  • On ‘beauty’ : flowers in postmodern art 
    Lategan, Anita; Stevens, Ingrid (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2006)
    In this article, Umberto Eco’s definitions of beauty from his recent publication, On Beauty: a history of a western idea (2004), are used to examine a selection of postmodern artworks that depict flowers either as ...
  • Opleiding van argitektuurhistorici in Suid-Afrika 
    Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 1987-06)
    Die problematiese aard van argitektuur in Suid-Afrika wat in 'n krisis- en oorgangsfase verkeer, moet nagegaan word, want met die oog op die toekoms sal die praktyk deurslaggewend wees vir navorsers. Voorlopig sou mens kon ...
  • The origins of art : an archaeological or a philosophical problem? 
    Avital, Tsion (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2001)
    During our century the demarcation lines between art and non-art have become vague to the extent that the continuation of art as a valuable component of culture is questionable. The history of art and aesthetics has so ...
  • Out of the musical box 
    Mendoza, Marisela; Halion, Simon; Quek, Raymond (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2009)
    The present paper explores the correlations of music and architecture through a design studio project carried out by second year students of the Architecture programme at Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. ...
  • Paradigmatiese verskuiwings in die Suid-Afrikaanse kunsgeskiedskrywing 
    Hagg, Gerard (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 1987)
    Twee kunshistoriese metodes word bespreek. "Kanonisering" beklemtoon die kunstenaar as geisoleerd van sy omgewing en as 'n voorbeeld van ideologiese of estetiese voorkeure van groepe wat strewe na dominansie. Coert Steynberg ...
  • Paradoks van begrip as grondslag van kreatiwiteit en kuns as 'n simbool daarvan 
    Engel, E.P. (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 1991-11-08)
    Die metodologiese krisis in die Kunsgeskiedenis kan op die rekening van die eensydigheid van navorsingsmetodes geplaas word. Aan die hand van 'n ontleding van enkele werke van J.H. Pierneef word die binere en paradoksale ...
  • The paradoxes of art 
    Olivier, Bert; Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2013)
    Art’s paradoxical character lends itself to being elaborated upon by identifying several paradoxes at the heart of it. This goes for all of the arts – architecture, painting, sculpture, dance, music, literature and cinema. ...
  • Passionate living and truth-telling techné 
    Hurst, Andrea (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2007)
    It is a commonplace among philosophers that we actualize our humanity most fully by “living a creative life,” and that creativity is the response to desire or passion. In this article, I argue that Plato’s “cave allegory,” ...
  • Past imperfect: future tense. The response of art in a time of crisis 
    Hoffie, Pat (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2007)
    This essay examines the effects of ‘global terrorism’ in terms of former terrorisms and questions the extent to which contemporary art can offer an appropriate fulcrum for reconsideration of the impact of such regimes on ...
  • A pattern language as a tool for studying African urbanism using Malindi, Kenya, as a case-study 
    Steyn, Gerald (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2006)
    There is unquestionably an urgent need to study African urban entities, but the most appropriate method remains a controversial issue. This article was motivated by a speculative question: Could A pattern language (Alexander ...
  • The perceptual totality of group design in sacred Classical Greek architecture : the approach and the Temple of Apollo at Delphi and the Panathenaic Way, the Propylaea and the temples on the Athenian Acropolis 
    Mare, Estelle Alma; Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2013)
    It is the contention of this research to explain the perceptual totality of composed groups of Classical Greek buildings in sacred precincts, as exemplified at Delphi and the Athenian Acropolis. The main proposal to be ...
  • Perspectival parody in Hogarth's "Satire on false perspective" 
    Cornew, Clive (Art Historical Workgroup of South Africa, 2000)
    The viewer of Hogarth's "Satire on false perspective" notices many instances of perspectival parody in the picture. Taken as a whole, his picture may be regarded as an emblem for viewing Hogarth's picaresque view of the ...
  • Pictorial textuality : the imaginative reading of pictures 
    Van den Berg, Dirk Johannes (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 1998)
    The notion of multiple, concurrent readings is used to explore the status of pictorial textuality as a model for the art of painting. Being encapsulations of materiality, visuality, artefactuality and narrativity, paintings ...
  • Pikturale wendingsfigure in pikareske narratiewe (Part 1) 
    Van den Berg, Dirk Johannes (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 1992-11)
    Die redenasie word met behulp van woord-beeldinteraksies gevoer. Eers word enkele narratologiese begrippe verduidelik aan die hand van bevatlike items uit die massakommunikasiemedia. Daarna word die lees van pikturale ...
  • Pikturale wendingsfigure in pikareske narratiewe (Part 2) 
    Van den Berg, Dirk Johannes (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 1992-11)
    Die redenasie word met behulp van woord-beeldinteraksies gevoer. Eers word enkele narratologiese begrippe verduidelik aan die hand van bevatlike items uit die massakommunikasiemedia. Daarna word die lees van pikturale ...
  • Play as a creative factor in the visual arts : a hermeneutical reflection 
    Janse van Vuuren, Lukas M. (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2009)
    This article demonstrates in a hermeneutical context how the interrelation between play, "mimesis" and fiction contribute to the interactive making and interpretation of visual art works. A theoretical model is employed ...
  • Playing with the image : in conversation with Margaret Roberts 
    Schmidt, Leoni (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2006)
  • Political imaginings in the visual art of South African Indians 
    Moodley, Nalini (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2012)
    During times of pain, trauma and disempowerment, the creative field of fine art affords an opportunity for communication and self-empowerment. In the 1980s, which was one of the most turbulent decades in South Africa’s ...
  • The political significance of patina as materialised time 
    Konik, Adrian; Konik, Inge; Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2013)
    With reference to Grant McCracken’s seminal work on the eclipse of patina through consumerism, this article investigates the compensatory dynamics of contemporary consumption practices centred on novel items rather than ...