Polychrome ceramics, artistic diagnosis and resulting ambiances in a Marinid Mosque, Algeria

The study and research described in this paper aims to reveal the unexplored aesthetical role of colors used for the ceramics in a mosque from the Marinid dynasty in Tlemcen, Algeria. The methodological approach consists firstly, of a formal analysis of the mosque’s artwork by describing its elements and composition and related principles.Secondly, the patterns and geometries are analyzed in-depth using artistic color concepts and laws of color contrast. The analysis demonstrates that the contrasts between bright, pure and dynamic colors provide luminosity, dynamism, rhythm, brightness and an optical mix. The color contrasts are also found to provide visual illusions of mass, volume or movement, as well as depth and relief that ultimately result in influencing the overall ambience of the mosque. The study thus enables the chromatic authenticity of this architectural heritage to be preserved by providing the necessary data for potential conservation, as well as providing a basis for innovative principles in expressing contemporary architecture

Rainbow Generalizations of Ramsey Theory - A Dynamic Survey

In this work, we collect Ramsey-type results concerning rainbow edge colorings of graphs

Ch\u27ullus in Cosco: Identity in the Andes

This study centers on the ch\u27ullu, the knitted cap, usually with ear flaps and an elongated peak or tail, a hat that identifies the wearer as an indigenous Andean male. The long history of the ch\u27ullu is marked by both its use as geographic identifier, and as a canvas upon which to present the same designs that represent ancient Andean ideas about ancestry, land and time. Because the knitted hats of today function exactly as ancient ones did, the ch\u27ullu is proven a descendant of ancient hats, an important element to be preserved rather than discarded for factory made caps

Preliminary Study on the Reliability of AFIX Tracker for Lip Print Examination

Lip prints have been proposed as a type of impression evidence with similar issues as fingerprints, but with greater scrutiny by the forensic community due to a lack of history in using this type of impression as evidence. A survey of 11 questions about lip print examination was sent to 63 members of the Chesapeake Bay Division of the International Association for Identification (CBD-IAI) to gather opinions from active forensic scientists in determining an appropriate direction for this study. The responses were presented at the spring CBD-IAI 2009 conference to generate more discussion and to achieve greater awareness. A method including glass slides, magnetic black powder with photography and tape lifting resulted. Phase I focused on intervariability with the collection of 300 impressions from 100 individuals. Phase II focused on intravariability. The 49 best donors from Phase I were selected for the collection of 6 lip prints on 5 different dates throughout 2 different seasons, fall and winter. In total, 1770 lip prints were collected in this study. In addition to promoting awareness for lip prints, the purpose of this study was to test the reliability of AFIX Tracker, a minutiae based system, for lip print individualization. Reproducible rules of mark-up were established for lip prints based on the author\u27s classification systems, frequency analyses, and experience with AFIX Tracker for fingerprint examination. Preliminary analysis resulted in the detection of 4 potentially useful minutiae , or unique identifying characteristics: bifurcations, diamonds, triangles, and middle horizontals. Each minutiae Type was tested via AFIX Tracker by the analysis of 10 individuals from Phase I. Focus was placed on the number of matched minutiae and match score corresponding to where False Positives (Type I errors) decrease and where False Negatives (Type II errors) increase. As a preliminary study, it cannot be said if all individuals produced different lip prints. In addition, the author cannot say if changes did or did not occur in lip print patterns with change in time. Future analysis will involve a more thorough approach to these issues

Rainbow Generalizations of Ramsey Theory - A Dynamic Survey

In this work, we collect Ramsey-type results concerning rainbow edge colorings of graphs

Rainbow Generalizations of Ramsey Theory - A Dynamic Survey

In this work, we collect Ramsey-type results concerning rainbow edge colorings of graphs

Shot Glasses: An American Tradition

My intent in compiling the information contained in this book is for it to be much more than a catalog of shot glasses. It is a history project involving significant effort, for researching this subject has proved to be quite elusive. It is not a topic that has been written about to my knowledge, except when it is mentioned in passing in books about glassware. Even then, rarely more than a page or two are devoted to shot glasses.Master of ArtsLiberal StudiesUniversity of Michigan-Flinthttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/143489/1/Pickvet.pd

Aesthetics of 1950s and 1960s interiors presented in Polish comedy films from that period

This article is an attempt at outlining key aesthetic standards of interior design of the 1950s and 1960s on the basis of examples exhibited in the Polish and foreign romantic comedies of that time. Some distinguishing features of 1960s Polish aesthetics were the characteristic abstract language, organic form, asymmetry, diagonal lines, arrangements based on “A” and “X” letter outlines and lively colours. Furniture design used new materials mostly plywood and plastics such as polyvinyl chloride and epoxy resins. The 1960s, called “small stabilization” by design historians, were slightly different. Shops offered a variety of new products designed by Polish creators – such as furniture, home appliances, tools and machines. New Polish industrial design of 1960s is represented by the RAMONA and EWA radios and the BAMBINO record player, whereas sectional furniture – especially SYSTEM MK designed by Bogusława and Czesław Kowalski, better known as “the Kowalskis’ furniture” – became the icon of the decade. Polish and foreign romantic comedies from 1950s and 1960s are an excellent iconographic source of information on how interior design changed in the second half of the 20th century, and specifically on how living space was organized and adapted for private and public purposes. In Poland, attempts were made to use all the “design innovations” coming from the west, however, the immutably closed Polish borders prevented them from spreading freely. We had to use local designers. In the 2nd half of the twentieth century, a period which Prof Irena Huml called “the invasion of modernity” started. The doctrine of socialist realism was rejected and the focus was on modernity. Innovation became the most desirable feature of a work of art, and modernity the most important concept

Spartan Daily, September 25, 1975

Volume 65, Issue 11https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/5997/thumbnail.jp

Insects in Japanese culture

The following article focuses on the importance of insects as aesthetic, symbolic and allegorical objects of Japanese culture and their importance in terms of mainly their aesthetic influence on the shaping of decorative arts in the West and more specifically in the areas of glass and jewelry design at the end of the 19th century. In particular, it aims to exploring their long history in the culture and art of Japan and their impressive correlations with important historical characters, such as the caste of Samurai and their military and social importance from the time of medieval Japan to the end of the 19th century. Their meaningful presence in traditional Japanese art, especially during the Edo period, through the work of major artists mainly of the ukiyo-e print technique, such as Utamaro and Hokusai, is particularly highlighted. The new historical parameters that would lead Art Nouveau design to disregard the defiantly negative attitude of Western art to insects and to adopt the peculiar and, for many, primitive, cultural traditions of the Japanese, producing brand new design works will be profoundly discussed. In general, the way, according to which insects would be exonerated from their dark past in European art, they would become a new form of aesthetic excellence through glass and jewelry design and would manage to form a new thematic platform for designers of that time, will be highly commented upon, analyzed, and documented with relevant examples