Popular Art Research Articles

From Content to Mode: Research on Chinese Film Education in the Post-epidemic Era Future of Local Universities and Film Policies: Promoting Film Education at Local Universities and Supporting Film Policies

This article selects film education as the research object, and the Chinese film research under the background of the epidemic era as a specific reference, and strives to provide reference solutions for Chinese higher education to respond to the impact of the new crown epidemic and the impact of the new crown through specific interpretation and analysis. At the same time, as the most popular art form in the world, film education is related to the effective production capacity and product quality of the “human spiritual dream factory”. Through the current practice and research of Chinese film education, it is expected to contribute Chinese power to the world film education. To contribute Chinese wisdom to the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

On popular art as a source of adult learning

ABSTRACT This article supports the thesis that popular art can be a source of learning for adults. Questions are framed in the context of the trend for public pedagogy and the andragogical concepts of learning put forward by Jack Mezirow and Knud Illeris. To illustrate the problem, selected popular culture texts from the field of movies, street art, and TV series are used. On the basis of the analyses conducted, three conclusions are formulated. The first is that popular art can be a source of transformative learning. The second conclusion shows that the human learning process that takes place in relation to popular art integrates three dimensions of learning: the cognitive, emotional, and social. The third conclusion points to popular art as a form of public pedagogy.

Design and development of ‘Mehndi’ applicator

‘Mehndi’ is a popular art form to decorate body parts like real tattoos quickly and temporarily without pain or long-term treatment. This work is towards the automation of ‘Mehndi’ craftsmanship. The strategy for automation of craftsmanship is to implement CAD/CAM as a tool in an integrated manner for the traditional piece of ‘Mehndi’ workmanship to produce this work in a quick span of time with the utmost precision. A 3D printing machine with extruder assembly on Z-axis drive, named as ‘Mehndi applicator’ has been designed and developed which has the ability to apply single layer of paste on hand as similar as to traditional form of craftwork performed by skilled person. This applicator is improvised with modern CAD/CAM tools. It makes use of a digital scanning device with Python programmable control to produce the scanned data of hand, which could be transformed into accurate CAD surface model and consequently into automated extruder tool path along the ‘Mehndi’ pattern projected on the hand surface.

„Kulturowe DNA” – w czasach pandemii

This outline is dedicated to the reconstruction of an individual cultural code of high school students, who, due to the 2020 lockdown, were forced to self-isolate from peers and limit their school activity to online contacts. Based on the analysis of students’ written assignments, the author discusses what builds their identity and impacts the outlook on the world, as well as reconstructs youth’s beliefs regarding the role of old and contemporary, elitist and popular art. The study indicates the spheres of life important to young people, documents their understanding of how being apart, they can still demonstrate care of others, and emphasises the significance of students’ independence and benefits arising from recognition of their empowerment. The statements of high school girls and boys quoted by the researcher inspire further reflections on both the objectives of humanities education and the means of their implementation.

Некоторые религиозные термины, хадисы и аяты в башкирских мунаджатах

Introduction. In the oral popular art and written literary monuments of the Bashkir people, there is a special musical-poetic genre of the lyric-epic and religious character, which is called munajat. This article aims to analyze some of the ayats, hadiths, and religious terms used in the Bashkir munajats. Materials and methods. Samples of religious poetry borrowed from a thematic volume of the Bashkir folk art compendium were used as the main source of the research data. Over 1,500 examples have been identified, some of which are used in this article. A systematic and comparative analysis and a historical-typological research method were employed for the analysis of the material. Results. Many Bashkir scholars were among the students of the munajats. In their works, they often focused on the main features of the genre, such as religious motifs, plots, and appeals to Allah that they contain. Since early 1990s, the munajats have been experiencing a rebirth: old versions have returned to become popular again; also, new types, composed by our contemporaries, have emerged, and spread in various regions. The study resulted in identifying over one and a half thousand examples containing Muslim terms, ayats, and hadiths; some of them have been included in this article. Conclusions. The present study shows the peculiarities of the use of religious subjects, terms, and motifs in the Bashkir munajats. Some words and phrases were changed to adapt to the popular usage, while preserving the Arabic cliché. In its turn, the use of religious vocabulary enriched the Bashkir language and literature.

“Icelandic Music or Music from Iceland?” The Image of Icelandic Popular Music in British Media

This article aims to understand the image of Icelandic music as it is portrayed in three British media outlets and how this relates to the country of origin and the national image of Iceland. Using qualitative methods, the authors analysed 195 articles about Icelandic music. The image of Icelandic music has strong connections with Icelandic nature, whether imagined (other-worldly) or real (e.g., lava formations and glaciers). This is particularly true for Björk’s and Sigur Rós’s music. Findings indicate that these artists, specifically the eccentric Björk, have paved the way for a symbolically loaded “Icelandic sound” and, accordingly, have built a strong image of Icelandic music. At the same time, emerging popular artists from Iceland, such as Of Monsters and Men and Kaleo, go against this trend by following a different path which does not match established expectations for Icelandic music, thus shifting the focus from Icelandic music towards music from Iceland.

Coltman, Viccy. Art and Identity in Scotland: A Cultural History from the Jacobite Rising of 1745 to Walter Scott.

Coltman, Viccy. <i>Art and Identity in Scotland: A Cultural History from the Jacobite Rising of 1745 to Walter Scott</i>.

Tracing cultural values through popular art historiographies: Australian popular magazines and the visual arts

Tracing cultural values through popular art historiographies: Australian popular magazines and the visual arts

“A true Patron without any pretense of being one”: William H. Stewart, His Album, and His Friends from the Modern Spanish School in Nineteenth-Century Paris

Abstract The art collection of William H. Stewart (1820–97), an American expatriate who lived in Paris during the second half of the nineteenth century, comprised more than two hundred paintings by contemporary American and European artists and was lauded as the most outstanding compilation of works by artists of the modern Spanish school. Following the collection’s dispersal at auction in 1898, Stewart’s reputation as a patron began to diminish. This essay aims to rehabilitate Stewart, further the appreciation of his contributions, and shed light on the connections he established with some of the most popular artists of the period, especially those of Spanish origin living in Paris. These relationships are highlighted in “The Stewart Album,” now in the collection of the Meadows Museum in Dallas, Texas. This extraordinary compendium of primary sources is a testament to Stewart’s connoisseurship and taste and the important place he occupied in the international art scene during the last four decades of the nineteenth century. By considering the material within the album together with other contemporary sources, a clearer picture of a formidable artistic patron emerges, one who not only developed personal relationships with artists but also promoted Spanish art and culture among his American friends.

Variety and vocal art in the context of development mass culture

The aim of the work is to study pop and vocal art in the context of the development of mass culture, which is genetically determined and mediated by a number of its characteristics and traits. The research methodology involves recourse to an interdisciplinary approach, as well as the use of comparative, historical and logical methods of analysis and culturological approach in the study of these issues. The scientific novelty lies in the expansion of information on the development of pop and vocal art in the context of mass culture and the mediation of its main characteristics by the formats of mass art. Conclusions. The study found that the modern system of pop art, combined with the show business, reflects the state, trends and prospects of pop music, which can be improved by understanding the socio-cultural significance of mass culture and popular art, as well as a developed sense of responsibility the creators of mass culture. The development of musical variety should be based on the generalization of previous creative experience and inherited compositional and performing traditions. The current realities of socio-cultural life determine the fact that the substantive and professional components of pop music should be based on both traditional artistic and aesthetic ideas and the search for new views on art, relevant to modern trends, tendencies and spiritual needs of society. The intensification of the musical-performing process leads to the discovery of new horizons of mastering the artistic and creative space, which, in turn, will help update the paradigm of pop art, focusing on modern pop music as an important phenomenon of socio-cultural life.

Digital Textile Design Inspired by Saudi Traditional Symbols of Architecture to Promote the Cultural Identity of Adolescents

Digital Textile Design Inspired by Saudi Traditional Symbols of Architecture to Promote the Cultural Identity of Adolescents

The Literary Canon in the Russian Magazine and Newspaper Cartoons of the late 19th - early 20th centuries

An enormous amount of research has been devoted to studying the Russian classics. Nevertheless, the issue of reflecting social ideas about the writers whose works were included into the Russian literary canon has been insufficiently studied, especially with regard to satirical graphics. Caricature in the legitimate press is considered to be a popular visual art, with the image of a Russian writer demonstrating the attitude of society towards his work.&#x0D; The purpose of this paper is to study the frequency of the portrayals of Russian writers in the satirical graphics of the early 20th century, which are viewed as a reflection of the established (and constantly updated) literary canon of Russia. Our objectives include identifying the images of Russian writers found in the satirical graphics, comparing the visualization techniques used to portray the authors in the caricatures of the 19th and early 20th centuries, highlighting the visual motifs used to contrast the literature of the past and the contemporary magazine issues and pointing out the persistent satirical characterizations and tropes of the images of famous writers, depending on the periodical.&#x0D; On the basis of a selective scan of 25 thin magazines and two newspapers published from 1877 to 1917, more than 200 caricatures and satirical cartoons were identified, including benevolent and spiteful caricatures of Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Nicolai Nekrasov, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky and many others. The cartoons held the readers’ interest in their literary work, forming the people’s attitude towards the human qualities of the writers and highlighting their personality among the rest of their peers. The prevalence of humor or satire was directly related to the historical context, either to the works of a particular writer, the editorial policy of publications or the position of a caricaturist. The cartoons of the early 20th century reflect the social atmosphere of the Silver Age: creative, critical, nervous and overthrowing the idols of the bygone eras. The article would prove useful for literary critics, historians of journalism and visual content researchers interested in the Russian pre-revolutionary press.

Embroidering Resistance: Emotional, embodied, everyday struggles of women affected by dams in Brazil

The article analyzes the daily emotional struggles embodied by peasant women affected by a hydropower dam in South Brazil and the use of arpilleras – a popular arts textile technique – as a means of resistance. The article is based on ethnographic research done in collaboration with the Movement of People Affected by Dams (MAB) in a region affected by the Baixo Iguaçu dam, which is the sixth and last dam constructed on the Iguaçu River. I use a Feminist Political Ecology (FPE) approach in order to analyze women’s resistance, highlighting the emotional, embodied, and everyday dimensions of their struggles. Listening to women and paying attention to their narratives embroidered in arpilleras reveals that the implementation of a dam project brings about material impacts as well as complex gendered, emotional, and embodied effects. The article demonstrates that resistance to dams not only takes place in protests and direct action, but also in the everyday, embodied and emotional struggles, women’s networks, and through art. By embroidering arpilleras, women affected by dams in Brazil organized in the MAB are developing a political strategy that uses art as a powerful and gendered tool in their resistance to dams, with transformative effects.

Flamenco experience in Córdoba, Spain: estimating tourist profiles by multilayer perceptron's artificial neural networks

PurposeThis research aims to demonstrate the possible link between the sociodemographic profile of visitors motivated by the visit to flamenco shows and the city of Córdoba (Spain), and the preferences and sensations regarding these experiences.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology used (multilayer perceptron) is based on the development of an artificial neural network.FindingsThe results show that the variables age and educational level are determining factors in the profile of the visitor. Also, as the level of income increases, so does the interest in flamenco, a fact that can be useful to determine the target audience for this type of shows.Originality/valueFlamenco is an art that originated in the Andalusian region that arouses the interest of the visitor due to its music, way of singing and dance. Flamenco is a popular art that excites and awakens the senses of those who attend this dance, song and guitar show. Its recognition as Intangible Heritage of Humanity by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) since 2010, makes it a tourist product that motivates visitors to travel to the city of Córdoba (Spain), being also one of flamenco's places of origin. Córdoba has this art in its tourist offer so that the identity of the city has two aspects: patrimonial and immaterial, among the flamenco highlighted.

The Existence of Ludruk Show Behind The Popular Art Industry

The presence of popular art is described by the rapid growth anddevelopment of television medium influence the life of performingarts and the production activityin the show. Covid-19 and postpandemic activity also have an impact on art performance. Thecreative activity of traditional theater community are stagnating now,so that affecting the existence of show and leaving many problems.The development of popular art in ludruk show as a traditional theaterhas created a transformation of space and time as well as the aestheticvalue in it. When the institution as a "patron" no longer synergizeswith the art community, there is a clash of artistic process. Aestheticvalue present through the artistic process is used to get economicvalue only, in the end "beauty" is often interpreted as something thatonly produces commercial profit. Live ludruk show is difficult to findnow, and many events are often commodified into show. Televisionmedium, which grows rapidly and never leaves idle time, it hasinfluence the growth of entertainment industry which is orientedtoward commodity and financial gain. Gradually, the audieneces ofthe people traditional theater begin to decrease, and this socialphenomenon also gives an impact on the behavior of the audiencesand the existence of traditional theater show on the stage, so that thisissue is encouraging and interesting to be analyzed in a research.This study wants to describe the supporting aspect, form of change,and the existence of traditional theater show in the context of popularart industry.In analyzing the result, the theory of popular art industryis used supporting by the concept of dramaturgy by Guffman andother concepts as well as the result of interview on the spot. This studyusesqualitative descriptive method and popular art approach, itfocuses on data collection technique, namely; observation, interview,literature study, documentation, and triangulation as data validation.The target of the study is to provide information to academics.

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La tradizione della cartapesta e la "bottega temporanea" del Carro Trionfale di Maria SS. della Bruna

The contribution is part of my doctoral research on the themes of artistic craftsmanship and the processes of locality construction. In particular, the research focused on the meaning of the artisan and the practices related to artistic and traditional craftsmanship, comparing the studies produced in these areas and reporting the case studies of the city of Matera and the Catalan region. In the case of the city of Matera, with reference to the artisan tradition of the area, I explored the themes linked to popular art and the trades of the agropastoral tradition, with a particular focus on papier-mâche and what I called the temporary workshop of the Carro Trionfale. The Carro Trionfale is made every year by master papier-mâche artists on the occasion of the Patronal Feast of the Visitation in honour of Maria SS. della Bruna and is destroyed in the traditional assault at the end of the festivities. For many months, the so-called Fabbrica del Carro became a large a temporary workshop, where craftsmen transferred their work, dedicating entire days to the creation and decoration of the artefact and at the same time interrupting their daily work in their own workshops. A sort of home-workshop where the craftsmen actually live and work together.

Practice of Design Principles in the Qur’ānic Calligraphy of Binqulander

Calligraphic art in Pakistan is one of the major art forms of Fine Arts and Design practices. It is a popular art form, because of its religious importance and secular appeal. Calligraphic art is based upon Quranic Verses written in the beautiful script. It can be called a traditional genre of art and design. This study is an attempt to explore Binqulander’s calligraphic art from aesthetic point of view as well as high scale design compositions with color and text and his work as a reflection of formal art & design learning from Pakistan. The methodology adopted for this study is based upon extrinsic and intrinsic analysis. It will particularly focus on its aesthetics and underling philosophical concepts. Binqulander is one of the most renowned trendsetters of this generation.

As we live, so we believe, so we worship together

The adage lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi (or lex (con)vivendi) denotes causal interrelationships between worship, belief and life. Simply one affects the others as this adage forms the foundation of doctrine and/or a moral life. However, if there are true causal relationships between “as we worship” (lex orandi), “so we believe” (lex credendi), “so we live” (lex vivendi) then the adage can also be understood as: “as we live” (lex vivendi), “so we believe” (lex credendi), “so we worship” (lex orandi). This leads o the question: how does popular art and music in the lived experience (lex vivendi) influence/affect belief and therefore worship? In terms of promoting acceptance in the church this investigation begins by using two examples from popular music by Taylor Swift and two examples from British rapper Stormzy with the supposition that the artists intend to provoke a change in thinking that encourages an ethical acceptance of difference across society. This article is from a paper that was presented at the 2021 Societas Liturgica Conference hosted by University of Notre Dame.

Malay Dance Concept and Its Basic Elements

The large number of tribes living in North Sumatra causes this area to have a variety of art forms. Starting from the art forms brought by immigrants to the original art forms of North Sumatra, Malay art is one of them. Malay art is the prima donna of art in its native area, it is also one of the most popular art forms in the archipelago, especially its dance forms. Malay dance, like dance in other tribes, becomes a means to express or express how the soul of the people is. Through the presentation of the dance, the characters and customs that apply in the community can be understood. This fact is the reason for researchers to explain how the concepts and basic elements of Malay dance from North Sumatra. This study uses a qualitative approach.