Today, when a whale of any kind (what Ryan Gregg often calls “cetaceous units”) gets stranded on a beach, support is mobilized to keep the animal hydrated and to prepare the creature for return to the [...] Read More
Miscellaneous
Mary, Mother of God. Devotion and Doctrine in the Visual Arts, 1450-1700.
Numerous books survey with images the history of concepts about the Virgin Mary.[1] Yet the editors of this probing new volume have addressed both Marian theology as a source for visual topics in [...] Read More
Fantasmagorie. Streghe, demoni e tentazioni nell’arte fiamminga e olandese del Seicento
The European fascination with the various manifestations of witches, demons and evil temptations seems endless; it generated a flourishing production of imagery that was supported by literary culture. [...] Read More
Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality
In 1525, the market price of a tapestry like “Honor” (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015.396) – made for Érard de la Marck, Prince-Bishop of Liège – would approximate 108 years of a laborer’s wage. A [...] Read More
Household Servants and Slaves: A Visual History, 1300–1700
Household Servants and Slaves: A Visual History, 1300–1700 follows a line of enquiry on the under-represented in European society and art that the author Diane Wolfthal, professor emerita of art [...] Read More
Landscape and Earth in Early Modernity: Picturing Unruly Nature
This multi-author volume edited by Christine Göttler and Mia M. Mochizuki is a welcome addition to the environmental humanities. As its title suggests, the book draws our attention to differences [...] Read More