Deadline: 1 September 2016 Picturing Death 1200-1600 Proposals sought for chapters in a peer-reviewed edited volume The glut of pictures of and for death has long been associated with the Middle Ages in the popular imagination. In reality, however, these images thrived in Europe in a much more concentrated period of time that straddles the Middle Ages andContinue reading “CFP: Picturing Death 1200-1600 (Edited Volume)”
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Book Roundup: Late Medieval Painting
Here are some great new books on 14th and 15th century painting. Any suggestions from the other end of the Middle Ages (or anything in-between)? As always do let us know of any recently-published medieval art history books you would like us to include in a book roundup – we would be happy to letContinue reading “Book Roundup: Late Medieval Painting”
Book roundup: Medieval architecture
All is thriving in medieval architecture publishing from the Romanesque to the Late Gothic: here are some very special books that have been published in the last few months. As always do let us know of any recently-published medieval art history books you would like us to include in a book roundup – we would beContinue reading “Book roundup: Medieval architecture”
Publication: Predella, No. 35 – The Survival of the Trecento in the Fifteenth Century
Announcing that No. 35 of PREDELLA is online at http://www.predella.it/index.php/current-issue/index.html EDITORIALE / EDITORIAL Gerardo de Simone, Emanuele Pellegrini2001-2015: Odissea di distruzione MONOGRAFIA / MONOGRAPH The Survival of the Trecento in the Fifteenth Century Louise Bourdua Introduction Zuleika Murat Trecento Receptions in Early Renaissance Paduan Art. The Ovetari Chapel and its Models: Revival or Persistence? Paolo di SimoneContinue reading “Publication: Predella, No. 35 – The Survival of the Trecento in the Fifteenth Century”
Book round up: L’aventure des cathédrales, Le cloître de Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines, La scultura in Valnerina tra i secoli XIV e XVI: Scoperte e nuove proposte, Cisterciensi: Arte e storia & Byzantine Art and Italian Panel Painting: The Virgin and Child Hodegetria and the Art of Chrysography
Five recent publications that may be of interest to our readers: GÉRARD DENIZEAU. L’aventure des cathédrales, Larousse, 2015, 128 p. ISBN: 978-2035923455 The story of cathedral construction, told through the involvement of the artisans (carpenters, blacksmiths, masons, masters of stained glass and more). DIEGO MATTEI. La scultura in Valnerina tra i secoli XIV e XVI: Scoperte e nuoveContinue reading “Book round up: L’aventure des cathédrales, Le cloître de Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines, La scultura in Valnerina tra i secoli XIV e XVI: Scoperte e nuove proposte, Cisterciensi: Arte e storia & Byzantine Art and Italian Panel Painting: The Virgin and Child Hodegetria and the Art of Chrysography”
New publications: L’arte medievale nel contesto 300-1300. Funzioni, iconografia, tecniche AND L’arte di Francesco. Capolavori d’arte italiana e terre d’Asia dal XIII al XV secolo
PAOLO PIVA (ed.). L’arte medievale nel contesto 300-1300. Funzioni, iconografia, tecniche, Jaca Book, 2015, 450 p. ISBN: 978-8816371255 El amplio abanico configurado por las contribuciones que conforman este volumen, donde se analizan funciones, temas y técnicas, incluyendo discusiones sobre personalidades artísticas, cronología y estilo, pone de manifiesto los fuertes raíces históricas del arte medieval, en su contexto. Sin unContinue reading “New publications: L’arte medievale nel contesto 300-1300. Funzioni, iconografia, tecniche AND L’arte di Francesco. Capolavori d’arte italiana e terre d’Asia dal XIII al XV secolo”
New publication: Monumentos singulares del románico: nuevas lecturas sobre formas y usos. Actas XIII Curso de Iniciación al Románico (Aguilar de Campoo), Fundación Santa María la Real, 2012
Monumentos singulares del románico: nuevas lecturas sobre formas y usos. Actas XIII Curso de Iniciación al Románico (Aguilar de Campoo), Fundación Santa María la Real, 2012, 244 p. ISBN: 978-84-15072-58-4 El románico español es uno de los más ricos de Europa, tanto por la cantidad de testimonios como por la calidad de muchos de ellos. En elContinue reading “New publication: Monumentos singulares del románico: nuevas lecturas sobre formas y usos. Actas XIII Curso de Iniciación al Románico (Aguilar de Campoo), Fundación Santa María la Real, 2012”
Book Roundup: Summer 2015
Postcards on Parchment The Social Lives of Medieval Books by Kathryn M. Rudy (Yale University Press) Medieval prayer books held not only the devotions and meditations of Christianity, but also housed, slipped between pages, sundry notes, reminders, and ephemera, such as pilgrims’ badges, sworn oaths, and small painted images. Many of these last items have been classifiedContinue reading “Book Roundup: Summer 2015”
Book roundup: Spring 2015
Here’s just five books we’ve seen have come out in 2015 that might be of interest to our readers. We’d always welcome a review of one if you have opinions: email us! Britain’s Medieval Episcopal Thrones by Charles Tracy with Andrew Budge (Oxbow Books) This book is the first major investigation of a subject ofContinue reading “Book roundup: Spring 2015”
Book roundup: New art history books from Brepols
Here are some new medieval art history books on manuscripts, architecture and sculpture from publisher Brepols that we have been alerted to, and we think will prove very exciting to a number of our readers. King’s College Chapel 1515-2015: Music, Art and Religion in Cambridge, edited by J. M. Massing, N. Zeeman This lavishly illustrated,Continue reading “Book roundup: New art history books from Brepols”
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