Humans have drawn sequential images as a means of expression throughout history, from cave paintings and frescoes to wall-carvings and tapestries (McCloud, 1993). In contemporary society, we find them most prevalently in comics of the world, and over the past two decades, increasing attention has turned to this communicative system in the cognitive sciences. Earlier work often focused on theory...

BACKGROUND The gorgeous frescoes organized by the master Renaissance painter Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520) and illustrating the heavenly adventures of Cupid and Psyche were painted between 1515 and 1518 to decorate the Roman villa (now known as the Villa Farnesina) of the wealthy Sienese banker Agostino Chigi (1466-1520). Surrounding these paintings are festoons of fruits, vegetables and flowers p...

For some reason, the sacral heritage of Lovran and its surroundings has escaped the eye of medical historians, until now. seeing that the Parish Church of st George in Lovran holds a central position in this heritage, the authors provide an analysis of medical elements in the church. The analysis has focused on three aspects. The first aspect are medical elements, especially the anthropological...

The volcanic island of Nisyros (Greece) is here presented as it presents unique characteristics being a Quaternary volcano in the eastern Aegean Sea, composed rocks, and featuring central caldera that surrounded by domes thick lavas. Its history strongly connected to impressing visitors with steaming hydrothermal craters, intensive smell sulfur fumarolic gases, hot springs. Due its morphology g...

This paper explores the use of computer graphics and computer vision techniques in the history of art. The focus is on analysing the geometry of perspective paintings to learn about the perspectival skills of artists and explore the evolution of linear perspective in history. Algorithms for a systematic analysis of the twoand three-dimensional geometry of paintings are drawn from the work on “s...

Studies of the basic Cu sulfate minerals have existed for some time (Fowles 1926; Richmond and Wolfe 1940; Ungemach 1924). Such minerals are formed under specific conditions of pH and sulfate ion concentration. The minerals in this group are dolerophanite Cu2OSO4 (Richmond and Wolfe 1940), antlerite Cu3SO4(OH)4 (Araki 1961; Finney and Araki 1963), brochantite Cu4SO4(OH)6 (Helliwell and Smith 19...

The article examines the veneration of Archangel Michael in Kyiv context idea capital Rus' as New Jerusalem. This concept was influenced by adoption Christianity and reflected a number written architectural monuments. In them, people recognized themselves new way world history organized their living space accordingly. author tries to show that emergence Michael’s cult one elements supporting th...