This course focuses on the impact of the view from the car in the invention of new representational strategies in architectural and urban design. The automobile has reshaped our conceptions of space and our modes of accessing and penetrating the urban and non-urban territory in multiple ways, revolutionizing how architects perceive the city and…[Read more]

Los libros científicos con fines docentes o para el aprendizaje, muestran resultados de investigación, experimentos y contenidos que permiten a los estudiantes adquirir conocimientos. En la literatura científica publicada se evidencia una carencia de publicaciones que fundamente los medios y formas que permitan realizar una correcta so…[Read more]

This book explores localized Hindu elements in Southeast Asian art from ancient times to present

This paper aims to examine models by which symbolism of light and lamp in
the Mediterranean region was manifested in the early Christian visual culture,
i.e. lamp representations from Central Balkans. Lamps with Early
Christian representations are considered in the context of transculturality
of Late Antiquity, as well as political and…[Read more]

Elements of Christian visual culture appeared in
various media in monumental and applied art during the late
antique period, from painted decoration in the catacombs,
through funerary monuments, to utilitarian objects such as
jewellery and lamps. The paper analyses the symbolic meaning
of fish and maritime motifs in the context of the late…[Read more]

On a number of pilgrimage objects from Late Antiquity, St Thecla, a highly revered saint, also known as Thecla the Protomartyr, is shown accompanied by St Menas, whose tomb in Egypt was the pilgrimage centre associated with healing miracles. The saintly couple appear in ad bestias compositions or in a simplified variant as two saints with a cross.…[Read more]

En la era digital actual, donde la cantidad de información generada y almacenada es abrumadora, surge el desafío de preservar y acceder a esta de manera eficiente y duradera. Los identificadores persistentes se presentan como una solución prometedora para abordar este desafío, al proporcionar una forma única y perdurable de identificar y acce…[Read more]

“Experience has shown pastoral caregivers that individuals do seem to cope better if they can “actualize” their spiritual experiences in times of crisis.”
A substantial amount of interest in spiritual experiences recently appears to be from a re-emergence of interest from the (unofficial) pastoral school of thought in psychology. For ins…[Read more]