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Caroline Paganussi deposited ‘A woman of supreme goodness, and a singular talent’: Anna Morandi Manzolini, Artist and Anatomist of Enlightenment Bologna in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoAnna Morandi Manzolini (1714–1774), a Bolognese wax sculptor, overcame humble origins to become one of the most important anatomical artists of the eighteenth century. Working with her husband Giovanni Manzolini (c. 1700–1755), and continuing alone after his death, Morandi created remarkably lifelike and anatomically accurate wax models of the sen…[Read more]
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Caroline Paganussi deposited ‘A woman of supreme goodness, and a singular talent’: Anna Morandi Manzolini, Artist and Anatomist of Enlightenment Bologna in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoAnna Morandi Manzolini (1714–1774), a Bolognese wax sculptor, overcame humble origins to become one of the most important anatomical artists of the eighteenth century. Working with her husband Giovanni Manzolini (c. 1700–1755), and continuing alone after his death, Morandi created remarkably lifelike and anatomically accurate wax models of the sen…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Evolutionary Adaptive Traits: “religions, spirituality are… meaning systems.. acquired through social relationships + Neuroscience: “selectivity…. as a design feature” in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months ago1. Gergen argues that situations which human beings didn’t understand or deal with appropriately would inflict painful lessons – providing a conditioning or predisposition for learning. “In the Darwinian sense, the ability to conceptualize has survival value. To be more specific, concepts are valuable tools in problem solving.” (p.23) “In ess…[Read more]
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Oscar Perea-Rodriguez deposited La controversia judía y judeoconversa en los debates del Cancionero de Baena in the group
Historiography on Humanities Commons 2 years, 7 months agoLos debates literarios son prácticamente consustanciales e intrínsecos a la existencia de la literatura en cualquier lengua y en cualquier cultura, en tanto que «en último término, remiten a condicionamientos pragmáticos humanos» (Chas Aguión 2002 : 59). Por lo que respecta a su inserción en la cultura de la Edad Media hispánica, hay un aspecto i…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited A Sketch of Emotions: Goal striving, Directing attention & selectivity, meaning and making sense in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThere is no doubt whatsoever that emotions are very important and highly significant in the processing of data and information, as well as in the day-to day functioning of the human being. Eric Klinger, whose expertise is in personality psychology and motivation theory, focuses on the influences of motivation and emotion on cognition. Klinger…[Read more]
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Pragya Ranjan deposited Cave of Spleen – a feminist perspective: Status of women in early 18th century England in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months ago“The Rape of the Lock” by Alexander Pope published in 1712 is a mock-heroic narrative which satirically
glorifies trivial incident of cutting of locks of protagonist Belinda. This poem was written in the
Augustan Era (1660-1784) which is marked by the period of scientific reason and rationality, whose
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Mark Beumer deposited A Woman’s Touch. Hygieia, Health and Incubation in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoIn this paper, I argue that Hygieia has to be viewed as a full goddess in Greek religion and medicine, with a special focus on her position within the Asklepios cult. I will examine her identity, to which scholars attribute several labels like goddess, abstraction and personification. I further argue that Hygieia’s role in performing incubation r…[Read more]
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Mark Beumer deposited The Foundation of Anthropology to Ritual Studies in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThe present paper aims to investigate the role of anthropology in the development of Ritual Studies as an inter-disciplinary platform, with a focus on ritual dynamics by using a historiographic description, focusing on thetransition of Greco-Roman to Christian culture. This study attempts to shed light not only on the contributionof anthropology…[Read more]
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Christopher Crosbie deposited Oeconomia and the Vegetative Soul: Rethinking Revenge in The Spanish Tragedy in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months agoThomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy creates a subtle apologia for the “middling sort” by challenging the socially constructed predicates of aristocratic privilege. A scrivener’s son, Kyd undertsood oeconomia, or household management, as both the means for material advancement among the “middling sort” and a potential threat to aristocratic insular…[Read more]
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Christopher Crosbie deposited “The Comedy of Errors, Haecceity, and the Metaphysics of Individuation” in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoExamines Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors and the epistemological challenges of differentiating twins in light of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, specifically his theories of substance and individuation.
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Pramod Ranjan deposited कोविड पश्चात दुनिया और बहुजन कार्यकर्ताओं की ज़िम्मेदारी in the group
Medical Humanities on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoइस आलेख में मैंने देखने की कोशिश कि कोविड की रोकथाम के लिए उठाए गए अतिरेकपूर्ण कदमों के कारण दुनिया में क्या स्थितियाँ उत्पन्न होने वाली हैं। विशेष तौर पर सामाजिक वंचना झेल रहे मानव-समुदायों पर इसका क्या प्रभाव पड़ने वाला है। आलेख में भारत के उन शोषित समुदायों को केंद्र में रखा गया है, जो भारतीय आबादी का बहुसंख्यक हिस्सा हैं। इस बहुसंख्या में…[Read more]
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Christopher Crosbie deposited Refashioning Fable through the Baconian Essay: De sapientia veterum and Mythologies of the Early Modern Natural Philosopher in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoShortly after publishing the first edition of his Essays in 1597, Francis Bacon drafted De sapientia veterum, a series of unpublished essays designed to re-read classical mythology as indicative of political and scientific truths. An early, if partial, expression of Bacon’s project to facilitate mastery over the natural order, De sapientia has c…[Read more]
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Christopher Crosbie deposited “’Strange Serious Wantoning:’ Early Modern Chess Manuals and the Ethics of Virtuous Subterfuge in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 9 months agoThis essay examines English Renaissance chess manuals in order to understand why chess, a game that encourages subterfuge and stratagem, was nonetheless figured as the paradigmatic example of a virtuous pastime. Particular attention is given to da Odenara Damiano’s The Pleasaunt and Wittie Playe of the Cheasts (1564), Arthur Saul’s The Famous Gam…[Read more]
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