Simia langobardorum: Were African apes traded in late medieval Lombardy?
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DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23462
Abstract: Depictions of and references to apes (tailless hominoids) are very limited in early historical written accounts. The first known published representations of ape‐like primates appear in Medieval European books during the first century following the… read more here.
Keywords: iconography; simia langobardorum; late medieval; african apes ... See more keywords
Neuro-aesthetics and the iconography in photography.
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DOI: 10.1002/pchj.379
Abstract: Can neurosciences explain art? No, but it can help us to understand why some images are more memorable and, thus, more successful than others. This article aims to identify certain factors that may influence the… read more here.
Keywords: iconography; aesthetics iconography; iconography photography; neuro aesthetics ... See more keywords
Discerning social interaction and cultural influence in Early Iron Age Mongolia through archaeometallurgical investigation
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DOI: 10.1007/s12520-019-00952-y
Abstract: The cultural groups that resided in the Early Iron Age Eurasian steppe in the first millennium BCE are well-known for the establishment of trade networks that became increasingly active with the advent of horse riding,… read more here.
Keywords: discerning social; iron age; iconography; early iron ... See more keywords
A further example of Christ with gynecomastia
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DOI: 10.1007/s40618-022-01779-6
Abstract: A recent paper by H. Valdes-Socin and M. Vuidar [1] has reported an instance of a painting of Christ with female characteristics, such as breasts and feminine curves, suggesting a spiritual androgyny. This painting, “a… read more here.
Keywords: iconography; example christ; christ gynecomastia; christ ... See more keywords
The hierarchy of animals in the Paleolithic iconography
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102025
Abstract: Abstract Several arguments show that in the iconography of Paleolithic art, horse played a role that was different from that of other species. It appears to be the main image in what can be interpreted… read more here.
Keywords: animals paleolithic; image; paleolithic iconography; horse ... See more keywords
Pottery with ramiform-anthropomorphic decoration from El Portalón de Cueva Mayor site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos) and the globalized symbolic world of the first Neolithic
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DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.10.044
Abstract: Abstract At the Holocene site of El Portalon at the Cueva Mayor in the karstic system of the Sierra de Atapuerca (Burgos, Spain), located in the northern plateau of the Iberian Peninsula, we found a… read more here.
Keywords: atapuerca burgos; cueva mayor; iconography; sierra atapuerca ... See more keywords
Pecos River Style Rock Art: A Prehistoric Iconography. JAMES BURR HARRISON MACRAE. 2018. Texas A&M University Press, College Station. xiv + 98 pp. $35.00 (hardcover), ISBN 978-162349-640-1.
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DOI: 10.1017/aaq.2019.38
Abstract: captions. A particularly egregious case involves one petroglyph that is assigned to two different locations (figures 2.11 and 11.4), both of which are incorrect. Wording is sometimes repetitive, and punctuation problems exist. Organization throughout is… read more here.
Keywords: pecos river; river style; rock art; iconography ... See more keywords
The Art of Coining Christians: Indians and Authority in the Iconography of British Atlantic Colonial Seals, 1606–1767
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DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2021.118
Abstract: Between the founding of Jamestown in 1606 and the conclusion of the Seven Years’ War, images of Indigenous men and women rose and fell on the great seals of the British Atlantic colonies. At the… read more here.
Keywords: art coining; indians authority; christians indians; coining christians ... See more keywords
Inspiration and Authority in the Middle Ages: Prophets and Their Critics from Scholasticism to Humanism. Brian FitzGerald. Oxford Historical Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017. xi + 278 pp. $84.99.
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DOI: 10.1017/rqx.2023.164
Abstract: pieces of silver, subsequently their insertion into the iconography of the Passion, and finally, their veneration as relics. Also noteworthy is Travaini’s careful iconographic analysis of the phenomenon of the coins in images of the… read more here.
Keywords: iconography; authority middle; inspiration authority; middle ages ... See more keywords
The Routledge Companion to Medieval Iconography. Edited by Colum Hourihane. New York: Routledge, 2017. xxxii + 547 pp. $240.00 cloth.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0009640718001038
Abstract: The Routledge Companion to Medieval Iconography is a useful and timely resource in the study of medieval culture. In thirty-eight chapters, illustrated with 127 black-and-white images and eight color plates, the international contributors walk the… read more here.
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THE WIND GOD AND THE DESCENT OF THE TZITZIMITL: NEW INSIGHTS ON THE ICONOGRAPHY AND PROVENANCE OF THE MOSAIC-ENCRUSTED BIRD HEAD AT THE FRIEDENSTEIN PALACE, GOTHA, GERMANY
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DOI: 10.1017/s0956536120000504
Abstract: The Friedenstein Palace in Gotha, Germany, holds a Late Postclassic Mesoamerican bird head sculpture made of wood encrusted with precious stone and shell mosaic. Although known since the nineteenth century, scholars have not given the… read more here.
Keywords: wind god; iconography; gotha germany; friedenstein palace ... See more keywords