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Degeneration and Regeneration in Literature and the Arts

After the Roman empire fell, medieval Europe continued to be fascinated by Rome itself, the ”chief of cities”. Once the hub of empire, in the early medieval period Rome became an important centre f …

A Natural Theology of the Arts contends that the arts are theological by their very nature and not simply when they are explicitly religious – thereby constituting a distinctive kind of ”natural the …

The art and text tend to complement each other. Some reviews as seen from a larger format, first printing of this book through another site. *rosssm I thought I loved page 18 best, but on reflection, …

When thinking about the Mediterranean, Fernand Braudel”s haunting words resound like an echo of the sea and its millenary history. From Prehistory until today, the Mediterranean has been setting, wi …

The map, as it appears in Gilles Deleuze”s writings, is a concept guiding the exploration of new territories, no matter how abstract. With the advent of new media and digital technologies, contempor …

Caravaggio was one of the most important Italian painters of the 17th century. He was, in fact, the wellspring of Baroque painting. In Hibbard”s words, Caravaggio”s paintings ‘speak to us more pers …

Since young male players were the norm during the English Renaissance, were all cross-dressed performances of female characters played with the same degree of seriousness? Probably not. Spectrums of …

This edited collection explores the intersection of historical studies and the artistic representation of the past in the long nineteenth century. The case studies provide not just an account of the …

Contemporary Photography and Theory offers an essential overview of some of the key critical debates in fine art photography today. Building on a foundational understanding of photography, it offers …

Janis Birkeland presents the innovative new paradigm of ”Positive Development” in which the built environment provides greater life quality, health, amenity and safety for all without sacrificing r …