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‘I'm Dead!’: Action, Homicide and Denied Catharsis in Early Modern Spanish Drama

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In early modern Spanish drama, the expression ‘¡Muerto soy!’ (‘I'm dead!’) is commonly used to indicate a literal death or to figuratively express a character's extreme fear or passion. Recent studies, even one collection published under the title of ‘¡Muerto soy!’, have paid scant attention to the phrase in context, a serious omission when ...
Ted Bergman
wiley   +1 more source

Shifting Boundaries How to Make Sense of Islamic Art [PDF]

, 2014
Bobrowicz, Ania, Choudhrey, Sara
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Iran’s Conversion to Islam and History Writing as an Art for Forgetting

, 2021
openaire   +1 more source

More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
wiley   +1 more source

Poste: Assistant Professor, Islamic History ; University of Toronto, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations (lim. 1/06/2021)

, 2020
Institution Type:   College / University Location:   Ontario, Canada Position:   Assistant Professor The Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto invites ...
Enki Baptiste
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Noah's Raven, Noah's Son: The Metamorphoses of Blackness in Early Modern Readings of Genesis 8‐9

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past half‐century, scholars have offered various theories to explain when and how an aetiology for black skin became part of the reception history of the so‐called Curse of Ham in Genesis 9—a text that does not include any reference to skin colour.
Ashleigh Elser
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating health humanities in medical education: a narrative scoping review of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences and global perspectives. [PDF]

Philos Ethics Humanit Med
Mohseni S, Moradi S, Amuei F.
europepmc   +1 more source

Appel à comm. : 14th Colloquium Association Herfeld "The History of Material Cultures and Visual Arts in Islamic lands ...", Strasbourg, 5-7 juillet 2018

, 2018
Appel à communication : 14th Colloquium of the Ernst Herfeld Society for Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology : The History of Material Cultures and Visual Arts in Islamic Lands : Current State of research and New Perspectives 5-7 juillet 2018 ...
Marianne BRISVILLE
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The Rise and Fall of the Hiram–Solomon Alliance: Zionist, Hebrew and Lebanese Nationalism, and the 1982 Israeli Invasion of Lebanon

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
Asher Kaufman
wiley   +1 more source