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South African Journal of Art History Volume 27 (2012): Recent submissions

  • Architectology® : architectural knowledge construction 
    Concepcion Diez-Pastor, M. (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2012)
    Recent theoretical debates on the sources of architectural knowledge tend to dissect architecture into a set of atomized disciplines, or else define it as a multidisciplinary matter. Such are for instance the most recent ...
  • Theorizing a contradiction between form and function in architecture 
    Hendrix, John (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2012)
    The contradiction between form and function should be seen as an important element in architecture. Modernist functionalism prioritized the necessity that form is seen as a consequence of function, adapting Louis Sullivan’s ...
  • David Hicks at Riversfield Farm – the closing of a chapter 
    Vosloo, Pieter Tobias (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2012)
    David Hicks, internationally renowned British interior designer, author and garden designer, designed only three gardens in South Africa of which Riversfield Farm in the KZN Midlands was his last and uncompleted by the ...
  • Typological form in the architecture of Gabriel (Gawie) Fagan (1925-) 
    Barker, Arthur Adrian Johnson (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2012)
    Gabriël (Gawie) Fagan (1925-) is a leading South African architect. His architecture is regionally rooted and can be described as a “new” architecture that mediates between a love of the Cape vernacular, functional ...
  • The mindful landscape : a healing outdoor experience for Weskoppies psychiatric hospital 
    Van der Walt, Ralene; Breed, Ida (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2012)
    According to the World Health Organisation mental illnesses have consistently increased over the past century, resulting in undisputed social and economical consequences. The confinement of patients to mental institutions ...
  • Reflecting on the art making process 
    Van Heerden, Ariana; Munro, Marth (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2012)
    This article reports on a mixed method study of painting and drawing activities of professional artists utilizing semi-structured interviews documenting affective states. The experiential data was supplemented with ...
  • Becoming the body, approaching the body, re-enacting the body : Jew in Venice 
    Taub, Myer (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2012)
    This paper considers several examples of creative work specifically situated in the city of Venice as an amplification of otherness made apparent through the city’s metonymy of the physical body. This is an attempt to ...