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Author's first publication on Artemisia Gentileschi, later developed as a chapter in her 1989 book on the artist (Artemisia Gentileschi:  The Female Hero in Italian Baroque Art, Princeton, 1989)..
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      Feminist TheoryItalian StudiesFeminismItalian Renaissance Art
Identifies a portrait of Agucchi in Domenichino's Polet chapel (S. Luigi de' Francesi), and dates the York portrait of the cleric to the same period (1612-15), providing further evidence that the York painting is by Domenichino rather... more
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      Baroque Art and Literature17th-Century StudiesPortraitureBaroque art and architecture
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      History of ReligionHistory of ArtItalian Renaissance and Baroque Art16th and 17th century Dutch and Flemish Art
The domain of the sublime is vast, and in any period hard to define. In this essay, I attempt to explore the concept of the sublime in relation to seventeenth-century landscape painting, mainly from Italy. I have chosen some key works... more
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      AestheticsArt HistoryItalian Renaissance and Baroque Art
"The placing of the Valera bell, which had been remelted in 1679, finally required a refurbishing of the bell tower of the cathedral of Zaragoza. The projects prepared by different local masters were presented by the Chapter to Francisco... more
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      Art HistoryArchitectural HistoryArchitecture in Italian Renaissance and Baroque ArtHistory of Art
Ambrogio Figino’s late-sixteenth century portrait of the future saint Carlo Borromeo (1538-84) has long been revered for its subtle naturalism. Art historians place its fictions within a certain stylistic timeline, and beholders prize the... more
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      Art HistoryCatholic ReformSaints' CultsPortraiture
The authored book examines the intersections between architecture, urban space and language in early modern Italy, from the early 15th century to the early 18th century. Tracing these exchanges in both Florence and Rome, the study... more
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      Languages and LinguisticsRenaissance HumanismHistory of Perspective in PaintingItalian Humanism
In April 1604, the Italian painter Caravaggio, believing that he had been slighted, threw a platter of artichokes at the head of waiter in a Roman tavern. This essay examines this curious episode through the lens art history, food... more
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      Early Modern HistoryItalian StudiesFood HistoryItalian Baroque art
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      Patronage (History)CaravaggioItalian Renaissance and Baroque Art
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      Art HistoryRenaissance StudiesRenaissance ArtArchitecture in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art
Author: Suzanne M. Scanlan Publisher: Amsterdam University Press In the fifteenth century, the Oblates of Santa Francesca Romana, a fledgling community of religious women in Rome, commissioned an impressive array of artwork for their... more
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      Early Modern WomenItalian Renaissance ArtRenaissance Italian art, the representation of women in the Renaissance periodEarly modern religious history
The Soundscape of the Venetian Terraferma in the Early Modern Era is an international conference organized by the Accademia Filarmonica of Verona on the occasion of the 475th anniversary of its foundation (23 May 1543), in collaboration... more
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      SemioticsHistoryCultural HistoryEconomic History
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      Architecture in Italian Renaissance and Baroque ArtItalian Renaissance and Baroque Art
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      IconographyItalian Renaissance and Baroque ArtCritical Art Practices
Il contributo analizza le presenze lombarde della galleria di pitture del ministro plenipotenziario di Maria Teresa a Milano, conte Carlo Firmian, politico e diplomatico di rango e uomo di insaziabili curiosità culturali, che ne fanno uno... more
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      Art HistoryPaintingEnlightenmentHistory of Collections
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      Cultural HistoryArt HistoryItalian Baroque artHistory of Collecting