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Taylor R. Genovese deposited The Necessity of Communist Morality in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoIt becomes hard for me to think of morality as inherently an oppressive tool of the ruling class. After all, we would be hard pressed to find a communist who isn’t drawn to Marxism—or any left tendency for that matter—who doesn’t possess a strong, disciplined moral conviction that guides their actions and assists them in determining what is the…[Read more]
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Anthony Cerulli deposited “Epilogue: Healing Concerns in South Asian Texts, Histories, and Societies.” in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThis epilogue reflects on scholarship in the study of South Asian medicines and healing traditions at the end of the twentieth century and in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. It underscores the growing multidisciplinarity of this field, and it
suggests that the contributions to this special issue signal this development and…[Read more] -
Anthony Cerulli deposited “Allegory and History, Life and Embodiment.” in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoA study of the Sanskrit allegory, Life Delighting (Jivanandanam), and the uses of allegorical literature for historiography.
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Ostap Kushnir deposited Ukraine’s “learning” revolutions of 1990, 2004/05 and 2013/14 in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoCollected volume review. Paweł Kowal, Georges Mink and Iwona Reichardt (eds.) “Three Revolutions: Mobilization and Change in Contemporary Ukraine.” Volume one. Stuttgart, Ibidem Verlag, 2019.
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David Amelang deposited David J. Amelang, “From Directions to Descriptions: Reading the Theatrical Nebentext in Ben Jonson’s Workes as an Authorial Outlet” (SEDERI 27, 2017), pp. 7–26. in the group
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThis article explores how certain dramatists in early modern England and in Spain, specifically Ben Jonson and Miguel de Cervantes (with much more emphasis on the former), pursued authority over texts by claiming as their own a new realm which had not been available – or, more accurately, as prominently available – to playwrights before: the sta…[Read more]
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David Amelang deposited David J. Amelang, “From Directions to Descriptions: Reading the Theatrical Nebentext in Ben Jonson’s Workes as an Authorial Outlet” (SEDERI 27, 2017), pp. 7–26. in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThis article explores how certain dramatists in early modern England and in Spain, specifically Ben Jonson and Miguel de Cervantes (with much more emphasis on the former), pursued authority over texts by claiming as their own a new realm which had not been available – or, more accurately, as prominently available – to playwrights before: the sta…[Read more]
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David Amelang deposited David J. Amelang, “Comparing the Commercial Theaters of Early Modern London and Madrid” (Renaissance Quarterly 71.2, 2018), pp. 610-644 in the group
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoComparative studies have revealed uncanny similarities between the theatrical cultures of Shakespearean England and Golden Age Spain, and in particular between the Elizabethan amphitheaters and the Spanish corrales de comedia (courtyard playhouses). Contrary to conventional wisdom, however, Spain’s (and, in particular, Madrid’s) courtyard the…[Read more]
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Flavia De Nicola deposited Nuove acquisizioni sulla prima attività romana di Michelangelo Buonarroti connessa con l’Umanesimo dei Pomponiani in the group
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoYoung Michelangelo Buonarroti’s experience was deeply marked by his cult of Antiquity, reverberated in the creation of artworks such as the Sleeping Cupid and the Bacchus and shared with Raffaele Riario and Jacopo Galli, his patrons during his first stay in Rome (1496-1501).
The cardinal-camerlengo Raffaele Riario was an important promoter of t…[Read more] -
Flavia De Nicola deposited Nuove acquisizioni sulla prima attività romana di Michelangelo Buonarroti connessa con l’Umanesimo dei Pomponiani in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoYoung Michelangelo Buonarroti’s experience was deeply marked by his cult of Antiquity, reverberated in the creation of artworks such as the Sleeping Cupid and the Bacchus and shared with Raffaele Riario and Jacopo Galli, his patrons during his first stay in Rome (1496-1501).
The cardinal-camerlengo Raffaele Riario was an important promoter of t…[Read more] -
Flavia De Nicola deposited Nuove acquisizioni sulla prima attività romana di Michelangelo Buonarroti connessa con l’Umanesimo dei Pomponiani in the group
Italian Art Society on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoYoung Michelangelo Buonarroti’s experience was deeply marked by his cult of Antiquity, reverberated in the creation of artworks such as the Sleeping Cupid and the Bacchus and shared with Raffaele Riario and Jacopo Galli, his patrons during his first stay in Rome (1496-1501).
The cardinal-camerlengo Raffaele Riario was an important promoter of t…[Read more] -
Flavia De Nicola deposited Equus infoelicitatis: analisi iconografica di una xilografia dell’ Hypnerotomachia Poliphili fra testo e immagine, xilografia n. 6 in the group
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThe peculiar iconography of the winged horse surmounted by several puttos, as appears in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili sixth woodcut, turns out to be unprecedented and enigmatic at a glance and it’s the result of the depth and complexity of the author’s concepts.
Considering the iconographic details of the sculptural group as well as the text sca…[Read more] -
Flavia De Nicola deposited Equus infoelicitatis: analisi iconografica di una xilografia dell’ Hypnerotomachia Poliphili fra testo e immagine, xilografia n. 6 in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThe peculiar iconography of the winged horse surmounted by several puttos, as appears in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili sixth woodcut, turns out to be unprecedented and enigmatic at a glance and it’s the result of the depth and complexity of the author’s concepts.
Considering the iconographic details of the sculptural group as well as the text sca…[Read more] -
Flavia De Nicola deposited Equus infoelicitatis: analisi iconografica di una xilografia dell’ Hypnerotomachia Poliphili fra testo e immagine, xilografia n. 6 in the group
Italian Art Society on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThe peculiar iconography of the winged horse surmounted by several puttos, as appears in the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili sixth woodcut, turns out to be unprecedented and enigmatic at a glance and it’s the result of the depth and complexity of the author’s concepts.
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Kathleen W. Peters deposited Sacred Views of Saint Francis: The Sacro Monte di Orta in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoOverlooking Lago di Orta in the foothills of the Northern Italian Alps, the Renaissance-era Sacro Monte di Orta (a UNESCO World Heritage site) is spectacle and hagiography, theme park and treatise. Sacro Monte di Orta is a sacred mountain complex that extolls the life of St. Francis of Assisi through fresco, statuary, and built environment.…[Read more]
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David Amelang deposited David J. Amelang, “A Day in the Life: The Performance of Playgoing in Early Modern Madrid and London” (Bulletin of the Comediantes 70.2, 2018), pp. 111-127 in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoGoing to the theater was one of the most distinctive-as well as conspicuous-cultural activities to take place regularly in early modern european cities. Precisely because so many people from all walks of life partook of this highly visible pastime, public theaters became spaces wherein social and cultural boundaries between spectators were easily…[Read more]
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David Amelang deposited David J. Amelang, “’A Broken Voice’: Iconic Distress in Shakespeare’s Tragedies” (Anglia 137.1, 2019), pp. 33-52 in the group
The Renaissance Society of America on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThis article explores the change in dynamics between matter and style in Shakespeare’s way of depicting distress on the early modern stage. During his early years as a dramatist, Shakespeare wrote plays filled with violence and death, but language did not lose its composure at the sight of blood and destruction; it kept on marching to the beat o…[Read more]
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David Amelang deposited David J. Amelang, “’A Broken Voice’: Iconic Distress in Shakespeare’s Tragedies” (Anglia 137.1, 2019), pp. 33-52 in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoThis article explores the change in dynamics between matter and style in Shakespeare’s way of depicting distress on the early modern stage. During his early years as a dramatist, Shakespeare wrote plays filled with violence and death, but language did not lose its composure at the sight of blood and destruction; it kept on marching to the beat o…[Read more]
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David Amelang deposited David J. Amelang, “Playing Gender: Toward a Quantitative Comparison of Female Roles in Lope de Vega and Shakespeare” (Bulletin of the Comediantes 71.1-2, 2019), pp. 119-134 in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 2 months agoOne of the major differences between the otherwise very similar commercial theatrical cultures of early modern Spain and England was that, whereas in England female roles were performed by young, cross-dressed boys, in Spain female performers were prominent in their industry. indeed, actresses in Spain played an active role in the creative process…[Read more]
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Luis Ernesto Paz Enrique deposited Sistema de Superación de las Televisiones Locales para potenciar el Proyecto de Desarrollo Local. Sistematización de Experiencias in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months agoEl libro aborda los principales resultados y características del proyecto científico: Sistema de Superación de las Televisiones Locales para Potenciar el Proyecto de desarrollo Local, cuyo objetivo se enfoca en el municipio de Caibarién. El territorio se selecciona debido a que cuenta con un canal local y en el mismo se implementa el Programa Nac…[Read more]
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Christiane Wagner deposited Art Style, Art & Culture International Magazine, no. 6 in the group
History of Art on Humanities Commons 5 years, 3 months agoArt Style | Art & Culture International Magazine is an open access,
biannual, and peer-reviewed online magazine that aims to bundle cultural
diversity. All values of cultures are shown in their varieties of art. Beyond
the importance of the medium, form, and context in which art takes its
characteristics, we also consider the significance of…[Read more] - Load More
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