Search for dissertations about: "reliefs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word reliefs.

  2. 1. The crown of Arsinoë II. The creation and development of an imagery of authority

    Author : Maria Nilsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arsinoë; crowns; Ptolemaic; reliefs; Egyptian art; Egyptian religion; symbolism; female pharaohs; Hathor; God s wife; Edfu; Philae; Dendera; relative scaling; relative placement; concepts of time; post-colonial theory;

    Abstract : This study deals with a unique crown that was created for Queen Arsinoë II. The aim is to identify and understand the symbolism that is embedded in each pictorial detail that together form the crown and how this reflects the wearer’s socio-political and religious positions. READ MORE

  4. 2. Emotions carved in stone? The social handling of death as expressed on Hellenistic grave stelai from Smyrna and Kyzikos

    Author : Sandra Karlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Study of emotions; funerary reliefs; Hellenistic age; funerary epitaphs; Smyrna; Kyzikos; iconography; semiotics; epigraphical studies; social conventions; visual therapy; emotional communities;

    Abstract : This study deals with expressions of emotions in Hellenistic funerary art. The material for this study consists of 245 grave reliefs from the Greek cities of Smyrna and Kyzikos in Western Asia Minor; mostly dated to the second century BCE. READ MORE

  5. 3. Evading Greek models : Three studies on Roman visual culture

    Author : Julia Habetzeder; Anne-Marie Leander Touati; Henrik Boman; Elaine Gazda; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kopienkritik; Copy criticism; Emulation; Classical reception studies; Roman visual culture; Roman ideal sculpture; Neo-Attic reliefs; antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History;

    Abstract : For a long time, Roman ideal sculptures have primarily been studied within the tradition of Kopienkritik. Owing to some of the theoretical assumptions tied to this practice, several important aspects of Roman visual culture have been neglected as the overall aim of such research has been to gain new knowledge regarding assumed Classical and Hellenistic models. READ MORE

  6. 4. Controlling the Optical Properties of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers

    Author : Josip Vukusic; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

    Abstract : The insatiable demand for higher bandwidth in communication systems has led to the optical fiber trickling its way down to the consumer, gradually replacing the conventional copper cable. This trend is expected to continue, rendering these systems highly cost sensitive and therefore spurring the development of new breeds of semiconductor lasers, such as the vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser(VCSEL). READ MORE

  7. 5. Destructive reumatoid arthritis : Epidemiological, economic, and rheumasurgical aspects

    Author : Brynjolfur Jonsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : This study comprising 8 separate papers is concerned with the prevalence of rheumatic disease and different aspects of destructive rheumatoid arthritis in the population. In an epidemiologically representative population subjective joint disease was found in 30% in ages 45 years and over. READ MORE