A Contribution by Herbert L. Kessler Professor Emeritus, History of Art, Johns Hopkins University     Why were crocodiles suspended from medieval church vaults? What do diverse versions of the legends of Christ’s foreskin reveal about twelfth-century eucharistic debates? Does a common thread tie together the many instances of donations of chess pieces to…

Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, Part XIII.2 Subjects from History: The Decius Mus Series By Reinhold Baumstark and Guy Delmarcel Rubens’s Decius Mus Cycle is in many ways a first. It provides the earliest example of work for the medium of tapestry, and so illustrates the artist’s approach to the challenges presented by a narrative sequence…

Celebrating 20 years Harvey Miller Publishers as a Brepols imprint of authority and quality for books on the history of art and culture, this new catalogue gives an overview of all Harvey Miller titles published over the past decade (2010-2020). It covers different domains ranging from Painting, Art Theory, History of Collecting & Cultural Studies,…

A contribution by Painting as a Modern Art in Early Renaissance Italy Art historians have often looked back on the Italian Renaissance as a signal moment for the emergence of modern art. In doing so, they evaluate the modernity of the period in conscious hindsight: the Renaissance is modern insofar as some aspect of their…

RENAISSANCE ILLUMINATORS IN PARIS Artists & Artisans 1500-1715 By Richard and Mary Rouse The commercial manuscript book-trade in Paris, that had begun as early as the mid-12th century, was severely disrupted by the arrival of the first printing presses in Paris around 1475. This new invention converted a traditional system of book production that had…

A contribution by Stefania Mason A native Venetian, Stefania Mason formerly taught Art History at the University of Udine (Italy) where she was coordinator for two programs, the dottorato di ricerca and the specializzazione in storia dell’arte. Her own scholarly work focuses principally on Venetian painting and drawing, on the relationship between art, devotion, and…