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Writing in a World of Strangers: The Invention of Jewish Literature Revisited
The Jewish struggle for admission into the European canon puts a spotlight on precisely those tensions within cosmopolitan literature that are debated in contemporary scholarship: the continuum between unity and multiplicity, the nature of ...
Irene Zwiep
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Language on Display: Latin in the Material Culture of Fascist Italy
This article explores the various uses and functions of the Latin language in the material culture of Fascist Italy. It shows that Latin words and phrases were used across diverse media and artistic styles, served several communicative purposes, and went
Han Lamers
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This article offers a new perspective on the Colegio de Santa Cruz in Tlatelolco. On the one hand, it studies hitherto inedited sources and manuscripts; on the other, it reinterprets some well-known facts. I will highlight the main purpose of the Colegio
Herendira Tellez
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“The history of the atomic age is intertwined with that of photography. Uranium’s radioactivity was discovered through a photograph,” says Elin O’Hara Slavick. She is the first American to photograph objects from the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum that were exposed to an atomic blast.
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The recent discovery of over 700 ivory tusks at the Sanxingdui sacrificial pits (Sichuan, China) has garnered global attention. These artifacts exhibit unique preservation states and can be categorized into three types based on their appearance and ...
Qing Xiao +4 more
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The beginning of human settlement in the Hami Basin, located in the eastern part of Xinjiang, has been a focal question for the academic community in China.
Baodong Zeng +5 more
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Between Reading and Viewing: Mapping and Experiencing Rome and Other Spaces
This article focuses on a Carolingian manuscript now kept in the Stiftsbibliothek Einsiedeln (Codex 326 (1076)), containing a collection of mostly Rome-centred writings, among others, a series of walking routes through the city (the Itinerarium ...
Klazina Staat
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The discovery of a large number of ancient ivory and ivory artifacts in Sanxingdui site has elevated the importance of ancient ivory relics to the level of exploring the origins of Chinese civilization.
Lang Jiang +10 more
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Looking at Latin 1911-1965-2019 : Modern Art and an Ancient Language
This article considers the presence of Latin in art from the beginning of the twentieth century until today. It analyses works by Giorgio de Chirico, Max Ernst, Joseph Kosuth, Giulio Paolini, Rosemarie Trockel, Ian Hamilton Finlay and William Kentridge ...
Simon Smets
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