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Michelangelo’s Vatican Pietà and its Afterlives
This book offers a fresh perspective on Michelangelo’s well-known masterpiece, the Vatican Pietà, by tracing the shifting meaning of the work of art over time. Lisa M. Rafanelli chronicles the object history of the Vatican Pietà and the active role played by its many reproductions. The sculpture has been on continuous view for over 500 years, during which time its cultural, theological, and artistic significance has shifted. Equally important is the fact that over its long life it has been relocated numerous times and has also been reproduced in images and objects produced both during Michelangelo’s lifetime and long after, described here as artistic progeny: large-scale, unique sculpted variants, smaller-scale statuettes, plaster and bronze casts, and engraved prints. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, Renaissance studies, early modern studies, religion, Christianity, and theology.
Gendering the Portuguese-Speaking World
This book explores the significance of gender in shaping the Portuguese-speaking world from the Middle Ages to the present. Sixteen scholars from disciplines including history, sociology, anthropology, linguistics, literature and cultural studies analyse different configurations and literary representations of women's rights and patriarchal constraints. Unstable constructions of masculinity, femininity, queer, homosexual, bisexual, and transgender identities and behaviours are placed in historical context. The volume pioneers in gendering the Portuguese expansion in Africa, Asia, and the New World and pays particular attention to an inclusive account of indigenous agencies. Contributors are: Darlene Abreu-Ferreira, Vanda Anastácio, Francisco Bethencourt, Dorothée Boulanger, Rosa Maria dos Santos Capelão, Maria Judite Mário Chipenembe, Gily Coene, Philip J. Havik, Ben James, Anna M. Klobucka, Chia Longman, Amélia Polónia, Ana Maria S. A. Rodrigues, Isabel dos Guimarães Sá, Ana Cristina Santos, and João Paulo Silvestre.
I chiostri nell’area mediterranea tra XI e XIII secolo. Architettura, archeologia, arte
Il volume nasce dall’idea di riflettere sul ruolo del chiostro, spazio nodale della vita monastica: luogo di ascesi, rifugio, meditazione e ritiro. La progettazione degli spazi claustrali occupa un ruolo centrale nella produzione architettonica medievale. In parallelo all’istituzionalizzazione e diffusione degli Ordini religiosi, nel periodo compreso tra l’XI e il XIII secolo, si assiste all’elaborazione di differenti soluzioni progettuali. L’architettura dei chiostri abbaziali, canonicali, conventuali risponde alle esigenze delle comunità che li abitano e le variazioni architettoniche sono l’esito dell’incontro tra “modelli d’importazione” e pratiche costruttive autoctone. Dalla necessità di esplorare con maggiore attenzione lo spazio mediterraneo nel medioevo, nonché di porre a confronto gli sviluppi delle ricerche nei diversi paesi, ha preso forma l’idea di questo volume multidisciplinare, comprendente circa trenta contributi. Si tratta del primo passo di un ampio lavoro che pone al centro l’isola di Lipari, con lo scopo di indagare la complessità dei fenomeni architettonici, artistici e archeologici nel mediterraneo medievale.
Claustros no Mundo Mediterrânico. Séculos X - XVIII
Este volume reune as comunicac?es apresentadas no Encontro Internacional sobre Claustros no Mundo Mediterranico, organizado pelas linhas de investigac?o em Arte Medieval e Arte Moderna do Instituto de Historia de Arte (IHA) da Faculdade de Ciencias Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCSH-UNL) e realizado no Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, de 20 a 21 de Junho de 2013. Deste encontro cientifico, que reuniu varios investigadores de Portugal, Espanha, Italia, Franca e EUA, resultou um primeiro passo no sentido de relancar o debate em torno do claustro, estrutura simultaneamente funcional e simbolica, bem como espaco vital de utilizac?o e representac?o na arquitetura religiosa ocide...
The Monastery of Batalha
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Paper Cities
Thought-provoking case studies on cities, photographs and booksPhotographic books are almost as old as photography itself, and the city is one of their first and more recurring themes. Cities have been, and they continue to be, intensely photographed under a wide variety of forms, materialities, intentions and genres. This volume examines how a city can be moulded through the particularities of a photographic book, suggesting how urban portraits configure an overlooked, yet quite specific, photo-textual practice. Ranging from early photography to contemporary works, Paper Cities gathers thought-provoking case studies from several international contexts, providing new insights into art, mater...
Monuments and Monumentality Across Medieval and Early Modern Europe
The Danish Royal Tombs Project/Karin Kryger, s. 45-54 - Back to the future: Renovating Royal Funeral Monuments during the Reign of Frederick II, King of Denmark (1559-1588)/Birgitte Bøggild Johannsen, s. 254-267
Medieval Iconography
This annotated bibliography will help researchers to accurately interpret motifs in medieval art and literature. Five chapters describe overview studies and identify and briefly annotate journal articles in English and all major European languages. "Medieval Art" treats library catalogs of illuminated medieval manuscripts, and genres such as glass, sculpture, and wood carving by country. "Other Tools" covers medieval encyclopedias, preaching handbooks, and sermon and exempla collections as repositories of imagery. "The Natural World" surveys imagery of land and water animals, plants, stones, and illustrated bestiaries. "The Christian Tradition" discusses the Bible and its apocrypha, saints' legends, and material on specific biblical figures, such as the horns believed to be given Cain or Moses. "Learned Imagery" includes sections on alchemy, astrology, famous persons such as Arthur, Alexander the Great, and Roland, and mythology, both mythographic commentaries and treatments of individual myths. Finally, "Daily Life" covers topics such as medieval ideas of beauty and the body, color symbolism, costumes, feasts, and specific images like the symbolism of mirrors.
Reassessing the Roles of Women as 'Makers' of Medieval Art and Architecture (2 Vol. Set)
The twenty-four studies in this volume propose a new approach to framing the debate around the history of medieval art and architecture to highlight the multiple roles played by women, moving beyond today's standard division of artist from patron.
The Cultural Patronage of Medieval Women
The Cultural Patronage of Medieval Women is the first volume exclusively devoted to an examination of the significant role played by women as patrons in the evolution of medieval culture. The twelve essays in this volume look at women not simply as patrons of letters but also as patrons of the visual and decorative arts, of architecture, and of religious and educational foundations. Patronage as a means of empowerment for women is an issue that underlies many of the essays. Among the other topics discussed are the various forms patronage took, the obstacles to women's patronage, and the purposes behind patronage. Some women sought to further political and dynastic agendas; others were more c...
