Abstract Portraits on social media are value-laden constructs. Whether documenting graduation or flexing in the gym, users express what they care about and present it for others to evaluate. Since “global” portrait genres produced consumed different locales, their interpretation evaluation may vary. We thus ask: What values do people identify types of portraits? Which evaluative criteria use wh...

This article explores the use of photography and visual motifs as forms political humour in contemporary media. By studying representation former Prime Minister Spain Mariano Rajoy front pages three Spanish newspapers (El Mundo, El País La Vanguardia) between 2011 2017, paper identifies questions liaisons power satire present so-called “serious” press, focusing on how different photographic tra...

What constitutes ‘teacher identity’ and ‘artist have received considerable scholarly attention but there has been little exploration of how these identities intersect in the practice ‘teaching artists’. This article argues that paying close to practice, as well artist’s own perspectives reflections on it, produces important insights into this intersection, including where it becomes both produc...

For over a century, Roman eastern bronze coins of the types CA/AVGVSTVS, SC and OB CIVIS SERVATOS, issued under emperor Augustus, have been subject numerous papers studies which led to divergent conclusions regarding their chronology, provenance, function. While main topic this paper is accurately establishing entails need for multi-faceted research encompassing historical data, art, archaeolog...