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Before Mnemosyne: Wilhelmine Cultural History Exhibitions and the Genesis of Warburg's Picture Atlas. [PDF]
Abstract Aby Warburg's Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, left unfinished in 1929, has attracted significant interest in recent decades. This essay offers a new interpretation of Warburg's “picture atlas,” not in relation to modernist collage and photomontage, but as an heir to scientific pedagogical exhibitions of the late Wilhelmine period.
Vollgraff M.
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Pre-industrial Use of Bauxite by Late Gothic Goldsmith Masters: Analytical Evidence and Experimental Study. [PDF]
First analytical evidence and replication of yet undescribed substantial change in gilding technology in the early modern period ‐ the replacement of imported red clay (bole) with locally available bauxite. Proof of its source ‐ Croatian Minjera, according to a unique find of mineral diaspore.
Hradil D +3 more
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Mit dem Kreidestift und Farben: Revolutionizing Grünewald in the German Democratic Republic
In 1952, the director of East Berlin's Märkisches Museum discovered three drawings by Matthias Grünewald pasted into a Luther Bible. This remarkable find set off a fascinating tale of art‐historical espionage, but also served as a generative moment for the construction of the well‐worn cliché of Grünewald as a revolutionary and peasant sympathizer.
Tamara Golan
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What Is Pedagogy? Discovering the Hidden Pedagogical Dimension
Abstract What is pedagogy, exactly? Merriam‐Webster defines it simply as “the art, science, or profession of teaching.” In contemporary academic discourse, however, pedagogy is generally left undefined — with its apparent implicit meanings ranging anywhere from a specific “model for teaching” (e.g., behaviorist or progressivist instruction) to a ...
Norm Friesen, Hanno Su
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Abstract Online image repositories can offer a freely accessible, information‐rich and cost‐effective alternative to museum collections for studying long‐term changes in human interactions with nature and ecological and evolutionary change. The Rhino Resource Center (RRC) is one example, curated by experts and holding a collection of >4000 rhino images,
Oscar E. Wilson +3 more
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(Neuro)Aesthetics: Beauty, ugliness, and ethics
Abstract The objective of this essay is a holistic view of aesthetics, ethics, and neuroaesthetics. After a few introductory case studies, aesthetics is systematically introduced as a philosophical subdiscipline. This perspective is then expanded from aesthetics to neuroaesthetics.
Philip Dietrich, Thomas Knieper
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Summary Iris junonia Schott & Kotschy ex Schott, a wonderfully scented tall bearded iris, is illustrated; its ecology is described and its relationship to other bearded irises is discussed.
Martyn Rix +4 more
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The title of the short novel Il cavaliere e la morte is inspired by that of an engraving by Albrecht Dürer entitled Knight, Death and Devil (1513 or 1514), which was also reproduced on the cover of the first Adelphi edition of 1989.
Maria Panetta
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Die Gematrie von Dürers "Melancholie"
Im Kupferstich von Dürers »Melancholie«, Kat. Nr. 270, ist das magische Quadrat mi1t der Schlüsselzahl 34 abgeblildet. Die letzte Quadratsreihe stellt gematrisch das Entstehungsjahr, den Namen des Künstlers und das Thema der Grafik dar.
Tine Kurent
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Desconstruindo Discursos de Diferença na Escola
Este artigo busca compreender algumas representações artísticas de homens negros nas artes ocidentais (do século XV ao XIX). A análise aqui se volta para a área da educação, pretendendo-se compreender como o discurso da diferença é construído, também ...
Walace Rodrigues
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