scholarly journals THE ARTISTRY OF THE OLD BUILDING OF BARNAUL RAILWAY STATION

Author(s):  
Elena V. Rusakovich

The article considers the artistry in the architecture of the first railway station building in Barnaul (1914-1915). Typologically, it is a special purpose building in the emerging railway style. This is a listed architectural heritage building of Siberia dating back to the early 20th century. It is important to ensure description and conservation of this heritage building in connection with the program of railway station modernization being implemented in Russia. The architectural features of the building are considered in relation to the processes occurring in the architecture of Russia and railway design, and to the regional architectural environment and the author's intent. An art-historical analysis of the station building's architecture is performed. The stylistic appurtenance and originality of the project are summarized. It is to be hoped that the unique building will be preserved and the research findings will be used in the modernization of Barnaul’s railway station forecourt.

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majdey Zawawi

Power plays an important role for progress and attaining the goals and needs of the state, and the authority to exercise power is through the constitution. Throughout the last two centuries, Brunei has undergone several manifestations of power, which was finally concluded with the establishment of the constitution. This paper will identify how power was manifested within three distinct systems that was utilised during the course of the late 19th and early 20th century. Through the use of historical analysis, the paper will categorise the different dynamics of power that will reveal the authority within the state within each structure. The constitution will be examined to reveal that it was an effort towards the reclamation of power for the state. This paper proposes that the constitution allows the rearticulating of power to fit the context of an Islamic system of governance. As a result of that, it allows the existence of key functions of an Islamic governance to be conceptualised.


Author(s):  
MUHAMMAD SUHAIB AHMAD ZAHIR ◽  
MOHD FARID MOHD SHARIF

Artikel ini membincang dan memperkenalkan usaha pemurnian yang dilakukan oleh Badiuzzaman Said Nursi (1877–1960 M) mendepani permasalahan yang timbul dalam masyarakat Islam di Turki pada awal abad ke-20. Kesan daripada penyerapan nilai dan pengaruh pemikiran luar ketulenan Islam ini telah berjaya mempengaruhi pemikiran masyarakat dalam aspek kepercayaan dan amalan beragama. Justeru, Said Nursi telah menawarkan penyelesaian kepada permasalahan yang timbul ini dengan melaksanakan langkah pemurnian terhadap tauhid dalam masyarakat. Dengan kata lain, artikel ini merupakan analisis usaha Said Nursi terhadap pemurnian tauhid dalam melaksanakan tuntutan dakwah di Turki. Bagi mencapai tujuan tersebut, metode analisis sejarah akan digunakan untuk membincangkan usaha Said Nursi dan mengemukakan penelitian kritikal terhadap usahanya menyelamatkan tauhid umat Islam agar kembali kepada ajaran Islam yang sebenar. Hasil daripada analisis ini akan memperlihatkan bahawa Badiuzzaman Said Nursi merupakan seorang tokoh dakwah yang memberi sumbangan terhadap pemurnian tauhid dalam dunia Islam di samping boleh digunakan sebagai sebuah garis panduan kepada para agamawan, pendakwah dan penyelidik mengetengahkan pemurnian tauhid sebagai usaha dakwah yang penting terhadap masyarakat pada hari ini.   This article discusses and introduces the efforts of Tawhid purification undertaken by Badiuzzaman Said Nursi (1877–1960 AD) to address emergent problems within the Turkish Muslim community in early 20th century whereby the absorption of values and thought outside the authenticity of Islam had successfully influenced society thinking in terms of religious beliefs and practices. Said Nursi therefore offered a solution to this problem by implementing measures to purify tawhid in society. This article analyses his efforts in tawhid purification in the implementation of da’wah dictates in Turkey. To achieve this goal, the historical analysis method is utilised to discuss the efforts of Said Nursi and present criticalexamination of his efforts to save the tawhid of Muslims and ensure they return to the true teachings of Islam. The results of this analysis highlight Badiuzzaman Said Nursi as a da’wah figure who contributed to tawhid purification in the Islamic world. The findings at the same time could be used as guidelines for the religious, preachers and researchers to propose tawhid purification as an important da’wah effort in society today.


2020 ◽  
pp. 78-88
Author(s):  
Л. Л. Кукіль

The purpose of the study is to analyze the information load and plastic solutions of the anthropomorphic mascarons on the facades of Lviv buildings of the XIX – early XX centuries. Methodology. The article uses general scientific research methods: the historical and comparative method; the method of synthesis and the art history analysis. Research results. The Lviv architectural and decorative plastics of the 19th and early 20th century is characterized by a widespread typology of the mascarons on the facades of the buildings. Various types of faces of old Lviv street, paired male and female images, which represent the unity and the harmony of two beginnings (portraits of married couples), as well as the generalized artistic images, belong to the number of the anthropomorphic maskarons of Lviv of the specified period. The article analyzes the information load and the plastic-stylistic features of various anthropomorphic maskarons of the typological group under study. The authors of the various types of old Lviv street emphasized the efforts to convey the character of the depicted faces. Their artistic expression is enhanced by some personal attributes. This applies to the paired and the generic Lviv maskarons to a lesser extent. On the basis of an art historical analysis of a number of specific samples of the anthropomorphic mascarons of Lviv of the 19th and early 20th century, a species classification of the given typological group has been developed. Scientific novelty. Detected and analyzed the information load and plastic characteristics peculiarities of the mascarons in Lviv architectural and decorative sculpture of the XIX – early XX centuries. Practical ignificance. The proposed article is part of a comprehensive study of the broad typology of the Lviv maskarons of the 19th and early 20th century. The results of the work open up some opportunities for a further research of the groups and the subgroups of the Lviv mascarons and for a detailed art historical analysis of some individual original samples of relief faces of Lviv of the studied period.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bui Dieu Quynh

The mentioning of Hanoi – the capital city of Vietnam and the land of thousand years of civilization – depicts among both locals and tourists the image of the ‘Sword Lake’ with its ancient ‘Turtle Tower’ and the charming Old Quarter with its preserved shop-houses lying along small ancient commercial alleys. The houses in the old quarter constructed over a century ago which feature tube houses with inclined tile roofs and a blend of French architecture create the infusions of history and memory. One can easily find abundant research done on these townhouses, either in the collectibles of many authors, the quintessential drawings of talented painters, or in publications on the history of the Old Quarter. Among these, the recent work by Vuong et al. (2019) adds an extremely interesting view of the architectural features of Hanoi’s ancient townhouses as these features are viewed as dependent and independent variables. The study titled ‘Cultural evolution in Vietnam’s early 20th century: A Bayesian network analysis of Hanoi Franco- Chinese house designs’ aims to find traces of cultural evolution in the early 20th century in Vietnam and highlight the most notable elements that affect the Vietnamese people’s perception of cultural evolutions.


Author(s):  
В.А. Матвеев

В статье раскрывается один из недостаточно изученных аспектов проводившейся на Кавказе российской политики во второй половине XIX – начале XX в. Исследование основывается не только на использовании опубликованных данных, но и на источниках, сведения из которых ранее не вводились в научный оборот. По мнению автора, попытки расширить распространенность здесь православного христианства, предпринимавшиеся в эпоху после завершения Кавказской войны, имели обоснованность. Подтверждались они и востребовавшимся для интеллектуального осмысления ретроспективным наследием. Анализу вместе с тем подвергаются и подходы, применявшиеся для поддержания межконфессионального взаимодействия. Согласно предложенной версии, оно достигалось и при помощи складывавшегося феномена отечественного мусульманства. Актуальность предложенного формата освещения проблемы обусловлена также современными геополитическими и цивилизационными вызовами, возникающими в различной постановке для российского общества. Представленный для публикации результат предоставляет возможность поиска конкретных решений, в том числе в связи с предпринятой недавно инициативой разобщения канонической территории Московского патриархата. Обращение к историческому опыту укрепления позиций православия на Кавказе не позволит, безусловно, найти прямые ответы на возникающие угрозы. Но оно так или иначе может способствовать поиску вариантов преодоления сложных ситуаций. The article provides insight into one of the understudied aspects of the Russian policy in the Caucasus in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. The study relies on both published data and previously unreleased scientific sources and evidence. The author argues for the legitimate nature of the attempts intended to disseminate Christianity, including Orthodox Christianity, in the Caucasus in the postwar era. This is also corroborated by the retrospective heritage that had to be incorporated for intellectual comprehension. The analysis also covers the approaches supporting interfaith interaction. As follows from the stated hypothesis, state-wide alignment was ensured thanks to the phenomenon of emerging national Muslimism. The proposed format of the research also gains relevance in the light of multifaceted modern geopolitical and civilizational challenges related to Russian co-citizenship. Research findings will help search for specific solutions, particularly in the context of the initiative recently undertaken to separate the canonical territory of the Moscow Patriarchate. Appealing to the historical experience of expanding Orthodox Christianity in the Caucasus will not provide direct answers to the emerging threats. However, this approach may end up helpful in searching for ways to navigate difficult scenarios.    


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-52
Author(s):  
Suzy K. Freake

This article seeks to examine a productive intersection between contemporary artist Gregor Schneider and political/historical thinker Hannah Arendt. The purpose of such a task is to demonstrate the benefits of thinking beyond disciplines, whereby the application of political philosophy to an artwork affords a more nuanced art historical analysis, and, in turn, the reading of the contemporary artwork allows an updating and making relevant of historically embedded political philosophies.This article shall specifically explore Schneider’s 2007 work 'Weisse Folter', a large-scale, labyrinthine and institutional installation, by looking to Arendt’s conception of ‘statelessness’; a term indicative of certain people that were politically, legally and geographically displaced in the early 20th-century, resulting in populations unrepresented and unprotected by any governmental body. Although Arendt’s political inflection of the term is specifically rooted in historically determined data, 'Weisse Folter'’s various reference points (the practice of clean torture, the incarcerating spaces of Guantánamo Bay and the ‘ghost detainees’ held there) each contribute to the contemporising of her thinking. And yet, the term equally lends itself to art historical concerns, namely that of representation: the process of giving form or state to something. In looking at the representational, geopolitical and legal aspects of Weisse Folter, this article seeks to reinvigorate Arendt’s thoughts on ‘statelessness’ as contemporarily relevant, both for political thinking and art historical analyses.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-42
Author(s):  
Galina Sinko ◽  
Tatyana Sidnenko ◽  
Ol’ga Erokhina

The subject of this paper is an overview of changes in the material and spiritual life of Germans living in St. Petersburg in the late 19th – early 20th century. The overview of various facets of life of German population of St. Petersburg makes it possible to comprehensively address the problem of transformation of the State nationalities policy toward the largest ethnic diaspora in the Imperial Capital. The research work of Russian and foreign scholars became the theoretical framework for the article that enabled to ensure continuity of historical analysis. This study used a problematic and chronological approach to review the dynamics of state legislative initiatives related to in relation to the German community of St. Petersburg. The legislative acts issued in the Russian Empire during the period under study to toughen up the legal regulations governing the life of Russian Germans served as the factual basis of the overview. The conclusions drawn in the paper give a better idea of general trends in the nationalities policy of the Russian state in the midst of the most important domestic and international events of the late 19th and early 20th century.


Author(s):  
Milla Ardiani

Cimahi is a city in West Java that owns many relics of the Dutch architectural heritage built in the early 20th century. The majority of buildings are military buildings that have a hierarchy according to the military rank, seen from the styles presented at the army's military housing. The building style has no longer presented either Indische empire style or modern colonial style. The architectural style in the transitional period at that time adapted the tropical climate of Indonesia with the visible formation of the Dutch. This paper is the result of research done by observation and a survey at the Army Military Housing, Cimahi, West Java. Data were analyzed quantitatively to analyze the number of houses and ornaments dismantled and its original form. In addition, qualitative methods are also used to analyze the demolitions done by the building occupants. 


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