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La Hispania en época de Augusto vista por los escriores contemporáneos. Estrabón y Trogo Pompeyo

open access: yesGerión, 2006
A description of Hispania in time of Augustus has been narrated to us by Strabo and Trogo Pompeius. The first of them, although he did not visit the country, left a description in his third book.
José María Blázquez Martínez
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Classical texts in the art treatises of early Modern Period

open access: yesLiteratūra (Vilnius), 2019
This paper discusses the quotation frequency and reference strategies of Leon Battista Alberti, Federico Borromeo, and Gabriele Paleotti. These three Catholic art theoreticians of Early Modern period engaged Classical texts as the point of reference and ...
Tomas Riklius
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Ausgestorbene Meeresküstenungetüme τροχοί resp. rotae

open access: yesErga-Logoi, 2019
The paper discuss Claudius Aelian’s testimony concerning mysterious sea monsters called τροχοί (NA XIII 20). According to Aelian, these gigantic but timid animals swim in droves close to the shore.
Elwira Kaczynska   +2 more
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Circling Round Vitruvius, Linear Perspective, and the Design of Roman Wall Painting

open access: yesArts, 2019
Many scholars believe that linear perspective existed in classical antiquity, but a fresh examination of two key texts in Vitruvius shows that 1.2.2 is about modularity and symmetria, while 7.Pr.11 describes shading (skiagraphia).
Jocelyn Penny Small
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Zaplecze inwencyjne Spitamegeranomachii Jana Achacego Kmity

open access: yesMeluzyna: dawna literatura i kultura, 2015
This paper offers a detailed analysis “Spitamegeranomachia” by Jan Achacy Kmita on the backgroundof his work and in the broader context of the inventio-doctrine of the Polish Renaissance.The first Polish mock-heroic poem is presented in the ...
Aleksandra Goszczyńska
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