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Giovanni Canavesio, an artist-priest active in the last decades of thefifteenth century in the Southern Alps, left behind a significant body ofwork, including pictorial cycles and altarpieces. This book is anin-depth analysis of his cycle on the Passion of Christ, completed in1492 on the walls of the pilgrimage sanctuary of Notre-Dame desFontaines, outside the southern French town of La Brigue. VeroniquePlesch provides a detailed analysis of Canavesio's complex andpowerful Passion cycle - the formal means he used to convey content, the significance of the order of scenes, the iconography of depictions, the textual insertions of speech-scrolls and labels in the paintings, andthe relationship of the painted ensemble with preachin
Conceived by two emeritus professors, Drs. Ronald A. Bergman and Adel K. Afifi—with a combined 100 years of experience teaching gross anatomy and neuroanatomy—this book is designed to facilitate the understanding of the “mysterious” terminology used in anatomy, biology, and medicine, making the learning experience as pleasant as possible. Readers will be able to incorporate this understanding into their career choices, whether they are medical, dental, nursing, health science, or biology students. Anatomy is unique in design, purpose, and scope. It defines the terminology of anatomy, including origin, and includes a gallery of biographies of scientists and researchers responsible for...