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In this book Claudia Daniotti provides the first comprehensive study of the representation of Alexander the Great in Renaissance Italian art, exploring a fundamental turning point in the tradition: the transition from the medieval imagery of Alexander as a legendary, … Lire la suite →

L’activité des peintres et sculpteurs qui ont travaillé au cours des siècles gothiques et de la Renaissance continue de susciter un grand intérêt parmi les spécialistes de l’art occidental. L’une des approches les plus suggestives pour comprendre la gestation et … Lire la suite →

L’ordre des Frères prêcheurs et la première communauté de moniales à en dépendre ont été fondés au début du XIIIe siècle dans le Midi de la France par deux religieux castillans, l’évêque d’Osma Diego et son chanoine Dominique de Caleruega. … Lire la suite →

When Saint Dominic (c. 1174–1221) came to Rome to seek papal approval of the Order of Preachers, he founded two houses on the periphery of the city — a nunnery at  S. Sisto, in structures rebuilt by Pope Innocent III, … Lire la suite →

I sette saggi di cui si compone il libro, nella maggior parte inediti, hanno per tema la decorazione pittorica della chiesa di S. Francesco ad Assisi, a partire dalla prima fase di affrescatura della basilica inferiore fino al ciclo francescano … Lire la suite →

Gazette du livre médiéval, t. 66, 2022. ISSN : 0753-5015. Prix : € 30,00. Table des matières : Libri dispersi e costruzione di un modello: il caso di Pisa (secolo XII prima metà) [A. Puglia] Entre archives et manuscrits : … Lire la suite →

This volume reflects on the motivations underpinning the writing of history in Late Antique Iberia, emphasising its theoretical and practical aspects and outlining the social, political and ideological implications of the constructions and narrations of the past. The volume includes … Lire la suite →

La storia della filosofia tardo-antica, medievale e umanistica ha visto ricorrere con frequenza e continuità una peculiare struttura terminologico-concettuale di origine neoplatonica, definita dai termini essenza (οὐσία – substantia o essentia) – potenza (δύναμις – virtus) – atto (ἐνέργεια – operatio). Essa trova le sue … Lire la suite →

Over the course of a century and a half more than forty late Gothic sculptures have been recognized as sharing a vocabulary of figure and facial types, drapery, wings, and hair. Despite the fact that all the works date from … Lire la suite →

A carefully-integrated group of studies begins with the so-called “Chertsey” ceramic tiles, depicting combat between King Richard the Lionheart and Saladin. Found at Chertsey Abbey not far outside London and admired since the nineteenth century, we present here a new … Lire la suite →