Madonna and Child Surrounded by Angels (detail), 1454–56, Jean Fouquet. Oil on panel, 36 1/4 x 32 7/8 in. Courtesy of Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen. Image © www.lukasweb.be–Art in Flanders vzw, photo Dominique Provost A new exhibition and book explore the complexity of the nude in Renaissance art and the controversies it provoked, revealing[…]
Antonio Pollaiuolo, Battle of Ten Nudes (or Battle of Nude Men), c. 1465, engraving, 15-1/8 x 23-3/16″ / 38.4 x 58.9 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Antonio Pollaiuolo’s Battle of Ten Nudes has been called the single most important engraving in European history. By Christine Zappella / 08.09.2015 PhD Student in Medieval and Early Modern Art University of Chicago Antonio Pollaiuolo’s Battle[…]
Ladies of a Mandarin’s family at cards, by Thomas Allom (1843) / Wikimedia Commons The emergence of nature tourism in early medieval China can be attributed to four major factors. By Dr. Libo Yan / 06.25.2018 Associate Professor Macau University of Science and Technology Introduction The origins of tourism have been a fascinating area for[…]
This article provides a clue on China’s criminal policy on lenient punishments in history, including the Confucianization of law and the alternatives to punishments in imperial era, the attack on Confucianism and the praise of the legalism in Mao era, and the shifts of criminal policy since reform and opening up, which may shed light[…]
Altarpiece at Tallinna Niguliste, Estonia The Reformation, imported from Germany, reached Livonia fairly quickly. The key themes in Livonian history in the first half of the 16th century are the Reformation, relations with Russia in foreign policy and the activity of the Master of the Order, Wolter von Plettenberg, in domestic affairs. At the beginning of[…]
Miracle of the Cross at the Bridge of San Lorenzo, by Gentile Bellini (1500) / Gallerie dell’Accademia, Wikimedia Commons How people imbued supernatural action into events to position themselves in their social landscape. By Dr. Kiril Petkov Professor of History University of Wisconsin River Falls Abstract This article analyzes two miracles, which a fragment of the True Cross[…]