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The Artistic Patronage of the Augustinian Friars in Central Italy (1256-c. 1370)
(2020-07-18)Since the inception of Renaissance scholarship in the late 1800s, the mendicant orders of friars – above all the Franciscans – have been considered pivotal for the artistic and urban renewal underway in Italy from the 1200s ... -
Recovering the lost context of the Roverella altarpiece by Cosmè Tura. The Olivetan church of San Giorgio fuori le mura in Ferrara
(2020-05)This thesis aims to recover the original context of the Pala Roverella by Cosmè Tura, rightly considered the apex of the Ferrarese figurative culture of the late Quattrocento. The Olivetan conventual church of San Giorgio ... -
The Aesthetics of Censorship and the Russian Avant-Garde: Abstraction Beyond Art
(2020-10-01)This thesis reconsiders the art of the Russian avant-garde by exploring its engagement with, influence from and contribution towards an unconventional area of culture: censorship. Although extensive research has already ... -
Picture-books, Politics & Pedagogy: Illustrating Histories for a Young Reader, 1338-40 (British Library, Egerton MS 3028)
(2020-04-25)Egerton MS 3028 (dated 1338-40, hereafter Egerton) contains three illustrated Anglo- Norman poems: the Roman de Brut (Wace’s translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain) and two Fierabras narratives, ...
