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Symbolism : an international annual of critical aesthetics. Volume 14
Symbolic representation is a crucial subject for and a potent heuristic instrument of diaspora studies. This special focus inquires into the forms and functions of symbols of diaspora both in aesthetic practice and in critical discourse, analyzing and theorizing symbolic practices from Shakespeare to Bollywood as well as in critical writings of theorists of diaspora.
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Saint George Between Empires
This volume examines Saint George's intertwined traditions in
the competing states of the eastern Mediterranean and
Transcaucasia, demonstrating how rival conceptions of this
well-known saint became central to Crusader, Eastern Christian, and
Islamic medieval visual cultures.
Saint George Between Empires links the visual cultures
of Byzantium, North Africa, the Levant, Syria, and the Caucasus
during the Crusader era to redraw our picture of interfaith
relations and artistic networks. Heather Badamo recovers and
recontextualizes a vast body of images and literature-from
etiquette manuals and romances to miracle accounts and
chronicles-to describe the history of Saint George during a period
of religious and political fragmentation, between his \"rise\" to
cross-cultural prominence in the eleventh century and his
\"globalization\" in the fifteenth. In Badamo's analysis, George
emerges as an exemplar of cross-cultural encounter and global
translation.
Featuring important new research on monuments and artworks that
are no longer available to scholars as a result of the occupation
of Syria and parts of Iraq, Saint George Between Empires
will be welcomed by scholars of Byzantine, medieval, Islamic, and
Eastern Christian art and cultural studies.
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St. Jacob's Antwerp Art and Counter Reformation in Rubens's Parish Church
St. Jacob's is the only church to survive intact from Antwerp's Counter Reformation (1585-1794). Jeffrey Muller wreathes together the testimony of masterpieces and archives in Rubens's parish church to reconstruct art's integral role in religion and the transformation of society.
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Symbolism : a comprehensive dictionary
\"This valuable reference defines the general symbolism of over 15,000 terms, from ancient to modern, as well as specialized meanings in mythology, religion, art, literature, folklore, flower language, astrology, heraldry, numerology, and cultures the world over. From \"0\" to \"Zu,\" each entry catalogs all possible connotations, listed by culture when appropriate, creating the most comprehensive symbolism dictionary available\"--Provided by publisher.
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UN APPUNTO A PROPOSITO DEL LINGUAGGIO SIMBOLICO PRESSO GLI ETRUSCHI. TARQUINIA, LA TOMBA DEI LEONI DIPINTI
The contribution is related to the symbolism of the Tomba dei Leoni Dipinti. The scope is understanding the interrelation between metaphor and the symbols of the botanic area.
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Toledo Cathedral : building histories in medieval castile
Medieval Toledo is famous as a center of Arabic learning and as a home to sizable Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities. Yet its cathedral—one of the largest, richest, and best preserved in all of Europe—is little known outside Spain. In Toledo Cathedral, Tom Nickson provides the first in-depth analysis of the cathedral's art and architecture. Focusing on the early thirteenth to the late fourteenth centuries, he examines over two hundred years of change and consolidation, tracing the growth of the cathedral in the city as well as the evolution of sacred places within the cathedral itself. He goes on to consider this substantial monument in terms of its location in Toledo, Spain's most cosmopolitan city in the medieval period. Nickson also addresses the importance and symbolic significance of Toledo's cathedral to the city and the art and architecture of the medieval Iberian Peninsula, showing how it fits in with broader narratives of change in the arts, culture, and ideology of the late medieval period in Spain and in Mediterranean Europe as a whole.
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