Abstract Within the horizontal level of perception of the world (the sphere of intellect) and the vertical sphere of the heart, the study is an analytical examination and questioning of the photographical medium essence across various views from areas of philosophy, theology, semiology, and visual culture.
Abstract The portfolio of the Slovak visual artist Petra Cepková presents a selection of her artwork, which has been realised since the early 2000s in the fields of photography, installation and painting. The presented selection of the author’s works, from her university studies to her current pedagogical
Abstract Reconstructing events, reviving the vital or reminding of and remembering the past are the main functions of an archive. A picture archives not only what has happened, but also, from the perspective of preserving the future, it projects historical time that struggles with timelessness. Photography
Abstract American photorealism was an art movement born in the late 1960s in the USA, from where it travelled to the European continent over the following decades. Drawing inspiration from pop-art iconography, it resolutely stood in opposition to abstract expressionism, conceptualism and minimalism. Its uniqueness was
Abstract Our study reflects on the unique digital social activity Museum Art Challenge initiated by the Getty Museum in Los Angeles in a transdisciplinary fashion (touching on aesthetics, psychology and media and communication studies), which was shared on social media during the lockdown during the years
Abstract The medieval cathedral is a relatively common theme in art, and the fascination that these buildings evoked among artists even soon after they first appeared can be traced through history. Nonetheless, artistic attitudes toward medieval architecture have evolved over time and by the late 20th
Abstract The study focuses on the biographical drama (or, the biopic) as a critically underestimated, yet popular film genre that tends to portray extraordinary lives and career patterns of famous people. Given the fact that the feature film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018, directed by Bryan Singer, later
Abstract Intentional eccentricity is a strategy targeted at how to capture publicity and media. Since the time of the emerging modern bourgeois society, exalted artistic eccentricity, bohemianism, has been a regular and significant part of social discourse. Dandy was a hero who needed to be distinguished
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