D. Tech. Graphic Design / This study offers an artistic engagement with the lived, working environment of the mental healthcare providers in a ward of a psychiatric hospital. First encounters with this environment strongly suggested that the environment was not optimally aligned with the purpose and function of such an environment. The main aim of this study was to investigate, develop and establish an enhanced sense/state of wellbeing amongst mental healthcare providers at a Psychiatric Hospital by creating and introducing colour landscape images in/into their working environment.

published_or_final_version / Sociology / Master / Master of Social Sciences

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Landscape Architecture

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Η παρούσα μελέτη έχει στόχο την προβολή, την ανάδειξη αλλά και τη διερεύνηση της σημασίας του εκτός σκηνής γλυπτού διακόσμου του ρωμαϊκού θεάτρου όπως παρουσιάζεται στο σωζόμενο και δημοσιευμένο αρχαιολογικό υλικό από τον ελλαδικό χώρο. Η σύλληψη αυτής της ιδέας προέκυψε από τον προσωπικό προβληματισμό για τον τρόπο που αντανακλάται η σχέση της τοπικής αριστοκρατίας με τους εκπροσώπους της ρωμαϊκής κυριαρχίας στους χώρους των δημοσίων θεαμάτων και συγκεκριμένα στα θέατρα. Η ψυχαγωγία του πληθυσμού αποτελούσε μέσο ελέγχου των πολιτών και μέσο επικοινωνίας ανάμεσα στις τοπικές αρχές ή και τα ανώτερα στρώματα της κοινωνίας από τη μια πλευρά, και την κεντρική εξουσία από την άλλη. Ο γλυπτός διάκοσμος της scaenae frons των ρωμαϊκών θεάτρων στον ελλαδικό χώρο αποτελούσε συχνά αντικείμενο μελέτης και έρευνας με απόρροια τη διατύπωση διαφόρων ερμηνειών και προσεγγίσεων για το συμβολισμό της γλυπτής σύνθεσης. Από την προσπάθεια αυτή που εστιάζει στη μελέτη του εκτός του κτηρίου της σκηνής γλυπτού διακόσμου, είναι φανερό ότι ανακύπτουν εύλογα ερωτήματα: Ποιος είναι ο συμβολισμός και η ερμηνεία του εκτός του κτηρίου της σκηνής γλυπτού διακόσμου; Διαφοροποιείται από το γλυπτό σύνολο της scaenae frons; Η Παπασταμάτη – Von Moock, περιγράφοντας τις αλλαγές και προσθήκες που έλαβαν χώρα την Αδριάνεια περίοδο στο κοίλο του θεάτρου του Διονύσου Ελευθερέως, αναφέρει ότι ήταν σαφές ότι το πρόγραμμα ανακαίνισης και διακόσμησης της σκηνής εντασσόταν σε ένα ευρύτερο πρόγραμμα ανακαίνισης και νοηματοδότησης του θεάτρου. Η θέση όμως αυτή δεν φαίνεται να μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί με βεβαιότητα για το σύνολο των προς εξέταση θεάτρων, καθώς διαφοροποιείται ανά περιοχή ο ρόλος της τοπικής αριστοκρατίας (ελίτ) έναντι της ρωμαϊκής κεντρικής εξουσίας. / This study aims to show and exploring the significance of non-scaenae frons sculptural decoration of the Roman theater as presented and published in the surviving archaeological material from Greece. The conception of this idea came from a personal reflection on how that reflected the relationship of the local aristocracy with representatives of Roman rule in the spaces of public entertainment and specifically in theaters. The sculptural decoration of scaenae frons of the Roman theater in Greece was often the subject of study and research result of the wording of various interpretations and approaches to the symbolism of sculptural composition. From this effort that focuses on the study of the outside of the building sculptural decoration of the scene, it is clear that legitimate questions arise: What is the symbolism and interpretation of the outside of the building scene sculptural decoration? It differs from the sculpture entire scaenae frons; The Papastamati - Von Moock, describing the changes and additions that have occurred in the period of Hadrian's auditorium Dionysus Elefthereos says it was clear that the program of renovation and decoration of the scene was part of a wider refurbishment program and meaning to the theater. The position, however, does not seem to be used with certainty for all concerned to theaters, and varies by region, the role of the local elite (elite) vs. Roman central authority.

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This Master thesis analyses the theoretical aspects of marketing strategic planning and marketing strategic creation by different Lithuanian and foreign authors. In a way of questionnaire form a research of consumers of the companies trading in decoration materials was carried out with an aim to evaluate the demands, expectations and behaviour peculiarities of the consumers of this production. The conceptual part of this work with a reference to presented marketing strategic planning sequence evaluated the marketing strategies formation of the groups of companies trading in decorative materials, estimated the most important similarities and differences of researched company’s marketing strategic planning, distinguished marketing strategy formation features, characteristic to strategic companies group. The results of the research confirmed the hypothesis, raised by the author in the beginning of the work. It was estimated that marketing strategy formation process of the companies trading in decoration materials which hold the strongest positions in the market due to the similar position in the market and outer environment effect has general features, determining the similarities of marketing strategies.

This thesis examines the visual images of Vimalakirti, an ancient Indian lay Buddhist, painted on the walls of the Buddhist cave complex at Dunhuang, Gansu province, between 581 and 1036. The sixty-nine Vimalakirti, paintings preserved at Dunhuang are a valuable source for the exploration of historical, religious, and artistic dimensions of wall paintings and sutras. These visual images, together with other textual sources such as sutras, commentaries, and inscriptions, suggest a variety of interesting questions: Why was this theme repeatedly represented? Do the images all have the same prototype? Is there a spiritual function contained in the layout of the caves and composition of the wall paintings? Did the meaning of these images change according to historical context? Did the patrons have a political scheme in mind when commissioning these devotional artworks? While it is difficult to provide definitive answers to all these questions, this thesis will attempt to clarify them and offer preliminary answers on the basis of available visual and textual sources. / The introduction of this thesis includes an overview of basic concepts related to wall paintings, a short history of the transmission of the Vimalakirti,-nirdesa Sutra, and a review of past scholarship on Vimalakirti, paintings and related subjects. The body of the thesis is divided into three main chapters. The first chapter describes the important visual representations of Vimalakirti, before the Sui dynasty. The second chapter of the thesis will provide an introduction to representations of Vimalakirti, at Dunhuang from the late sixth to the early eleventh centuries. The third chapter examines the social functions and symbolic meanings of the Vimalakirti, paintings at Dunhuang.

As an imperial city, Strasbourg has edified many monuments to promote its particular status in the Holy Roman Empire. Notre-Dame at Strasbourg is not an exception: historians read the construction of the cathedral and its facade as the materialisation of a "civic pride". Many documents, anyhow, testify to the emperors many visits and underline the city's political role in the Empire. This thesis demonstrates that the imperial presence in the Reichsstadt---events usually avoided by historians---is clearly illustrated in the iconographical and architectural programs of the cathedral. The selection of biblical scenes and protagonists, historical figures, and the borrowing of architectural details from royal and imperial buildings, make it a monument erected to the glory of the emperor. From its portal to its spire, Notre-Dame at Strasbourg is a testimony of the Strasbourgeois' loyalty to the imperial crown, loyalty transferred to the Bourbons who took the city in 1682.

Questioning notions of authenticity through the dynamics of Zulu culture as expressed by Zulu beadwork in the cultural tourism industry, allows this study to evaluate the historical perspectives of Zulu culture. It further provides a genealogical perspective of Zulu beadwork, and explains the nature of Zulu beadwork within the tourism industry of KwaZulu-Natal. The literature of this dissertation specifically evaluates the historical foundations of Zulu cultural history and heritage and further gives an evaluation of the literature related to issues of authenticity and cultural tourism. This dissertation is framed in the theories of identity and culture; borrowing from cultural anthropology studies; tourism studies and cultural communication studies. The dynamics of cultural tourism, which are created in the relationship between the bead makers and their prospective consumers (the tourist), are also to be the focus of this study as this will work to facilitate unpacking the reasons which add to tourism destinations offering cultural experiences and as well focus on development strategies that are in place for developing cultural tourism for economic gain. This study will employ a qualitative research methodology, which is concerned with non-statistical information about the notions of authenticity in cultural tourism; used as a medium to Zulu beadwork symbolism, as viewed by Zulu bead makers and the cultural tourists based in the Durban South and North beach regions. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the notions of authenticity as applied through the tourism process that occurs in the KwaZulu-Natal, Durban’s beach front; through the stall keeping that occurs in the area, where Zulu beadwork is one of the key items sold to the tourist. / M. Soc. Sc. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2014.