Search for dissertations about: "Monuments"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 31 swedish dissertations containing the word Monuments.

  2. 11. Streets, Spaces and Places : Three Pompeiian Movement Axes Analysed

    Author : Marina Weilguni; Gullög Nordquist; Henrik Gerding; Henrik Boman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Pompeii; Space Syntax; urban analysis; public space; Pompeji; Space Syntax; urbanism; offentligt rum; Archaeology; classical; Arkeologi; klassisk; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Abstract : This study is an urban analysis of Roman Pompeii. It explores the spatial structure of the town just before the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 72, and how public space was used for movement, activity and interaction between people. READ MORE

  4. 12. Characterisation and Consolidation of Historical Lime Mortars in Cultural Heritage Buildings and Associated Structures in East Africa

    Author : Athuman M. K. Ngoma; Jonas Holmgren; Jan Erik Lindqvist; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; East Africa; Stone Town; historical building; mortar; deterioration; consolidation; calcium hydroxide solution; Building engineering; Byggnadsteknik;

    Abstract : For the period of several centuries, the influence of several distinct cultures produced rich and diverse cultural heritage that we see today in East Africa countries. The most tangible remains of these heritages are stone built buildings and structures including, palaces, mosques, residential houses and tombs. READ MORE

  5. 13. Your monument our schrine : The preservation of Great Zimbabwe

    Author : Webber Ndoro; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Archaeology; Archaeological- and cultural heritage management; preservation and presentation; cultural landscape; Great Zimbabwe; national shrines; cultural significances; local and indigenous knowledge; cultural values; Arkeologi; Archaeology subjects; Arkeologiämnen; arkeologi; Archaeology;

    Abstract : Cultural heritage management in African and in other non-western societies, has mainly been concerned with the preservation and presentation of archaeological monuments primarily from a technical point of view. In Zimbabwe the emphasis has been on the preservation of spectacular monumental architectural places like Great Zimbabwe. READ MORE

  6. 14. Pagan Pasts, Christian Futures: Memory Manipulation and Christianisation in the Cities of Western Asia Minor

    Author : Irene Selsvold; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Christianisation; Late Antiquity; materiality; memory; Asia Minor; Aphrodisias; Hierapolis; Ephesus; urban archaeology; Roman religion; early Christianity;

    Abstract : Religion has always impacted how we structure the physical world around us, and the Roman world was no exception. Roman cities were constructed and shaped around religious life and religious practices. Religious art was omnipresent, and religious architecture monumental. READ MORE

  7. 15. Every Man His Own Monument : Self-Monumentalizing in Romantic Britain

    Author : Chris Haffenden; Frans Lundgren; Peter Josephson; Samantha Matthews; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Self-monumentalizing; self-made immortality; history of celebrity; cultural memory; historical consciousness; Jeremy Bentham; Auto-Icon; John Soane; Soane Museum; Benjamin Robert Haydon; autobiography; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

    Abstract : From framing private homes as museums, to sitting for life masks and appointing biographers, new forms of self-monumentalizing emerged in the early nineteenth century. In this study I investigate the emergence and configuration of such practices in Romantic Britain. READ MORE