This article focuses on religiousness and spirituality in the art works of psychiatric patients Nikkilä Hospital, Finland. The pictures analysed here belong to a collection held at Helsinki City Museum they were made during twentieth century. theoretical frame study is cultural mental health. approached as presenting specific kind imagery which has connections not only personal history diagnose...

objective: due to the worldwide increase in infertility, it is both necessary and important to have assisted reproductive technology (art) registries. in iran, donation and surrogacy programs are approved by decrees from religious scholars. art has been used since 1984 in iran and the first iranian infant conceived by gamete intra-fallopian transfer (gift) was born in 1989. this report, however...

this paper seeks to document the specific structural patterns of bit hilanis architecture which were in used in the ancient near east from the second to the first millennium b.c. the recognition of bit hilanis architectural characteristics as well as their provenances and their spread from anatoly to palestine have always remained the important issues to be addressed by art historians and archa...

swastika designs applied for ornamenting in many different arts before islamic period. these designs have important role in architecture ornaments at islamic period. in this paper we study concepts, aesthetic and evolution of these designs in islamic period architecture ornaments from beginning to end of zand and ghajar era. the thoughtful artists of islamic periods comprehended from the beginn...

Parallel with anthropological literature, analysis of genealogical data shows a strong relationship between infant mortality rates and allowing deceased infants to remain unnamed. This was especially true for infants dying shortly after birth. Findings suggest the question, “When does life begin?” has had social as well as biological and religious answers. 2 The Journal of Public and Profession...