Art Lovers Research Articles

Audio description for all? The benefits and concerns of extending access provision to sighted people

AbstractAudio description (AD) is an established part of museums' access programs for blind and partially blind (BPB) people. This paper explores the merits and caveats regarding “AD for all”, rolling out the provision for sighted people as well. It draws from four separate Access All Senses (AAS) events in three different London museums, each conducted under slightly different conditions. In addition to collecting nearly 100 audience feedback forms, this study has involved museum access staff, audio describers, and BPB art lovers. These events demonstrate that there is a demand among sighted people to include AD in museum tours as “guided looking”. The main concern regards the unintended consequences that could threaten the specific provision that BPB people need. A brief survey at the end offers examples of museum initiatives where AD is being rolled out while protecting these interests.

Main routes and attractions of Crimea in the sphere of art tourism

This article examines the key routes and attractions of Crimea, which play a significant role in the development of art tourism on the peninsula. Crimea, with its rich historical and cultural heritage, attracts artists, writers and art lovers from all over the world. In the article, we analyze the most interesting points, such as: Bakhchisarai, Yalta, Sevastopol and Simferopol, where art galleries, museums, plein airs and cultural events are concentrated. Particular attention is paid to places of nature that inspired famous artists, as well as modern art spaces that contribute to the development of creative initiatives. During the study, we note the impact of art tourism on the economy of the region and its potential for the sustainable development of the cultural environment of Crimea. The article also includes recommendations for organizing cultural routes for tourists, taking into account the artistic context, which contributes to immersion in the unique atmosphere of Crimean art.

Ars Erotica: Sex and Somaesthetics in the Classical Arts of Love: Exploring Shusterman’s Writing Identity in the Discourse on the Art of Lovemaking and Body Aesthetics

Standing in marked contrast with Foucauldian notion of “the care for the self” which seeks bodily pleasure by advocating violent practices of consensual homosexual sadomasochism and drugs, Shusterman’s Ars Erotica takes up the notion further by unveiling the idea of somaesthetics that alternatively favors such tranquil, less violent somatic practices as a pursuit of bodily pleasure and cultivation. Rich in its cross-cultural perspectives of how artistic body practices (including the art of love making) are cultivated, Ars Erotica combines important ideas from different philosophical traditions with literary works emanating from varied cultural, religious, and linguistic legacies. The mixture of both philosophy and literature in the book helps reconcile the long-standing disputes regarding the divide between the two scholarships, thus making Shusterman’s writing worthy of investigating. Drawing on these notions of aspects of identity – “self as author” and “discoursal self” (Ivanic, 1998), this article is an attempt to explore these aspects of identity. Thematic coding was used as a technique of data analysis. Findings revealed that aspects of identity can be categorized and suggested as follows: (1) taking control by evaluating while averring to reliable sources, (2) interfering credible sources by infusing personal positioning (3) translanguaging to create aesthetic textual postures.

FORM AND FUNCTION STUDY OF BARIS KEKUPU DANCE IN BANJAR LEBAH, SUMERTA KAJA VILLAGE, DENPASAR CITY

Dance is one of the crucial aspects of the Balinese Hindu community's artistic, cultural, and socio-religious activities. Dance is referred to as the art of movement and contains aesthetic and philosophical values, which can be enjoyed by the dancers and the audience (art lovers) during the performance. In Sumerta Kaja Village, East Denpasar Subdistrict, Denpasar City, there is a Baris Dance whose shape has a speciality, namely the Kekupu Baris Dance. This article aims to describe the beauty of the form and function of Baris Kekupu Dance. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. The results showed that the Baris Kekupu Dance is a traditional Balinese dance created around 1930 by a Balinese kakebyaran artist, I Nyoman Kaler. This dance describes the movements of a group of colourful butterflies who are playing in a beautiful flower garden, happily looking for flower honey. Baris Kekupu dance was popularized by Banjar Lebah dance maestro, Ni Ketut Arini, and until now, its existence is still sustainable and has become an icon of Banjar Lebah. The uniqueness of Baris Kekupu Dance can be seen from its dance movements and costumes, which combine Legong dance movements with Baris dance movements. Furthermore, in terms of dance costumes for body decoration using awiran type costumes (Baris Dance costumes), while for headdresses using gelungan of legong dance (the type of gelungan pepudakan). Baris Kekupu Dance has two primary functions: as a ritual tool in the Dewa Yadnya (a ceremony to Gods/Goddesses) and Pitra Yadnya (ceremonial offerings to ancestors) ceremonies, and as an aesthetic presentation.

Miniaturists — Graduates of the Imperial Academy of Arts on the Modern Art Market

Graduates of the portrait miniature class at the Imperial Academy of Arts, which operated for more than half a century, were many first-class miniaturists whose names are now, unfortunately, known only to specialists. By now, most leading museums have published their collections of portrait miniatures, but historically, none of the researchers have considered the study of the art market (and the miniatures of academician artists appearing on it) as an opportunity, firstly, to identify new works of miniature art, and secondly, to find out whether an artist’s academic education or title influences contemporary pricing and the interest of buyers (which can be private collectors or museums) in his works.Nevertheless, it is the information on the functioning of the art market that provides data for more in-depth and comprehensive research. Thus, the sales index of a certain author much more clearly than numerous exhibitions can show its demand among art lovers. It should be noted that not all users of auction platforms are professional collectors. There are cases when personal exhibitions of artists did not contribute to the growth of interest in their work on the part of art collectors. There is also an opposite situation, when works by artists about whom only a rare researcher knows become a desiderata for many collectors. The present study expands the understanding of the place on the contemporary art market of Russian miniaturists associated with the Academy of Arts (its graduates and academicians), and makes it possible to fill in the gaps in the attribution and identification of the peculiarities of their works. It is concluded that there is no direct connection between the fact of studying at the Imperial Academy of Arts and the prices of their works, but the high artistic level of miniatures allows us to say that the title of academician was indeed given to the most worthy masters.

Social Studies and Love of Art: Students and Teachers Enlighten the Connections

Art and artistic activities that play a significant role in the lives of both children and adults, are an important requirement for all individuals. Cultures develop, expand, and enrich through artistic activities, which are important for the development of visual literacy, especially in social studies. The present study aims to determine the reflection of various artistic branches in social studies course and the student interest and love that art considered to evoke in the context of the social studies course. In the study, qualitative research methods and techniques were used to review relevant documents and to determine the participant views about the role of art in social studies. First, the current Turkish social studies curricula and textbooks were analyzed. Then, an interview form developed by the authors was applied to 80 students attending all grades in a public middle school and 3 teachers employed in these schools in one of the major cities in Turkey. The attributes employed by the teachers and students in the interview form were analyzed with thematic/content analysis. The study findings demonstrated that that the curricula and textbook achievements that allow activities in several art branches were limited. However, despite the limitation, the study findings demonstrated that the students were interested in different art branches and evidenced the support of the social studies to the development of interest and love for certain learning areas.

Online Auction System

An online auction is an auction which is held over the internet. It is a popular method for buying and selling products and services. Online Auction System s helps to customer to sell and buy product in best price. It is developed with the objective of making the system reliable, easier and fast. This application is used to sell the anything on the website from house. This application is used to sell the anything on the website from house. It developed with the objective of making the system reliable, easier and fast. The application is made as simple as surfing a website. There by non-technical persons can also interact with the processing on the application easily. An online auction project is a system that holds online auctions for various products on a website and serves sellers and bidders accordingly. The system is designed to allow users to set up their products for auctions and to register and bid for various products available for bidding. Auction is an online auction web site aimed at taking the auction to the finger tips of aspiring bidders there by opening up the doors of the "OPEN Auction House' to a wider cross section of Art Lovers and Antique Collectors. This site also acts as an open forum where buyers and sellers can come together and exchange their products. The site makes sure that the sellers get a fair deal and buyers get a genuine product.

Workshop of Terravor: Terrarium as An Education Media for Introducing Carnivorous Plants of Sumatra to the Society of Nature Themed Art Lovers

There are still many plant species that the public currently needs to be made aware. It is because the uses of plants still need to be well explored, which has left them with little practical usefulness. The potential of these plants can be utilized as a tool in educational media and as items with creative and unique value in the commercial sector. Carnivorous plants are among them. In addition to having unique shapes, art enthusiasts can use this plant to turn their interests and skills into terrarium products. TERRAVOR is an innovative terrarium product with carnivorous plants as the main ingredient. This product specializes in carnivorous plants found in the Sumatra region to educate the public regarding the sustainable use of these plants and their status in nature so that the use value of these plants can be maintained for an extended period. This workshop aims to educate the public, especially a society of nature-themed art lovers, about the sustainable use of carnivorous plants. This one-day workshop involved a society interested in terrarium techniques and the uniqueness of carnivorous plants. In this workshop, participants consisting of 13 people who have natural-themed artistic talent were introduced to the ins and outs of carnivorous plants, their conservation status, how to cultivate them in terrarium conditions, and their care. The results of this workshop showed that the number of participants' understanding of the importance of carnivorous plants increased. In addition, participants know more about how to use it sustainably without destroying its natural populations.

The historical adventures of Takeshi Kawase: the mountaineer who explored the "no man's land" with love for art, nature, and humankind.

The anterior petrosal approach, or Kawase's approach, is a commonly used technique in skull base surgery to access the brainstem in the posterior fossa from the middle fossa, and has the advantages of minimizing brain retraction and preserving hearing. It was first successfully performed by the legendary Japanese neurosurgeon, Takeshi Kawase, for the clipping of a basilar artery aneurysm in 1981. To date, no historical article has shed light on Kawase's intriguing personal history. In this historical vignette, the authors depict Kawase's unique background, talent, passion, as well as struggles that ultimately shaped his career. By sharing Kawase's personal story from the hospital where he first successfully performed his original approach, the authors hope to pass on to future generations Kawase's spirit and philosophy that have impacted the global neurosurgical community.

Artbook: Connecting Artists and Art Lovers - a Social Networking Site for Artists to Showcase and Sell Their Creative Works

Artbook: Connecting Artists and Art Lovers - a Social Networking Site for Artists to Showcase and Sell Their Creative Works

THE „GLASS INITIAL“ PROJECT STEAM WORKSHOPS

Some results of creative workshops held with students, teachers, parents, art lovers on the "Glass Initial" project are presented. The aim of Glass Initial project is to popularize two techniques of glass material and silk painting technique among art lovers and attract new members of amateur art.

The Quality Evaluation and Management Mechanism Optimization of Art Education under the Guidance of Student Development

In recent years, art education’s role in students’ comprehensive development has gradually been valued, and the quality evaluation and management mechanism of art education guided by student development has received widespread attention from educators. This study explores establishing and optimizing a quality evaluation and management mechanism for art education based on students’ personalities and developmental needs. The study used literature review, case analysis, and expert interviews to analyze the problems in current art education evaluation, such as the singularity of evaluation criteria, emphasis on results over processes, and neglect of students’ emotional experiences and creative development. Based on this, optimization strategies were proposed. The strategy includes constructing diversified evaluation indicators, strengthening process and experience evaluation, emphasizing innovation ability, and a continuous feedback mechanism for educational quality. By optimizing the evaluation and management of art education, the aim is to better promote students’ personalized and comprehensive development and cultivate their love for art and lifelong learning ability.

Provenance research: Entangled histories of objects from Asia and Oceania in the missionary museum “Forum der Völker”

In the missionary museum “Forum der Völker”, founded by the Franciscan religious order, ethnographic objects – in particular ritual implements or religious art – were transferred to a Christian context by reinterpreting them as counter-images for the missionary task. Missionaries commodified devices of local worship and showed an ambivalence towards human remains and weapons. The museum’s collection was extended in the past thirty years by private collections, including objects obtained by the military from the colonial period or of antiquities theft by art lovers. The initial provenance research in the museum used archive material, gathered information by studying the objects and conducted interviews with relevant actors. The implication of the findings revealed unclear changes of ownership and various potentially sensitive acquisition contexts that offers an orientation in how to deal with objects of problematic provenance in a missionary context.

The Importance of Art and Museum Education in Teacher Training

Since art is an action specific to the individual, the development of aesthetic feelings within the education and training processes is an important condition for creating an effective society. People who do not have an artistic consciousness or love for art cannot realize and enjoy the works of art, cultural values and natural beauties they own, cannot protect them, cannot contribute to the cultural development of the society. It is important that art and museums, which have a great impact on all stages of life, are integrated with educational content by future teachers and that teacher candidates learn to integrate them into the classroom within the curriculum, taking into account the interests of the students. In this sense, it can be seen as a necessity for teacher candidates who undertake the education of the next generation to use artistic activities and museums effectively in the classroom, as they undertake the task of transferring social culture. This study aims to reveal the thoughts of Social Studies educators on the importance of art and museum practices in teacher education. In line with this general purpose, evaluations were made in parallel with the opinions of field experts at the end of the research.

EXPLORATION OF CREATIVITY THROUGH EMPOWERMENT ACTIVITIES TIE DYE MAKING USING A COOPERATIVE LEARNING APPROACH FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS

Exploratory activities through empowering the creation of Tie Dye works in practical Arts, Culture and Crafts (SBdP) learning can improve various character values in students. Some of the characters that can be developed are love of art and culture, love of the homeland, responsibility and cooperation. This competency empowerment activity aims to reveal the development of cooperative character through the SBdP practice of making jumputan or tie dye batik. This article is a process of community service carried out in the school environment using a participatory approach, using joint data collection techniques in activities and empowerment through observation and peer review. The subjects were 18 grade 5 students at Klaci State Elementary School. Data obtained directly in the field when practice is reduced to sorting, selecting and simplifying subject matter, then the appropriate data will be presented through analytical exposure in a phenomenological perspective. Competency exploration and empowerment activities carried out on May 17 2023 at SD Negeri Klaci through the practice of making batik and Tie Dye with a cooperative learning approach can develop the character of cooperation through the steps of making and group work carried out

Broken to the trade: French lacemakers’ tools as sources of pride and pain

Abstract Lacemaking in nineteenth-century France continued to be organized on a ‘putting-out’ basis, involving tens of thousands of women working from home. Their tools—pillow, bobbins, pins—were cheap or easy to make, and also highly portable, enabling lacemakers to gather in groups while working. These same tools held strong emotional and symbolic connotations, both for lacemakers themselves and for the art lovers and social crusaders who were determined to protect the trade from mechanization. Pillows, bobbins and other tools could be decorated with sentimental, religious or other messages. Lace tools were anthropomorphized in local dialects, made into ‘servants’. They were exchanged as gifts between couples, lent by neighbours and passed down from previous generations. They invoked and embodied lacemakers’ relationships, as well as their own craft identity. On their feast days lacemakers paraded replicas of their tools as a public statement of craft pride. Yet in lacemakers’ work culture, the tools were sometimes depicted as instruments of torture or as weapons used against those who forced them to work so long for so little. Lacemakers were ‘broken to the trade’ (rompu au métier) by their tools and the bodily attitudes they were forced to adopt. As the market for homemade lace declined and lacemaking became ever more closely associated with poverty, some lacemakers destroyed their tools as a protest at the grinding discipline of the trade.

Eksistensi Filsafat Seni pada Era Disrupsi

The era of disruption brings fundamental changes in the art world, presenting challenges and opportunities that require deep philosophical understanding. This research aims to explore the existence of art philosophy in the era of disruption, discussing the transformation of art identity, the dynamics of the relationship between art and technology, ethical considerations in digital art, the role of art as an agent of social change, and the shifting paradigm of the art economy. The results of this research provide an in-depth look at the complexities of contemporary art in the face of cultural, technological, and social change. The practical and philosophical implications of the existence of art philosophy are outlined, providing a foundation for artists, researchers, and art lovers to understand and permeate the dynamics of art in this time of disruption. This research also identifies future research directions to deepen the understanding of the role of philosophy of art in facing challenges and innovations in the evolving art world.

Exploring the Application Value and Path of NFT in the Artwork Industry

With the continuous development of blockchain technology and the epidemic situation, the offline art market continues to decline. At the same time, the popularity of the nft market has attracted the attention of many art lovers. For this article, focusing on the combination of nft technology and art, this paper hope to solve various problems in the current market of nft art transactions through this introduction. The article is mainly divided into four parts. The first part describes the overview of blockchain development and the Chinese government's promotion of blockchain technology development. And introduce other literatures that focus on nft technology. The second part describes the current market structure and selects the first industry as the case. The third part uses swot analysis to analyze the feasibility of this technology in the market. The fourth part proposes the concept of 'a blockchain based digital artwork rights confirmation and circulation system' as a solution to the problem based on the above contents.

GIL VALDO JOSÉ DA SILVA (1954-2023)

Gil Valdo José da Silva, from Guaimbê, São Paulo, rose above the constraints of his small-town upbringing. He moved to São Paulo in 1970 and graduated from the Antárctica Technical School with a degree in Industrial Chemistry. Initially employed by General Motors do Brasil, his zeal for knowledge drove him to pass the entrance exam at the University of S. Paulo's Chemistry Institute (IQ-USP) in 1975. Balancing studies and work, he taught chemistry in schools and developed a passion for teaching. Gil Valdo graduated in 1980 and went on to undertake doctoral studies in organic synthesis of natural goods. He was interested in research, particularly chemical synthesis and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) techniques. His accomplishments went beyond the classroom; he became a licensed pilot, a Dive Master, and a lover of languages, culinary arts, and winemaking. Gil Valdo retired in December 2021, after more than 30 years at FFCLRP-USP, to pursue his passions more freely. He died on July 21, 2023, as a result of a heart attack. He was survived by a loving family and a legacy of intellectual, scientific, and cultural achievements. Gil Valdo José da Silva will be remembered for his serenity, dedication, and the diverse interests that enriched his life and the lives of those who were lucky enough to know him.

Fromm's " The Art of Love for Ethnic College Students the Revelation of Emotional Education

This article expounds the theoretical core of Fromm's book The Art of Love, as well as the analysis of the characteristics of ethnic college students in the thoughts and behavior of love. This paper discusses the enlightenment of Frome's theory to the emotional education of college students in ethnic colleges, guides and helps them to understand love, correctly understand the essence of love, and cultivate their practical ability of love. Expect to provide some reference and reference for readers.