Search Results - "Optics"

Seeing motion : a history of visual perception in art and science / by Schuler, Romana Karla

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Citizen spectator : art, illusion, and visual perception in early national America / by Bellion, Wendy

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Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum / by Causey, Faya

Table of Contents: “…-- The properties of amber -- Ancient names for amber -- Color and other optical characteristics: ancient perception and reception -- Ancient literary sources on the origins of amber -- Amber and forgery -- The ancient transport of amber -- Literary sources on the use of amber -- Amber medicine, amber amulets -- The bronze age -- Early iron age and the orientalizing period -- The archaic and afterward -- The working of amber: ancient evidence and modern analysis -- The production of ancient figured amber objects -- Catalogue -- Technical essay: analysis of selected ambers from the collections of the J. …”
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Engineered transparency the technical, visual, and spatial effects of glass /

Table of Contents: “…Richardson -- Double performances / Scott Marble -- Conversions of light / Graham Dodd -- Solar vision / Bernhard Weller, Susanne Rexroth, and Stefan Unnewehr -- Optics, waves, and particles / Michelle Addington -- Technical innovations: structure and glass : Engineered glass / Werner Sobek -- Making visions reality / Jens Schneider -- Maximum glass / Richard L. …”
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Conservation, Tourism, and Identity of Contemporary Community Art : A Case Study of Felipe Seade’s Mural "Allegory to Work” / by Campos, Virginia Santamarina

Table of Contents: “…part, 1 Contemporary Mural and Felipe Seade -- chapter 101 Introduction -- chapter 1 Contemporary Uruguayan Mural Painting -- Tradition and Relevance -- chapter 2 Social Realism in Contemporary Mural Painting -- chapter 3 Felipe Seade as the Main Figure of the Uruguayan Social Realism -- chapter 4 The Contemporary Mural Painting “Allegory to Work” -- part, II Ethnographic Research of the Painting “Allegory to Work” -- chapter 5 “On the Face of it”: Wall-To-Wall Home Ethnography -- chapter 6 Participatory Action Research (Par) in Contemporary Community Art -- part, III Scientific Research of the Painting “Allegory to Work” -- chapter 7 Physical Identification and Digital Record of Painting -- chapter 8 Colorimetric Characterization -- chapter 9 Study of the Chemical Composition Through Cross Sections: Optical Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, and X-Ray Microanalysis -- chapter 10 Technical Documentation Sheet of Painting -- Scientific Cataloguing -- part, IV Intervention Process of the Painting “Allegory to Work” -- chapter 11 State of Conservation -- chapter 12 Restoration Process -- part, V Museographic Area and Sustainable Tourism of the Painting “Allegory to Work” -- chapter 13 The Use and Social Enjoyment of Murals -- ‘The People’s Art,’ Its Publics and Cultural Heritage -- chapter 14 Preventive Conservation Policies -- chapter 15 Guidelines to Stimulate Use and Social Enjoyment -- chapter 102 Conclusions: Management, Touristic Promotion, and Social Enjoyment of Contemporary Mural Painting.…”
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Nondestructive Techniques for the Assessment and Preservation of Historic Structures / by Gonçalves, Luisa Maria da Silva

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Nondestructive Techniques for the Assessment and Preservation of Existent Constructions -- chapter 2 Characterisation of Building Stock and Its Pathologies: Case Study of the Historical City Centre of Leiria, Portugal -- chapter 3 The Use of Multispectral Images and 3D-GIS Analysis for Monitoring the State of Conservation of Buildings: Case Study of the Historical City Centre of Leiria, Portugal -- chapter 4 Mechanical Characterisation of Masonry Walls with Flat-Jack Tests -- chapter 5 3D Structural Analysis to Support the Design Facade Retention System -- chapter 6 3D Structural Analysis to Support the Rehabilitation of Old Masonry Buildings -- chapter 7 Characterisation and Rehabilitation of One of the Historical Buildings of the Polotsk Campus of the Polotsk State University -- chapter 8 Applications of GPR in the Study of Cultural Heritage: Examples of the Ability of the Method in Assessing Different Features -- chapter 9 Survey and Characterisation of Foundifer's Chapel Pathologies of the Santa Maria da Vitoria Monastery, Batalha -- chapter 10 Dynamic Measurements as Support to the Assessment of the Monastery of Santa Maria Da Vitoria, Batalha -- chapter 11 Rehabilitation of Historical Masonry Buildings in Belarus: Case Studies of Peter the Great's House in Polotsk and Lubcha Castle -- chapter 12 Optical and Electromagnetic Sensing for the Inspection and Characterisation of Ancient Masonry Arch Bridges -- chapter 13 Ground-Penetrating Radar for Archaeology and Cultural- Heritage Diagnostics: Activities Carried Out in COST Action TU1208 -- chapter 14 3D Reconstruction of the Roman Site Aquis Querquennis by Means of TLS and GPR Methods -- chapter 15 Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Harbours: A Geoarchaeological GPR-Based Approach for Depicting the Spatial Characteristics of Human Structures and Natural Hazards in Ancient Falasarna Harbour -- chapter 16 Ground-Penetrating Radar for Nondestructive Structural Imaging of Ancient Sculptures.…”
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Activism in Architecture : Bright Dreams of Passive Energy Design. by McDonald, Margot

Table of Contents: “…3 Harold Hay's influence and the Zomeworks CorporationAlternatives to movable insulation; Skytherm and drum walls; Notes; 4 Free passive solar heating for cold, cloudy winters: Designing molecules and crystal structures; Uniting inventions: Weather Panel; Massive success of Low-E glazing and a missed opportunity; Development of Cloud Gel thermo-optical shutter; The urgent necessity for free clean energy; Notes; 5 The empire strikes back: When too good becomes threatening; Harold Hay's legacy; Notes; 6 Determining market demand and feasibility for roof pond systems in California; Flat roofs.…”
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Fakebusters II scientific detection of fakery in art and philately /

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The Universal Art of Samuel van Hoogstraten (1627-1678) : Painter, Writer, and Courtier /

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