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

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  • From starlight to pixels ; the luminous world of artist Lily Yeh 
    Zanzot, Jocelyn E. (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2007)
    Grass-roots, community art is typically not discussed in terms of the sublime because it aims to alleviate not provoke feelings of terror or shock, regenerate rather than exploit the disturbing vastness of landscapes of ...
  • Gender, ideology and display 
    De Villiers Human, Suzanne (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2003)
    A visual argument is put forward by means of the association of motifs related to the image of the Fool and its metaphorical meanings, like many mirrors reflecting into one another. This method of shaping [an] argument by ...
  • Geology and ruin as settlement generators in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 
    Van der Vyver, Yolanda (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2011)
    When choosing a site for their colonial towns the Greeks favoured places that resembled the geological context of their native country, because they could adapt their familiar water management and town-planning practices ...
  • Geomantic mapping of the human body in Japanese landscape design 
    Van Tonder, Gert J.; Hare, Thomas (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2012)
    Harmony between the forces of nature and human activity was of great concern throughout the history of Japan. The divination of these important forces were governed through a canon of geomantic landscape design principles ...
  • Gerard Moerdijk - death and memorializing in his architecture for the Afrikaner nationalist project 
    Fisher, Roger C.; Clarke, Nicholas John (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2010)
    The oeuvre of Gerard Moerdijk, as practitioner and self-proclaimed architect to the Afrikaner Nationalist Project, used the opportunity of the memorializing of deceased personages taken up in the epic narrative of Afrikaner ...
  • Gerard Moerdijk - the formative years 
    Fisher, Roger C.; Allen, N.P.L. (Nicholas P.L.); Mare, Estelle Alma; Steyn, Gerald; Van den Berg, Dirk Johannes (Art Historical Group of South Africa, 2003)
    In this article Moerdijk's early architectual career is paralleled with the chronological sequence of texts that express his concerns with developing an authentic South African style. In these we discover those significant ...
  • Getting away with it 
    Taub, Myer (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2011)
    This paper applies an appropriation of leveling, as a performance / performance art construct, in order to contribute to the dialogue between art and authority in the post-apartheid city of Johannesburg.
  • Globalisation, vernacularisasion and the invention of identities 
    Steyn, Gerald; Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2014)
    Architects are adamant that academic qualifications are a prerequisite for design competence. It is therefore ironic that vernacular architecture is having a significant impact on contemporary architectural design ...
  • The greening of art : ecology, community and the public domain 
    Ross, Wendy (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2008)
    Environmental degradation, pollution and poverty are said to be destroying most countries worldwide. This article responds to the need for the recognition of the role that ecologically-concerned art can play in environmental ...
  • Heroes and superheroes : from myth to the American comic book 
    Winterbach, Hougaard (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2006)
    This article demonstrates that the mythological hero who appears in myth, legend and folklore has resurfaced in the twentieth century as the American comic book superhero. First, the differences between the hero and ...
  • Heterotrophic syntheses : mediation in the domestic architecture of Gabriël Fagan 
    Barker, Arthur Adrian Johnson (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2010)
    Gabriël (Gawie) Fagan (1925) is a leading South African architect. His architecture is regionally rooted and can be described as a "new" architectural language that mediates between a love of the Cape vernacular, functional ...
  • Historicism as an aspect of a pragmatist theory of architecture 
    Coetzee, Anton (Art Historical Workgroup of South Africa, 1999)
    In this essay an attempt is made to validate the historicist theories that architectural practices change over time and that architecture can be interpreted as manifestations of the beliefs existing in particular communities ...
  • History is returning to design 
    Tzonis, Alexander; Lefaivre, Liane (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2012)
    I looked up “history” in the dictionary. The definition I liked best was, “study of the past.” Now any number of things can be the study of the past. Archaeology is the study of the past; it has more specific definitions ...
  • History, ruin and sacrament : the breaking of images and the breaking of the bread 
    De Villiers-Human, Suzanne (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2011)
    The current renewed interest in the phenomenon of iconoclasm (a form of ruination) is a symptom of the re-thinking of the image in a medium-aware milieu. When the medium is attacked in iconoclastic acts, images endure ...
  • An holistic approach to the appreciation of domestic architecture 
    Hickling, G.R. (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 1992-11)
    For man, the dwelling house is possibly the most intimate and meaningful building in the architectural spectrum. Too often the study of domestic architecture is approached merely as a cold intellectual exercise. Buildings ...
  • “Hollow” : reflections on practice, the artefact and the body 
    Du Preez, Linda; Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2014)
    This article uses a rhizomatic approach to explore how the artist acquired experiential knowledge and insight through the experience and practice of making the expressive artefact “Hollow” (2011). Sullivan argues, “the ...
  • The homology between the heavenly and the earthly kingdoms in late medieval Portugal 
    Afonso, Luís (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2002)
    The purpose of this paper is to study the homology between the heavenly and the earthly kingdoms in late medieval Portugal. The analysis that follows, is based both on large-scale public iconographic programmes, namely ...
  • How far can artistic speech go with the use of famous trademarks & designs? 
    De Beer, K.E.A. (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2011)
    On the 4th of May 2011 the District Court of The Hague (the Netherlands) reached a decision on the dispute between Louis Vuitton and artist Nadja Plesner. Louis Vuitton claimed Plesner had infringed the design right of ...
  • Huletts-hoofkwartier, Durban: 'n fenomenologiese ondersoek 
    Erasmus, Anna (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 1992-11)
    Die Huletts-hoofkwartier in Durban is vanuit 'n fenomenologiese oogpunt ontwerp. Hierdie ondersoek dui daarop dat die gebou nie slegs die resultaat is van sekere funksionele oorwegings nie, maar van die fenomenologiese ...
  • Human rights and human wrongs: public perceptions of Diane Victor’s 'Disasters of Peace' 
    Rankin, Elizabeth (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2011)
    Diane Victor’s print series, Disasters of Peace, pays homage to Goya’s revelations about war but addresses the violence of peace in post-apartheid South Africa. The delicate line and tone of her etching processes seduce ...