Esta pesquisa propõe o conceito de \"cidade fictiva\", entendida como a cidade que nasce especificamente da construção estética literária. Tal conceito permite descobrir os alicerces da cidade na literatura a partir dos primeiros textos de criação literária do Ocidente (Enuma Elish, Epopéia de Gilgamesh), para detectar suas principais características e examinar omo estas constituem elementos de construção em contos contemporâneos rasileiros, chilenos e portugueses nos quais se percebe uma idéia de \"conto citadino\". O estudo da cidade fictiva estabelece alguns paradigmas observados em diversos textos, como: La Ciudad está Triste, do escritor chileno Ramón Díaz Etérovic; \"Timotu Kalu\", de Orígenes Lessa; \"Passeio Noturno I e II\", de Rubem Fonseca; e \"A tua véspera de Natal\", do escritor português David Mourão-Ferreira. Junto a esses paradigmas são estabelecidos alguns mundos possíveis da cidade fictiva, surgidos da análise comparativa entre os contos: \"Amor\", de Clarice Lispector, e \"La Elegida\", da chilena Lilian Elphick; \"Una señora\", do chileno José Donoso, e \"Sem Remédio\", de Luiz Ruffato; \"Busca\", de João Antônio, e \"A Bota\", do português José Rodrigues Miguéis. / This research paper puts forward the concept of \"fictive city\", understood as the city that is born specifically of literary aesthetic construction. This concept enables one to discover the foundations of the city in literature as from the earliest texts of literary creation in the West (Enuma Elish, the Gilgamesh Epic), in order to detect their main characteristics and examine how these constitute building blocks of contemporary Brazilian, Chilean and Portuguese tales in which an idea of \"tale from the city\" can be perceived. The study of the fictive city sets out certain paradigms, found in a number of different texts, such as La Ciudad está Triste, by Chilean author Ramón Díaz Etérovic, \"Timotu Kalu\", by Origenes Lessa, \"Passeio Noturno I e II\", by Rubem Fonseca, and \"A tua véspera de Natal\", by Portuguese author David Mourão-Ferreira. In addition to these paradigms, certain possible worlds of the fictive city are established, taken from a comparative analysis of the tales: \"Amor\", by Clarice Lispector, and \"La Elegida\", by Chilean Lilian Elphick; \"Una señora\", by Chilean José Donoso, and \"Sem Remédio\", by Luiz Ruffato; \"Busca\", by João Antônio and \"A Bota\", by Portuguese José Rodrigues Miguéis.

During the preliminary phase of analytical discourse on South Asia’s medieval history, the scholarship rigidly demarcated the material cultures of the pre-Islamic societies from those of the Muslim communities that were only introduced to the region’s landscapes once the Islamic political rule was established. This was done to simplify the process of examining the regional, religious, ethnic, political, and cultural disparities in the Indian subcontinent’s medieval milieu. Consequently, the exceedingly broad categories of “Muslim” and “Hindu” were conceived to portray the identities of South Asian societies and cultures. However, these categories remain in use even in the current art-historical scholarship that shows a tendency to classify the historical artifacts based on either geographic or sectarian identities. To that end, the sites developed by Muslim rulers are termed as “Islamic/Muslim,” and Hindu temples as “Indian.” Such simplistic classifications, which identify the social and material cultures with singular monolithic identities, overlook the dynamics of intercultural and interfaith interactions between the diverse co-existing communities of South Asian regions that played an active role in shaping those cultures. The Samma dynastic architecture in the vast necropolis of Makli – a UNESCO world heritage site located in the city Thatta (in present-day Sindh province of Pakistan) – presents an opportunity to examine this key methodological issue. Modern scholars classify Samma architecture under the polarities such as “Sindhi,” “Islamic,” and “Indo-Islamic.” The present research challenges these classifications to demonstrate that the overall artistic program of Samma architecture does not reflect any single culture, religion or region. In fact, it evinces a hybridization of style and character, and hence, transcends the standard categorization of architectural artifacts from South Asia. Therefore, by actively engaging with the architecture, decoration, and epigraphy, this study allows for the formulation of important conclusions on the meanings attached to the Samma dynastic architecture, which was a key medium of presenting their social, religious, political and cultural programs. Additionally, this study demonstrates where Samma monuments fit within the broader categories of artistic productions from South Asia as well as the wider Islamic world. Hence, where this research augments the overly broad and simplified classifications, it also aims to produce a more meaningful analytical framework that moves beyond visual analysis, iconography, and typology. / Graduate / 2021-11-15

The proposed thesis design is a necropolis (city of the dead) in the form of a vertical park structure through which alternative methods of burial are investigated. The question of an architectural expression of consciousness to overcome cultural norms and challenge perceptions is researched through the theoretical exploration of the following: the cycle of life; the physical and meta-physical between; and collective dwelling. Through exploring ways of sensitively infusing urban environments with an awareness and acknowledgement of death, life is celebrated by exposing death through a physical manifestation of the whole cycle of life, which will transcend several generations of urban dwellers. In populating the between, these antimonument memorials would become accepted over time and a meta-physical awareness would be created to produce a new culture of urban life. / Dissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2011. / Architecture / unrestricted

Le scribe royal de la Tombe Boutéhamon est un personnage thébain de première importance dont les témoignages couvrent les dernières années de la XXe dynastie et les premières de la Troisième Période intermédiaire (de Ramsès XI à Smendès Ier). Fils du scribe de la Tombe Djéhoutymès, Boutéhamon est mentionné dans de nombreuses sources épigraphiques (lettres, graffiti et dipinti de la nécropole thébaine, ostraca, phylactère, étiquette de momie) et archéologiques (vestiges architecturaux à Médinet Habou, sarcophages dispersés, mention possible de son inhumation à Deir el-Medineh). L’examen de cette documentation permet, d’une part, de restituer la carrière de ce haut fonctionnaire dans son temps. D’autre part, elle sert à exprimer de nouveau la chronologie incertaine des règnes des pharaons concernés ainsi que la période dite de « la Renaissance ». / The royal scribe of the Tomb Butehamun is an outstanding Theban character, evidence for whom spans the last years of the 20th dynasty and the first years of the Third Intermediate Period (from Rameses XI to Smendes I). Butehamun was the son of the scribe of the Tomb Djehutymes. He is mentioned in numerous epigraphic (letters, graffiti and dipinti from the Theban necropolis, ostraca, phylactery, mummy label) and archaeological sources (architectural remains at Medinet Habu, dispersed coffins, a possible reference to his burial at Deir el-Medineh). Close examination of this body of documents allows reconstructing the career of this high ranking civil servant within his own time. Furthermore, it serves the reassessment of the uncertain chronology of the relevant pharaohs’ reigns and of the period known as “the Renaissance”.

Cette thèse a pour sujet : Langres- Andemantunnum (Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne). Étude urbanistique de la capitale de cité des Lingons. Afin de mener à bien ces travaux de recherche, des reprises d’archives de fouilles, des enquêtes auprès des habitants, l’exploitation de manuscrits d’érudits des XVIIIe et XIXe et de notes inédites de chercheurs locaux ont, entre autres, été nécessaires. L’importante masse de données collectées a permis d’aborder de nouvelles problématiques concernant la voirie et l’organisation urbaine de cette capitale antique, le rempart du Bas-Empire, les aménagements hydrauliques, les édifices publics, l’habitat, l’artisanat, les nécropoles et le suburbium. Toutes ces nouvelles données permettent désormais d’appréhender un peu mieux l’occupation du promontoire durant l’Antiquité. Le processus d’installation de l’oppidum, l’élaboration d’un programme urbain réfléchi dès le Ier siècle ap. J.-C. et les conséquences urbaines des troubles du Bas-Empire font partie des étapes fondamentales qu’a connu le promontoire langrois. Certaines des caractéristiques propres à l’organisation urbaine de ces différentes phases d’occupation perdurent encore aujourd’hui dans le plan de la ville du XXIe siècle. / The topic of this thesis is: Langres- Andemantunnum (Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne). Urbanistic study of the city of Lingons' capital. In order to carry out this research, excavation archives takeovers, local survey, the exploitation of eighteenth and nineteenth erudites manuscripts and unpublished notes of local researchers, among others, were required. The huge mass of data collected has helped to address new problematics regarding roads and urban organization of this ancient capital, the rampart of the Late Roman Empire, water projects, public buildings, housing, crafts, cemeteries and suburbium. Thanks to these new data it is now possible to better understand the occupation of the promontory during antiquity. The setup process of the oppidum, the development of a carefully designed urban program as of the first century AD and urban consequences of the Late Roman Empire disorders are among the fundamental stages experienced by the langrois promontory. Some of the urban organization characteristics of these different phases of occupation have influenced the current city map.

The topic of the Diploma thesis is "Necropoleis on the Vatican Hill. The decoration analysis and its parallels in Roman art." The diploma thesis is divided into several parts that are particularly analysed. The first part is focused on the Vatican area layout in ancient world and both ancient and contemporary area layouts are compared. The second part is focused on the analysis of mausoleums along Via Cornelia and their decoration. The thesis tries to find some parallels with the mausoleums in the roman art which proclaim the use of these iconographical materials in other settings and historical backgrounds. The next part describes the necropolis along Via Triumphalis and the most important tombs within the specific sectors. The individual subchapters deal with selected motifs, which meanings intersect the pagan and Christian world. The following part analyzes selected sarcophagi and their decorative motifs. Consequently, both observed contexts are compared. The last part of the thesis provides the dating of several lamps from necropolis along Via Triumphalis. Keywords Vatican, necropolis, Via Cornelia, Via Triumphalis, antiquity, early Christian, roman art, decoration, sarcophagi

This thesis is dealing with Villanovan and Etruscan fibulae, their typology, chronology and location within the tombs of necropolises of Veii. The aim of this thesis is to point to the occurance of fibulae in different time horizonts, to show their development and to compare the necropolises of Veii with other specific locations in Italy. The thesis focuses on evaluation of development and relations of the components of funerary equipments, localy and outside the area of Veii as well. Based on the data collected it is possible to point out the similarities of the necropolises of Veii and to compare them with more distant locations in Italy. Key words: Veii, necropolis, fibulae, typology of fibulae, manufacture, funerary contexts, relations with paralel locations.

La Bretagne a perdu beaucoup d’hommes dans la Grande Guerre. Le patrimoine commémoratif qui a été créé pour les honorer est à la mesure de cette saignée humaine. Dans quelle mesure celui-ci reflète-t-il des traditions et une culture particulières ? Comme partout en France, des monuments glorificateurs ou patriotiques ont été élevés en l’honneur des combattants, mais la Bretagne a aussi tenu à souligner son identité propre. Une longue tradition religieuse se marque sur la plupart des édifices ; la forte spécificité culturelle qui caractérise la province a donné naissance à une statuaire d’inspiration régionaliste où figurent des personnages en costume local et des inscriptions en langue bretonne. La même affirmation identitaire se retrouve dans les églises. La volonté de commémorer le sacrifice est constante. Elle s’exprime dans deux hôtels de ville par des panneaux peints. Un monument national à la mémoire des marins morts pour la France a été édifié à la pointe de la Bretagne. Un mémorial régional, de nature religieuse, perpétue plus spécifiquement le souvenir des Bretons morts à la guerre. Hors du commun, ce patrimoine, auquel est venue s’ajouter par la suite une nécropole nationale, témoigne de l’histoire de la région et de la vitalité de sa culture. / Brittany lost many of its men in the Great War. The heritage of memorials and commemorations created to honour them is commensurate with the magnitude of this human slaughter. To what extent does such a heritage reflect traditions and a specific culture? As throughout France glorifying and patriotic memorials were erected to pay homage to the soldiers, but Brittany also wanted to emphasize its own identity. A long religious tradition is reflected in most of the monuments; the strength of the province's own specific culture gave rise to regionally inspired statuary with characters portrayed in local costume and inscriptions in the Breton language. The same assertion of identity is to be found in the churches. There is a constant desire to commemorate the sacrifice. In two town halls this is depicted in painted panels. A national memorial in remembrance of the sailors who died for France was erected at the western extremity of Brittany. A regional memorial, of a religious nature, is more specifically dedicated to the memory of those Bretons who died in the war. This uncommon heritage, to which was later added a national necropolis, bears witness to the region's history and to the vitality of its culture.

L’objectif de cette étude est de caractériser les gestes, les pratiques et les rituels entourant la mort des enfants dans les provinces romaines d’Afrique Proconsulaire, de Numidie et de Maurétanie césarienne aux trois premiers siècles de notre ère. La documentation disponible provient de nombreuses publications de nécropoles, plus ou moins bien documentées en fonction de la date des fouilles, et de la nécropole de Pupput (Hammamet) qui offre pour la première fois un corpus suffisamment important pour être statistiquement crédible. En raison de leur disparité, les données sont présentées sous différents catalogues mais elles sont en revanche analysées simultanément lorsqu’elles renseignaient la même séquence des funérailles. Il a été opté d’étudier dans un premier temps la gestion des corps, de l’emplacement de la sépulture à sa fermeture, puis dans un second temps, les rituels réalisés dans et autour de la sépulture. Le postulat de départ est que les différentes pratiques funéraires adoptées par les familles responsables de l’enterrement de leurs enfants dépendaient d’un certain nombre de facteurs. Parmi eux, l’âge des enfants qui déterminait en grande partie le statut du défunt a été mis en évidence. D’après les données archéo-anthropologiques étudiées, les âges de 6 mois, 3 ans et 7 ans marquaient des étapes importantes dans la socialisation de l’enfant dans sa famille et la société africaine. / The aim of this study is to characterize the gestures, practices and rituals about the children’s death in the Roman provinces of Africa Proconsularis, Numidia and Mauretania cesarean in the first three centuries AD. The available documentation is divided between numerous publications of cemeteries, more or less well documented depending on the date of excavation, and unpublished literature of the necropolis of Pupput (Hammamet), which provides for the first time a corpus large enough to be statistically credible. Because of their differences, the data are presented in various catalogs but analyzed simultaneously when associated to the same funeral sequence. At first, it was decided to study how corpses were managed from the localization of burial to its closure, then in a second time, the rituals performed in and around the grave. The initial postulate is that different burial practices adopted by families in charge of the funeral of their children depended on a number of factors. Among them, the children's age that determined the status of the deceased has been identified. According to archaeological and anthropological data studied, the ages of 6 months, 3 years and 7 years marked important steps in the socialization of the child in his family and the African society.

Cette thèse porte sur l'étude des mobiliers funéraires en Etrurie méridionale à la période hellénistique. Elle se proposait de faire le point sur l'ensemble des données livrées par les nombreuses nécropoles du territoire de Tarquinia, en accordant une attention particulière à l'Étrurie rupestre. En partant de l'étude ponctuelle des nécropoles du site étrusco-romain de Musarna, l'analyse détaillée des mobiliers funéraires, couplée à celle des structures funéraires, a représenté la première étape d'une réflexion à plus grande échelle sur les pratiques et les rituels funéraires attestés dans la région. Au travers de la composition des assemblages funéraires, on a tenté d'identifier des éléments pouvant permettre de mieux comprendre les coutumes funéraires et leur évolution entre la fin du IV" siècle av. J.-C. et le début du 1°' siècle av. J.-C., période chronologique caractérisée par le phénomène de conquête et de « romanisation » des territoires étrusques, jusqu'à l'intégration complète des grandes métropoles dans l'État romain. Par le biais des éléments mis en évidence, on a cherché à apporter des réponses à une série de questions relatives à plusieurs aspects du monde funéraire, en relation directe avec le contexte historique : statut des défunts, spécificité sexuelle, valeur matérielle ou symbolique des dépôts. L'étude de chaque déposition a permis de mettre en évidence plusieurs aspects de la gestualité qui se déroule autour de la mort du défunt au sein de ce grand groupe culturel, et leur évolution au cours des différentes époques considérées. / This thesis deals with the study of funerary set in Southern Etruria during the Hellenistic period based on a systematic gathering of all the data supplied by the numerous necropolis of the territory of Tarquinia, with particular attention to the « Etruria rupestre ». The detailed analysis of funerary set, coupled with that of funerary structures of the Etruscan-Roman site of Musarna, was the first step in a larger-scale reflection on the funeral and rituals practices attested in this region. Through the composition of the funerary assemblages, attempts have been made to identify elements that can better illustrate funerary customs and their evolution between the end of the 4th century BC. and the beginning of the 1st century BC., a chronological period characterized by the gradual conquest and colonization of the Etruscan territories, until the complete integration of the great metropolises in the Roman state. Through the elements highlighted, an attempt was made to answer a series of questions concerning several aspects of the funerary world directly related to the historical context: the status of the deceased, the gender specificity, the material or symbolic value of the deposits. The study of each deposition made it possible to highlight several aspects of the gestuality that takes place around the death of the deceased within this great cultural group, and its evolution during the different periods considered.