L’excès dans la fiction de Wilkie Collins by Françoise Dupeyron-Lafay

“…Paradoxically, the resolution of both (detective) novels, the return to order and normality are finally achieved thanks to Jennings (a sick and ostracized doctor) and Dexter (a crippled amateur artist threatened with incurable madness). Both men are ill, marginal, stand for eccentricity and excess, and occasionally act as Collins’s mouthpieces, too.The writer’s ironic and subversive use of these characters to promote « happy endings » may therefore be regarded as another kind of excess.…”
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The Concept of “Steppe” in the Novel-Chronicle by A. M.  Amur-Sanan “Mudreshka’s Son” by Galina B. Esenova

“…Amur-Sanan “Mudreshka’s Son”, “steppe”, artistically meaningful, becomes a topos that affects the psychological state of the hero. …”
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„Religion and Ecology” – nowy paradygmat poznawczy by Ryszard F. Sadowski

“…Nowadays almost all are engaged in the issue: politicians, scientists, artists, community authorities, journalists, ordinary people and even religious leaders. …”
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«Вот скажем лицом я в Китае». Стереотипы и имаготипы Китая, китайца и китайского в практике обращения к чужому в геопоэтике и геоэстетике Дмитрия Пригова... by Rainer Grübel

“…Stereotypes and Imagotypes of China, the Chinese Man and Woman and the Chinese in the Practice of Addressing the Alien in the Geo-poetics and Geo-esthetics of Dmitrij Prigov The article considers the circulation and the role of the motifs China, the Chinese man/woman and the Chinese as concepts of the other/strange(r), which negatively correspond to the concepts of the self in the work of the Russian poet, writer, artist and producer of performances Dmitrij Prigov. …”
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Exploring Transformation Through Travel by Means of the Movie The Way by Burhan Çınar, Umut Morkoç, Tuğba Pala Morkoç

“…To do this, the movie The Way (Emilio Estevez, 2010), which depicts the relationship between touristic experience and the transformation of the individual in an artistically powerful manner, was utilized. To analyze the document that constitutes the data source of the research study, a narrative analysis, and a qualitative research design, was followed. …”
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Rethinking Eurovision Song Contest as a Clash of Cultures by Zeynep Merve ŞIVGIN

“…Despite often being considered as “kitsch”, the contest refers more than of an ordinary song competition. The artists who participate in the contest compete for the country they represent rather than an individual race which takes “national identity” more on stage. …”
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“INTEGRITY, DISCIPLINE AND HUMBLE, CONSTANT HARD WORK – THESE ARE THE SECRETS OF A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER” by Adél FEKETE

“…Following a very successful gala concert held in the honor of soprano Júlia Kirkósa – in which she herself also performed – we sat down to discuss her career and her life experiences both as an artist and a teacher. …”
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Whistler et l’esthétisme avant l’ouverture de laGrosvenor Gallery by Isabelle Énaud-Lechien

“…Aussi chercherons-nous ici établir ce qui, avant même cette date, motive à associer l’artiste à l’Esthétisme, en particulier dans les journaux caricaturaux. …”
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Dramatic Autobiography: the Poetic Voice Recreating Itself in Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s ‘The Bride’s Prelude’ by Raphaël Rigal

“…This recreation of a life story gives the artist the opportunity not only to paint a vivid picture of a time long gone, but to question mechanisms of power in a way that might resonate in Victorian times. …”
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La Sacralisation littéraire et picturale de la montagne au XIXe siècle : (re)naissances et épiphanies by Françoise Dupeyron-Lafay

“…In the works of these authors, mountains—whether real or merely imaginary, whether the results of experience or pure fantasy—are nevertheless the locus of intense epiphanies leading to the advent of the self as true individual and artist…”
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D. G. Rossetti’s Trip to Paris and Belgium: A Journey Between Past and Present by Raphaël Rigal

“…This contact is transcribed through a hybridisation of words and images which builds on the Pre-Raphaelite program and crystallises the two artists’ experience to transmit it to Pre-Raphaelite brothers waiting for them in Britain.…”
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Landschaftsgedächtnis und Geschlechterdiskurse in ausgewählten Werken von Elsa Bernstein und Maria Waser by Monika Mańczyk-Krygiel

“…For the main character, the most important thing is the desire for self-realization as an artist (painter), which often encounters the reluctance of the environment, especially men jealous of her talent. …”
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Simulation and Formation Mechanisms of Urban Landscape Design Based on Discrete Dynamic Models Driven by Big Data by Ke Cao, Jing Xiao, Yan Wu

“…Finally, this article puts forward its thinking and outlook on the design of the big data-driven discrete dynamic model in the interactivity of urban landscape design, hoping that artists will strengthen its functional and material design elements when creating performance. …”
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Embracing and Rejecting the Ruskinian Heritage in Wilde’s Aesthetic Theories by Carole Delhorme

“…He highlighted the importance of beauty in the artist’s environment, asserted the link between beauty and utility, and put forward the social mission of art. …”
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H. G. Wells’s and E. M. Forster’s Transformative Arts: Theoretical Divergences and Formal Connections by Laurent Mellet

“…But the narrative and formal modalities of this embeddedness reveal further connections between the two Edwardian artists, since the novels also evince the other transformative power of the arts. …”
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Is It Possible to Observe Society in Its Totality? Niklas Luhmann as Perseus and Medusa as Society by A. Yu. Antonovskiy

“…Observation of society in its entirety is possible only from within itself, and therefore its observer (sociologist, artist, writer, moralist, politician or participant in a social movement) is necessarily included in the observed object itself. …”
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Towards an Inclusive Creative Economy by Aji Damanuri, Faruq Ahmad Futaqi

“…Despite their cultural importance and economic potential, the distribution of economic benefits among stakeholders remains unequal, leaving many artists economically vulnerable. This study explores the application of John Rawls’s principles of economic justice to address income disparities and foster an inclusive creative economy in the Reog Ponorogo ecosystem. …”
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Reinvigorating South Africa-Sweden Relations: Politics, Economics, And Society by Sven Botha

“…The Digitally Yours Campaign ran from the 4th of April 2020 until the 2nd of May 2020 and hosted a number of virtual exchanges4 whereby both Swedish and South African artists participated in roundtable discussions and cultural performances in the areas of fashion, poetry, and music (Embassy of Sweden in Pretoria, 2020). …”
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The The Transformative Power of Cultural Heritage: The Avant-garde of the Interwar Period at the Exhibitions of the Museum of Art in Łódź towards the Conservative Turn by Piotr Słodkowski

“…Focusing on the expositions at the Muzeum Sztuki [Museum of Art] in Łódź, in particular two displays: Pole, Jew, Artist… and Correspondences, the author asks a question: What methodological assumptions were those expositions based on and how did they transcend the traditional discourse of the Polish history of art? …”
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Makna Pada Kumpulan Puisi dalam Akun @aksarataksa di Instagram dengan Pendekatan Mimetik by Nuri Azkia Kamal, Syarif Hidayatullah

“…Pendekatan mimetik bertolak dari universe (realita), work (karya), artist (pencipta), dan audience (pembaca). Di mana pendekatan mimetik termasuk ke dalam universe (realita), realita sebagai objek faktual dalam karya sastra. …”
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