Rurik / Wikimedia Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 04.03.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – The Princes of Rus 1.1 – Rurik and the Foundation of Rus’ 1.1.1 – Rurik Rurik (also spelled Riurik) was a Varangian chieftain who arrived in the Ladoga region in modern-day Russia in 862. He built the Holmgard settlement[…]
By Dr. Thomas Welskopp / 12.03.2010 Professor of Philosophy and Theology Universität Bielefeld Abstract This article traces the fate of historical comparison in the discipline of history and discusses its function, capacities, and theoretical and methodological foundations. So long as the discipline of history was informed by historicism and thus emphasized individuality, it was profoundly[…]
Left: The Virgin and Child with Saints and Allegorical Figures, about 1315–20, Giotto di Bondone (Italian, about 1267–1337). Tempera and gold leaf on panel. Private Collection. Courtesy of Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York. Right: The Crucifixion, about 1315-20, Giotto di Bondone. Tempera and gold leaf on panel. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, photo M. Bertola Florentine[…]
The Ascension of Christ from the Laudario of Sant’Agnese, about 1340, Pacino di Bonaguida. Tempera and gold on parchment, 17 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (44.4 x 31.8 cm). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 80a, verso By Dr. Christine Sciacca / 09.14.2012 Associate Curator The Walters Art Museum In the early 1300s, 150 years before[…]
Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 04.05.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief 1 – The Middle Kingdom 1.1 – Overview: Art in China The art of China, once known as the Middle Kingdom, arguably has the oldest continuous tradition in the world. In China, the group of states in the central plain was commonly called Zhōngguó (中)[…]
Portrait of a Man, about 100 B.C., found in Delos, Greece. Bronze, white paste, and dark stone, 12 13/16 in. high. The Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs. The National Archaeological Museum, Athens, inv. X 14612. Photo: Marie Mauzy / Art Resource, NY 10 key facts about these rare, unusual, and beautiful artworks.[…]