Tent Of The Emir Of Bukhara (Second Half Of The 19th Century) ( History Of One Exhibit From The Collection Of The State Hermitage)

This article is dedicated to a single artifact of the 19th century, tent of Emir of Bukhara, which is stored in the collection of the State Hermitage.

Pedro María Ibáñez y el nacimiento de los estudios históricos en Colombia

ResumenPedro María Ibáñez, historiador, médico y periodista fue uno de los intelectuales más importantes en el territorio colombiano y pionero de los estudios históricos en el país. Su labor como letrado se desarrolló en las coyunturas álgidas de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX dando como fruto la fundación de la Academia Colombiana de Historia, institución que promovió las primeras investigaciones históricas en el seno de una entidad formal. No obstante, estas investigaciones cimentadas desde la perspectiva de la Escuela Metódica Francesa.Palabras claves: Intelectual, Positivismo, Guerra civil, Academia, Siglo XIX, Historia.***************************************************Pedro María Ibáñez and the birth of historic studies in ColombiaAbstractPedro María Ibañez, historian, medical doctor and journalist, was one of the most important intellectuals in the Colombian territory and a pioneer of historic studies in the country. His labor as a scholar was developed in the stormy joints of the end of the 19th Century and the beginning of the 20th Century producing as a result the foundation of the Colombian Academy of History, institution that promoted the first historic pieces of research in the body of a formal institution. However, these pieces of research are founded on the bases of the Methodic French School.Key words: intellectual, positivism, Civil war, Academy, 19th Century, History.***************************************************Pedro María Ibáñez e o nascimento dos estudos históricos na ColômbiaResumoPedro María Ibáñez, historiador, médico e jornalista, foi um dos intelectuais mais importantes no território colombiano e pioneiro dos estudos históricos no país. Seu labor como letrado se desenvolveu nascojunturas álgidas dos finais do século XIX e começos do século XX, dando como fruto a fundação da Academia Colombiana de História, instituição que promoveu as primeiras investigações históricas no seio de uma entidade formal. No entanto, estas investigações cimentadas desde a perspectiva da Escuela Metódica Francesa. Palavras chave: Intelectual, Positivismo, Guerra civil, Academia Colombiana de História, Século XIX, História.

Little Transparency, Many Obstructions. The 19th Century, Exhibitions, Viewing Tools

The article examines various threads of the 19th-century history of culture, which deal with the topic of vision. The author analyses 19th-century exhibitions as tools for looking, large scale and accessible optical instruments. Following archival records, the author sets forward a thesis according to which popular exhibitions fulfilled the role of stabilizing visual experience in an age of radical sensual transformation and the rising ambiguity of cognitive categories. In light of the anxieties caused by numerous new inventions, which produced illusive static and moving images, the Crystal Palace (and its local cousins) could seem to provide tools for visually controlling reality. The author also analyzes tropes of melancholia and disappointment, caused by this 19th-century project of visual utopia.

Historian profiles aimed to train according to the statements of history departments' web pages in Turkey

History gaining the meanings such as "describing the events already finished" or "narration of real events", in 18th century in Europe, becoming an area studied by modern methods has completed the process of scientification in 19th century. History department established in Darülfünun just beginning of the 20th century in Turkey and thus historians started to be trained. As the University Reform realised, historians training continued in history department of Turkey's the first and only university. Nowadays, reviewing the University Entrance Guide 2011 it has been seen that historians being trained in history departments at 72 state and 9 private universities at total 81 universities. The purpose of this research is to determine and compare the historian profiles aimed to train according to the satatements of the state and private universities' history departments' web pages. This study is based on survey method. In this study, 63 state and 9 private universities' web pages will be scanned. The "mission" and "vision" statements of history departments' web pages will be examined. Then these statements will be analyzed by content analysis method.

The Importance of Being Florentine: A Journey around the World for Wax Anatomical Venuses

This article reconstructs the 19th century history of events regarding a few female wax anatomical models made in Florence. More or less faithful copies of those housed in Florence's Museum of Physics and Natural History, these models were destined for display in temporary exhibitions. In their travels through Europe and the United States, they transformed the expression "Florentine Venus" into a sort of brand name used to label and offer respectability to pieces of widely varying quality.

Franz Reuleaux: Contributions to 19th century kinematics and theory of machines

This review surveys late 19th century kinematics and the theory of machines as seen through the contributions of the German engineering scientist, Franz Reuleaux (1829–1905), often called the “Father of Kinematics.” Extremely famous in his time and one of the first honorary members of ASME, Reuleaux was largely forgotten in much of modern mechanics literature in English until the recent rediscovery of some of his work. In addition to his contributions to kinematics, we review Reuleaux’s ideas about design synthesis, optimization and aesthetics in design, and in engineering education, as well as his early contributions to biomechanics. A unique aspect of this review has been the use of Reuleaux’s kinematic models at Cornell University and in the Deutsches Museum, in Munich, as a tool to rediscover lost engineering and kinematic knowledge of 19th century history of machines. This review article cites 108 references.