Hasil untuk "Visual arts"

Alexander Streitberger

Susanne Kriemann’s books P(ech) B(lende) and Ge(ssenwiese) K(anigsberg) are dedicated to the invisible after-effects of radioactivity. These books-as-library bring together multiple textual genres and forms of representation, produced by several authors. They explore « radioactive afterlife », which indicates not only the horizon of survival after nuclear catastrophe, but also the survival of images given the impossibility of representing an invisible and immeasurable phenomenon.

Mengxi Tian, Shaohua Ding

Dongba painting is an ancient art form created by the ancestors of the Naxi people. As a masterpiece of Dongba scroll painting, <i>The Road to Heaven</i>, exemplifies the simplicity and beauty of the primitive Dongba religion and stands as a unique treasure within Naxi painting, possessing significant value for both art and religious research. <i>The Road to Heaven</i> serves as an essential religious ritual artifact in the Dongba religion of the Naxi people. Utilizing the format of a long scroll painting, it depicts the Naxi people’s reflections on the origins of life; the relationships between humans, nature, and society; and the exploration of life’s ultimate destiny, thereby presenting a distinctive worldview. This article constructs a theoretical analysis framework based on an iconographic study of <i>The Road to Heaven</i>, exploring the unique artistic representation, aesthetic spirit, worldview, and religious origins of the Naxi people to gain a deeper understanding of the construction of their spiritual homeland. At the level of pre-iconographic description, this article primarily analyzes the subject matter and contents of <i>The Road to Heaven</i>, the materials employed in the painting, and its artistic features. The iconographic analysis examines the thematic elements of <i>The Road to Heaven</i>; the virtual world structure of the Dongba religion’s imagined realms of gods, humans, and spirits; and its simple, natural, vivid, and imaginative aesthetic style. At the level of iconological interpretation, in this article, the characteristics of the religious beliefs shown in <i>The Road to Heaven</i> and the main factors influencing its aesthetic spirit are analyzed. We reveal that although the Dongba religion intersects and integrates with Tibetan Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Daoism, and other ideologies and cultures, ancestor worship remains a dominant force guiding Naxi behavior. The unique natural environment, historical migrations, and multicultural exchanges of the Naxi people are the primary factors shaping their aesthetic spirit. By systematically analyzing <i>The Road to Heaven</i> from the perspective of iconology, this study provides evidence of its profound connections with Naxi social history, offering a more comprehensive view of the Naxi people’s aesthetic spirit and cultural connotations while presenting new approaches for researching <i>The Road to Heaven</i>.

Edoardo Dotto

Laura Carlevaris’s volume L’Ottica di Claudio Tolomeo nella storia della prospettiva (Claudius Ptolemy’s Optics in the history of perspective), published in 2024 by Edizioni Quasar of Rome –specialized in the fields of Antiquities and Archaeology– has been available since 2024 on the digital platform Torrossa, in digital format. [read more]

Gert Aarts, Diaa E. Habibi, Lingxiao Wang et al.

To analyse how diffusion models learn correlations beyond Gaussian ones, we study the behaviour of higher-order cumulants, or connected n-point functions, under both the forward and backward process. We derive explicit expressions for the moment- and cumulant-generating functionals, in terms of the distribution of the initial data and properties of forward process. It is shown analytically that during the forward process higher-order cumulants are conserved in models without a drift, such as the variance-expanding scheme, and that therefore the endpoint of the forward process maintains nontrivial correlations. We demonstrate that since these correlations are encoded in the score function, higher-order cumulants are learnt in the backward process, also when starting from a normal prior. We confirm our analytical results in an exactly solvable toy model with nonzero cumulants and in scalar lattice field theory.

Luís Alberto Rocha Melo

O objetivo deste artigo é investigar o discurso historiográfico construído pela série de televisão 90 anos de cinema: uma aventura brasileira (1988), dirigida por Eduardo Escorel e Roberto Feith, produzida pela Metavídeo e exibida pela extinta TV Manchete. O roteiro da série de seis episódios ficou a cargo de Eduardo Coutinho. Entre os tópicos analisados neste texto, foram examinados: a forma panorâmica assumida pela série televisiva; o estabelecimento do Cinema Novo como marco teleológico; o olhar crítico em torno das possíveis “revisões” do passado do cinema brasileiro; e a “vocação realista” que fundamenta e dá coerência às linhas de continuidade de uma história diversificada e desviante. Apontam-se dois exemplos de inovação que a série traz ao campo da historiografia sobre o cinema brasileiro. O primeiro diz respeito ao destaque dado à prática da “cavação”. O segundo relaciona-se à revalorização de uma chanchada, Balança mas não cai  (1953), como um passo decisivo na trajetória de Nelson Pereira dos Santos rumo à realização de Rio, 40 graus (1955).

Paula Alvares Ampessan

Este artigo visa investigar um desenho de figurino desenvolvido para a tragédia “Otelo” para o Teatro do Estudante do Brasil no ano de 1949. O objeto, como fonte primária, é descrito e analisado com objetivo de identificar características formais que revelam escolhas artísticas de Pernambuco de Oliveira, desenhista responsável. Conforme sugere o tempo e espaço desta peça shakespeariana, a escola de pintura veneziana é indicada, particularmente em Gentile e Giovanni Bellini, alcançando os símbolos emprestados ao desenho - em uma transferência da pintura para o desenho e como a diferença de suporte se manifesta. Nesse exame comparativo, busca-se compreender como o personagem representado ganha contorno, sugerindo um diálogo entre as artes plásticas e cênicas, capturando as semelhanças e as soluções visuais deste.

Poulad Moradi, Joachim Arts, Josué C. Velázquez-Martínez

We study the effect of using high-resolution elevation data on the selection of the most fuel-efficient(greenest) path for different trucks in various urban environments.We adapt a variant of the Comprehensive Modal Emission Model(CMEM) to show that the optimal speed and the greenest path are slope dependent (dynamic).When there are no elevation changes in a road network, the most fuel-efficient path is the shortest path with a constant (static) optimal speed throughout.However, if the network is not flat, then the shortest path is not necessarily the greenest path, and the optimal driving speed is dynamic.We prove that the greenest path converges to an asymptotic greenest path as the payload approaches infinity and that this limiting path is attained for a finite load.In a set of extensive numerical experiments, we benchmark the CO2emissions reduction of our dynamic speed and the greenest path policies against policies that ignore elevation data.We use the geospatial data of 25major cities across 6continents.We observe numerically that the greenest path quickly diverges from the shortest path and attains the asymptotic greenest path even for moderate payloads.Based on an analysis of variance, the main determinants of the CO2emissions reduction potential are the variation of the road gradients along the shortest path as well as the relative elevation of the source from the target.Using speed data estimates for rush hour in New York City, we test CO2emissions reduction by comparing the greenest paths with optimized speeds against the fastest paths with traffic speed.We observe that selecting the greenest paths instead of the fastest paths can significantly reduce CO2emissions.Additionally,our results show that while speed optimization on uphill arcs can significantly help CO2reduction,the potential to leverage gravity for acceleration on downhill arcs is limited due to traffic congestion.

Remko Fermin, Junxiang Yao, Kaveh Lahabi et al.

The phenomenon of s-wave spin triplet Cooper pairs induced in ferromagnetic metals has been researched now for more than a decade, and its main aspects are well understood. Crucial in converting s-wave singlet pairs in the superconductor to s-wave triplets in the ferromagnet is the engineering of well-defined magnetic inhomogeneity (the 'generator') at the interface with the superconductor. Vertical layer stacks are typically used as such, where two separate thin ferromagnetic layers with homogeneous but non-collinear magnetizations, provide the inhomogeneity. Alternatively, magnetic textures, like ferromagnetic domain walls and vortices, are possible triplet generators, although they are far less studied. In this paper we review our experiments on lateral disk-shaped Josephson junctions where a ferromagnetic bottom layer provides a weak link with a vortex magnetization imposed by the shape of the disk. We present three different junction configurations, exhibiting their own generator mechanism. In the first, we utilize the non-collinearity with a second ferromagnetic layer to produce the triplet correlations. The second configuration consists of only the bottom ferromagnet and the superconducting contacts; it relies on the vortex magnetization itself to generate the spin-polarized supercurrents. In the third case we exploit an intrinsic generator by combining a conventional superconductor (NbTi) and a half-metallic ferromagnetic oxide (La$_{0.7}$Sr$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$). We find strong supercurrents in all cases. A particularly interesting finding is that the supercurrents are strongly confined at the rims of the device, independent of the generating mechanism, but directly related to their triplet nature. What causes these rim currents remains an open question.

Fábio Wosniak, Jociele Lampert

Drew Hemment, Morgan Currie, SJ Bennett et al.

A taster summary of our FAccT 2023 paper in Chicago. Strategies developed within the critical art community – before and since the arrival of powerful new generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Midjourney – can help to enrich the public conversation on AI and equip practitioners to respond to the fast paced developments in the field.

Wouter Groeneveld, Lynn Van den Broeck, Joost Vennekens et al.

We developed a self-assessment tool for computing students in higher education to measure their Creative Problem Solving skills. Our survey encompasses 7 dimensions of creativity, based on existing validated scales and conducted focus groups. These are: technical knowledge, communication, constraints, critical thinking, curiosity, creative state of mind, and creative techniques. Principal axis factor analysis groups the dimensions into three overarching constructs: ability, mindset, and interaction. The results of a pilot study (n = 269) provide evidence for its psychometric qualities, making it a useful instrument for educational researchers to investigate students' creative skills.

José Luis Lozano Jiménez

El teléfono móvil no solo se ha convertido en un objeto cultural de uso cotidiano sino que su uso ha traspasado las fronteras de la comunicación telefónica interpersonal, han aparecido nuevos usos como por ejemplo herramienta para la creación artística. El uso del teléfono móvil para la creación de proyectos artísticos, se ha convertido en una práctica muy habitual de múltiples artistas en los últimos años, estos artistas ven a esta herramienta como el objeto tecnológico más adecuado para desarrollar una gran variedad de proyectos audiovisuales. Aunque es una práctica aún muy desconocida para el público interesado en el arte contemporáneo, es una herramienta que poco a poco se está poniendo en uso para la práctica artística, debido en gran parte a la cercanía y cotidianidad del dispositivo en la sociedad.

Hua Huang, Shan Lin

This article consists of four diff erent smaller parts. Two of them discuss the vowel variation in a Dutch patronym respectively in a substance name; the other two contain mini collections of metaphors concerning the human body and animal names. The whole is presented as a triptych with a predella as a tribute to the jubilee, whom this volume of Neerlandica Wratislaviensia is dedicated. In visual arts a predella being the base of an altarpiece, here it is the foot of the triptych of words and deals with the pseudonym ‘Martens’, Norbert Morciniec in 1985 used as the co-author of a concise dictionary Dutch-Polish / Polish-Dutch. The lexicological sets may also, in two of the panels, be seen as a tribute to the lexicographer.

Eva Cetinic, James She

Technologies related to artificial intelligence (AI) have a strong impact on the changes of research and creative practices in visual arts. The growing number of research initiatives and creative applications that emerge in the intersection of AI and art, motivates us to examine and discuss the creative and explorative potentials of AI technologies in the context of art. This paper provides an integrated review of two facets of AI and art: 1) AI is used for art analysis and employed on digitized artwork collections; 2) AI is used for creative purposes and generating novel artworks. In the context of AI-related research for art understanding, we present a comprehensive overview of artwork datasets and recent works that address a variety of tasks such as classification, object detection, similarity retrieval, multimodal representations, computational aesthetics, etc. In relation to the role of AI in creating art, we address various practical and theoretical aspects of AI Art and consolidate related works that deal with those topics in detail. Finally, we provide a concise outlook on the future progression and potential impact of AI technologies on our understanding and creation of art.

Fernanda Maria Santos Albuquerque, Conceição Gislâne Nóbrega Lima de Salles, Nádia Priscila de Lima Carvalho

It addresses the challenges of art in the early years of elementary school and its tangled thread resistance to experience and childhood in school. It reflects on the lessening of experience, especially in the field of education, from the project of modernity and highlights its consequences in school, specifically, in art and in its teaching in the early years of Elementary Education. Based on a cartographic research, it deals with challenges of the art in the early years of elementary school, showing craftsmanship as a tangled thread for the passage of art at school, transforming it into a spacetime for art, experience and childhood, for learning, life and the world.

Rafael Peduzzi Gomes, Vinicius Gadis Ribeiro, Sidnei Renato Silveira

A Educação online tem despontado, na atualidade, como uma alternativa à educação formal. Com o apoio das Tecnologias Digitais da Informação e da Comunicação, pode-se estudar utilizando diferentes dispositivos acerca de diversas ferramentas, técnicas e softwares, o que tem se popularizado ainda mais na área do Design. Neste contexto, o objetivo do presente estudo é o de realizar uma análise conceitual quantitativa de uma base de dados de 603 cursos de Design Gráfico da plataforma Udemy, a qual oferece cursos online em diversos temas. São abordados um perfil geral dos cursos, seus níveis e outras variáveis a partir de estatística descritiva. Como resultados, notou-se a predominância de cursos relacionados a ferramentas e de cursos para todos os níveis ou iniciantes. A partir da análise quantitativa, são traçadas reflexões acerca da Educação em Design e da Pesquisa em Design como previamente estabelecidas, frente a um possível novo paradigma educacional que ganha relevância nos últimos anos: o da educação não-formal.

Marinos G. Sotiropoulos, Maria Anagnostouli

Creativity, art and artistic creation in music, dance and visual arts are brain activities specific to humans. Their genetic background remained unexplored for years, but many recent studies have uncovered significant associations with cognition-related genes and loci. These studies are summarized in the present article. Creativity is a trait with heavy genetic influences, which are also associated with mental disorders and altruism. Associated genes include dopaminergic, serotoninergic and other genes (a1-antitrypsin, neuregulin, Brain-derived neurotrophic factor). Music is another complex phenotype with important genetic background. Studies in musicians and their families have highlighted the contribution of loci (e.g., 4q22) and specific genes (vasopressin receptor 1α and serotonin transporter). The latter two are also associated with dancing. Although few studies have investigated visual arts, they appear to be influenced by genetic differences, which could explain the increased prevalence of synesthesia in artists and individuals with autism. Lastly, although genes play an important role in creativity and art, epigenetics and the environment should not be overlooked. The genetic exploration of artistic creativity may provide useful knowledge on cognition, behavior and brain function. It may also enable targeted and personalized art therapy in health and disease.

Sylvain Moreno, G. Bidelman

Katie Jones

This article reads the perennial popularity of true crime products as symptomatic of repression and cultural trauma. Providing a close-reading of gender representation in the popular Netflix series Mindhunter, the author meditates on the postmodern characteristics of the series, which also signal the “forgotten” or repressed content to which the viewer returns. Utilising a feminist psychoanalytic approach to the popular Netflix series Mindhunter, the author considers representation in relation to seriality in order to speculate that seriality might formalise the traumatic return, and be used as material through which to unearth the repressed content inherent to the true crime genre, namely: the victim’s perspective.

سیدوحید ابراهیم زاده, جمال الدین سهیلی

منابع غنی ادبیات ایران در بر دارنده زیباترین تعابیر و توصیفات درباره «عشق» بوده است و ادبیات منظوم غنایی-عاشقانه سهم بسیاری در رشد دیگر هنرها ازجمله نگارگری داشته است. در دوره قاجار با رواج هنر کاشی‌کاری هفت رنگ و کاشی‌نگاری، بسیاری از کاخ‌ها و خانه‌های با شکوه بستر نمایش این هنر شد. این آثار در شکل جدید خود به تصویرسازی از چهره شاهان و درباریان قاجاری پرداخت ولی همچنان به ادبیات منظوم غنایی-عاشقانه وفادار ماند و به تصویرگری صحنه‌های برجسته ادبیات ایران ادامه داد. یکی از خانه‌هایی که این آثار را در خود دارد، خانه دکتر محسن مقدم است که کمتر به آن پرداخته شده است. در کاشی‌نگاره‌هایی با این مضمون 7 اثر یافت شده است که پنج داستان را روایت می‌کند. پژوهش حاضر به مولفه‌های ساختاری و مضامین ادبیات غنایی-عاشقانه پرداخته و این مولفه‌ها را در مطابقت با صحنه‌های تصویر شده در کاشی‌نگاره‌ها بررسی کرده است. دست‌یابی به‌یک الگو برای کشف روابط ساختاری در متون ادبیات منظوم غنایی-عاشقانه و کاشی‌نگاره‌هایی که با این مضمون تصویر شده‌اند، دیگر هدفی بود که به آن پرداخته شد. در این بررسی نتیجه گرفته‌ایم که مولفه‌های ساختاری منظومه‌ها تاحد زیادی قابل تعمیم به روایت‌های کاشی‌نگاره‌هاست. چه اینکه هنر کلامی‌و هنر تصویر در تاریخ ایران پیوندهای بسیار نزدیکی از دیدگاه‌های ساختاری و مضمونی با یکدیگر داشته‌اند.