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Renaissance self-portraits and the moral judgement of taste [PDF]
Journal of Art Historiography, 2017 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
Diségno, 2020 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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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the iconography of the Andromeda constellation as an intersex figure within medieval and early modern astrological traditions. It focuses on the origins of this imagery in the thirteenth‐century astrological writings of Scot and its reappearance nearly three centuries later in Ratdolt's illustrated 1482 edition of Hyginus'
Bar Leshem
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The people of Calicut: objects, texts, and images in the Age of Proto-Ethnography
Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências HumanasSome early sixteenth-century works by artists from southern Germany (Albrecht Dürer, Hans Burgkmair, Albrecht Altdorfer, Jörg Breu) representing the 'people of Calicut' (which was then supposed to be accessible from Europe both in an eastward and ...
Christian Feest
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The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 589-608, September 2026.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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The polyhedron on Duerer's "Melencolia I"
Acta Neophilologica, 1994 The polyhedron with triangular and pentagonal faces on the Duerer's "MELENCOLIA I" engraving is said to be a cube with two opposite corners cut off. A cube has 6 faces, 12 sides and 8 corners.
Tine Kurent
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Australian Journal of Public Administration, Volume 85, Issue 2, Page 392-412, June 2026.Abstract This Forum Article integrates a range of four contributions which are all underpinned by the conviction that the rediscovery of the humanities may be beneficial to the field of public administration. The first piece examines the contribution that philosophy, as a key discipline of the humanities, can provide to the field of public ...
Edoardo Ongaro +5 more
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Cadernos de Pesquisa, 2011 Estudo acerca da representação da figura do Diabo na obra "O cavaleiro, a Morte e o Diabo", 1513, de Albrecht Dürer. Nesse trabalho expomos uma abordagem que envolve estruturas religiosas e a ascensão do Cristianismo, expressão religiosa que atinge ...
Weeslem Costa de Lima +1 more
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Revista Digital do Laboratório de Artes Visuais, 2010 O presente texto é um relato de uma experiência pedagógica desenvolvida junto a uma turma de alunos da oitava série do Ensino Fundamental de uma escola pública municipal.
Rosana Soares
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ALL THAT GLITTERS: THE MANY OBJECTS OF ROME'S MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATIONS
History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 422-452, September 2025.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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