Die extensive Zunahme von lebendigem Wachstum am Beispiel der mathematischen Fibonacci-Folge ergibt räumliche Strukturen von eigentümlichen Stülpungen und Auffaltungen, die den universellen Gesetzmäßigkeiten des Kosmos gehorchen. Solche mathematisch-abstrakten Ideen wollte ich dreidimensional in Skulpturen umsetzen und versuchte erst vergeblich, mir die daraus enstehenden räumlichen Körper rein imaginär vorzustellen und zeichnerisch oder klassisch skulptural umzusetzen – doch erst als mir die Idee kam, entlang dieser Gesetzmäßigkeiten zu häkeln, gelang es.

The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between apotropaic decorations, here termed as apotropaic devices, and the architectural layout of an average Roman bathhouse. Moreover, to argue for the hypothesis that there was an apotropaic decorative program, i.e. an intentional plan for the placement of apotropaic devices within a Roman bathhouse. A sample of decorations are analysed, specifically 16 mosaics which constitute the main material, which is divided into three categories, namely, labyrinth, geometric/grid and Gorgon mosaics. Along with these there is supplementary material, namely, three freestanding sculptures (one hunchback and two herms) and two mosaics with inscriptions (One Greek and one Latin, both with a phallus symbol). The material is analysed with a modified phenomenological framework in mind, focusing on the experience which a bather might have had of the decoration itself and the room/space in which it was placed. Moreover, in order to argue for this hypothetical decorative program, this study constructs a hypothetical plan/map of an average Roman bathhouse based on the analysed material. The results gained from the analysis reveal patterns that seem to indicate a deeper intentionality than mere aesthetic appeal, and in turn these patterns seem to indicate, when viewed via our conceptual plan/map, some sort of apotropaic defence of Roman bathhouses. Thus, these results seem to lend credence to the hypothesis of an apotropaic decorative program. / Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka förhållandet mellan apotropeiska dekorationer, här kallade apotropeiska anordningar, och den arkitektoniska utformningen av ett genomsnittligt romerskt badhus. Vidare syftar studien till att argumentera för hypotesen att det fanns ett apotropaiskt dekorativt program, det vill säga en avsiktlig plan för placeringen av apotropeiska anordningar i ett romerskt badhus. Ett urval av dekorationer analyseras i studien, närmare bestämt 16 mosaiker som utgör huvudmaterialet, som är indelat i tre kategorier, nämligen labyrint, geometrisk/rutnät och Gorgon mosaik. Utöver dessa analyseras kompletterande material såsom tre fristående skulpturer (en puckelrygg och två hermer) och två mosaiker med inskriptioner (en grekisk och en latinsk, båda med fallossymbol). Materialet analyseras med en modifierad fenomenologisk ram i åtanke, med fokus på den upplevelse som en badgäst kan ha haft av själva utsmyckningen och rummet/utrymmet där den placerades. I syfte att argumentera för detta hypotetiska dekorativa program konstruerar denna studie en hypotetisk plan/karta över ett genomsnittligt romerskt badhus baserat på det analyserade materialet. Resultaten från analysen avslöjar mönster som tycks indikera en djupare intentionalitet än enbart estetiskt tilltalande. I sin tur verkar dessa mönster indikera, när de ses via studiens konceptuella plan/karta, något slags apotropeiskt försvar av romerska badhus. Således verkar dessa resultat ge trovärdighet åt hypotesen om ett apotropeiskt dekorativt program.

[ES] Esta tesis doctoral tiene por objetivo general expandir la escultura quiteña (de la ciudad de Quito), normalmente supeditada a convencionalismos sociales ampliamente difundidos y al conservadurismo académico local, ambos mayormente centrados en la noción de monumento. Para ello se ha desarrollado un proceso investigativo y creativo en bucle, definido en los objetivos específicos programados, a partir de los fundamentos teóricos, históricos, técnicos y tecnológicos de la escultura cinética, incluyendo la mención de sus principales practicantes, extranjeros y locales; así como de los conceptos de mediación, juego y público, y los recursos relacionados a estos, aplicados y aplicables a la escultura. De allí se ha establecido un método creativo para el diseño de las obras cinéticas propuestas. Método que se alimenta tanto del campo específico del arte como de otras disciplinas estudiadas; y que posibilita la creación de obras escultóricas cinéticas en acero estructural, sistematizando y documentando su proceso creativo. Finalmente, se ha evaluado la interactividad generada entre las esculturas realizadas y el público de las mismas. Con todo ello, cual objetivo superior, esta investigación-creación aspira a contribuir al campo del arte local proporcionando nuevas perspectivas y prácticas escultóricas mediante la inserción, cual intervención social en la esfera académica quiteña, de la escultura cinética corporal y semánticamente interactiva. / [CA] Aquesta tesi doctoral té per objectiu general expandir l'escultura quiteña, normalment supeditada a convencionalismes socials ámpliament difosos i al conservadorisme acadèmic local, tots dos majorment centrats en la noció de monument. Per a això s'ha desenvolupat un proce's d'investigació i creatiu en bucle, definit en els objectius específics programats, a partir dels fonaments teòrics, històrics, tècnics i tecnològics de l'escultura cinètica, incloent-hi l'esment dels seus principals practicants, estrangers i locals; així com dels conceptes de mediació, joc i públic, i els recursos relacionats a aquests, aplicats i aplicables a l'escultura. D'alli' s'ha establert un métode creatiu per al disseny de les obres cinètiques proposades. Mètode que s'alimenta tant del camp específic de l'art com d'altres disciplines estudiades; i que possibilita la creació d'obres escultòriques cine¿tiques en acer estructural, sistematitzant i documentant el seu procés creatiu. Finalment, s'ha avaluat la interactivitat generada entre les escultures realitzades i el públic d'aquestes. Amb tot això, com a propòsit superior, aquesta recerca-creació aspira a contribuir al camp de l'art local proporcionant noves perspectives i pràctiques escultòriques mitjancant la inserció, com intervenció social en l'esfera acadèmica quiteña, de l'escultura cinètica corporal i semànticament interactiva. / [EN] The general objective of this doctoral thesis is to expand the sculpture in Quito, normally conditioned by widely diffused social conventions and local academic conservatism, both mostly centered on the notion of monument. For this, a looping investigative and creative process has been developed, defined in the specific programmed objectives, based on the theoretical, historical, technical and technological foundations of kinetic sculpture, including the mention of its main practitioners, foreign and local; as well as the concepts of mediation, game and public, and the resources related to these, applied and applicable to sculpture. From there, a creative method has been established for the design of the proposed kinetic artworks. Method that feeds both on the specific field of art and on other studied disciplines; and that enables the creation of kinetic sculptural works in structural steel, systematizing and documenting their creative process. Finally, the interactivity generated between the sculptures and their public has been evaluated. With all this, as a higher objective, this research-creation aspires to contribute to the field of local art by providing new perspectives and sculptural practices through the insertion, as a social intervention in the Quito academic sphere, of kinetic and semantically interactive corporal sculpture. / García Moreno, MF. (2023). Escultura cinética en acero estructural. El movimiento como agente mediador entre obra de arte y espectador. Caso Quito-Ecuador [Tesis doctoral]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/192893

Over a period of two decades, Raymond D. Nasher, a Dallas-based real estate developer, and his late wife Patsy amassed a collection of significant modern sculptures. For years, pieces from the private collection--numbering over 300 as of 1990--were on display in various museums and civic institutions, and they were installed on a rotating basis at Northpark Center, a Dallas shopping mall developed by Nasher. Since the 1987 Dallas Museum of Art exhibition, the collection has been shown in several major international museums. This study documents the formative period of the collection, the Nashers' collecting and exhibiting philosophies, and four early exhibitions of the sculptures. It includes a chronology of the Nashers and major acquisitions of sculpture.

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[pt] A artista suíça-brasileira Mira Schendel (Zurique 1919 – São Paulo 1988) chegou ao Brasil no pós-guerra, em 1949, e aqui começou a pintar. A um raciocínio visual rigoroso acrescentou potência imaginativa e desenvolveu uma poética da formalização abstrata. Embora mantivesse vínculos inegáveis com os demais movimentos artísticos da segunda metade do século XX, criou uma linguagem plástica própria. O objetivo desta dissertação é investigar as escolhas formais e as preocupações expressivas de Mira Schendel a partir de um número limitado, porém representativo, de trabalhos, buscando apreender a singularidade das questões artísticas e plásticas implícitas nessas obras particulares. / [en] The swiss-brazilian artist Mira Schendel (Zurich 1919 – São Paulo 1988) arrived in Brazil in the postwar period, in 1949, and here she started to paint. To a rigorous visual reasoning she added a fertile imagination and developed an abstract formalization language. Although the undeniable bonds of her work with the diferent artistic movements of the twentieth century, the artist created a plastic language of her own. My intention is to investigate Mira Schendel s formal choices and expressive concerns present in a limited, however representative, number of works, searching to apprehend the singularity of these artistic and plastic questions implicit in these particular works.

Denna uppsats fokuserar på Haparandas historiska identitet genom att analysera 14 av stadens offentliga skulpturer. Syftet är att presentera en representativ bild av de offentliga skulpturerna och att analysera dess historiska koppling till Haparanda stad. Berättelsen kontrasteras mot en urban syn av Haparandas arkitektur. Det första kapitlet tar upp frågan om makten och identitetsbildningen. Det andra kapitlet diskuterar skulpturernas roll i en viss miljö. I det avslutande tredje kapitlet diskuteras skulpturerna i relation till Haparanda stads historia.  Slutsatsen av min avhandling tyder på att skulpturerna är väl kopplade till Haparandas historia och dess nära relation till tvillingstaden Torneå (Finland). Det är en historia som har en nära koppling till Finlands historia. / This thesis focus on Haparanda's historical identity by analyzing 14 public sculptures in Haparanda. The aim is to present a representative picture of the public sculptures and to analyse its historical connection to Haparanda in realtion to a urban view of Haparanda's architecture. The first chapter adresses the question of power and identity formation. The second chapter discusses the role of sculptures in the collective view of a particular environment. In the concluding third chapter the sculptures are discussed in relation to the history of the city of Haparanda. The conclustion of my thesis suggests that the sculptures are well connected to the history of Haparanda and its close relation to the twin city of Torneå (Finland). It is a story closely connected to Finlands history.

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This Master Thesis "The animals in the cathedral. Architectural sculpture of animals and fantastical creatures by parlerian lodge in the St. Vitus Cathedral, their symbols and iconography" looks into the architectural sculpture of animal's motifs and motifs of fantastical Creatures. The goal of this work is to summarize recent aspects of research about this theme, explain in more detail individually motifs of animal's and their Iconography and their meaning for Cathedral of St. Vitus. Also this thesis want to explain how could this special animal's motifs fit into the places, where are they have been situated. Their Iconography is taken with larger perspective, by literature's reception from antique over czech medieval age. Concerning animals and fantastic Creatures in the southern vestibule - pelican and phoenix; an owl in the Crown Chamber; gryphon and fight between cat and dog in the inner triforium; an eagle, an unicorn, a horse with bird's legs, a phoenix, a pelican, a stag, a lion, a gryphon, a lioness, a bear, a "cat" and three chimera in the outer triforium; a lion, a dog, a dragon and an eagle in buttresses and at least a dragon and a goat on the Big Tower. Keywords Cathedral st. Vitus, animal's motifs, symbols, iconography, architektonical sculpture, sculptures, console, relief, gothic...

Cette thèse est une étude du mouvement Cobra à travers les œuvres collectives, une de ses composantes caractéristiques. Il s’agit tout d’abord de comprendre le mouvement, ses origines et influences, ainsi que sa visée d’un art libre, ouvert, expérimental, partie prenante de la vie. Dans un contexte social d’après-guerre, souvent politisé, Cobra défend l’action collective, définie notamment dans les notions d’antispécialisme et d’interspécialisme. Il convient de mettre en exergue les origines de cette pratique, et saisir les divers aspects qu’elle arbore, notamment au travers de revues, d’expositions ou de créations partagées. Le poète Christian Dotremont, animateur et âme de Cobra, favorise le travail de collaboration et contribue à son développement en stimulant les rencontres artistiques. Il se fait le passeur et le permanent "agitateur"» de cette notion. Les peintures-mots qu’il crée avec d’autres artistes participent à sa réflexion majeure sur l’écriture et la peinture. Ce lien interpelle quelques artistes belges comme Pierre Alechinsky, mais il passionne Christian Dotremont qui ne cesse de multiplier les expériences à ce propos, pour aboutir à ce qu’il nomme les logogrammes, remarquable fusion de la peinture et de la poésie, et aboutissement de toute une vie de recherche. <p>Ce travail est structuré en trois points. Le premier établit une étude du contexte artistique et social des années précédent Cobra puis la mise en place du groupe. Le second aborde les années d’intense activité "officielle" du groupe, au service du collectif. Enfin, le troisième propose de suivre l’évolution post-Cobra des œuvres collectives et des recherches sur l’écriture et la peinture. / This thesis is a study of the Cobra movement through one of its characteristic components: the collective works. First of all it's about understanding the movement, its origins (three countries), its influences and its purpose of a free art, open, experimental, involvement with life. In a social after-war context, often politicized, Cobra defends collective action, notably defined in concepts of anti-specialism and inter-specialism. We should therefore underline the origins of this practice and undestand different aspects that it shows, in particular through publications, exhibitions or shared creations. The poet Christian Dotremont, leader and soul of Cobra, promotes cooperative work by collaboration and contributes to its development by stimulating artistic meetings. He is the purveyor and permanent "agitator" of this concept. The words-paintings that he creates with other artists, take part of his major thinking about writing and painting. This link interpellates a few Belgian artists like Pierre Alechinsky, but it fascinates Christian Dotremont who keeps experimenting on it, in order to reach what he calls the logograms, a remarkable fusion of painting and poetry, and a culmination of a life-time of research.<p>This work is structured in three parts. The first one draws a study of the artistic and social context of the years preceding Cobra and the setting up of the group. The second one talks about years of intense "official" activity of the group serving collective way of work. Finally, the third one offers to follow the post-Cobra evolution of collective works and researches about writing and painting. / Doctorat en Histoire, art et archéologie / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished