South African Journal of Art History Volume 14 (1999)

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South African Journal of Art History, Volume 14, (1999)
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SAJAH Volume 14	Cover, general information
Coetzee, A.	Historicism as an aspect of a pragmatist theory of architecture
Van den Berg, D.J.	Some thoughts on artists' models
Mare, E.A.	The being and movement of the angel in the Burial of the Count of Orgaz by EI Greco
Olivier, B.	Natural Born Killers, violence and contemporary culture
Du Preez, A.	Keuringsverslag
Ord, J.M.	After image: Reflections on a Site Specific Artwork
Mare, E.A.	Science, Art History and the Shroud of Turin: Nicholas Allen's research 66 on the iconography and production of the image of a crucified man

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Some thoughts on artists' models
(Art Historical Work Group of South Africa, 1999) Van den Berg, Dirk Johannes
ENGLISH: Prompted by Joel Black's (1984) question "what is before the artwork?", this article considers key issues in the prefigurative dimension of art, among others, the critical neglect of the artist's model, the former prominence and the demise of technical making models in imitational art, a new interest in mimesis and the representational value of art associated with the heuristics of ideological modellings of the aesthetic potential of the world.
Science, art history and the Shroud of Turin : Nicholas Allen's research on the iconography and production of the image of a crucified man
(Art Historical Workgroup of South Africa, 1999) Mare, Estelle Alma
Evaluation of prof. Nicholas Allen's research on the Shroud of Turin, and of his hypothesis that it is a medieval photographic image.
After image : reflections on a site specific artwork
(Art Historical Workgroup of South Africa, 1999) Ord, Jennifer M.
This article involves a discussion of the way in which it was attempted to image the multi-layered dialectic between a specific site and the elements of an added structure in terms of the relationship between form and content. The attempt was my contribution to the !Xoe Site Specific Project organized by the Ibis Gallery in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda in July 1998. It was entitled: "Breaking the Hoop", an oblique reference to the disruptive process of colonization.
Keuringsverslag
(Art Historical Workgroup of South Africa, 1999) Du Preez, Amanda
Keuringsverslag ten opsigte van Bert Olivier se artikel "'Natural Born Killers', violence and contemporary culture" wat op p. 48 van dieselfde joernaal verskyn.
"Natural Born Killers", violence and contemporary culture
(Art Historical Workgroup of South Africa, 1999) Olivier, Bert
This article focuses on Oliver Stone's controversial film, "Natural Born Killers", in an attempt to determine the relationship between its use of multiform images and viewers' reception of the film. Specifically, the question is raised whether its concatenation of variegated images and image-types does not, perhaps, contribute to the systematic eradication of the distinction between the realm of cinematic images and everyday social reality, in this way preparing the way for a certain kind of social behaviour on the part of the viewers.
The being and movement of the angel in the "Burial of the Count of Orgaz" by El Greco
(Art Historical Workgroup of South Africa, 1999) Mare, Estelle Alma; Greco, 1541?-1614
The focus of this study is the angel in El Greco's "Burial of the Count of Orgaz". Art historians who have studied the Burial previously have not extracted the full meaning of this angel in their interpretations of it because they have neglected its stylistic qualities. It is the purpose of this study to indicate how the angel is presented as a visual realization of the Tridentine dogma of salvation.
Some thoughts on artists' models
(Art Historical Workgroup of South Africa, 1999) Van den Berg, Dirk Johannes
Prompted by Joel Black's (1984) question "what is before the artwork?", this article considers key issues in the prefigurative dimension of art, among others, the critical neglect of the artist's model, the former prominence and the demise of technical making models in imitational art, a new interest in mimesis and the representational value of art associated with the heuristics of ideological modellings of the aesthetic potential of the world.
Historicism as an aspect of a pragmatist theory of architecture
(Art Historical Workgroup of South Africa, 1999) Coetzee, Anton
In this essay an attempt is made to validate the historicist theories that architectural practices change over time and that architecture can be interpreted as manifestations of the beliefs existing in particular communities at a specific time. To support these theses comparisons are made between the philosophy of Hegel and the architectural theories of Pugin and Ruskin. The aspect of Hegel's philosophy that is studied is his conviction that arbitrary and contingent aspects of a particular historical existence influenced human beliefs. Pugin postulated that the beliefs and customs of the communities that architectural designers worked for influenced their designs. Ruskin also theorised that architecture was informed by local beliefs of a particular time. The results of the comparisons between the theories of Hegel, Pugin and Ruskin are used in the essay to formulate guidelines for present-day architectural practices and for interpretations of current architecture. It is suggested that designers and interpreters of architecture should value regional and cultural differences. It is observed that the beliefs and habits of life at a particular time and place inform architects and that architecture could be interpreted as the products of regional and temporal interests. Lastly the ideas are advanced that interpretations of architectural practices vary according to the purposes of various communities and that the aims of architectural practitioners are conditioned by the goals of the communities that they work for.
South African Journal of Art History, volume 14, 1999
(Art Historical Workgroup of South Africa, 1999) Mare, Estelle Alma

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