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IN PURSUIT OF THE HOFFMANNESQUE

German Life and Letters, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article seeks to elucidate the term ‘Hoffmannesque’ — the eponymous adjective that refers to E. T. A. Hoffmann — through recourse to Hoffmann's own use of ‘esque’ words: arabesque, grotesque, burlesque, picturesque. By investigating the characteristics of ‘esque’ formulations and tracing their recurrence through Hoffmann's texts, I argue ...
Polly Dickson
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Romano Guardini and Cornelio Fabro on Kierkegaard's Christian Humanism

The Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how Søren Kierkegaard's theological anthropology furnished resources for reconstructing Christian humanism among mid‐twentieth‐century Catholic thinkers. Focusing on Romano Guardini (1885‐1968) in Germany and Cornelio Fabro (1911‐1995) in Italy, I demonstrate how each thinker creatively appropriated Kierkegaard's ...
Joshua Furnal
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PATCH: A deep learning method to assess heterogeneity of artistic practice in historical paintings. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Van Horn A, Smith L, Mahmoud MS, McMaster M, Pinchbeck CG, Martin IT, Lininger A, Ingrisano A, Lowe A, Bayod C, Bolman ES, Singer K, Hinczewski M.   +12 more
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Did One Veil Give Women a Better Life?

, 2014
Unfortunately, a young woman in Renaissance Florence did not have many options for her future. A woman\u27s family usually decided whether she would be able to get married or would have to enter the convent, but sometimes she was able to make this choice.
Westermann, Mary C.
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The idea of Renaissance in the Renaissance [PDF]

, 2017
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REALISM OR IDEALISM? PERSPECTIVES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY FROM A PRACTICING HISTORIAN

History and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review essay argues that the realist philosophy of history, as represented by Adam Timmins in Towards a Realist Philosophy of History, raises interesting questions about the nature of historical writing and challenges some of the foundations of idealist philosophy of history.
Stefan Berger
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Unveiling Raphael's Christ Blessing: Chemical Analysis Reveals Distinctive Underdrawing Techniques and a Rare Early Use of Egyptian Blue in Renaissance Art. [PDF]

ACS Omega
Pozzi F, Ricci C, Morlotti M, Demonte D, Castelli L, Ruberto C, Cucci C, Picollo M, Stefani L, Gargano M.   +9 more
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UNWARRANTED CONFIDENCE: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE POVERTY OF ANTI‐REALISM

History and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Poverty of Anti‐Realism: Critical Perspectives on Postmodernist Philosophy of History, edited by Tor Egil Førland and Branko Mitrović, celebrates the new dawn of historical realism, which it claims supersedes the erroneous and harmful anti‐realism.
Jouni‐Matti Kuukkanen
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Demographic and clinical correlates of discordant QuantiFERON TB Gold tuberculosis screening results in a low-incidence setting. [PDF]

Microbiol Spectr
Sharma GK, Haq F, Totten AH, Marcos LA, Vorkas CK.   +4 more
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THE NAITŌ HYPOSTASIS: NAITŌ KONAN (1866–1934) AND THE JAPANESE IMPERIALIST LEGACY IN THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF MIDDLE‐PERIOD CHINA (800–1400 CE)

History and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1955, Hisayuki Miyakawa published an article that sought to introduce American and European scholars to the work of the Japanese Sinologist Naitō Konan (1866–1934). Miyakawa drew particular attention to what he called the “Naitō hypothesis”—that is, Naitō’s argument that China became modern during the Song dynasty (960–1279).
CHRISTIAN DE PEE
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