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The historical imagination of Christopher Dawson
No full textChristopher Dawson (1889-1970) was one of his generation's most
important historians and religious thinkers, and was a significant
influence on many contemporaries including T.S. Eliot, C.S. Lewis,
and Russell Kirk. This dissertation is a study of his most
fundamental ideas concerning history and culture.
Chapter one examines Dawson’s sociological view of history.
Convinced that history was more than a scientific enterprise, he
believed that the true historian is one who reaches beyond the
material world to understand the essence of history’s dynamics. In
this way, the world can be conceptualized as a united whole,
separated by regional differences as a result of environment, race,
material, psychological, and religious factors. Dawson believed
that the political histories of the past several centuries failed to
grasp the undercurrents of historical change, and that the best way
to understand the past is to appreciate culture as an expression of
primeval religious traditions.
Chapter two treats Dawson’s understanding of progress. Dawson
was convinced that progress had become the “working-religion” of our
age. This secular faith, founded on scientific rationalism, first
pledged to fix the material failures of Western culture, but
unwittingly eroded its faith in God, and eventually, its moral
fiber. Dawson believed that true progress was progress of the soul
in its ordering toward the Creator.
Chapter three is a study of Dawson’s Christian, and more
specifically, his Catholic beliefs. Informed by religion, his
historical and cultural visions are not dogmatic, nor are they
polemical. He conceived of history as the unfolding of a divine
economy in the temporal world. Although Dawson is a proponent of
Roman Catholicism, his scholarship is an objective treatment of
history shaped by an undisguised, Christian worldview.
Additionally, the appendix is an introduction to Dawson’s life
and the circumstances surrounding his conversion to Roman
Catholicism. Particular attention is paid to the development of his
moral and historical imagination — both of which became intertwined to
form the basis of all of his scholarship
Art Car Boot Fair
No full textFour artists engage with four shiny new cars from the very latest Vauxhall range to enact their artistic whims in the form of on-car and in-car customisations.Ian Dawson has created a series of vibrant and intricately complex Spirograph images to deck out his “Spiro Car.” Derived from his series of large wall panels which he adorned by hand using the popular children’s toy, Ian has used a Spirograph generating computer programme to generate the stunning totemic series of patterns across the contours of the car’s bodywork
"Historian of the spirit": an introduction to the life and ideas of Christopher H. Dawson, 1889-1970
No full textWhat follows is an intellectual biography of the English Catholic historian Christopher Henry Dawson (1889-1970). If there is one overarching thesis to this dissertation, it is that Dawson's place within the history of Britain and the United States and within the historical academy in general has been hitherto underappreciated as a result of unfair categorization of his work by critics, and equally unhelpful credulous assessments imd subsequent politicization of his scholarship by overzealous admirers. Even though his perspectives will probably never be completely embraced by the historical academy due to current trends in historiography, it is hoped that this dissertation will demonstrate that Dawson’s scholarship is deserving of study because of the breadth of his intellectual and practical activity in Britain during the twentieth century, and his groundbreaking role in identifying the importance of culture and religious belief to historiography. The introduction includes a review of the most important secondary literature about Dawson that will be used throughout the work. The main text of the dissertation develops chronologically, and is in eight parts, each part representing a distinct phase of Dawson's life. Part Chie (1889-1914) examines the formative years of his childhood, his education, his conversion to the Roman Catholic Church, and how his experiences formed the basis for his opinions about history, religion, and world around him. Part Two (1915-1929) explores the schools of thought that shaped Dawson’s ideas as a young scholar, and the ideas expressed in his first two books. Part Three (1930-1934) represents the most active time of Dawson's career, and the period during which he became a widely read Catholic intellectual and historian of Europe. Part Four (1935-1939) examines Dawson's commentaries on European political movements during the 1930ร. Part Five (1940-1945) discusses Dawson's role as the vice-president of die wartime ecumenical movement 'The Sword of the Spirit', as well as his book written at the height of the Movement's success. Part Six (1946-1952) covers Dawson's ideas from his Gifford Lectures, and his interest in American Catholicism. Part Seven (1953-1962) covers Dawson's vision for American Catholics and education, and his position at Harvard University, which he held from 1958 until a series of strokes forced him to retire, and return to England in 1962. Part Eight (1963-1970) briefly discussed the events of the last years of his life. The conclusion serves as a summary of his contribution and legacy as a major twentieth-century intellectual
House of Fairy Tales, Horn of Plenty
No full textThe House of Fairy Tales presents a fundraising exhibition of objects and artworks by international artists, designers and film directors, many of whom have contributed to the Exquisite Trove exhibition currently at The New Art Gallery Walsall or have been part of HoFT’s hugely successful 2009 tour of festivals across the country. List of Artists : Frida Alvinzi, Fiona Banner, Simon Bill, Sir Peter Blake, Jim Bond, Christopher Brown, Ellen Cantor, Spartacus Chetwynd, Natasha Chambers, Cedric Christie, Oliver Clegg, Mat Collishaw, Dexter Dalwood, Adam Dant, Enrico David, Ian Dawson, Jeremy Deller, Tatiana de Stempel, Carol Ann Eason, Phoebe Eason, Rohan Daniel Eason, Jill Tegan Doherty, Rina Donnersmarck, Annabel Elgar, Simon English, Gordon Faulds, Nancy Fouts, Jen Franklin, Maria Teresa Gavazzi, Bert Gilbert, Jeff McMillan, Rob Goodwin, Carolyn Gowdy, Lynn Hatzius, Alice Herrick, Dan Hillier, Georgie Hopton, Jimp, Nicola Jones, Alan Kane, LEO, Damien Meade, Harland Miller, Annie Morris, Richard Niman, Orly Orbach, Cornelia Parker, Simon Periton, Raul Pina, Max Reeves, Paula Rego, David Roberts, Paul Sakoilsky, Elinor Seath, Lindsay Sekulowicz, Jane Simpson, Bob & Roberta Smith, Kiki Smith, Samantha Sweeting, Katherine Tulloh, Gavin Turk, Francis Upritchard, Raisa Veikkola, Julie Vermeille, Jessica Voorsanger, Jon Welsh, Simon Willems, Rachel Whiteread, E C Woodard
Horizon: Landscape and Beyond
No full textHorizon (Landscape and Beyond). Group Exhibition curated by Alexander Hinks, Cello Factory London, 30th June - 10th July 2022Landscape has been integral to artists for hundreds of years, from frescos to oil paintings and more. Horizon exhibition presents contemporary artists’ interpretation, representation and abstraction of our surroundings through a multiplicity of mediums. The apparent line that divides earth and sky is wondrous and beautiful and the endless possibilities of presenting the world around us will never cease to amaze and influence us. Having been confined throughout the pandemic, our new-found freedom is now inspiring us further to explore the landscape and beyond. Participating Artists:Alex Booker, Daryl Brown, Ian Dawson, Benjamin Deakin, Natalie Dowse, Ann Grim, Kirsty Harris, Alexander Hinks, Adam King, Peter Lamb, Caroline List, Hannah Luxton, Robyn Litchfield, Darren Nisbett, Perdita Sinclair, Mimei Thompson, Jane Ward, Eleanor May Watson, Alice Wilson, Joanna Whittle, Sue Williams A’Court, David Wiseman, Gail Seres-Woolfson
A modelling approach to the biochemical assay of vegetation canopies from remote sensing
No full textUnderstanding the interaction of radiation with vegetation canopies requires a knowledge of the spectral properties of individual leaves. Leaves are an important component of forest canopies and it is their biochemical constituents, namely pigments, water, nitrogen, cellulose and lignin, together with canopy structure that shapes the absorption features of remotely sensed reflectance spectra. Absorption features in the near infrared region of the spectrum (900 - 2500 nm) are a function of the bending and stretching vibrations of biochemical bonds together with their harmonics and overtones. In the visible region (400 - 700 nm), chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments have strong absorption due to electron energy transitions.Fine spectral resolution remotely sensed data can be analysed statically using multiple linear regression to estimate the concentration of biochemicals in forest canopies. Such information has been used to drive ecosystem simulation models and estimate photosynthetic efficiency, rate of nutrient cycling and degree of vegetation stress. However, wavebands selected by multiple linear regression of canopy spectra using biochemical assay data are often not consistent with the absorption features of the biochemicals within the leaves. Significantly, statistical relationships between canopy spectra and biochemical concentrations are highly site-specific and are not robust. Reports have suggested that these problems might be attributable to spectral variation in canopy architecture and atmosphere.This thesis presents a new leaf model, LIBERTY, which has been designed to simulate the reflectance and transmittance spectra of conifer needles. The analysis and coupling of LIBERTY and a hybrid Monte Carlo ray-tracing canopy model was investigated to see if the absorption features of the key foliar biochemicals visible in the leaf spectrum are preserved in the canopy reflectance spectrum. The potential for estimating biochemical concentrations from leaf and canopy spectra was then assessed using a variety of inverted model and empirical techniques.</p
Functional occlusion : from TMJ to smile design / Peter E. Dawson.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index.xiii, 630 pages
Jakob Sjolseth and Peter Kolloen at the bar inside the Jo Jo Hotel, Dawson, Yukon Territory, 1898
No full textCaption on image: Jo Jo Hotel Interior. Wolfe Photo. Dawson Y.T.
Handwritten on verso: 1898. On right: Jakob Sjolseth. Brother of Inga Kolloen. On left: Peter Kolloen. Brother of Hans Kolloen.
PH Coll 731.9Henry and Inga Sojolseth Kolloen were Norwegian Americans who left Seattle in 1898 to seek gold in Alaska during the Gold Rush. The couple traveled separately to the Yukon Territory, where they were unsuccessful in finding gold. The couple then apparently settled down to run the Jo Jo Hotel located on Gold Run Creek in Dawson. Frank E. Wolfe owned and operated Wolfe Photo studio in Yukon Territory, Dawson from the late 1890s to around 1920. Wolfe Photo studio was one of the major photographers of the Yukon area gold rush.Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008
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