This series is dedicated to the study of monstrosity and alterity in the medieval and early modern world, and to the investigation of cultural constructions of otherness, abnormality and difference from a wide range of perspectives. Submissions are welcome from scholars working within established disciplines, including—but not limited to—philosophy, critical theory, cultural history, history ofContinue reading “New Book Series: Monsters, Prodigies, and Demons: Medieval and Early Modern Constructions of Alterity”
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New Book Series: Christianities Before Modernity
Christianities Before Modernity embraces an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, publishing on history, literature, music, theater, classics, folklore, art history, archaeology, religious studies, philosophy, gender studies, anthropology, sociology, and other areas.
Books roundup: New Publications in Art
GABRIELE KOSTER, UTA SIEBRECHT. Der Magdeburger Reiter, Schnell & Steiner, 2017, 368 p. ISBN: 978-3795432027 Der Band versammelt Beiträge namhafter Experten aus den Bereichen Restaurierung, Kunstgeschichte, Geschichte und Rechtsgeschichte, die den aktuellen Forschungsstand zum Magdeburger Reiter als bedeutende Skulptur der mittelalterlichen Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven präsentieren. Der Magdeburger Reiter, entstanden um 1240, giltContinue reading “Books roundup: New Publications in Art”
TOC: Art History and the Global Challenge. Artl@s Bulletin vol. 6,1
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new issue of the Artl@s Bulletin devoted to Art History and the Global Challenge. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/artlas/ For this special issue of the Artl@s Bulletin, we asked a diverse group of scholars to share with us their perspectives on the “Global turn” and the ways the “Digital turn” is affecting it.Continue reading “TOC: Art History and the Global Challenge. Artl@s Bulletin vol. 6,1”
Publication en ligne – Annales de Janua, n° 5
Accès aux articles : ici Sommaire : Editorial – Amélie Rigollet Souverains et instruments de pouvoir Les instruments de pouvoir : Excalibur, de la force du guerrier à la puissance du roi – Justine Breton L’arc, la flèche et le carquois, symboles du pouvoir monarchique dans l’Antiquité – Benoît Lefebvre Le pouvoir improvisé ? PourpreContinue reading “Publication en ligne – Annales de Janua, n° 5”
Publication – Anna M. Migdal, « Regina Cœli. Les images mariales et le culte des reliques. Entre Orient et Occident au Moyen Âge »
Les images-reliquaires, dont la singularité attire notre attention, se définissent par la complexité de leur composition tant au point de vue artistique qu’au point de vue religieux. Il s’agit ici des peintures sur panneau de bois (plus rarement, sur verre églomisé), ayant fonction de porte-reliques, et décorées dans certains cas de pierres précieuses ou semi-précieuses.Continue reading “Publication – Anna M. Migdal, « Regina Cœli. Les images mariales et le culte des reliques. Entre Orient et Occident au Moyen Âge »”
Book Roundup: Recent Publications on Medieval Art in English, French and Italian
Lire les objets médiévaux Quand les choses font signe et sens Ce livre prend le « parti-pris des choses », à la confluence de l’histoire, l’histoire de l’art, |’archéologie, l’anthropologie et la philosophie en interrogeant les spécificités de l’objet au Moyen Âge en littérature. Pas encore doté d’une autonomie matérielle propre, l’objet médiéval, carrefour herméneutique, fonctionne commeContinue reading “Book Roundup: Recent Publications on Medieval Art in English, French and Italian”
Book roundup: New Publications on Medieval Art (April 2017)
Here are some new medieval art history books on manuscripts, architecture and sculpture in English, French, and Italian, published at the beginning of 2017 (information courtesy of Publicaciones sobre Arte Medieval):
World 3 Journal, no. 2: Open Iconology
The OCAT Institute is happy to announce the publication of Issue II of World 3 World 3: Open Iconology in April, 2017
Call for Contributions: English Alabaster Sculptures in Context: Art, History and Historiography (edited volume)
The book aims at challenging the current limits within the field of research related to English alabasters, in order to establish a new model of study. Over the last century many studies on English alabasters have been published, including exhibition catalogues, list of documents and archival sources, catalogues raisonnés of the most important collections. AllContinue reading “Call for Contributions: English Alabaster Sculptures in Context: Art, History and Historiography (edited volume)”
Medieval Art Research 