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The seven branched lampstand within a church was thus a symbol of Christ and his Church. In theological terms, it had nothing to do with Jews – except to supersede them. This is a very important point in dealing with the Petersberg... more
Recensione della nuova traduzione inglese del Libro dell'arte di Cennino Cennini. Pubblicata sul blog Letteratura artistica il 5 settembre 2015 http://letteraturaartistica.blogspot.it/2015/09/lara-broecke-cennino-cenninis-il-libro_4.html
in ATTI DEL XXII COLLOQUIO DELL’ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA PER LO STUDIO E LA CONSERVAZIONE DEL MOSAICO (Matera, 16-19 marzo 2016), a cura di Claudia Angelelli, Daniela Massara e Andrea Paribeni, Tivoli 2017, pp. 313-323.
In the first half of the fourteenth century, the most prestigious place of learning for Hungarian clergymen was Bologna. Clerics studying there not only became prominent ecclesiastical figures, but also fulfilled important roles in the... more
La fortune moderne des émaux médiévaux de Limoges : entre oubli et redécouverte (xvi e-début du xix e siècle) 14 DÉCEMBRE 2021 Galerie Colbert, salle Giorgio Vasari Institut national d'histoire de l'art Entrée dans la limite des places... more
Il libro presenta un’indagine sistematica sui tesori appartenenti agli edifici religiosi della città di Randazzo, in provincia di Catania e nasce dall’esigenza di dare un contributo allo studio della sacra suppellettile in materiale... more
Il Concilio di Trento (1545-1563) determinò nuove esigenze liturgiche, che portarono a una rapida trasformazione e a un drastico rinnovamento delle chiese sia dal punto di vista strutturale che dell’arredo. Questo articolo desidera... more
Monumenti e immagini non ci parlano da soli. La comprensione delle opere d'arte di epoche lontane richiede la co-noscenza dei presupposti culturali che le hanno motivate, trasformandole in un valore sociale. Questi elementi si possono... more
An online public program introducing the Wyvern Collection, organized by students and hosted by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick Maine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZ5b22DLfaU
This study investigates the place of San Salvatore in the holy topography of Venetian Candia. By focusing on the largest convent in the Augustinian Province of the Holy Land, it contributes to a better understanding of a neglected subject... more
The symposium “The found Christ” took place in Cervignano del Friuli (Udine) on Saturday, December 3, 2005, within the homonymous multi-year project (coord. scient. S. Blason Scarel and P. Casadio) dedicated to the rediscovery of the... more
Sante Guido, La “riscoperta” di un’opera di Nicola da Guardiagrele: il busto reliquiario di san Massimo d’Aveia Diacono Martire, in "OADI - Osservatorio per le Arti Decorative in Italia", http://www.unipa.it/oadi/oadiriv/?page_id=2995
Il Corpus Del Fondo Edifici Di Culto è una prestigiosa enciclopedia costituita da 4 volumi, di assoluto valore scientifico in cui saranno illustrati, attraverso delle schede e per mezzo di foto a colori di alta qualità, tutti gli edifici... more
In 1899, part of the floor of the church of San Tommaso collapsed, revealing a Medieval mosaic pavement. Arthur K. Porter believed that it was the only surviving part of the ancient Benedictine abbey, but he also asserted that it was «the... more
Dissertation 'The Masters of Zweder van Culemborg' (Dutch).
From the mid sixteenth to the mid seventeenth centuries small wooden plates, or trenchers, were used to serve special sweetmeats and sugared fruits to guests at the ‘banquet’ course held at the conclusion of meals in prosperous English... more
Patron saint of Charles V of France (1364-1380) - Charlemagne
The illustrations of the Benedictine monk, artist, and chronicler Matthew Paris offer a gateway into the thirteenth-century world. This new study of his cartography emphasizes the striking innovations he brought to it, and shows how the... more
Monday 11 January 2021, 19:00 Israel Time Sword and Buckler in Hebrew Letters: Traces of Early Illuminated German Fight Books in Jewish Manuscripts Prof. Sara Offenberg Department of the Arts, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Two... more
The intro is available on my personal website via the link. The Shape of Sex is a pathbreaking history of nonbinary sex, focusing on ideas and individuals who allegedly combined or crossed sex or gender categories from 200–1400 C.E.... more
A MOST HAVE FOR THE ART HISTORIAN! Dopo la pubblicazione del primo tomo, che raccoglie il patrimonio architettonico e artistico del Fondo Edifici di Culto di 129 luoghi di culto presenti in Piemonte, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia Romagna,... more
La Bibbia ha un naso di cera che può essere plasmato a proprio piacimento, scrive Alano di Lilla. Paradigma di identità politica e religiosa, dalla seconda metà del secolo XI, la Bibbia si rinnova attraverso il formato del libro, la... more
This approach to the imagery of the Southern and Eastern façades of Leon cathedral restores their original topography, their several liturgical functions, their intended audiences and the particular cultural and historical circumstances... more
Kniha vyšla roku 1988 v Praze / The book was published in 1988 in Prague.
This note describes a lipsanotheca (a small container of relics, placed within an altar) from the church of Santa Maria de Cap d’Aran. The container, now preserved in the Museu dera Val d’Aran, is of blown glass, and it has relief-cut... more
Attributed to Master Heinrich of Constance, a sculpture of the Visitation from the convent of St. Katharinenthal in the Lower Rhine Valley (ca. 131020) portrays Mary and her cousin Elizabeth with two quartz cabochons inserted into their... more