Konsthistoria / konst- & designstilar ca 1400 – ca 1600
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Although largely unknown today, during his lifetime Mutio Oddi of Urbino (1569 1639) was a highly esteemed scholar, teacher, and practitioner of a wide range of disciplines related …
Leo Steinberg was one of the most original and daring art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking interpretative risks that challenged the profession by overturning …
A "e;brisk and entertaining"e; (Wall Street Journal) journey into the mystery behind why the forbidden fruit became an apple, upending an explanation that stood for …
Art historians have long looked to letters to secure biographical details; clarify relationships between artists and patrons; and present artists as modern, self-aware individuals. …
Today few would think of astronomy and astrology as fields related to theology. Fewer still would know that physically absorbing planetary rays was once considered to have medical …
In Giuseppe Arcimboldo s most famous paintings, grapes, fish, and even the beaks of birds form human hair. A pear stands in for a man s chin. Citrus fruits sprout from a tree trunk …
Leo Steinberg was one of the most original art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking interpretive risks that challenged the profession by overturning reigning …
For almost twenty years, new historicism has been a highly controversial and influential force in literary and cultural studies. In Practicing the New Historicism, two of its most …
While the masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance are usually associated with Italy's historical seats of power, some of the era's most characteristic works are to be found in …
Since the time of Aristotle, the making of knowledge and the making of objects have generally been considered separate enterprises. Yet during the late sixteenth and early …