This is the consideration recalled from my reading of Acute pancreatitis:A pictorial review of early pancreatic fluid collections by Xiao.This perspective related to the works of Fellini might be able to contribute th...This is the consideration recalled from my reading of Acute pancreatitis:A pictorial review of early pancreatic fluid collections by Xiao.This perspective related to the works of Fellini might be able to contribute the future development of the research of pancreatic diseases.展开更多
Taking the lead from a tale by French writer Prosper Mérimée,narrating the terrifying story of a statue of Venus that suddenly—and tragically—becomes alive,the paper will dwell on the several versions of t...Taking the lead from a tale by French writer Prosper Mérimée,narrating the terrifying story of a statue of Venus that suddenly—and tragically—becomes alive,the paper will dwell on the several versions of this narrative topos(William of Malmesbury in the 12th Century,Gautier de Coincy in the 13th,Hermann Kroner in the 15th,up to Richard Burton in the 17th,Joseph von Eichendorff in the 19th,Gabriele D’Annunzio in the 20th)in order to semiotically refl ect on two streams of the human imaginary:on the one hand,the statue that becomes alive;on the other hand,the human being that becomes a statue.Following such historical,anthropological,and semiotic excursus,the paper will conclude with an in-depth analysis of a very common present-day urban performance:living statues.Also with reference to contemporary British novel Observatory Mansions,by Edward Carey,the paper will seek to answer the following questions:why is the spectacle of the human body that becomes like stone so fascinating?Why are spectators attracted by immobility and yet offer their coins in order to see it turn into movement and life again?展开更多
This paper explores the evolution of landscape photography from its humanistic origins in the Renaissance to its transformation under the inAuence of posthuman culture in the digi-tal age.Initially an integral part of...This paper explores the evolution of landscape photography from its humanistic origins in the Renaissance to its transformation under the inAuence of posthuman culture in the digi-tal age.Initially an integral part of artistic and visual representation,landscape photography refected humanity's epistemological approach to objectifying nature through the"window perspective."With the rise of postmodernism,poststructuralism,and posthumanism,tradi-tional binaries such as authenticity versus falsity and nature versus artificiality have been deconstructed.Landscape photography now embraces simulacra and digital technology-driven expressions.This study examines how artificial intelligence,virtual reality,and other technologies reshape the meaning of landscape photography,and it highlights the aesthetic and critical potential of contemporary works by artists such as Yao Lu and Yang Yongliang within the broader context of visual culture.展开更多
文摘This is the consideration recalled from my reading of Acute pancreatitis:A pictorial review of early pancreatic fluid collections by Xiao.This perspective related to the works of Fellini might be able to contribute the future development of the research of pancreatic diseases.
文摘Taking the lead from a tale by French writer Prosper Mérimée,narrating the terrifying story of a statue of Venus that suddenly—and tragically—becomes alive,the paper will dwell on the several versions of this narrative topos(William of Malmesbury in the 12th Century,Gautier de Coincy in the 13th,Hermann Kroner in the 15th,up to Richard Burton in the 17th,Joseph von Eichendorff in the 19th,Gabriele D’Annunzio in the 20th)in order to semiotically refl ect on two streams of the human imaginary:on the one hand,the statue that becomes alive;on the other hand,the human being that becomes a statue.Following such historical,anthropological,and semiotic excursus,the paper will conclude with an in-depth analysis of a very common present-day urban performance:living statues.Also with reference to contemporary British novel Observatory Mansions,by Edward Carey,the paper will seek to answer the following questions:why is the spectacle of the human body that becomes like stone so fascinating?Why are spectators attracted by immobility and yet offer their coins in order to see it turn into movement and life again?
文摘This paper explores the evolution of landscape photography from its humanistic origins in the Renaissance to its transformation under the inAuence of posthuman culture in the digi-tal age.Initially an integral part of artistic and visual representation,landscape photography refected humanity's epistemological approach to objectifying nature through the"window perspective."With the rise of postmodernism,poststructuralism,and posthumanism,tradi-tional binaries such as authenticity versus falsity and nature versus artificiality have been deconstructed.Landscape photography now embraces simulacra and digital technology-driven expressions.This study examines how artificial intelligence,virtual reality,and other technologies reshape the meaning of landscape photography,and it highlights the aesthetic and critical potential of contemporary works by artists such as Yao Lu and Yang Yongliang within the broader context of visual culture.
