The Painterly Materiality of Clouds in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the cloud‐gazing scenes in Antony and Cleopatra and Hamlet through the lens of early modern artistic theory and material practices, particularly the art of limning. Building upon existing philosophical and poetic interpretations of Shakespearean clouds as metaphors for ephemerality and memory, the essay argues that the ...
Anne‐Valérie Dulac
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The complementarity of Plutarch’s Πῶς δεῖ τὸν νέον ποιημάτων ἀκούειν and Περὶ τοῦ ἀκούειν: Two educational ‘sessions’ (re)visited = The Complementarity of Plutarch's Quomodo adolescens poetas audire debeat and De recta ratione audiendi: Two educational ‘sessions’ (re)visited [PDF]
, 2010 No abstract ...
Xenophontos, Sophia
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Looks of Love and Loathing:Cultural Models of Vision and Emotion in Ancient Greek Culture [PDF]
, 2011 International audienceThis paper considers the intersection of cultural models of emotion, specifically love and envy, with folk and scientific models of vision in Greek antiquity.
Cairns, Douglas
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article contributes to the history of material culture and intellectual biography by definitively identifying the Paduan scholar Matteo Macigni (ca. 1510–1582) as the author of the annotations found in a 1535 copy of Albrecht Dürer’s Institutionum geometricarum currently preserved in Vicenza.
Laura Moretti
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Frienemies de l’Antiquité: Aristide et Thémistocle vus par Plutarque
ElectrumIn the Parallel Lives, Aristides and Themistocles are two antithetical characters. This opposition, already present in Herodotus’work and common to the literary tradition of the Persian wars, is particularly emphasized by Plutarch who shapes two ...
Lucia Visonà
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Δημαγωγοί e δημαγωγία nella storiografia greca d’età romana
Erga-Logoi, 2019 This paper focuses on the semantic and historical evolution of the term δημαγωγός in Greek historiography and political oratory from Polybius to Cassius Dio. Apparently, Polybius was aware only of the polemical meaning of the term (i.e.
Gianpaolo Urso
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The Measure of All Gods: Religious Paradigms of the Antiquity as Anthropological Invariants [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose of the article is the reconstruction of ancient Greek and ancient Roman models of religiosity as anthropological invariants that determine the patterns of thinking and being of subsequent eras. Theoretical basis.
Halapsis, Alex V.
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“Flames Over Persepolis”: New Scientific Evidence Supporting Historical Perspectives
Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 421-433, June 2026.ABSTRACT This study investigates the burning of Persepolis Terrace, historically attributed to Alexander III in 330 bce. A review of classical accounts and excavation reports, combined with diagnostic surveys, confirms the fire's historicity and provides novel insights.
Maria Letizia Amadori +10 more
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 469-488, June 2026.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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