The history of northern Renaissance art, from the late 14th to the early 16th century, drawing on a rich range of sources to show how northern European art dominated the visual culture of Europe in this formative period
The synthesis of realistic facial expressions has been an unexplored area for computer graphics scientists. Over the last three decades, several different construction methods have been formulated in order to obtain natural graphic results. Despite these advancements, though, cu…
The medieval development of the Augustinian doctrine of divine illumination, that God must illuminate the human mind in order to know certain intelligibles, has been heavily-studied by historians. Much of this literature follows older historiographical approaches separating the …
Sleep in nursing home residents is highly fragmented. Disturbed circadian rhythms may be a partial cause. Melatonin, a pineal hormone, is a marker of circadian rhythms. Its secretion is synchronized by light. Nursing home residents are exposed to low levels of illumination. Ther…
This study examines the illustrations that appear at the Office of the Dead in English Books of Hours, and seeks to understand how text and image work together in this thriving culture of commemoration to say something about how the English understood and thought about death in …
This is a compilation thesis, trying to know the past, following the methodology of the knowledge, studying and contrasting the different points of view (historical, political, social, urbanistic, constructive, archaeological, etc.), to be able of establishing, if it is possible…
The City of Light. For many, these four words instantly conjure late nineteenth-century Paris and the garish colors of Toulouse-Lautrec's iconic posters. More recently, the Eiffel Tower's nightly show of sparkling electric lights has come to exemplify our fantasies of Parisian n…
