Interrogating Okooro Masquerade: A Structuralists Reading of the Costumes by Segun Omosule

“… There is a gulf between the script and the artist's intention when analyzing indigenous festivals. …”
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Theoretical issues in the conservation of contemporary art by Rosario Llamas-Pacheco

“…Transformation has an impact on the artistic intention, therefore, and since it is impossible to avoid the change, a deep reflection is necessary on the concept of premature ruin. …”
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Les peintures mates d’Antoine Wiertz (1806-1865) by Karine Janssen

“…Faced with the works of Antoine Wiertz, a question arises: Is the washed-out and mat appearance of some of his paintings an artistic intent, or a consequence of alteration. Painted with a technique developed by the artist to achieve a matt appearance, these works are in fact subject to a slow degradation process. …”
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Le jardin, lieu esthétique d’un (dés)ordre humain : la naturalisation du politique et du littéraire chez Claude Simon et Patrick Chamoiseau by Hannes De Vriese

“…The gardener must negotiate a balance ; he does not present himself as a collector of plants to be arranged, but as an artist intent on achieving “relational aesthetics” (Bourriaud, 1998). …”
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