Jeff Wall, beyond the Borders of the Medium: Photography, History Painting and the Cinema of the Living-dead by Barbara Le Maître

“… How can a work of art reach beyond the borders of the medium to which it would logically seem to belong? …”
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Life and Fiction: Imagination and Literary Creation in Atonement by Carlos Roberto Ludwig, Rejane de Souza Ferreira

“…Furthermore, the novel suggests which issuesare more relevant today and what role the reader plays in the construction of the meaning of a work of art.…”
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The Deep Structure of the Jewish Portable Sanctuary by Leon Debevec

“…The conviction that the sacred tabernacle, as a work of God, is a complete work of art leads to a search for starting points to discover the uniqueness of its in-depth structure. …”
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Fontane di Roma: Richard Wilbur e gli altri by Andrea Mariani

“…The essay analyzes one of the most celebrated poems by Richard Wilbur (“A Baroque Wall-Fountain in the Villa Sciarra”, 1955) along three critical lines: 1. as an original example of a modern ekphrastic text, which proposes to establish a fruitful dialogue between a piece of poetry and a Roman fountain, a (not completely “silent”) work of art; 2. as the result of a dense textual “intercourse” with other – less known – poems in the Anglo-American tradition (by Louise Bogan and Anthony Hecht); 3. as the occasion for an ethical discourse, that can be read in the context of two poems in the German language (by R.M. …”
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From Biography to a Net of Interpretations: The Plurality of Approaches to Vladimír Karfík’s work by Bartošová Nina

“…The inspiration comes from pragmatic aesthetics, as understood by philosopher Richard Shusterman, which considers the possibility of appreciating a work of art and architecture without the premise of one universal truth. …”
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Recycled Images as Layers of Meaning in Picture Books by Isabelle Gras

“…The article suggests that the processes identified by Panofsky in his analysis of meaning in works of art can be successfully associated to a systemic-functional model of visual meaning to reveal the function of recycled images in contemporary picture books.…”
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INTERPRETATIVE ISSUES IN CHURCH CHORAL MUSIC by Aurel MURARU

“…Although, at first glance, the music of the Divine Liturgy seems to be just another art of sound, in reality it goes far beyond the limits of a “simple” work of art. The religious sermon can in no way be compared to a concert, with performers and listeners. …”
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13. Integrating Functions of Music in Learning and Education by Morari Marina

“…Because it is only in the work of art that we find the expression of the human inner world, which naturally connects human life with the environment - the external world in which the artist lives/creates. …”
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CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD VON GLUCK AND THE DAWN OF THE REFORM OF OPERA by Noémi KARÁCSONY

“…The state in which music drama found itself at the beginning of the 18th century contributed to the formulation of essential principles that could guide the composition of a music drama, a work of art which had to transmit true feelings and emotions. …”
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Fake or Fortune? Alexander Dorner and the Weimar Reproductions Debate by Balbi, Camilla

“…The so-called Hamburger Faksimile-Streit constitutes a crucial moment in the Weimarian theoretical debate on the categories of copy and original, culminating a few years later in Benjamin’s well-known essay on the work of art. After examining the theses of the main participants in the debate, this article focus on the position of curator and museum director Alexander Dorner – the only one advocating for the non-superiority of originals over copies in art museums – and on his relationship with Walter Benjamin’s later theories. …”
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TOWARDS A POETICS OF DEATH: COMPARATIVE AND AESTHETICAL REFLECTIONS by Стефано Ботеро

“…The ontological implications relating to the creation of the work of art will also be considered, in order to deepen, with full awareness, the relationship between the poetics of death and works of a not only artistic and literary nature, but also the testimonial. …”
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Lost in Lost : Entre quotidien anodin et déstabilisation fantastique, entre réalité alternative et fiction collective by Sarah Hatchuel

“…The “flash-sideways” oscillates between the construction of an alternative temporal reality (which functions like a reflexive palimpsest—the series rewriting itself) and a collective fiction created by the characters themselves—a post-mortem dream (or work of art) where each life becomes a memory that resurfaces bit by bit, revealing to the protagonists what they were, in a (always emotional) deconstruction of the fiction and a reminder of what the viewers themselves “lived through” for six seasons.…”
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Criminal Liability for Forgery of Print in Polish Legislation by Rybak-Karkosz Olivia

“…The doctrine for many years has postulated (and still does) the increase of protection of works of art from crimes such as forgery would increase the safety and fair trade on the art market. …”
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The Pre-POST-erous world. by Masita Bakti.

“…Like Kafka on the Shore, One Hundred Years of Solitude is characteristically postmodernist as it is a depthless work of art that uses a medley of styles. Through postmodern pastiche, Márquez and Murakami seek to eschew the possibility of meaning that is so important to modernist fiction. …”
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Circling around:looking(s) and empathies by Keefe, John

“…This essay suggests the spectator is always 'knowing; as such, always circles (a)round any work of art to unpick, to understand. Case-studies examine metaphor, empathy, repetition and re-working. …”
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Aesthetic testimony, understanding and virtue by Hills, AE

“…I argue that provisional trust (but not full trust) in testimony typically allows us to develop and use aesthetic understanding (understanding why a work of art is valuable, or similar); and aesthetic understanding is an essential component of aesthetic virtue. …”

Phenomenology and the self's measure: studies in subjectivity by DeLay, S

“…The studies that follow accordingly investigate five related aspects of subjectivity: the irreducibility of the self's individuality to society; the blow of vanity that reveals this inwardness; the resultant life that marshals and in turn deploys it; the power of the work of art to express it; and finally the promise of immortality that sustains it.…”

Noor-Eesti enesekoloniseerimisprojekt. Teine osa Olulised kirjandusmõtteviisid . The Self-Colonization Project of Young Estonia. Part II. Modes of Literary Thinking and Relations w... by Tiit Hennoste

“…Literature was to follow the principle of art for art’s sake; aesthetics and the form of the work of art were basic criteria. The formal ideals of the work of art were classicist: unity, integrity (wholeness), harmony, order, logic, etc. …”
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"Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto": Loro nell'obiettivo di Paolo Sorrentino by Marta Idini

“…In the end, it questions how much Brioschi’s concept of ‘re-use’ can be considered current in a universe of vastly different social behaviours, in that always double wire that is the interpretation of a work of art in terms of the world and of the world in terms of the work of art.…”
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Hiruk Pikuk Kehidupan Anak dalam Drama Monolog Anak Nanda Karya Riris Toha Sarumpaet Sebuah Pendekatan Mimetik by Indah Amalia, Khaerunnisa Khaerunnisa

“…Abstract Literature is a work of art created by an author based on the author's own thoughts, ideas, ideas, or experience, then made into a work of art called literature. …”
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