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The Virgin Mary and Sainte-Foy: Chant and the Original Design of the West Façade at Conques
Using the evidence of Aquitanian chants, this article explores the possibility that a twelfth-century relief panel of the Annunciation today in the interior of Conques was originally designed for the West facade, where it completes the composition of the
Bissera V. Pentcheva
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Contextualizing the Cappella Cesi: Sangallo, Façades, and Renaissance Collaboration
Abstract This article reframes Antonio da Sangallo the Younger's oft‐overlooked cappella Cesi nave façade in Santa Maria della Pace not as an isolated design deviation but as part of a broader architectural and artistic conversation among major players in early sixteenth‐century Rome.
Alexis Culotta
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“One Is a Frontier”: Settler Migration as Transmogrification
ABSTRACT This paper explores the trajectories and framing strategies of American Jewish migrants to Palestine–Israel. Drawing on original in‐depth interviews with immigrants who migrated between 1976 and 2021, alongside interviews with and observations of an “aliyah” agency, it examines meaning‐making around spatial relocation in relation to the ...
Joseph Kaplan Weinger
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The Annunciation from the Monastery of Santo Domingo of Caleruega, founded by Alfonso X the Wise, has remained virtually forgotten by the Spanish historiography. Isolated behind the walls of the cloister, the sculpture group presents a particularity that
Tomás Ibáñez Palomo
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A century of art dealing in New York. The rise of American art
Abstract We study art trade in New York between 1870 and 1970, analysing returns on investment by the renowned Knoedler gallery to shed light on the evolution of the American art market. A generalist art gallery should allocate investments to equalize expected returns, with differences in effective returns depending on purchase prices, number of traded
Federico Etro, Elena Stepanova
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The Deconversion of Harriet Martineau: An Emotional History of Unbelief
Conceptualising the ‘Victorian crisis of faith’ as a phenomenon fuelled by wider intellectual forces can only take us so far in our understanding of it. The loss of faith of many contemporaries did not merely entail an intellectual volte‐face, but also an affective impact. Scholarly accounts have been primarily written by privileging the role of ideas,
Petros Spanou
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Abstract A wide production of ecclesiastical artefacts is traceable in Sicily between the 17th and 19th centuries, admirable in many diocesan museums. Nevertheless, these artefacts were never studied from an archaeometric point of view: Beyond their historical value, it is time to understand whether the information concerning the decorating gemstones ...
Maura Fugazzotto +4 more
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Performing Language Variation to Promote Sociolinguistic Equality: A Systematic Literature Review
Sociolinguistic equality requires improving public understanding of language variation and challenging language ideologies that perpetuate social inequalities.
Flordeluna L. Obispo +1 more
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Paleodemographic Study of the Annunciation Monastery’s Necropolis in Astrakhan
As a result of archaeological studies, a large series of anthropological material was obtained, which made it possible to characterize in detail the characteristics of the Russian Astrakhan population in the XVI–XX centuries.
Svetlana B. Borutskaya +2 more
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Doubting Thomas: Aquinas on Doubt and the Act of Faith
Abstract Several modern theologians affirm that doubt is compatible with faith, even as authoritative voices from the Christian tradition deny this. While Thomas Aquinas is often seen as an exemplar of the traditional view, few scholars have devoted serious attention to the nature of doubt in Thomas’ thought.
Patrick X. Gardner
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