This dissertation looks at pivotal exhibitions of the mid-1980s in the Low Countries – Flanders and the Netherlands – to examine strategies devised by artists to take control over conditions that shape the appearance and reception of their work. Reflecting upon the pion...

This dissertation looks at pivotal exhibitions of the mid-1980s in the Low Countries – Flanders and the Netherlands – to examine strategies devised by artists to take control over conditions that shape the appearance and reception of their work. Reflecting upon the pion...

This thesis explores convincing stuff depicted in 17th century paintings, with the primary aim of understanding their visual perception. ”Stuff” is the term first introduced by Edward Adelson in 2001 to differentiate materials from objects, and to call attention on the ...

[spa] Esta tesis trata sobre la creación artística contemporánea realizada total o parcialmente con madera en el contexto de Cataluña. Asimismo estudia cómo se crea con madera y en base a qué motivaciones artísticas (conceptuales, plásticas, constructivas). La madera en...

O primeiro centenário da morte do marquês de Pombal, celebrado em 1882, atualizou polêmicas em torno de seu passado em Portugal e no Brasil. Nesta tese, tomam-se registros de tal efeméride como incentivo e ponto de partida para refletir sobre diferentes narrativas a res...

Just as digital technologies have profoundly changed the way the humanities are practiced, virtual reality promises to be an essential work tool in the future. This thesis focuses on the potential of virtual reality immersion for historians and archaeologists by proposi...

<p>The importance and character of exchange in the Carolingian period has long been a subject of academic debate. There is much discussion on the relative importance of local, regional and international exchange, the role of various groups of actors, and the nature of e...

[spa] Partiendo de la ecología política (las relaciones entre los seres humanos y los sistemas ecológicos que los albergan), se analizan las visiones del arte sobre los conflictos ecológicos y, a través de la investigación artística, se profundiza en la posibilidad de c...