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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Due to their prolonged and multicultural nature, councils functioned historically as hubs for the exchange of ideas, discourse, diplomacy and rhetoric, reflecting broader cultural trends. In the Middle Ages, no international forums were comparable to ecumenical councils, where diverse and influential groups from various regions convened to ...
Federico Tavelli
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Jews in the Papal States between Western Sephardic Diasporas and ghettoization. A trial in Ancona as a case study (1555-1563) [PDF]
, 2019 Based on the analysis of a case study from Ancona, this article proposes to reread the beginning of the ghettoization in the Papal States (1555) within both the Western Sephardic Diasporas and the so-long Italian Wars (1494-1555).
DI NEPI, Serena
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Contextualizing the Cappella Cesi: Sangallo, Façades, and Renaissance Collaboration
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.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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I gruppi artistici: pratica sociale dell'arte
Enthymema, 2012 L‟autrice ci presenta un panorama preciso della complessità di quei movimenti artistici e politici che hanno caratterizzato la cultura visiva dal 1968, soffermandosi sull‟area milanese particolar-mente ricca di fermenti e sollecitazioni.
Fernanda Fedi
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What Does Intarsia Say? Materiality and Spirituality in the Urbino Studiolo☆
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Upon entering the Urbino studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro, the visitor is struck by a material‐charged environment. Surprisingly, only a few scholars have addressed one prominent aspect of the decorative scheme, namely, the feature of intarsia as a medium. Even so, it remains on the sidelines of the discussion.
Matan Aviel
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The Vitruvius' Tale of Archimedes and the Golden Crown [PDF]
, 2011 The paper discusses the tale that we can find in "The Architecture" by Vitruvius, on a method used by Archimedes to determine the percentage of gold and silver in a crown.
Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina
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Geomorphological classification of urban landscapes. The case study of Rome (Italy) [PDF]
, 2016 The results of a long-lasting geomorphological survey carried out in Rome are summarized. A method aimed at integrating survey data, historical maps, aerial photographs and archaeological and geomorphological literature produced a geomorphological map ...
D'Orefice, Maurizio +5 more
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 6-24, February 2026.Abstract The so‐called Liber Iesus, a Latin prayer book commissioned for the young Massimiliano Sforza by his father Ludovico il Moro in the 1490s, features a splendid miniature depicting a meeting between the child count and Emperor Maximilian I. It is accompanied by a brief dialogue in German with an interlinear version in Italian on the topic of the
Michael Berger
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Von Bezold assimilation effect reverses in stereoscopic conditions [PDF]
, 2004 Lightness contrast and lightness assimilation are opposite phenomena: in contrast, grey targets appear darker when bordering bright surfaces (inducers) rather than dark ones; in assimilation, the opposite occurs.
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