Cultura

The Micro Narrative Language Embodied by Shapes in Contemporary Sculpture Art

VOLUME 21, 2024

The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review

VOLUME 6, 2023

Ning Li
School of Fine Arts, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou He’nan 450002, China

Abstract

Sculpture is a representative visual expression of the modern living environment, which plays an extremely important objective role in reaching the culture of the Chinese people and their aesthetic feelings. As the heart and soul of modern sculpture, sculptural language expression plays an irreplaceable role in the research and creative practice in the field of sculptural art. Along with the gradual advancement of the diversification of art creation in modern China, the ideographic elements of sculptural language expression in China are still undergoing corresponding transformation in the general environment of changing social forms. The language of narrative shifted from grand narrative discourse to micro-narrative, and art creation in this context became more realistic, whether the content was objectively real or illusory, and was an indirect reflection of social life. Whether it is a figurative human figure or an abstract and variable geometric form, the richness and variety of emotions are highlighted by the modeling design, and it is with the influence of emotions that the aesthetics of sculpture can be deepened. This paper focuses on the micro-narrative language embodied in different shapes in contemporary sculpture art.

Keywords : sculpture; contemporary sculpture art; modeling; micro-narrative language.
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.

Abstract

Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords : Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty