A contribution by Ann Bermingham University of California, Santa Barbara Three hundred years ago, the collapse of two joint stock corporations that capitalized on the anticipated expansion of maritime trade in the new world precipitated the first modern bubble and financial meltdown. The caustic satirical prints generated by this catastrophe immortalize a fascinating story of…
Tim Shephard on “Music in the Art of Renaissance Italy, 1420–1540”
A contribution by Tim Shephard University of Sheffield Sister Arts? Leonardo famously claimed that “Music is to be called none other than the sister of painting.” His assertion fits well with the Renaissance epistemology of the arts, personified as women and placed into sibling relationships as Liberal Arts or Muses. In such a system, the…
Herbert L. Kessler on “Treasure, Memory, Nature: Church Objects in the Middle Ages” by Philippe Cordez
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…
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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…
HARVEY MILLER Overview Catalogue: 2010-2020
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,…
Robert Brennan on ‘Painting as a Modern Art in Early Renaissance Italy’
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…