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Word and Image. Polish Medieval and Renaissance Religious Writings in the European Context
The article presents the Polish religious writing of the Middle Ages and Renaissance as an expression of correspondence between the word and image. It also demonstrates the impact of European graphics, including Albrecht Dürer’s woodcuts, upon Polish ...
Katarzyna Agnieszka Kaczor-Scheitler
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This article examines blue paper as an ecological solution in drawing practice by investigating the questions of when and under which circumstances German artists in the early sixteenth century decided to use blue paper. Blue paper had several aesthetic,
Iris Brahms
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Wilhelm Vöge’s sonnet “On the platform of Strasbourg Cathedral” and his monograph on Niclas Hagnower [PDF]
Wilhelm Vöge (1868–1952) was a pioneer of German art history whose scientific work connects profound historical research with a language of description very close to poetry, meant to concentrate his scientific findings in order to get into contact with ...
Stefanie Leibetseder
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Constructing Melchior Lorichs's 'Panorama of Constantinople' [PDF]
In Constructing Melchior Lorichs's Panorama of Constantinople, Nigel Westbrook, Kenneth Rainsbury Dark, and Rene Van Meeuwen propose that Melchior Lorichs's 1559 Panorama of Constantinople was created by using a viewing grid.
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Un «Re di fiori» per Nerone : modelli desunti dalle stampe nelle botteghe sardo-catalane (1488-1518) [PDF]
In epoca tardomedievale un modello artistico, inteso come immagine o forma esemplare da imitare e riprodurre, nasceva grazie all'azione innovatrice degli artisti capaci di trasferire in immagini i linguaggi, le suggestioni, i racconti generati dalle ...
Pusceddu, Enrico
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The essay addresses the complex background of the origins of the high quality frescoes in the succursal church of St. Primus and Felician above Kamnik from the beginning of the 16th century.
Mija Oter Gorenčič
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The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet
Abstract This article examines the cloud‐gazing scenes in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet through the lens of early modern artistic theory and material practices, particularly the art of limning. Building upon existing philosophical and poetic interpretations of Shakespearean clouds as metaphors for ephemerality and memory, the essay argues that the ...
Anne‐Valérie Dulac
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Renaissance self-portraits and the moral judgement of taste [PDF]
The following comments are concerned with a special feature of the portrait: clothing and its profound significance. Two artist’s portraits are exemplary for a view at artists who refer to their social standing.
Philipp Zitzlsperger
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A misura d’uomo. Disegno e proporzione della figura vitruviana
Tra le immagini che descrivono le proporzioni del corpo umano quella di Leonardo da Vinci è sicuramente la più efficace, nonostante l’iconico disegno non segua fedelmente le misure indicate da Vitruvio.
Veronica Riavis
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ALL THAT GLITTERS: THE MANY OBJECTS OF ROME'S MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATIONS
ABSTRACT This review article examines the various methodologies practiced by Rome's Museum of Civilizations (Museo delle Civiltà) to discuss the contemporary curatorial approaches of traditional ethnographic museums. It adopts a historical and comparative perspective to situate the diverse collections within ongoing debates about art restitution.
Arielle Xena Alterwaite
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