The Preparation of Renaissance: Dietrich of Freiberg, Meister Eckhart, Nicholas of Cusa

Undusk, Rein

doi:10.3176/tr.2014.3.04

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“…Aside from perhaps the current late-modern/postmodern period, the Renaissance is invariably considered as one of the most poignant historical junctures at which the emphasis on the possibilities of seeing has been significantly advanced (Martin 2013;Undusk, 2014). During this period in the evolution of fine art (or the trend toward a discernable fine art movement) visual presentation changed entirely.…”

Section: Renaissance Echoes and Theatrificationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Readjusting Our Sporting Sites/Sight: Sportification and the Theatricality of Social Life

Jirásek

Kohe

2015

Sport, Ethics and Philosophy

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Abstract:This paper points out the potential of using sport for the analysis of society. Cultivated human movement is a specific social and cultural subsystem (sport, movement culture, physical culture), yet it becomes a part of wider social discourses by extending some of its characteristics into various other spheres. This process, theorised by Grupe (1994) and others, as sportification, provides as useful concept to examine the permeation of certain phenomena from the area of sport into the social reality outside of sport. In this paper we investigate the phenomena of sportification which we parallel with visual culture and spectatorship practices in the Renaissance era. The emphasis in our investigation is on theatricality and performativity; particular, the superficial spectator engagement with modern sport and sporting spectacles. Unlike the significance afforded to visualisation and deeper symbolic interpretation Renaissance art, contemporary cultural shifts have changed and challenged the ways in which the active and interacting body is positioned, politicised, symbolised and ultimately understood. We suggest here that the ways in which we view sport and sporting bodies within a (post)modern context (particularly with the confounding amalgamations of signs and symbols and emphasis on hyper-realities) has invariably become detached from sports' profound metaphysical meanings and resonance. Subsequently, by emphasising the associations between social theatrics and the sporting complex, this paper aims to remind readers of ways that sport -as a nuanced phenomenon -can be operationalised to help us to contemplate questions about nature, society, ourselves and the complex worlds in which we live.

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Section: Renaissance Echoes and Theatrificationmentioning

confidence: 99%