Prise en compte de la diversité végétale arborée chez les paysagistes by Brice Dacheux-Auzière, Audrey Marco, Yves Petit-Berghem

“…Thus, from the 17th to the 20th century, spanning from the art of classic gardens to the trend of functional urbanism, the article shows how it is possible to identify the parameters relating to forms of organisation, structure and practise which point to the early presence of tree diversity. …”
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D’infimes différences. Pratique et circulation des jeux de ficelle chez les femmes du Chaco paraguayen by David Jabin

“…Since the beginning of the 20th century, a major effort has been made to develop a method of recording and comparing the numerous string games practiced in various parts of the world. …”
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Paraná Pine, Araucaria angustifolia: An Ancient-Looking Conifer for Modern Landscapes by Gary W. Knox

“…It was an important timber tree for European settlers, and it was logged extensively through the 20th century. Now one of the rarest trees in Brazil, Paraná pine is considered critically endangered due to habitat loss and exploitation. …”
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Verlossing as socio-politieke bevryding? by P. Robinson

“…In order to understand this radicalizing of such a central Biblical concept as "salvation" one has to take note of some developments in theology and society during the 20th century. The mere development of a "Black" Theology in South Africa which holds this radical view of salvation must never be isolated from the existence of a "White" Theology which on its part holds a view of salvation that leaves society, despite its perversion, intact. …”
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La teoria dell’arte di Flaubert nell’interpretazione di Croce by Paolo D’Angelo

“…For Croce Flaubert belongs to a minority but decisive tradition that in the 20th century was able to elaborate a new vision of the relationship between form and content in art: a tradition to which belong De Sanctis in Italy, Fiedler and Hanslick in Germany. …”
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Tradition and Development of Lithuanian Terminology by Antanas Smetona

“…It may have its roots in the early 19th century, but the time of its formation is the middle of the 20th century. However, during this short period of time, due to the efforts of terminologists—both linguists and specialists in the subject areas - the Lithuanian terminology has successfully played its proper role in the Lithuanian language of science and technology. …”
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The Malayan Landscape Paintings by Sarena Abdullah, Yuen Beng Lee

“…The theme of a tremendously fertile land with beautiful natural resources and prosperous economic activities is among the few themes and representations that were drawn or painted by early Malayan artists in the early 20th century. Landscape can be considered the most significant and intrinsic pictorial form in modern Malaysian art, as it was one of the earliest mediums of visual impressions and expressions. …”
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The Malayan Landscape Paintings by Sarena Abdullah, Yuen Beng Lee

“…The theme of a tremendously fertile land with beautiful natural resources and prosperous economic activities is among the few themes and representations that were drawn or painted by early Malayan artists in the early 20th century. Landscape can be considered the most significant and intrinsic pictorial form in modern Malaysian art, as it was one of the earliest mediums of visual impressions and expressions. …”
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Trajectoires géographiques et paysagères de friches sportives en montagne by Laurent Astrade, Marie Forget, Christophe Gauchon, Camille Girault, Caroline Meynet

“…This article investigates the trajectories of landscapes in mountain areas developed for alpine skiing during the second half of the 20th century and looks at those where the activity is partially or totally abandoned today. …”
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Ewolucja statusu prawnego dzieci pozamałżeńskich w prawie szkockim (1836–2006) by Mateusz Szymura

“…The process, which began in the 19th century, initially had the scope of incremental changes, but ones that paved the way for systemic reform in the 20th century. This in turn lead to the abolition of “illegitimacy” as a characteristic of an individual resulting from the form of his parents’ relationship at the time of conception or birth of the child, which took place in the 21st century, which at that time was in fact a purely symbolic motion. …”
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Probati auctores by Christoph H. F. Meyer

“…Starting with a decision made by Benedict XIV in 1744 (Redditae Nobis) the article looks into the question why the »approved authors« played such a significant role in canon law until the 20th century, whereas the communis opinio lost its importance in civil jurisprudence in the course of the 18th century. …”
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Les jardins alpino-japonais, histoire d’une possible utopie paysagère by Romain Billon

“…The aim of this article is to give an initial overview of the Japanese Alpine gardens created in France and Belgium by offering a historical study of the circumstances that led to their creation at the beginning of the 20th century, ranging from the interest in Japanese gardens which were discovered at the Universal Exhibitions at the end of the 19th century, to the interest in Alpine gardens inspired by English gardens and their decorative rockeries. …”
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Evolutionary Synthesis in the Social Sciences and Humanities by Mesoudi Alex

“…Evolutionary theory also provides a synthetic framework within which different branches of the social sciences and humanities may be integrated, equivalent to the “evolutionary synthesis” that integrated the biological sciences in the early 20th century.…”
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE’S POLYSTYLISTIC JOURNEY: “THE THIRD STRING QUARTET” by Oana ANDREICA

“… Within the extremely eclectic musical manifestations of the 20th century, Alfred Schnittke stands as a key‑figure, being one of the most influential composers to have linked the past to the present, creating an original sound world, tormented by violent contrasts and conflicts, confusion, nostalgia, irony and parody. …”
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L’héritage d’Alfred Kiyana et l’énigme des paquets cérémoniels meskwaki by Emmanuel Désveaux

“…At the beginning of the 20th century, Alfred Kiyana entrusted the anthropologist Michelson with the liturgical text related to a so-called sacred bundle. …”
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Doppler cross-correlation spectroscopy as a path to the detection of Earth-like planets by Mayor, Michel

“…In the middle of the 20th century, a paradigm shift appeared concerning the expected frequency of planetary systems in the galaxy ...a shift induced by the observation of the rotational velocities of low main sequence stars (Struve 1952)!…”
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Langage et action paysagère : conscience du paysage et de l’environnement dans l’œuvre de Natsume Sōseki  by Agathe Tran

“…This article approaches the literary dimension of landscape action through the example of Natsume Sōseki, a major Japanese author of the beginning of the 20th century. I begin by explaining how the notion of the landscape becomes central in Meiji’s discourses and represents a cultural paradigm shift. …”
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Paraná Pine, Araucaria angustifolia: An Ancient-Looking Conifer for Modern Landscapes by Gary W. Knox

“…It was an important timber tree for European settlers, and it was logged extensively through the 20th century. Now one of the rarest trees in Brazil, Paraná pine is considered critically endangered due to habitat loss and exploitation. …”
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Appropriations habitantes dans les espaces intermédiaires des grands ensembles toulousains by Audrey Courbebaisse

“…Intermediate spaces, free and open, which often have an ambiguous legal status, are characteristic of the large housing estates built in the second half of the 20th century. They also provide a support for the appropriation by the inhabitants of their living space and a setting in which to express creativity. …”
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À propos de la datation des marques du groupe de Clarianus sur les terres cuites architecturales antiques by Jean-Claude Béal

“…A coin from the reign of the Emperor Hadrian was found in the 19th century at the same place. In the 20th century, on the basis of this discovery, an archaeologist called Lucien Lerat deduced that Roman bricks bearing the “Clarianus” stamp dated from the 2nd century AD.Recent discoveries suggest that the 2nd century AD could be accepted as the production date of all the various stamps grouped under the general category “Clarianus”. …”
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