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The Tree of Chivalry and the Black Lady: Juana of Castile's 1496 Joyous Entry into Brussels☆

Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 444-468, June 2026.
Abstract Kupferstichkabinett MS 78D5 (Staatliche Museen Berlin) presents an iconographic account of the Joyous Entry of Juana of Castile into Brussels on 9 December 1496. In this article, we newly identify a rare visual record of a civic contribution to a tournament within the manuscript.
Nadia T. van Pelt, Olivia Robinson, Meg Twycross   +2 more
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Origins and Evolution of Imagination, From Australopithecus to Modern‐Day Deep Learning

WIREs Cognitive Science, Volume 17, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
From Australopithecus to deep learning, this update traces how imaginative generativity, vivid mental imagery, and recombines memory into novel scenarios that evolved as a survival engine shaping consciousness, culture, and even today's AI. ABSTRACT Where does imagination come from?
Kiranpreet K. Sidhu, Raymond Roy, Amedeo D'Angiulli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mysterious Image of Shiva from Parel: The Iconography of the Hindu Deity of the ‘Seven Notes

Известия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки
At the conclusion of the Ancient Age in India (5th–6th AD), the period of active formation of Hindu iconography was characterised by the emergence of complexly composed sculptural images.
Darya Nikolaevna Vorobyeva
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Embodied Hermeneutics and the Challenge of Intercultural Understanding: Insights from Chinese Traditions

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 67, Issue 3, Page 289-300, May 2026.
Abstract Efforts to understand unfamiliar philosophical and religious traditions are often constrained by hermeneutical limitations rooted in the dominance of Western conceptual frameworks. This paper advances embodied hermeneutics as a general model for intercultural understanding—one that grounds interpretation in lived and material expressions of ...
Victoria S. Harrison
wiley   +1 more source

Coagulated Rhythm [Review of Li, Li Fang and Hai Tao Yang. Coagulated Rhythm: the Theoretical Framework and Aesthetic Interpretation of Naxi Musical Iconography. Kunming: Yunnan People’s Press, 2002, iii+337]. Coagulated Rhythm [Review of Li, Li Fang and Hai Tao Yang. Coagulated Rhythm: the Theoretical Framework and Aesthetic Interpretation of Naxi Musical Iconography. Kunming: Yunnan People’s Press, 2002, iii+337].

Ilha do Desterro, 2008
Heterogeneity is a recurrent theme and simultaneously a research focus of Cultural Studies. Not unrelated to this is the focus on complex diachronic and synchronic variability in language and discourse as demonstrated within the broad range of ...
Paul Y. Cheung
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Sirens’ Songs and Music: Their Representations and Significance on Archaic and Classical Attic Vase-Paintings

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In ancient Greek religion the Sirens were often associated with the afterlife and burial rituals. Their role in ancient Greek literature and philosophy was also very important. The Sirens’ motif can be interpreted from many viewpoints, has many different
Angeliki Liveri
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Introduction: Identity, Nationalism and Integration in Diverse Societies

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 269-272, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Today, societies are visibly more diverse, and cultural plurality is becoming a familiar even if not always accepted feature of the public space. Paradoxically enough, democratic nations are becoming more polarized and internally divided. How do we address this issue? How can we depolarize our societies?
Gurpreet Mahajan, Anna Triandafyllidou
wiley   +1 more source

Archiving Futurity Within the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's Crisis

American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 85-96, March 2026.
ABSTRACT In this article, we examine how settler colonization and gendered violence against Indigenous women are remembered and recorded in two archival registers: 18th‐century records from the Massachusetts Archives Collection (MAC) and a 21st‐century corpus of posts using the hashtag MMIW (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women) on X (formerly Twitter)
Lindsay Martel Montgomery, Heather Pezzarossi, Jennifer P. Byram   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

STATUES OF SIRENS IN EGYPT; RELIGIOUS SYMBOLISM AND ARTISTIC ICONOGRAPHY [PDF]

Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Sīyāḥaẗ wa Al-Fanādiq (Ǧāmiʿaẗ Al-Mansoura)
Siren is one of the nymphs accompanying goddess Artemis and is depicted with the upper body of a woman and often with the legs and feet of a bird. She is frequently portrayed playing a musical instrument.
Engy Fekry Abdelshahed Abd El Malk
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Evaluation of Web access to historical sheet music collections and music–related iconography

First Monday, 2005
Previous research within Music Information Retrieval (MIR) has examined audio and textual facets in attempts to retrieve information about the music itself, including humming melodies, encoding of audio for transmission, extracting bibliographic data as well as melodies and harmonies.
Wheeler, Maurice, Venetis, Mary
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