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Vénus séniles et gloutons vertueux. Les métamorphoses du corps dans l’art de la Renaissance germanique, de la subversion esthétique à l’émulation créatrice

open access: yesPerspective
In the iconography of the early modern period, bodies that were very fat or very thin were generally seen as figures of vice whose exaggerated forms were proportional to their moral corruption.
Anne-Sophie Pellé
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Evolution of European bison image and its implications for current species conservation. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2023
Samojlik T   +5 more
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Early depictions of the first Lisbon rhinoceros in the 16th century

open access: yesPachyderm
The first post-Roman rhinoceros to be seen alive in Europe reached the harbour of Lisbon, Portugal on 20 May 1515. After a fight with an elephant staged on 3 June 1515, King Dom Manuel I ‘the Fortunate’ decided to gift the rhino to Pope Leo X in Rome ...
Kees Rookmaaker   +2 more
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