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Maria Krawczyk : friend and physicist
No full textWe remember here our friend and colleague Maria Krawczyk, Professor of Physics at Warsaw University, who passed away suddenly on May 24th 2017. Her contribution to physics and her great personal qualities are described
Maria Bersani
No full textLa voce illustra la biografia e l'apporto letterario dato da Maria Bersani alla letteratura per l'infanziaThe headword explains the biography and the contribution of the author Maria Bersani to the children's literatur
Maria Sklodowska-Curie - scientist, friend, manager
No full textMaria Sklodowska-Curie - scientist, friend, manager
Great names in science represent an inexhaustible source and richness of inspiration, satisfaction and consolation, a moving and victorious force. Throughout her exemplifying life, Maria Sklodowska remained modest but with a keen sense of humor, of an outstanding style, a mine of knowledge and experience, of innovative ideas and a rich inner life. Full of love, of passion to give and to share, of natural optimism, mixed with a light melancholy, so typical for sages. She vehemently defended the love of scientific research, of the spirit of adventure and entrepreneurship and fought for international culture, for the protection of personality and talent. Maria Sklodowska left her passion to science, her dedication to work including education and training of young people, her passionate adherence to her family, her belief in her friends, her pure and profound humanity and warmth!
The paper should be a homage to her, an appreciation of her work over the years, but not less a correspondence, a conversation with her! On the other hand, the present solemn occasion resuscitates the personalities of Maria and Pierre Curie and their work, in particular of Maria Sklodowska in her own native land! In this manner, it truly contributes to her immortality!</jats:p
Remembering roses, treading on the red earth: Polish folk art and the Australian experience
No full text[Extract] In 1999, as the guest curator at Perc Tucker Regional Gallery in Townsville, Maria Wronska Friend organized an exhibition Roses and Red Earth which examined the continuity and significance of folk art traditions in the life of Polish migrants in Australia. The exhibition comprises two major sections: the first provides a comprehensive selection of folk art created in Poland, while the second examines the presence of folk inspirations in the works of three generations of Polish migrants who, following World War II, migrated to Australia
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Art Drawn with Wax: batik in Indonesia and Poland
No full textThis book by Dr Maria Wrońska-Friend, Art Drawn with Wax: Batik in Indonesia and Poland is an important and long-awaited publication. It fills a major gap in textile studies by presenting, for the first time ever, both past and recent Polish accomplishments with batik technique, while at the same time situating the textile art of our country in an international context. Dr Wrońska-Friend considers the adaptation of the Javanese decorative method into Polish arts to be one of the most interesting examples of the cross-cultural transfer of the batik technique to Europe. She believes that Polish batiks, together with Dutch batiks, should be recognized not only as an artistic but also as a technical advancement of this method of textile decoration. Polish artists significantly expanded the vocabulary of batik designs and, as a result of numerous successful experiments conducted with new plant dyes, they were able to increase greatly the range of colors and hues available.
The author’s research commences at the beginnings of the twentieth century, when Polish artists became fascinated both with the original Javanese batik textiles and their ‘exotic beauty’ as well as with the technique of ‘drawing with wax’, introducing it to their fabric decoration. Batik technique was first introduced into European arts in the late nineteenth century by Dutch artists, and quickly found followers all over Europe, including Poland. The peak of popularity of this technique in our country came in the first quarter of the twentieth century. In recent years, batik has once again become popular among Polish artists and the last section of the book documents this new artistic trend.
The issue of the similarities and differences between Javanese batik textiles and their European interpretations, including Polish ones, became a topic of interest for the author many years ago, well before she began to write this book. Maria Wrońska-Friend presented the outcomes of her research as an outstanding PhD thesis at the Institute of Arts of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw in 1987. Following graduation from the Department of Ethnology at the University of Lodz and employment as a curator at the Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw (an institution which among its significant Indonesian collections had a large group of Javanese batiks), she was well prepared to undertake this pioneering, ambitious research
Ave Maria: Sacred Song
No full textA presentation copy of Harry Wheaton Howard\u27s Ave Maria, inscribed by the author to his dear friend Brother Tom Jones on May 27, 1944. Howard was for many years the organist at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. This hymn is arranged for two treble voices with piano accompaniment.https://ecommons.udayton.edu/imri_sheetmusic/1006/thumbnail.jp
Batik Jawa Bagi Dunia / Javanese Batik to the World
No full text[Indonesian] Selama Iebih dari satu abad, batik Jawa telah menjadi sumber inspirasi bagi para seniman dan perancang busana di Eropa, Afrika, India dan Australia. Tekstil Jawa menarik Perhatian tokoh terkemuka, seperti Thomas Stamford Raffles, Rabindranath Tagore, Nelson Mandela, Henri Matisse, Henry van de Velde, dan Yinka Shonibare MBE. Buku ini adalah yang pertama menyajikan gambaran komprehensif tentang perjumpaan budaya yang begitu beragam dan warisan mereka. Dr. Maria Wronska-Friend adalah Peneliti Senior di Universitas James Cook, Australia dan selama hampir tiga puluh tahun telah mengkaji Berbagai aspek wastra dan busana di Asia Tenggara.
Buku ini berisi 120 foto batik dari museum dan galeri seni rupa dari Britania, Belanda, India, Australia, Polandia, Amerika Serikat, Prancis, Jerman, dan negara lain.
[English] More than a century ago, batik of Java became a source of inspiration for artists and designers in Europe, Africa, India and Australia. Javanese textiles drew the attention of prominent persons such as Thomas Stamford Raffles, Rabindranath Tagore, Nelson Mandela, Henri Matisse, Henry van de Velde and Yinka Shonibare MBE. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of these encounters and their legacies. Dr Maria Wronska-Friend is a Senior Research Fellow at James Cook University in Australia and has dedicated almost thirty years to the study of various aspects of textiles and costumes of Southeast Asia.
This book is illustrated with 120 images of Java-inspired textiles from the collections of museums and art galleries worldwide, incuding the UK, the Netherlands, India, Australia, Poland, the USA, France and Germany
Un pensiero per Maria Vittoria
No full textA short preface to a volume in honour of Maria Fontana, a tribute to a dear friend who has always been a point of reference, in our private lives as well as in our academic career
"Why haven't we been taught all that at school?” Crosscultural Community Projects in North Queensland, Australia
No full textThe city of Cairns, in north Queensland, is home to one of the most diverse populations of Australia. Situated close to South and Southeast Asia as well as the Pacific islands, it has been attracting migrants for more than 120 years. Local museums, run by historical societies, focus almost exclusively on the experience of Anglo-Celtic settlers. Maria Wronska-Friend, Cairns-based curator and Museum Development Officer during 2000–2010, organized 14 community-based exhibitions that addressed the history, contributions, and the process of cultural adaptation of "forgotten" peoples: migrants from south China, Hmong refugees from Laos, Sikh sugar cane farmers, recent migrants from Papua New Guinea, and Europeans who came as Displaced Persons after World War II. Presented in easily accessible public spaces, the exhibitions helped to create a crosscultural dialogue and made an important contribution to non-formal education. A visitor asked in the comment book: "Why haven’t we been taught all that at school?
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