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Fig. 1: Bacchus and the Mount Vesuvius, Fresco, Pompeii, House of the Centenary, AD 68–79, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, (Photo © Fotografica Foglia, Naples)

Volcano Lovers: Exhibition review, Hypo Kunsthalle, Munich, November 2013 – 23 March 2014

November 29, 2013 | Artifacts of Material History | no comments

Fig. 1: Bacchus and Mount Vesuvius, Fresco, Pompeii, House of the Centenary, AD 68–79, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, (Photo © Fotografica Foglia, Naples) By Andrea M. Gáldy, Exhibitions and Museum Editor -  When life was suddenly...

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Mosaic Image of Justinian, 6th. c, from San Vitale, Ravenna (Image in public domain)

Archaeology of the Law: Antonio Agustín’s Antiquarian Interests

October 31, 2013 | Classics | no comments

  Mosaic Image of Justinian, 6th. c, from San Vitale, Ravenna (Image in public domain) By Andrea M. Gáldy - Archbishop Antonio Agustín y Albanel (1517-1586) died on 31 May 1586 at Tarragona, a city of notable traditions both as the Roman...

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Vasily Sitnikov, Russian Monastery, 1971, 88 x 128 cm (Sotheby's)

Cultural Diplomacy and Soviet Art

September 30, 2013 | Art | no comments

Vasily Sitnikov, Russian Monastery, 1971, 88 x 128 cm (Sotheby’s) By Allison Rath -  When Norton Dodge (1927-2011) first traveled to the Soviet Union in 1955 to study the economic role of Russian women, he encountered the underground...

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Abbazia di Novacella, Courtyard with painted well tableaux (Photo P. Hunt 2013)

Seven Wonders of the World at Abbazia di Novacella

August 30, 2013 | Art | no comments

Abbazia di Novacella, Varna, central courtyard with painted well frescoes (Photo P. Hunt 2013) By Patrick Hunt -  The Abbazia di Novacella is in the South Tyrolean municipality of Varna (Varhn), surrounded by its monastery vineyards above...

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Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath, 1609-10, 125 x 101 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome (image in public domain)

Caravaggio’s Darkness: A Sinner’s Reputation with a Saint’s Heart

July 30, 2013 | Art | no comments

  Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath, 1609-10, 125 x 101 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome (image in public domain) By Kristine Wendt - One of the most elusive art historical biographies belongs to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. ...

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Fig. 1: Bacchus and the Mount Vesuvius, Fresco, Pompeii, House of the Centenary, AD 68–79, Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, (Photo © Fotografica Foglia, Naples)
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Volcano Lovers: Exhibition review, Hypo Kunsthalle, Munich, November 2013 – 23 March 2014

Artifacts of Material History | November 29, 2013

By Andrea M. Gáldy, Exhibitions and Museum Editor -  When life was suddenly brought to a halt and encapsulated in 79 AD, the people caught up in the catastrophe cannot have been entirely surprised by Vesuvius erupting. The earthquake of February 62 AD alone might have been a wake-up call. For long periods the volcano […]

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Mosaic Image of Justinian, 6th. c, from San Vitale, Ravenna (Image in public domain)
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Archaeology of the Law: Antonio Agustín’s Antiquarian Interests

Classics | October 31, 2013

  By Andrea M. Gáldy – Archbishop Antonio Agustín y Albanel (1517-1586) died on 31 May 1586 at Tarragona, a city of notable traditions both as the Roman capital of Hispania Citerior, then Hispania Tarraconensis and as the seat of one of the oldest archdioceses in Spain, established even before the martyrdom of Bishop St. […]

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Vasily Sitnikov, Russian Monastery, 1971, 88 x 128 cm (Sotheby's)
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Cultural Diplomacy and Soviet Art

Art | September 30, 2013

By Allison Rath -  When Norton Dodge (1927-2011) first traveled to the Soviet Union in 1955 to study the economic role of Russian women, he encountered the underground nonconformist art world in Moscow with the clandestine help of artist Valery Kuznetsov. Moved by the art he saw, Dodge would spend the next thirty years (1956-86) traveling […]

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Abbazia di Novacella, Courtyard with painted well tableaux (Photo P. Hunt 2013)
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Seven Wonders of the World at Abbazia di Novacella

Art | August 30, 2013

By Patrick Hunt -  The Abbazia di Novacella is in the South Tyrolean municipality of Varna (Varhn), surrounded by its monastery vineyards above the Isarco (Eisack) River. South Tyrol was part of Austria until 1919 but is now Italy. The Abbazia is steeped in history, from its medieval foundation around 1142 to its Baroque embellishments. […]

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Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath, 1609-10, 125 x 101 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome (image in public domain)
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Caravaggio’s Darkness: A Sinner’s Reputation with a Saint’s Heart

Art | July 30, 2013

  By Kristine Wendt – One of the most elusive art historical biographies belongs to Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.  Having pieced together his biography from police records alone, historians have classified Caravaggio as violent, irascible, and quick to draw his sword.  Moreover, surviving contemporary biographies, covetous and biased, have further skewed scholarly views, even suggesting […]

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Wolgang Amadeus Mozart, posthumous 1819 Barbara Krafft (Image public domain)
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Mozart and Mathematics

Controversies | June 30, 2013

By Patrick Hunt – In the great scheme of things theoretical, one might suppose that Classical music composition could be perceived as applied mathematics. Can ordered melody and harmonics and other elements in chord progressions somehow approach something like emotional equations, however subtle or sublime as in the case of Mozart or Bach or other […]

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Entrance to the terrace of the Shwedagon Pagoda from the south east corner (photo Catherine Clover 2012)
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Burma’s Legendary Shwedagon Pagoda: A Pilgrimage Site for the Faithful

Traditions | June 28, 2013

By Catherine Clover – Never have I been so impressed by a place as I was entering Burma (also known as Myanmar) for the first time. The trip was especially significant on a personal level, as the week prior Aung San Suu Kyi had been to the University of Oxford and was honored at Encaenia […]

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John Singer Sargent, Atlas and the Hesperides, 1922-5, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
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Dreams and the Psyche Through an Ancient Lens

Classics | May 22, 2013

Katherine Joplin -  The study of the psyche is generally considered a relatively modern form of science. One thinks of 20th century archetype thinkers like Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, who founded psychoanalysis and the beginnings of modern psychology. However, the actual term “psyche” has a much older origin, and was in use long before […]

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Wat Xieng Thong, or the Golden Temple, Luang Prabang (photo Catherine Clover, 2013)
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Retracing the Route: Mekong Exploration Commission (1866-68) to the Pak Ou Caves from Luang Prabang

Traditions | May 20, 2013

By Catherine Clover – “In so far as Luang Prabang is like any other place, it is perhaps a little like an Austrian mountain village, with palms instead of pines”. Andrew Graham, Interval in IndoChina, London, 1956 [1]. Sitting atop the bank of the Mekong in Northern Laos is the peaceful, sleepy town of Luang […]

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Pan Figure on Cabinet in Pompeian Style, Carlo Marchiori (Photo P.F. Sommerfeldt, 2012)
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The Genius of Carlo Marchiori

Art | April 1, 2013

Pan Figure on Cabinet in Pompeian Style, Carlo Marchiori (Photo P.F. Sommerfeldt, 2012) By P. F. Sommerfeldt -  Carlo Marchiori’s riotous imagination brings us back to 18th century Venice when everything was in excess, full of Baroque opulence. Born in Rossano near Venice in 1937and trained in Padua and Venice, Marchiori has been long recognized […]

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