The Bayeux Tapestry and the Vikings
How did the Bayeux Tapestry, with its images of Normans and Englishmen, come to be so strongly equated with the legendary Vikings in the popular imagination?
Art and reform in tenth-century Rome – the paintings of S. Maria in Pallara
The medieval wall paintings of the church of S. Maria in Pallara, situated on the Palatine Hill, Rome, provide insight into the intellectual use of images in the Middle Ages. The fragmentary apse programme survives, supplemented by antiquarian drawings that include copies of lost nave cycles and a lost donor portrait of their patron, Petrus Medicus.
Donor Portraits in Late Medieval Venice c.1280-1413
Although the donor portrait was extremely popular throughout Europe and mainland Italy during the late Middle Ages, the few art historians who have addressed the subject have concluded that the motif was not popular in fourteenth-century Venice.
DEMONI SI MACABRU PE CAHLE MEDIEVALE
DEMONI SI MACABRU PE CAHLE MEDIEVALE Gruia, Ana Maria Studia Patzinaka, no. 7, 2008, pp. 7-23 Abstract Cahlele decorate sunt descoperiri arheologice frecvente,…
NOTES AND COMMENTARIES: ONCE AGAIN ABOUT THE SO-CALLED ‘VIKING SHIP’ AT BASARABI-MURFATLAR
NOTES AND COMMENTARIES: ONCE AGAIN ABOUT THE SO-CALLED ‘VIKING SHIP’ AT BASARABI-MURFATLAR Agrigoroaei, Vladimir Studia Patzinaka, 6, 2008, pp.147-152 Abstract One of the…
How the Black Death Affected Painters and Art History
Images of death, tortured souls, and the macabre art produced during the Middle Ages that was highly influenced by the horrors of Black Death.
ARTE E POLITICA OSSERVAZIONI INTORNO A DUE STATUE EQUESTRI MEDIEVALI S. GIORGIO, PRAGA, 1373; S. LADISLAO, ORADEA/ GROSSWARDEIN, 1390
ARTE E POLITICA OSSERVAZIONI INTORNO A DUE STATUE EQUESTRI MEDIEVALI S. GIORGIO, PRAGA, 1373; S. LADISLAO, ORADEA/ GROSSWARDEIN, 1390 Baldescu, Irina Studia Patzinaka,…
Magic in the House Functions of Images on Medieval Stoves Tiles from Transylvania, Moldavia and Walachia
Magic in the House Functions of Images on Medieval Stoves Tiles from Transylvania, Moldavia and Walachia Gruia, Ana Maria Studia Patzinaka, 5, 2007,…
Sirena bicaudată pe cahle medievale Iconografie şi posibile funcţii
Sirena bicaudată pe cahle medievale Iconografie şi posibile funcţii Gruia, Ana Maria Studia Patzinaka, nr. 4 / 2007, pp. 219-257 Abstract O serie…
An Early XIVth Century Depiction of the Transylvanian Saxon Hospites in the Heidelberger and Dresdener Sachsenspiegel ?
An Early XIVth Century Depiction of the Transylvanian Saxon Hospites in the Heidelberger and Dresdener Sachsenspiegel ? Agrigoroaei, Vladimir and Gruia, Ana-Maria Studia…
Sex on the Stove: A Fifteen-century Tile from Banská Bystrica
Sex on the Stove: A Fifteen-century Tile from Banská Bystrica Gruia, Ana Maria Studia Patzinaka, 4/ 2007, pp. 85-122 Abstract Sexuality and eroticism…
Face to face with medieval pottery: Some observations on medieval anthropomorphic pottery in north-east England
Face to face with medieval pottery: Some observations on medieval anthropomorphic pottery in north-east England By Chris Cumberpatch Assemblage: The Sheffield graduate journal…
German and Flemish in the Harad Altarpiece: A Provincial Swedish Work with Far-reaching Connections
German and Flemish in the Harad Altarpiece: A Provincial Swedish Work with Far-reaching Connections By Carol Earl Fornvannen: Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research,…
The Udovice Solidus Pendants: Late 5th Century Evidence of South Scandinavian Mercenaries in the Balkans
The Udovice Solidus Pendants: Late 5th Century Evidence of South Scandinavian Mercenaries in the Balkans By Svante Fischer Fornvannen: Journal of Swedish Antiquarian…
The political function of ‘early Christian’ inscriptions in Wales
The political function of ‘early Christian’ inscriptions in Wales By Hilbert Chiu Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association, Vol. 2 (2006) Abstract:…
A Family Conflict Set in Stone: The story of Henry, eldest son of Henry II of England
A Family Conflict Set in Stone: The story of Henry, eldest son of Henry II of England By Janet Gillepsie Medieval History Magazine,…
Gupta artistic tradition in the reign of Kumaragupta I Mahendraditya, 414-456 A.D.
Gupta artistic tradition in the reign of Kumaragupta I Mahendraditya, 414-456 A.D. By Trudy Jacobsen Access History, Vol. 2:1 (1999) Introduction: The freshness…
The spirituality of Andrei Rublev’s Icon of the Holy Trinity
The spirituality of Andrei Rublev’s Icon of the Holy Trinity By Johannes Reimer Acta Theologica Supplementumm, Vol. 11 (2008) Abstract: This article focuses on…
Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600
Art of the Korean Renaissance, 1400-1600 By Soyoung Lee Yale University Press, 2009 ISBN: 9780300148916 This notable catalogue—the first English-language publication on the…
The Saxon Statement: Code in the Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is thus often largely take at face value, and no serious attemtp seems to have been made to look beyond the work’s representation of the Norman point of view to the possibility that the Saxons who designed and stitched it might have employed covert devices in order to reveal occurences closer to the truth, which the Designer sought to articulare even the some of the facts were suppressed by the Norman conquerors.
The Painted Churches of Northern Moldavia
The Painted Churches of Northern Moldavia By Vlad Bedros European Architectural History Network Newsletter, No.3 (2008) Introduction: When Moldavia joined the Byzantine Commonwealth at the…
City Painters in the Burgundian Netherlands
City Painters in the Burgundian Netherlands By Jacob Wisse Brepols, 2009 ISBN: 978-2-503-51231-0 Around 1400 a new official position was created for artists in several…
Violent Imagery in Late Medieval Piety
Anyone who has done even the most cursory sight-seeing in European churches has encountered the apparent expressionism and morbidity of late medieval piety.
The Book of Kells: A Celtic Treasure
The Book of Kells: A Celtic Treasure Lecture by Timothy Graham Given in June 2008 at the University of New Mexico Timothy Graham’s…
Presenting and Discussing Pietro Perugino, Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter: A Suggested Approach
Presenting and Discussing Pietro Perugino, Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter: A Suggested Approach By Pamela Trimpe Art in Context: 2006–2007 Professional…