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The Evolution of Palazzo Barberini in the Seventeenth Century
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History)--John Cabot University, Fall 2018.This thesis will analyze Palazzo Barberini’s development with its inhabitants and patronswhile considering the concept of collection and display. The aim is to examine the change offunction and decoration of Palazzo Barberini from the time is was built (1625-1628) until itsrestoration and remodeling in the late seventeenth century (1670s). To do so, I will first analyzethe Barberini family history, the background of the property before the Barberini purchased it, aswell as the original floor programs and decoration (from 1628-32) and the idea of the secular andecclesiastical sections of the palace. Following, I will explore Cardinal Antonio Barberini’s useof the palace (1640s). Then, I will discuss the social and historical context surrounding Romanpalace plans and ornamentation in the seventeenth century, as well as the societal changes thattook palace in the seventeenth century such as the evolution of the Grand Tour. Finally, I willinvestigate Francesco’s renovations in the 1670s as well as his interests in collecting and hiscontributions to the Palazzo Barberini collections.Overall, this thesis is focused on the evolution of the use of space through the analysis ofthe Palazzo’s plan and use in one period and then the reuse of the same space well regarding theimportance of collection and display. Research questions that drove guided the development ofthis work were: How did the function, use and decoration of Palazzo Barberini change throughits multiple inhabitants who were of secular and ecclesiastical positions? What was thedifference between the secular and ecclesiastical parts of the palace? Were the collections anddisplay in the palace constant, or did they change? What prompted Francesco’s renovation of thepalace in the 1670s
The War is Over, But The Battle is Not: A Grief Adventure
No full textThesis (B.A. in English Literature, Minor in Creative Writing and Philosophy)--John Cabot University, Spring 2018.This dissertation examines the representation of grief and recovery in Mrs. Dalloway by VirginiaWoolf. I will analyze the transformation of trauma expressed by Woolf’s characters and theirembodiment of post-war, post-pandemic English society and consider Elisabeth Kübler-Ross andDavid Kessler’s theory The Five Stages of Grief” as a guide to understanding the effects ofindividual and communal trauma. Woolf effectively narrativizes controversial political topics of hertime, uses memory to interrupt the stream of consciousness, and questions the consequences of therepression of grief in 1920’s English society. The act of grieving in Mrs. Dalloway falls on two verydifferent sides of the trauma spectrum. It can be a battle for life, or a surrender through death in anattempt to reach a final place of acceptance or healing. Moreover, this dissertation aims to show thevalidity of grief in literature, as a transitioning stage, and as an adventure rather than just a state ofmourning or pain
Chinese diasporic communities in the Ming and Qing dynasty
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History)--John Cabot University, Spring 2018.How and to what extent did South East Asian Diasporic communities affect trade for China and South East Asia? Furthermore, how did trade function as something the Ming and Qing dynasty would entertain as they were turning increasingly more isolationist? Confucianism and a societal acceptance had a large effect on how the dynasty felt about travel and trade. Since the Early Ming dynasty in 1368, they reinstated trade reforms and emigration restrictions to their citizens. However out of these trade forms and isolationist attitudes, two of the largest trading Diasporas in south East Asia became thriving port towns. Additionally what role did Chinese immigrants play in these socially mixed societies? To what extents was society mobile in the diasporas and when? Lastly how and did Chinese identify in these communities, away from the Celestial Empire, an ideology that promoted sedentary life in China
Corruption in Higher Education in Ukraine
No full textThesis (B.A. in Political Science)--John Cabot University, Fall 2018.Endemic corruption is very common for post-Soviet countries, and Ukraine is not an exception. Still, for Ukraine, corruption might mean something different from what it means in the Western world. The aim of this thesis is to analyze how Ukrainian students understand corruption in general and specifically in universities and how they percept its future. In the first part, different definitions, types, and approaches to corruption are being presented. It is confirmed out of this theories that Ukraine is a special case and that corruption here and the fight against it has to be looked at through a particular lens. Later in the thesis, this theory will be examined via interviews. Interviews were conducted among three samples of population: Ukrainian students, recent graduates from medical universities in Ukraine, and Ukrainians who study in a university abroad. The methodology and the questionnaire chosen are discussed in this thesis. Interviews showed that even though students do think there is a big problem with corruption in Ukraine and its educational system, they see this problem as only a part of a broader issue of the political, economic, and cultural situation of the country. Hence, mostly, they want the greater issues to be tackled prior to eliminating corruption
The French Revolution and the Craft of the Liminal Void: From the Sanctity of Power to the Political Power of the Limitless Sacred
No full textThis paper argues for a political anthropological approach to the study of the French revolution. Looking at the revolution as a moment of liminality, it substantiates two interconnected points. The first is that a proper understanding of the revolutionary dynamic and its lasting effects have to engage closely with the transformation of the sacred and its relation to the existential void. Situated in post-Durkheimian sociology and post-Kantian philosophy, this argument advocates the methodological normalization of metaphysics, drawing attention to the fact that faith belongs to the symbolic, existential and representational realities of any political order, and hence also of its underlying knowledge systems. The second point argues that through the sacrifice of Louis XVI, the French revolution consecrated the ritual and existential sacrifice of the Christian Father. This historical experience is conceptualized as the people’s third body, and the new configuration of the sacred to which it gives birth is interpreted in terms of the liminal void. In this way, the French revolution is shown to constitute the transition from a political order of embodiment – participation in the divine, symbolized by the sacred royal body to a political order of bodies; participation in the liminal void, symbolized by the sacred empty place of the power of the modern democratic imagination
Français 167: The Visual Power of Text Over Image in a Bible Moralisée
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History, Minor in Business Administration)--John Cabot University, Spring 2018.Bible moralisées were picture books of the Bible that were made for the personal use ofthe kings and queens of France and their closest relatives between the 13th and the 15th centuries.The Bibles moralisées thus represent by far the most extensive and ambitious attempt everundertaken to provide the biblical narrative with images and illustrated commentary. Herein liestheir particular interest, and inevitably their principal difficulty. John Lowden can be consideredthe scholar at the centre of the study of Bibles moralisées, especially after his vast, codicologicalstudy of these Bibles. Moralized Bibles do not contain the full text of the Bible; rather, theypresent chosen excerpts of the Bible which are accompanied by illustrations and texts explicatingtheir moral and allegorical meanings. The intent of this study is to focus on the relationshipbetween the biblical episodes and moralizations through their texts and images, in order to see towhat extent the image represent the text but also how the moralized text and images interpret it.The Bible Moralisée of Jean Le Bon (Français 167) will be the case study of thisresearch. In chapter 1, the context of the Bibles Moralisées will be investigated in order tounderstand its background. In chapter 2, a codicological approach will be used to study both thecontext of production and the physical features of Français 167. Chapter 3 will analyze what theimages in Fr. 167 represent and what their accompanying texts say, through a thorough work oftranscription, translation, and visual analysis of two episodes from Genesis 1. Although the focusof this thesis will necessarily be selective, the material will raise issues that relate to the entirecorpus of images and texts of the entire manuscript. The formulation “text and image” should notbe taken to imply assumptions about the priority or superiority of text over image: the format ofthe Bible moralisée always require a complex investigative strategy, cycling from text to image,from image to text, from text to text, and from image to image
The Ghent Altarpiece: Artistic Treasure & Nazi Trophy
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History)--John Cabot University, Spring 2018.This thesis visually analyzes Jan van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece with the aim ofinvestigating what the factors of desirability of the Ghent Altarpiece were that spurred bothAdolf Hitler and Hermann Göring to seek the work as an object of personal desire duringWorld War II. The actions of these two men support an investigation into how their desireformed and motivated their actions. Through an analysis of historical precedent, Nazi history,and the personal history of these two men, three potential factors of desire became the focusof analysis: pride, aesthetic, and mysticism. The remainder of this thesis analyzes these threeconcepts as they pertain to art and applies them specifically to a consideration of the GhentAltarpiece. Thus, the discussion is led to the conclusion that it was in fact a culmination ofpride, aesthetic, and mysticism that spurred these men to seek the Ghent Altarpiece duringWWII
Delight and Display: Structuring Space in the Late Antique Villa
No full textThesis (B.A. in Art History, Minor in Classical Studies)--John Cabot University, Fall 2018.Roman architecture is one of the most vibrant fields within the study of Roman art. In the past few decades, the study of Roman domestic space has changed dramatically due to new scholarly approaches. Whereas the traditional focal point of past scholarship was the Pompeian domus, for example, the field has now expanded to include Roman luxury villas, Ostian apartments, and Late Antique housing. In addition, the past two decades have witnessed a scholarly shift of focus toward understanding the ancient visitor's experience, which has led to an entirely new line of scholarship exploring space and movement within domestic areas. Such topographical studies of space have been important in providing a deeper comprehension of the relationship between viewer and architectural surroundings.
Traditionally, Late Antiquity has been considered a transitional era between antiquity and the Middle Ages. This attitude, too, has been changing, with the result that Late Antiquity is increasingly being recognized and appreciated as a period of great political and social complexity. This thesis aims to discuss Late Antique domestic architecture by applying analytical formulas traditionally applied to the well-studied Roman domus, in order to examine the way that the Late Antique villa functioned according to traditional Roman assignments. It will use as case study the Villa at Piazza Armerina, with a discussion of constructed space. In particular, it will analyze hierarchical and spatial differences in the complex, and elucidate the diversity and prosperity of the Late Antique villa
Dissensio in Two Opposite Latin Literary Genres: How Historiographers and Satirists Condemned The Decay Of The Mos Maiorum In Politics and Society
No full textThesis (B.A. in Classical Studies and History)--John Cabot University, Fall 2018.This thesis takes into analysis the sentiment of dissent, dissensio, in Latin literature. In particular, it focuses on the critique over the decay of the traditional Roman customs and virtuous behavior, the mos maiorum, between the 1st century B.C. and the 1st century A.D., the two centuries corresponding to the end of the Republic, with the outbreak of the political parties’ struggles, and the first century of the principate. The purpose of the research is to understand and describe what exactly such decay of morals was. In order to do so, this research focuses on two opposite literary genres, which, however, discussed the same themes and issues: historiography and satire. The correspondence of themes confirms the actual existence of specific problems affecting the society of those times. For historiography, I studied Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus. For satire, I studies Seneca, Petronius, Persius, and Juvenal. The method applied consists principally in the use of primary sources in the original language, then translated by myself with the consultation of Latin dictionaries, in order to insert numerous citations as proofs. Secondary sources provide accurate guides to read the original texts and explain the themes in relation to their various sections
Contemporary forms of slavery
No full textThis briefing aims to clarify the concept of contemporary forms of slavery and analyse the legal obligations of States, as well as recent international developments at global and EU levels. It highlights the inconsistent application of the concept by global governance actors and discusses the inclusion of various exploitative practices within this conceptual framework. It also examines the prevalence of contemporary forms of slavery and assesses the policy framework for EU external action. The briefing then recommends possible action by the EU, including: promotion of a more consistent definition and use of the concept of contemporary forms of slavery and further clarifications on the relationship with the human trafficking and forced labour frameworks; a role for the EU as catalyst in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Targets in the field of all contemporary forms of slavery; support for standardising methods of data collection globally. Finally, the paper invites the EU to assess the possibility of drafting a new treaty on contemporary forms of slavery, as a way to fill some existing loopholes at the international level