Amsterdam, Netherlands

Heritage Studies: Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image

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Heritage Studies: Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image at University of Amsterdam

Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: arts
Time study: 1.5 year
University website: www.uva.nl/en

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An image (from Latin: imago) is an artifact that depicts visual perception, for example, a photo or a two-dimensional picture, that has a similar appearance to some subject—usually a physical object or a person, thus providing a depiction of it.
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Man makes god in his own image.
Frederick Nietzsche, in Ann Finnin The Forge of Tubal Cain, Pendraig Publishing, 2008, p. 128.
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Even when our death is imminent, we carry the image of ourselves moving forward, alive, into the future.
Dan Chaon, in Jilanne Hoffmann The Uncanny, Hope, and the Short Story, 15 October 2013.
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Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images (εἰκόνος) resembling mortal man.
Romans 1:22-23
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