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Deconstructing Gender Stereotypes in Western Tradition
Traditional feminine description and roles within Western literary and artistic cultural artifacts have tended to portray women in very a specific way – one which creates, disseminates and consolidates the gender roles which became foundational to heteropatriarchy and, sometimes, male chauvinism. As an example, women in poetry are often portrayed as fragile, sweet, romanticized creatures who ignite masculine desire or bolster male artists’ creativity. In this sense, most Western lyrical traditions present women as either objects of desire or inspirational muses. These secondary roles, which transform women into subalterns, can also be seen in other artistic manifestations, such as painting and sculpture or, more recently, films, TV fictions, graphic novels and videogames. This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to the topic of feminine representation in literature and the arts, presenting womanhood from new perspectives which highlight feminine characters who have traditionally been neglected, misrepresented or reduced to marginal roles.
Velázquez, Painter & Curator
This book is the first to address the curatorial career of Diego Velázquez, painter to King Philip IV of Spain and chamberlain of his royal palace. It investigates the role that Velázquez played in overseeing the display of the Habsburg art collection, then the richest in the western world, and the role, in turn, that this practice played in his creative trajectory between his arrival at the Spanish court in 1623 and his death in 1660. This book thus recasts Velázquez’s career as an episode in the history of the curator.
Histories of Ornament
This lavishly illustrated volume is the first major global history of ornament from the Middle Ages to today. Crossing historical and geographical boundaries in unprecedented ways and considering the role of ornament in both art and architecture, Histories of Ornament offers a nuanced examination that integrates medieval, Renaissance, baroque, and modern Euroamerican traditions with their Islamic, Indian, Chinese, and Mesoamerican counterparts. At a time when ornament has re-emerged in architectural practice and is a topic of growing interest to art and architectural historians, the book reveals how the long history of ornament illuminates its global resurgence today. Organized by thematic s...
La formación artística: creadores-historiadores-espectadores
En esta publicación se recogen los trabajos presentados en el XXI Congreso Nacional de Historia del Arte (CEHA), celebrado en el Palacio de la Magdalena de Santander entre los días 20 al 23de septiembre de 2016. El eje vertebrador de dicho congreso giró en torno a una temática a la vez monográfica y transversal: LA FORMACIÓN ARTÍSTICA. Se aborda este objetivo desde la doble perspectiva que plantean los dos protagonistas principales del diálogo artístico (el creador y el espectador), pasando por el historiador del arte como mediador entre ambos. Empleando este hilo conductor, se traza el rico panorama investigador nacional, tratando de reflejar las principales orientaciones metodológicas de la disciplina, así como las líneas de trabajo más consolidadas y las emergentes. Las aportaciones en cada uno de los seis bloques (desde el gremio, la formación académica o la universitaria, la educación de la mirada, la crisis de la Historia del Arte, las fuentes, la historiografía y la literatura artística y, por último, el dedicado a proyectos, tesis y grupos de I+D+i) presentan una visión actualizada de algunas de las tendencias de la investigación en Historia del Arte.
À la place du roi
À l’aube des temps modernes, les monarchies espagnole et française se profilent comme les deux plus puissantes d’Europe occidentale. Rivales, elles sont néanmoins liées par d’innombrables liens, politiques et culturels. La volonté de s’affirmer, tant à l’intérieur qu’à l’extérieur de leurs états, impose à leurs princes de s’appuyer sur des individus capables de rendre visible, voire présente, leur autorité et leur dignité. Les vice-rois hispaniques, comme les gouverneurs français, ont alors pour mission de représenter l’autorité royale dans des lieux éloignés de la cour, où le roi ne peut être présent. L’affirmation de la majesté, de plus en plus individualisée dans la personne du souverain, semble métamorphoser le rôle de ces lieutenants territoriaux, jadis simples agents, en de véritables images reflétant la personne même du souverain. À l’étranger, cette fonction incombe aux ambassadeurs ainsi revêtus de « la gloire du roi ». Le faste, le cérémonial, les images, la gestualité et la parole, constituent les instruments de cette mission : tenir la place du roi en son absence.
Portuguese Studies Review, Vol. 22, No. 1
This issue of the Portuguese Studies Review, edited by James William Nelson Novoa, presents essays by Stefano Andretta, Nuno Miguel Proença, Maria da Graça Gomes de Pina, Marcelo da Rocha Lima Diego, Paulo H. Duarte-Feitoza, Begoña Farré Torras, Ana Duarte Rodrigues, David García Cueto, Daniela Viggiani, Cristina Mongay Batlle, Gemma Avinyó Fontanet and Iván Rega Castro, Eliana Sousa Santos, Sheyla S. Zandonai, Karl Heinz Arenz, Wilson Anthony Alano and Tereza Mara Franzoni, and Pedro Martins. The topics covered range from Italian perceptions of Portugal in the later sixteenth century to analyses of various aspects of Portuguese classic and modern poetry; Brazilian modernist painting;...
La parola e la cosa
Il libro presenta una riflessione teorica sul progetto di restauro e ne indaga i meccanismi logici; quindi ricostruisce il tema dell’insegnamento della disciplina del restauro in Spagna. Questo confronto tra aspetti teorici e pedagogici della disciplina è stato alla base del Corso di Eccellenza, organizzato all’interno delle attività del Dottorato di Ricerca in Beni architettonici e paesaggistici del Politecnico di Torino – coordinato da Emanuele Romeo – nei giorni 4 e 5 novembre 2019 al Castello del Valentino. Oltre ai saggi delle due autrici, il libro raccoglie le quattro lezioni dei docenti invitati. L’obiettivo del libro è quello di mantenere aperto, con una comunità più vasta di lettrici e di lettori, il dibattito che il Corso di Eccellenza ha generato tra docenti, dottorande e dottorandi.
The Influence of Italian Culture on the Sevillian Golden Age of Painting
This book explores the cultural exchange between Italy and Spain in the seventeenth century, examining Spanish collectors’ predilection for Italian painting and its influence on Spanish painters. Focused on collecting and using a novel methodology, this volume studies how the painters of the Sevillian school, including Francisco Pacheco, Diego Velázquez, Alonso Cano and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, perceived and were influenced by Italian painting. Through many examples, it is shown how the presence in Andalusia of various works and copies of works by artists such as Michelangelo, Caravaggio and Guido Reni inspired famous compositions by these Spanish artists. In addition, the book delves into the historical, political and social context of this period. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, Renaissance studies, and Italian and Spanish history.
Global Debates in the Digital Humanities
A necessary volume of essays working to decolonize the digital humanities Often conceived of as an all-inclusive “big tent,” digital humanities has in fact been troubled by a lack of perspectives beyond Westernized and Anglophone contexts and assumptions. This latest collection in the Debates in the Digital Humanities series seeks to address this deficit in the field. Focused on thought and work that has been underappreciated for linguistic, cultural, or geopolitical reasons, contributors showcase alternative histories and perspectives that detail the rise of the digital humanities in the Global South and other “invisible” contexts and explore the implications of a globally diverse d...
