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Pre-industrial Use of Bauxite by Late Gothic Goldsmith Masters: Analytical Evidence and Experimental Study. [PDF]

Chempluschem
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, Hradilová J, Bezdička P, Razum I.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Limits of the Permitted: Sculpture in Russian Iconostases of the Baroque Era [PDF]

Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art, 2020
exaly   +2 more sources

DECOLONIZING CREATIVE GEOGRAPHIES OF ART BIENNIALS: A Study of Istanbul's Yeditepe Biennial through the Cultural Politics of Turkish Islamic Nationalism

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the Yeditepe Biennial—Turkey's first Islamic and traditional arts biennial—as a creative festival shaped by the socio‐political and spatial dynamics of Turkish‐Islamist nationalism. Counterposed against the Istanbul Biennial and the Western‐oriented secular cultural legacy of the Turkish Republic, the Yeditepe Biennial ...
Hulya Arik, Sabrien Amrov
wiley   +1 more source

De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
wiley   +1 more source

The Diremption of Meaning

Modern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract Examining work by Rowan Williams, this essay explores what he often refers to as the ‘difficulty’ of writing theology. The difficulty of theology lies in engaging the ruse of having ultimate answers to ultimate questions. The stakes are high: ‘God‐talk’ must concern itself with truth, with reality.
Graham Ward
wiley   +1 more source

Metal Corrosion in Polychrome Baroque Lead Sculptures: a Case Study

Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society, 2013
Esculturas policromadas de Pb do Museu do Oratorio em Ouro Preto (Minas Gerais, Brasil), expostas em um mostruario de vidro foram severamente degradadas. Os produtos de corrosao foram analisados por difratometria de raios X (XRD), espectroscopia no infravermelho com transformada de Fourier (FTIR), microscopia eletronica de varredura (SEM ...
Faria, Dalva L. A. de, Puglieri, Thiago S., Souza, Luiz Antonio C.   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

‘Who is the Gael who Would Not Weep?’: The Book of the O’Conor Don, Fearghal Óg Mac an Bhaird, and Late Bardic Poetry of Exile

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how late bardic poetry transforms the condition of exile into a literary mode that reimagines community and tradition. I argue that poetry of lament, blessing and devotion articulates a broader literary consciousness that anticipates modern notions of a national consciousness. The compilation of bardic verse in manuscript
Daniel T. McClurkin
wiley   +1 more source

A Journey Between Science and the Arts: Templates for the Depiction of the Pineapple (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source

Black in Impressionism and Post‐Impressionism: Art, Color Vision, and Psychophysics

Color Research &Application, Volume 51, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
Black has engendered controversy in 19th Century color theory and in Impressionist and Post‐Impresssionist painting. The neural mechanisms of blackness perception are being revealed through contemporary psychophysics. ABSTRACT From Paleolithic cave art to modern abstraction, artists have used black not merely as a neutral tone, but as a powerful ...
John S. Werner
wiley   +1 more source

Visitor Perception of Urban Fixtures in Historic Gardens and Implications for Cultural Heritage Tourism

International Journal of Tourism Research, Volume 28, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT This study explores how urban fixtures in historic gardens influence visitor perception and their implications for cultural heritage tourism. A total of 363 fixtures were inventoried across six historic gardens in Europe and Türkiye, and 326 participants evaluated their perceptual, esthetic, and emotional responses through an online survey ...
Demet Ulku Gulpinar Sekban
wiley   +1 more source