Regional Styles Research Articles

Multi-style transfer and fusion of image’s regions based on attention mechanism and instance segmentation

Recently neural style transfer technology has made great progress in terms of generation effect and work efficiency, realizing multi-style fusion and fast stylization. However, most of existing methods rely on the additional semantic description network to maintain the semantic information of the original content image, which leads to high complexity of the stylization model; they usually process regional style transferring with manually labeled masks, resulting in unnatural connection between regions. To solve the above problems, we proposed an improved regional multi-style transfer scheme based on attention mechanism and instance segmentation. Firstly, a convolutional block attention module (CBAM) attention layer and a conditional instance normalization (CIN) layer are combined and imported into the stylization network so as to realize the multi-style transfer with preserving the original semantic information. Then, the YOLACT (you only look at coefficients) network and Poisson fusion algorithm are used for stylization design and synthesis of different regions. The experimental results indicate that the proposed method not only can make the generated artworks effectively maintain the original salience semantic and visual features of the content images, but also can realize the regional stylization with natural transition among the regions of the stylized works. Compared with existing methods, our method can better emphasize the theme of original contents and enrich the visual effects with more diverse styles.

A Guideline for Undergraduate Students at the College of Music, Mahasarakham University to Develop Advanced Solo in Folk Music Skills

The high-class performance style of Isan folk music is to perform as a soloist with techniques, methods, tactics, essence, rhythm, and postures. There are melodious, fun and fully indicate the ability of the performer, composer, and combiner of the music. This research aims to study the pattern of Isan folk as a solo and also creative process. Data collections are documents and field study methods—observation, interview of six gurus or scholars, five of folk music teachers, eight of folk music soloists, eight of folk music performers, and thirty members of the general public. The research results were presented by analytical description. The results are that, the advance of folk music solo happens by learning the principles and concepts of solo performance management. Demonstration of advanced folk instrument practice skills and solo performances in the practice of advanced folk instruments are shown the concepts that create works of skill in performing solo performances of Isan folk music. The style is a solo performance of Isan folk music, with techniques, methods, tactics, and rhythmic styles and the main pattern melodies in Isan folk music convey the melodious and fun character according to the traditional style of the local area. There are guidelines for playing each Isan folk instrument along with the creative process that combines contemporary folk music. There are various styles of melodies, and movement patterns, such as slow rhythms, medium rhythms, fast rhythms, etc. Summarizing the format and creative process of solo music, Isan folk music is an advanced creation of folk music with the idea of creating according to the traditional style of the Isan region and also incorporating contemporary Isan folk music. It conveys the skill of the performers who perform folk music solos to achieve a melodic sound, fun for the audience.

Digital Hebrew Paleography: Script Types and Modes.

Paleography is the study of ancient and medieval handwriting. It is essential for understanding, authenticating, and dating historical texts. Across many archives and libraries, many handwritten manuscripts are yet to be classified. Human experts can process a limited number of manuscripts; therefore, there is a need for an automatic tool for script type classification. In this study, we utilize a deep-learning methodology to classify medieval Hebrew manuscripts into 14 classes based on their script style and mode. Hebrew paleography recognizes six regional styles and three graphical modes of scripts. We experiment with several input image representations and network architectures to determine the appropriate ones and explore several approaches for script classification. We obtained the highest accuracy using hierarchical classification approach. At the first level, the regional style of the script is classified. Then, the patch is passed to the corresponding model at the second level to determine the graphical mode. In addition, we explore the use of soft labels to define a value we call squareness value that indicates the squareness/cursiveness of the script. We show how the graphical mode labels can be redefined using the squareness value. This redefinition increases the classification accuracy significantly. Finally, we show that the automatic classification is on-par with a human expert paleographer.

The Missing Intangible Cultural Heritage in Shanghai Cultural and Creative Industries

ABSTRACT Chinese opera, a sing-song storytelling art form predominantly associated with rural and urban migrant communities, currently has over 300 regional styles. This paper investigates the intertwined development of a regional Chinese opera Shanghai All-female Yueju and its main audience, the Shanghai female textile workers and their omission in Shanghai Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) making. Utilising theories of ‘selective memory’ and ‘strategic forgetting’, this paper argues that the official construction of Shanghai semi-colonial heritage as Shanghai’s post-industrial identity and the omission of textile Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is not only an attempt to establish a global cosmopolitan image, but also a strategy to deal with the post-industrial trauma of compulsory female workers’ redundancy and painful community dissemination. It suggests that, until Shanghai fully acknowledges its ‘dark heritage’, the discourse of CCI lacks context and Shanghai local community continues to experience alienation and their opera form struggles for expression. The paper highlights the urgency for China, as well as globally, to safeguard and implement UNESCO’s vision in promoting ICH as a key vehicle for social inclusion and sustainable development.

Visualizing Votive Practice: Exploring Limestone and Terracotta Sculpture from Athienou-Malloura Through 3D Models By Derek B. Counts, Erin Walcek Averett, Kevin Garstki, and Michael K. Toumazou, with contributions by Clay M. Cofer and Katherine A. P. Iselin. Grand Forks: The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota 2020. Pp. 362 pages. Download (free). ISBN 9781734506877. https://doi.org/10.31356/dpb011 (ebook).

<i>Visualizing Votive Practice: Exploring Limestone and Terracotta Sculpture from Athienou-Malloura Through 3D Models</i> By Derek B. Counts, Erin Walcek Averett, Kevin Garstki, and Michael K. Toumazou, with contributions by Clay M. Cofer and Katherine A. P. Iselin. Grand Forks: <i>The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota 2020</i>. Pp. 362 pages. Download (free). ISBN 9781734506877. https://doi.org/10.31356/dpb011 (ebook).

КОМПОЗИЦІЙНІ ОСОБЛИВОСТІ СТИЛЮ ФРАНЦУЗЬКОГО РЕНЕСАНСУ В АРХІТЕКТУРІ ХАРКОВА ДОБИ ЕКЛЕКТИКИ

The article reveals the main problems of development of one of the neo-styles of eclecticism - "Neo-Renaissance" - and its separate historical and regional style - the French Renaissance. On the basis of certain examples of Kharkiv buildings of the end of the XIX - beginning of the XX centuries the comparative analysis of compositional principles of formation of constructions and methods of construction of plastic facades is carried out. The urgency of the topic is due to the identification of their national and historical features.

Generating Dance Videos Using Pose Transfer Generative Adversarial Network With Multiple Scale Region Extractor and Learnable Region Normalization

In this article, we propose a pose transfer framework that can deal with large body motion to generate dance videos. To solve the problem of body shape deformation from large movements, a multiple scale region extractor (MSRE) is proposed. The features of each body region can be extracted from multiple layers of the encoder according to the body key points and passed through shortcuts to the decoder to reduce the spatial information loss. We add a region style loss calculated by the style representations of the body regions to the loss function to improve the quality of the generated images. In addition, the concept of learnable region normalization is integrated into the proposed framework to prevent introducing undesired mean and variance shifts by the corrupted regions during normalization. The experiments have shown that the proposed system can significantly improve the pose generation results compared with existing methods, especially when there are large body movements in the dancing poses.

Head-shield brooches of the Roman Iron Age from the Tarand cemeteries of the eastern Baltic

This study is dedicated to the head-shield brooches from the tarand cemetery area in Estonia, Latvia and lands west of the Izhora plateau. Its aim is to better understand their development through a combined typological, compositional and chronological analysis and explore their social role in the identity politics of the people wearing them. The compositional evaluation was supported with portable X-ray florescence spectrometry (XRF), to improve our understanding of the metal choices made by their ancient craftsmen. The typological study suggests that one of the earliest brooches found in the tarand cemetery area belongs to the Almgren 100 brooches, most of which have a semi-circular shield on the front part of the bow, a multiple-piece spring, and a triangular foot. The evidence suggests that they emerged in the 2nd century. Subsequently, a local form developed in the northeast part of the tarand cemetery area towards the end of the century. This local type has a squared-off foot, a multiple-piece spring construction, and a short semi-circular head-shield. Many were also tinned, meaning their colour was deliberately changed to a shiny silvery-white. During the 3rd century, a further group of locally produced head-shield brooches also emerged. They have a hinged mechanism, a knob, and a decorative rib at the end of the foot. These local brooches likely represented a regional style and aesthetic. They could have played a visual role in connecting the wearer to their affiliated group, or played a part in a differing social role within the society from which they came.

Art in the Time of Pandemic: Elisabetta Sirani, Artistic Agency, and Capitalist Social Reproduction

Art in the Time of Pandemic: Elisabetta Sirani, Artistic Agency, and Capitalist Social Reproduction

Soil water availability during spring modulates canopy growth and impacts the chemical and sensory composition of Shiraz fruit and wine

Background and Aim Reduced rainfall during vine dormancy and supplementary irrigation during winter or at spring impact on vine growth partitioning. We assess the implications that induced changes on canopy growth due to soil moisture availability in spring have on fruit and wine composition. Methods and Results Irrigation strategies were assessed in a vineyard where winter rainfall was excluded and irrigation was applied during winter or at spring during three seasons. Reduced soil moisture in spring increased canopy porosity from flowering and increased the concentration of phenolic substances in the fruit and wine. Colour, aroma intensity and fruit attributes typical of Barossa Shiraz wines were enhanced under more open canopies. When soil moisture was restored in spring by natural rainfall or by supplementary irrigation, vines developed denser canopies and phenolic substances were reduced in the fruit and wines. Irrigation at spring following a dry winter altered wine style and was associated with some negative attributes. Conclusions Smaller canopies due to reduced water availability at spring improved fruit and wine composition at the expense of yield. Irrigation in spring following a dry winter promoted canopy growth over yield, and impacted negatively on fruit and wine composition. Significance of the Study These results stress the importance that soil water availability in spring has on defining wine style, and establishes a framework for the adoption of irrigation strategies that may maintain regional style in a context of a changing climate. These responses can be expected in regions with a Mediterranean climate experiencing a reduction in winter rainfall.

Review: The New Farm: Contemporary Rural Architecture

Review: <i>The New Farm: Contemporary Rural Architecture</i>

From Forest to Frame: Representation and Exception in the Regional Modernism of the Pacific Northwest

This essay examines how a small cottage built in 1915 on the Oregon coast became the Rosetta Stone of Pacific Northwest regional modernism. It places the historiographical project of regional modernism articulated in the 1970s alongside a history of timber in the region in order to understand how place was characterized, and designed, in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Timber history situates architecture within a broader network, including different species of trees, the soil in which they grow, the practices and ownerships to which they are subject, the mills that transform them into timber, the ships that carry logs to Asia, and the caprices of the residential housing market towards which much of the lumber industry is oriented. These material relationships expose a complicated assemblage of place that has defined the Pacific Northwest regional style.

Самостоятельная подготовка обучающихся к семинарским занятиям по дисциплине «Региональные народно-певческие стили»

The article considers the key aspects of individual work performed by undergraduate students of Russian institutions of higher education of creative orientation educated in training direction “Art of Folk Singing”, as a part of preparation for workshop (seminar) sessions run within the frames of the academic discipline “Regional Styles of Folk Singing”. On the author’s view, one of the most important condition for today’s undergraduate students’ good self-education and fostering of a further folk singing culture specialist’s professionally valuable qualities is appreciation of significance of a role of a modern student’s individual work in general structure of pedagogical process running in the Russian higher school. The author of the paper briefly describes a typical structure of a workshop (seminar), its key management tasks and principles. Steps of an algorithm of information search and analysis of education materials by students are disclosed. The article outlines the author’s opinion on content peculiarities of issue-related calendar plan of academic discipline “Regional Styles of Folk Singing” that discloses particularly through a workshop (seminar) form. Also, the specifics of management of a workshop (seminar) are given; the author notices importance of a workshop (seminar) in the context of training students’ ability to apply received knowledge, skills practically.

History of uzbek composition and regional styles in uzbek composition

Famous representatives of Uzbek composition Hoji Abdulaziz Rasulov, Tokhtasin Jalilov, Yunus Rajabiy, Imomjon Ikramov, Komiljon Jabborov, Fakhriddin Sodiqov, Saidjon Kalonov, Nabijon Hasanov, Komiljon Otaniyozov, Muhammadjon Mirzayev, Ganijon Toshmatov, Arif Kasimov, Gulomjon Hojikulov and other master composers relied mainly on folk music traditions. Each of them created their own musical path. They paid great attention to the exact style, mood, clarity and intonation of their works. They used a variety of intricate and intricate techniques to make the music extremely colorful and shiny. This article covers the history of Uzbek composition and regional styles in Uzbek composition.

The Eighteenth-Century Gardens of Bundelkhand, India, compared to the Mughal, Rajput and Colonial Gardens

ABSTRACT Bundelkhand is a region in central India demarcated on the basis of uniform socio-cultural practices. During the later eighteenth and early nineteenth century, a peculiar garden-style developed under the patronisation of the princely states in Bundelkhand. The gardens of Bundelkhand have a characteristic typology and identical gardens can be seen all across Bundelkhand. These walled gardens consist of an outhouse (kothi), a temple, well, stepwell (baoli/bawdi), irrigation channels (milai), and memorial structures. Their distinctiveness illustrates how regional styles flourished despite the influence of the Mughal, Rajput and Colonial styles which otherwise dominated the Indian garden landscape in this period. Following the authors’ previous papers on the typology of Bungali gardens, the present paper compares them with the other established garden types in India: Mughal, Rajput and Colonial. The comparison is helpful to understand the development of regional garden style, sometimes influenced by other typologies, yet which developed into an independent type.

KARABAĞIN AĞDAM İLÇESİ VE DOĞU ANADOLUNUN ERZİNCAN İLİ AĞIZLARINDA ORTAK İSİM ÖZELLİKLERİ

In this investigation work it is researched with the dialects of Eastern Anatolian Erzinjan area and the dialects of Agdam region of Karabakh. It is known that both dialects have the most wanderful? Floving accents that all understand during the investigation. Erzincan region shows a feature that connects Eastern Anatolian dialects to Eastern Anatolia with many passages and straits. Starting with the Erzurum plateaus, Erzincan province, which stretches in the direction of Sivas and hangs in the direction of Malatya, has the character of a transition zone with its dialectological position. It is possible to see the dialectological transition in a concrete way in Erzincan, which opens to Erzurum in the east and Sivas in the west, where the cultural approach is as easy as transportation. Migrations, earthquakes, climate and geographical conditions affected the language culture of Erzincan and led to the emergence of a unique dialect. Names have many common features in the dialects of both regions that I mentioned above. In this study, some common features of names in both region dialects were referred to be examined. Erzincan dialect of the language and terms of style of Azerbaijan's Agdam region of the Republic of Turkey is very close to the dialect. Here the nouns have been investigated with the dialects of Eastern Anatolian Erzinjan area and the dialects of Agdam region of Karabakh and the all features of houns with exemples in both areas dialects have been investigated/ In this theme it was also applied to the researched of Turkish and Azerbaijan`s scientists/ The houns used in both countries dialects are investigated for their structure and feature and lexical and grammatical caracteristics and scientific wults have been received.

Ключевые проблемы изучения дворцовой архитектуры Болоньи эпохи Кватроченто на рубеже XX–XXI веков: ретроспектива и перспективы

The article focuses on the studies of Bologna Quattrocento palace architecture which are getting more relevant along with a current growing interest to Italian Renaissance regional styles. At the turn of the 20th–21st centuries, scientific approaches to the mentioned architecture have been characterized by new tendencies. Three of them have been the subject of our special analysis aimed to reveal their actual peculiarities. The tendencies mentioned can be defined as “retrospective”, “monographic”, and “prospective” accordingly. The first one implies new attention to the “positivism era” local research, the second one deals with a constantly widening range of new monographic publications on different buildings, and the third one touches upon a question of Bologna palaces in a general European context. Firstly, the studies of the “positivism epoch” have been represented today, seen anew, in contemporary works. This fact induces one to choose a bilateral approach. On one hand, to turn to the above said period as it is (with research practice, its results and publications on the eve of the 20th century, data on demolished buildings, historical causes of Renaissance Bologna palaces’ intense research in the years of Risorgimento, as well as “Amilia ars” group activity (1898), work of A. Rubbiani and F. Malaguzzi Valeri especially). On the other hand, the contemporary approach to the old research is two-fold as well: generalizing the information and knowledge accumulated, giving “assessment” of achievements (A. M. Shanken, V. Rubbi), and stimulating new facsimile editions. Secondly, a widening range of publications on different palaces (S. Bettini, for one) is mostly in tune with a so-called social history of art, demonstrating at the same time new possibilities of reconstructing initial image of Bologna Quattrocento architecture (M. T. Sambin De Norcen, R. Schofield). Thirdly, a signal example of a new interest to Bologna 15th century palaces and its history in European context is provided by the example of Bologna portico. Special work on porticoes was partly inspired by a nomination of Bologna porticoes to the UNESCO World Heritage List (F. Bocchi, R. Smurra).

Perceiving Identity of Period Interiors Based on Visual characteristics: Comparing Aesthetics of Renaissance in England and France

Interior spaces are the cradle for activities of the people who use it. These activities reflect the lifestyle of a community. The design of the physical space pertains to the needs of the function it is meant for, while its aesthetics is created to provide the appropriate backdrop to visual and hence emotional satisfaction and pleasure. This is the reason why every Interior bears the signature of the design and ownership of the space. It has been seen that, Civilizations create their own identity within a space by virtue of its Architecture and Decorations which become the Fashion statement for an era. It evolves to signify a style identified with the culture of the particular period and location. However, it is more interesting to observe how remarkably different styles emerge in different locations, though the influence and design of the interiors belong to same historic periods. Although transformations happen over periods of time in history in the same region, but the identity of the interior of a particular region retains its individuality so distinguishable by virtue of its Geometry and Elements. In this paper, a comparison of interiors in England and France during the Renaissance period of 14th-17th Century, attempts to illustrate how the Geometry and the aesthetic elements create the perception of the interior space which is the identity of the style of the period. The innate Geometry of space and visual elements integrates to create a visual experience which goes on to build identity of a period style. The illustrations show how they balance each other to create a general perception for a time period and build an identity for a regional style in fashion. The one that will be known as French or English style of design.

Neoproterozoic hybrid forearc – MOR ophiolite belts in the northern Arabian-Nubian Shield: no evidence for back-arc tectonic setting

ABSTRACT The Neoproterozoic Arabian-Nubian Shield (ANS) post-dates the Boring Billion (1.85−0.85 Ga), a transition dominated by extensive arc-magmatism, terrane accretion along active subduction zones. Understanding the nature of the oceanic crust fragments preserved in the ophiolite belts is essential in extrapolating the predominant style of plate tectonics during the Neoproterozoic Era. There are two ophiolite belts with controversial genetic models in the Central Eastern Desert (CED) of Egypt, namely Wadi Semna–Fawakhir–Um Gheig belt to the north, and Ghadir–Mubarak–Barramiya belt to the south. Geochemical database and magnetic data are herein integrated to envisage the tectonic setting of the dispersed ophiolite blocks within these two belts. The northern belt is dominated by NW obduction-related thrust faults and is intensely deformed by structures attributed to the Najd fault system (NFS). The southern belt is less affected by the Najd fault with NE obduction-related thrust faults. Based on various discrimination diagrams and REEs pattern, oceanic mafic-ultramafic rocks in these belts can be classified into three types, MOR, forearc and volcanic arc basalt, where the latter is MORB overprinted by arc affinity. Our proposed evolutionary model includes N-dipping subduction zones parallel to the ~ E-W Allaqi-Heiani suture with hybrid forearc-MOR affinities. The data synthesis presented here weighs with advancing accretionary orogeny along the intraoceanic subduction zones as the dominant tectonic style during the Neoproterozoic evolution of the CED rather than the retreating style of the modern western Pacific region.

From Galilee Villages to the Mountains of Al-Sham: Local and Regional Musical Networks among Palestinian Arab Wedding Musicians in Northern Israel

AbstractBased on recent ethnographic work, we explore the ways in which transnational cosmopolitan music crosses, creates, and reinscribes borders as it is performed by Palestinian Arab wedding musicians in northern Israel. While Palestinian nationalism and the hard political borders between Israel and its neighbouring states frame immediate questions of identity and mobility, in describing their musical practices, musicians turn to a complex, interleaved series of geographies that highlight past and contemporary processes of musical flow. On one hand, they foreground the continuing relevance of the historic al-Sham region as an area of shared musical practice, identifying with the jabali (“mountain”) musical style of the elevated region that marks the borderlands between today’s Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. On the other hand, they embed this regional style within a series of micro- and macro-geographies, from detailed knowledge of the subtle differences in tempo and style between neighbouring Galilee villages to connections with the wider Arabic-speaking world via old and new media. While recent research on music in the Middle East has often foregrounded the role of music in constructing and reinforcing national identities, this research illustrates how transnational flows continue to shape the experience and imagination of musical borderlands in the region.