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Luke Fidler deposited Poul Anderson, Saxo Grammaticus, and the Idol of Arkona on Humanities Commons 7 years, 10 months ago
Short article examining Poul Anderson’s medieval sources.
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Virginia Spivey posted an update on CAA Commons 8 years ago
Check out the new issue of Art History Pedagogy and Practice at http://www.arthistorypp.org
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Pamela Patton deposited An islamic Envelope-Flap Binding in the Cloister of Tudela: Another ‘Muslim Connection’ for Iberian Jews?” on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month ago
Identifies the book held by the Priests and Scribes in the Temple on a capital in the cloister of Santa María la Mayor in Tudela as an extremely early representation of an Islamic envelope-flap binding, the earliest evidence of such a technique in the northern Iberian peninsula, and interprets its significance for a monastic community in the…[Read more]
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Pamela Patton deposited The Little Jewish Boy: Afterlife of a Byzantine Legend in Thirteenth-Century Spain on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month ago
Traces the legendary and visual roots of a well-known tale of the Little Jewish Boy in the Cantigas de Santa María.
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For historians of medieval Iberian art and architecture, María Rosa Menocal’s most important legacy lies in her work’s normalization of a culturally decentralized, multidisciplinary frame through which medieval visual objects became part of a broadly shared network of cultural production that was unrestricted by firm boundaries between part…[Read more]
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Pamela Patton deposited An Ethiopian-Headed Serpent in theCantigas de Santa María: Sin, Sex, and Color in Late Medieval Castile on Humanities Commons 8 years, 1 month ago
An unconventional portrayal of the serpent of the Temptation in the Florence codex of the Cantigas de Santa María (Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze, MS B.R. 20) manifests significant developments in the visual and epistemic norms of late medieval Castile. The satanic serpent’s black face and stereotyped African features link to cultural tr…[Read more]
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Elizabeth N. Emery posted an update in the group
LLC 19th-Century French on MLA Commons 8 years, 1 month agoRichard Stein Essay Prize
Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Association
We are delighted to announce the naming of the INCS Essay Prize in honor of Richard Stein, Professor Emeritus at the University of Oregon, for his role as a principal founder of INCS and for his long and crucial service to developing and nurturing our…[Read more]
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Luke Fidler deposited Review of Emily V. Thornbury. Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature 88. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016, xi + 322 pp, 11 figures, 15 tables, £ 21.00 (pb) [hb 2014]. on Humanities Commons 8 years, 2 months ago
Review of Emily V. Thornbury. Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature 88. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016, xi + 322 pp, 11 figures, 15 tables, £ 21.00 (pb) [hb 2014].
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alexaksand1300's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months ago
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alexaksand1300 changed their profile picture on Humanities Commons 8 years, 3 months ago
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Allison Levy's profile was updated on CAA Commons 8 years, 5 months ago
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Benjamin Tilghman changed their profile picture on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months ago
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Allison Levy deposited Playthings in Early Modernity: Party Games, Word Games, Mind Games in the group
Performance Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months agoWhy do we play games—with and upon each other as well as ourselves? When are winners also losers, and vice-versa? How and to what end do we stretch the spaces of play? What happens when players go ‘out of bounds,’ or when games go ‘too far’? Moreover, what happens when we push the parameters of inquiry: when we play with traditional narrative…[Read more]
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Allison Levy deposited Playthings in Early Modernity: Party Games, Word Games, Mind Games in the group
Late Medieval History on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months agoWhy do we play games—with and upon each other as well as ourselves? When are winners also losers, and vice-versa? How and to what end do we stretch the spaces of play? What happens when players go ‘out of bounds,’ or when games go ‘too far’? Moreover, what happens when we push the parameters of inquiry: when we play with traditional narrative…[Read more]
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Allison Levy deposited Playthings in Early Modernity: Party Games, Word Games, Mind Games in the group
History of Art on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months agoWhy do we play games—with and upon each other as well as ourselves? When are winners also losers, and vice-versa? How and to what end do we stretch the spaces of play? What happens when players go ‘out of bounds,’ or when games go ‘too far’? Moreover, what happens when we push the parameters of inquiry: when we play with traditional narrative…[Read more]
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Allison Levy deposited Playthings in Early Modernity: Party Games, Word Games, Mind Games in the group
Digital Art History on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months agoWhy do we play games—with and upon each other as well as ourselves? When are winners also losers, and vice-versa? How and to what end do we stretch the spaces of play? What happens when players go ‘out of bounds,’ or when games go ‘too far’? Moreover, what happens when we push the parameters of inquiry: when we play with traditional narrative…[Read more]
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Allison Levy deposited Playthings in Early Modernity: Party Games, Word Games, Mind Games in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months agoWhy do we play games—with and upon each other as well as ourselves? When are winners also losers, and vice-versa? How and to what end do we stretch the spaces of play? What happens when players go ‘out of bounds,’ or when games go ‘too far’? Moreover, what happens when we push the parameters of inquiry: when we play with traditional narrative…[Read more]
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Allison Levy deposited Playthings in Early Modernity: Party Games, Word Games, Mind Games on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months ago
Why do we play games—with and upon each other as well as ourselves? When are winners also losers, and vice-versa? How and to what end do we stretch the spaces of play? What happens when players go ‘out of bounds,’ or when games go ‘too far’? Moreover, what happens when we push the parameters of inquiry: when we play with traditional narrative…[Read more]
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Luke Fidler deposited The Praxis of the Tractrix in the group
History of Art on Humanities Commons 8 years, 7 months agoThis essay analyzes Zorns Lemma (1962–1970), a film made by American artist Hollis Frampton (1936–1984). Noting Frampton’s use of Robert Grosseteste’s thirteenth-century treatise De luce [‘On Light’] as a key aspect of the film’s soundtrack, the essay argues that Grosseteste’s investigations of light as a medium played a key role in Frampton’s t…[Read more]
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