In Situ Growth of MnO2 on pDA-Templated Cotton Fabric for Degradation of Formaldehyde

Degradation of formaldehyde (HCHO) in interior decoration has been an urgent issue due to its toxicity nature and potential threats to human health. In this work, manganese dioxide nanoparticles (MnO2 NPs) were in situ grown on the polydopamine (pDA)-templated cotton fabrics for environmentally friendly HCHO degradation applications. The morphology, elemental composition, and crystal structure of the cotton/pDA/MnO2 were characterized by scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersive X-ray spectrum (SEM-EDX), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), X-ray diffractometer (XRD) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), respectively. The degradation of HCHO by the as-developed cotton/pDA/MnO2 was measured in a self-made quartz reactor, and the stability of adsorption was evaluated by cyclic experiments. The results showed that the HCHO removal efficiency reached to 100% within 20 min after three cycles, suggesting that the as-prepared fabrics exhibited good stability for the degradation of HCHO. The development of MnO2 NPs coated fabrics provides new strategies in degradation HCHO in interior decoration.

Negotiating Identity through the Architecture and Interior Decoration of Elite Households in Ptolemaic Egypt

In Ptolemaic Egypt (ca. 332–30 BC), numerous physical spaces served as loci of identity negotiation for elite individuals inhabiting a setting where imported Greek traditions interacted with local Egyptian ones. Such negotiations, or maneuverings, often took place through visual culture. This essay explores a sample of the Greek architectural elements and surface decorations used in wealthy Ptolemaic homes and what they communicate about the residents’ sense of identity. The decorative choices made for a home conveyed information about the social status and cultural allegiances of its owner(s). Some comparisons are possible between Ptolemaic homes in Alexandria, the Delta, and the Fayyum and those from other Hellenistic sites in the eastern Mediterranean such as Priene and Delos. Elites in Alexandria and the Egyptian chora incorporated Greek traditions into their homes and adapted them in increasingly novel ways, creating architecture and surface decoration that was uniquely Ptolemaic. These households were visually in dialogue both with broader Hellenistic trends and with their Egyptian context.

The combination of artistic and technical techniques in creating decorative elements of the interior

The methods of interior decoration are not only technologies that contribute to the uniqueness and completeness of the conceptual idea of the interior, but also a number of constructive, technological, emotional, psychological and even marketing tasks that must be solved by design methods, and in particular by methods of interior decoration. In this regard, the objects of study are the principles of perception of space, factors that stimulate the study of the architectural environment, ways of recognizing it as an element belonging to a particular object and corresponding to the image of the architectural object. Any interior is a kind of method of communication between an object and a person, it is achieved in various ways that the author – designer models at the stage of project work. In this article, the university is considered as an object and, in order to form the necessary artistic image, the possibilities of synthesizing materials capable of revealing the designer's conceptual idea in an art object are considered. Purpose – in this connection, the goal was set to reveal the technological and artistic features of various objects, in which the combination of different materials makes it possible to convincingly interpret the artistic and figurative tasks of the interior. To implement the research tasks, structural and logical methods were used, which made it possible to conduct experiments at various stages of collecting and processing information and classify various data in the author's tables, diagrams and clusters, which are given in this article. In addition, the article considers the university as a real object of design, and the data formulated in the article can be used in the future as methodological material for the formation of the concept of the artistic image of such educational institutions. The result of this study was the classification of decorative materials used in interior design, analysis and comparative characteristics of various objects that allow analyzing the psycho-emotional aspects of various combinations of materials and their significance for the formation of the artistic image of the interior.

The “Africanization” of an African Diaspora Household: Toyin Falola and the Idea of Diasporic Home-Making

This essay is an exercise in the interrogation of cultural globalization, and how the idea of transnationalism generates identity responses. The authors used the concept of home-making to examine how Toyin Falola deployed an aesthetic sensibility of African art as ideological dynamics for the personalization of his home situated in a suburb in Austin, Texas. The Africanization agenda that the Falola house operationalized points at the critical role that interior decoration can play in African diaspora homes. The project is crucial because it undermines the homogenizing reach of globalization that dislocates the sense of identity of an average African transnational migrant. In the Falola home, we confront an assemblage of aesthetic consciousness, dynamics of Africanity, and identity construction.

Fractals as Julia Sets of Complex Sine Function via Fixed Point Iterations

We explore some new variants of the Julia set by developing the escape criteria for a function sin(zn)+az+c, where a,c∈C, n≥2, and z is a complex variable, utilizing four distinct fixed point iterative methods. Furthermore, we examine the impact of parameters on the deviation of dynamics, color, and appearance of fractals. Some of these fractals represent the stunning art on glass, and Rangoli (made in different parts of India, especially during the festive season) which are useful in interior decoration. Some fractals are similar to beautiful objects found in our surroundings like flowers (to be specific Hibiscus and Catharanthus Roseus), and ants.

PELATIHAN MOZAIK BAGI SISWA-SISWI DI SMP MUHAMMADIYAH PADANGPANJANG

ABSTRAKPengabdian Kepada Masyarakat Dengan Judul ”Pelatihan Mozaik Bagi Siswa-Siswi Di Smp Muhammadiyah Padangpanjang” ini bertujuan supaya siswa dan siswi di SMP Muhammadiyah Padangpanjang mampu untuk membuat benda kerajinan berupa hiasan dinding dengan teknik mozaik. Mozaik merupakan sebuah teknik dalam seni dekorasi dan juga merupakan aspek dari dekorasi interior. Sasaran dari kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah siswa dan siswi SMP Muhamadiyah Padang Panjang Sumatera Barat. Pelatihan ini dilakukan dengan dua metode yaitu metode ceramah dan metode demonstrasi. Metode ceramah dilakukan dengan cara memberikan penjelasan kepada siswa dan siswi di SMP Muhammadiyah Padangpanjang tentang apa itu mozaik, bahan dan alat yang digunakan dalam pembuatan mozaik. Memberikan penjelasan kepada siswa dan siswi bagaimana membuat karya dengan memanfaatkan bahan alam yang ada disekitar lingkungan mereka untuk dijadikan karya seni berupa hiasan dinding. Metode demontrasi dilakukan dengan cara praktek langsung bagaimana proses pembuatan produk dengan teknik mozaik berupa hiasan dinding. Kegiatan ini dimulai dengan penyedian alat dan bahan untuk mozaik seperti daun-daunan, ranting, serbuk ketem dan lain-lain Hasil yang dicapai dari kegiatan pelatihan mozaik ini adalah hampir semua siswa dan siswi mampu memahami apa itu teknik mozaik dan mereka mampu untuk membuat hiasan dinding dengan teknik mozaik dengan bentuk dan motif yang berbeda-beda antara satu anak dengan anak yang lain sehingga memiliki nilai keindahan tersendiri bagi orang yang melihatnya.. Kata kunci: mozaik; bahan; lingkungan; hiasan dinding . ABSTRACTThis Community Service with the title "Mosaic Training for Students at SMP Muhammadiyah Padangpanjang" aims to enable students at SMP Muhammadiyah Padangpanjang to be able to make handicrafts in the form of wall hangings with the mosaic technique. Mosaic is a technique in the art of decoration and is also an aspect of interior decoration. The target of this service activity is the students of SMP Muhammadiyah Padang Panjang, West Sumatra. This training was conducted using two methods, namely the lecture method and the demonstration method. The lecture method is carried out by giving explanations to students at SMP Muhammadiyah Padangpanjang about what a mosaic is, the materials and tools used in making a mosaic. Provide an explanation to students and students how to make works by utilizing natural materials that are around their environment to be used as works of art in the form of wall decorations. The demonstration method is carried out by direct practice how the process of making products with mosaic techniques in the form of wall hangings. This activity begins with the provision of tools and materials for mosaics such as leaves, twigs, ketem powder and others. The results achieved from this mosaic training activity are that almost all students are able to understand what a mosaic technique is and they are able to make wall decorations. with a mosaic technique with different shapes and motifs from one child to another so that it has its own beauty value for people who see it. Keywords: mosaic; material; environment; wall decoration.

Application of Image Style Transfer Technology in Interior Decoration Design Based on Ecological Environment

With the further development of the social economy, people pay more attention to spiritual and cultural needs. As the main place of people’s daily life, the family is very important to the creation of its cultural atmosphere. In fact, China has fully entered the era of interior decoration, and people are paying more and more attention to decorative effects and the comfort and individual characteristics of decoration. Therefore, it is of practical significance to develop the application of decorative art in interior space design. However, the transfer effect of current interior decoration art design tends to be artistic, which leads to image distortion, and image content transfer errors are easy to occur in the process of transfer. The application of image style transfer in interior decoration art can effectively solve such problems. This paper analyzes the basic theory of image style transfer through image style transfer technology, Gram matrix, and Poisson image editing technology and designs images from several aspects such as image segmentation, content loss, enhanced style loss, and Poisson image editing constrained image spatial gradient. The application process of style transfer in interior decoration art realizes the application of image style transfer in interior decoration art. The experimental results show that the application of image style transmission in interior decoration art design can effectively avoid the contents of the interior decoration errors and distortions and has a good style transfer effect.

Interior Decoration

This article explores the role of interior decoration in decadent culture by examining the relationship of decadent lives to decadent writing. The interiors described in decadent fiction often take inspiration from real houses and apartments; those fictional descriptions, in turn, sometimes inspire the decoration of actual homes. The article begins with a discussion of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Philosophy of Furniture,” and then considers the “museum houses” of the Goncourt brothers and Robert de Montesquiou. These real spaces were the ne plus ultra of artistic living in the nineteenth century and influenced the decoration of the interiors in J.-K. Huysmans’s À Rebours (1884). The final section considers the legacy of decadent design in interior decoration by examining Gabriele D’Annunzio’s Vittoriale degli Italiani (Shrine of Italian victories), the hillside estate where the writer lived from 1922 until his death in 1938, and the “dictator chic” aesthetic evident in the design choices of Donald Trump and his rich, famous, and authoritarian contemporaries.

A Handbook of a Kherep-Selket from the Tomb of Iufaa: The Book of Primeval Snakes

Summary The Late Period shaft tombs at Abusir are located in the North-Western part of the Abusir necropolis and were built during a rather short span of time at the very end of 26th Dynasty, between 530 and perhaps 525 BC. Among those, the tomb of Iufaa stands out by its size and by the extent of its interior decoration. Significant amount of the decorated space in Iufaa’s burial chamber were reserved for a series of texts and images that may be best denoted as a “Snake Encyclopedia”. The individual parts of this textual corpus cover the main parts of the arch of the western wall in the burial chamber of Iufaa. The opposite side of the burial chamber, the arch of the eastern wall, bears two texts (accompanied with images) that concern Underworld/divine snakes as well. Although this “encyclopedia” of Underworld serpentine beings still provides us with much more questions and puzzles than answers and insights, it also sheds a new light upon the religion, cult and afterlife beliefs of the Saite-Persian and Graeco-Roman Egypt. It witnesses the importance of giant snakes or primeval creatures in serpentine form that were believed to dwell in the Underworld and were directly linked to cosmogony and periodical renewal of the sun and of the world. As manifestations of Re and Osiris, the snakes become lords of life and death, hypostaseis of the cyclically rejuvenated Creator. The idea of renewal and rebirth is also closely connected with ritual purity and purification rites. Thus, the “Snake Encyclopedia” is accompanied by a corpus dedicated to the ritual cleansing of the pharaoh and of the deceased, which is represented textually and pictorially on the northern wall of Iufaa’s burial chamber and which features serpentine primordial beings as well. But the focus on not generally transmitted, pre-cosmological concepts is connected to yet another important aspect of the composition and other texts from Iufaa’s tomb, that have most probably served as a compendium of secret knowledge for the magicians of Selket. This motif helps us to interpret one of the main tasks of the composition in focus: it probably served to accumulate and transmit sacred knowledge and to use it to ensure that the deceased would be accepted into the blessed Afterlife.