Witches presenting wax dolls to the devil, featured in The History of Witches and Wizards (1720) / (Wellcome Library) Jon Crabb on the witch-craze of Early Modern Europe, and how the concurrent rise of the mass-produced woodcut helped forge the archetype of the broom-riding crone — complete with cauldron and cats — so familiar today.[…]
Figure 1: Map of the Roman Empire at its greatest extent under Trajan By Marissa Gelms / 12.04.2015 University of Washington Introduction The Roman Empire began in the 8th century BCE rising to power and becoming the most powerful and influential body up until about the 5th century CE (Hammond and Devlin, 2001). Over the[…]
An artist’s depiction of the ‘shibboleth incident.’ Detail from art by H. de Blois, from The Bible and Its Story Taught by One Thousand Picture Lessons, vol. 3, edited by Charles F. Horne and Julius A. Bewer, 1908 By Dr. Brian Lennon / 05.03.2017 Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature Director, Digital Culture and[…]
Tumulus II of Melone del Sodo at Cortona. Detail of Staircase. / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Ingrid M. Edlund-Berry Professor Emeritus of Classics University of Texas at Austin Etruscan Studies 9:5 (2002), 37-43 In 1965 Lucy T. Shoe published the results of her research on Etruscan and Republican Roman Mouldings, begun in the 1930s and[…]
Apollo Crowning Himself (detail), 1781–82, Antonio Canova. Marble, 33 3/8 in. high. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 95.SA.71. Digital image courtesy of the Getty’s Open Content Program From symbol of victory to Snapchat filter, wreaths of leaves and flowers have had symbolic meaning in Western culture for over 2,000 years By Emily Carruthers / 05.04.2017[…]