Browsing South African Journal of Art History Volume 17 (2002) by Title

Browsing South African Journal of Art History Volume 17 (2002) by Title

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  • 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 ...
  • Information world of visual artists 
    Gericke, Elizabeth M.; Van Zijl, Carol (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2002)
    The information world of South African visual artists was investigated. It was found that artists need a variety of information sources. The most pressing problems are a lack of information about local artists, lack of ...
  • "Ise Jingu" : a manifestation of the coeval past, present and future 
    Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2002)
    The purpose of this article is not to describe, but mainly to interpret the meaning of "Ise Jingu", Japan, as a unique manifestation of Shinto architecture. For this purpose, reference is made to ideas expressed by Japanese ...
  • Kieslowski's "Three Colours 'Blue', 'White' and 'Red'" : the colours of life 
    Olivier, Bert (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2002)
    This article is an art-philosophical interpretation of Kieslowski's film trilogy, "Blue", "White" and "Red", in terms of Gadamer's distinction among the three hermeneutic activities of understanding, interpretation and ...
  • The Lamu house - an East African architectural enigma 
    Steyn, Gerald (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2002)
    Lamu is a living town off the Kenya coast. It was recently nominated to the World Heritage List. The town has been relatively undisturbed by colonization and modernization. This study reports on the early Swahili dwelling, ...
  • Mary Stainbank and popular culture : images of the "i[n]digene" 
    Liebenberg-Barkhuizen, Estelle (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2002)
    In her experimental carvings, Mary Agnes Stainbank (1899 - 1996) depicted the South African indigene as subject matter. She continued its use in the popular cultural artefacts intended for mass production, which she made ...
  • My people and other animals : Jacques Fuller's picaresque sculpture 
    Van den Berg, Dirk Johannes (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2002)
    The work of the Bloemfontein sculptor, Jacques Fuller, an interesting case of rural art at the margins of the mainstream artworld, has recently become known through a touring exhibition curated by Oliewenhuis Art Museum ...
  • South African Journal of Art History, volume 17, 2002 
    Allen, N.P.L. (Nicholas P.L.); Mare, Estelle Alma (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2002)
  • Subversion of the dominant narrative structure of mainstream American cinema in Aronofsky's "Requiem for a Dream" (2001) 
    Konik, Adrian (Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 2002)
    In "Requiem for a Dream" (2001), Aronofsky uses certain techniques of critical cinema to make the audience aware of the "constructed-ness" of the represented material. In doing so he goes against the "norms" of mainstream ...