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History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology

William & Mary

2012

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Nature Discerned: Providence And Perspective In Gilles Van Coninxloo’S Sylva, Catherine Levesque Jan 2012

Nature Discerned: Providence And Perspective In Gilles Van Coninxloo’S Sylva, Catherine Levesque

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Maximizing Archaeology's Relevance To Its Publics Through A Pragmatist Framework, Kelley Marie Walter Jan 2012

Maximizing Archaeology's Relevance To Its Publics Through A Pragmatist Framework, Kelley Marie Walter

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Booze At The Brothel: Alcohol-Related Artifacts And Their Use In Performance At The 27/29 Endicott Street Brothel, Amanda B. Johnson Jan 2012

Booze At The Brothel: Alcohol-Related Artifacts And Their Use In Performance At The 27/29 Endicott Street Brothel, Amanda B. Johnson

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"Excellent Clay For Pots": An Archaeological And Microscopic Investigation Of Barbadian Redware During The Early Colonial Era, Erik Andre Siedow Jan 2012

"Excellent Clay For Pots": An Archaeological And Microscopic Investigation Of Barbadian Redware During The Early Colonial Era, Erik Andre Siedow

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Truth In Painting—Comedic Resolution In Bruegel’S Landscape With The Magpie On The Gallows, Catherine Levesque Jan 2012

Truth In Painting—Comedic Resolution In Bruegel’S Landscape With The Magpie On The Gallows, Catherine Levesque

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Dwelling on the rich interconnections between parody and festivity in humanist thought and popular culture alike, the essays in this volume delve into the nature and the meanings of festive laughter as it was conceived of in early modern art. The concept of 'carnival' supplies the main thread connecting these essays. Bound as festivity often is to popular culture, not all the topics fit the canons of high art, and some of the art is distinctly low-brow and occasionally ephemeral; themes include grobianism and the grotesque, scatology, popular proverbs with ironic twists, and a wide range of comic reversals, some …


I'M Really Just An American: The Archaeological Importance Of The Black Towns In The American West And Late-Nineteenth Century Constructions Of Blackness, Shea Aisha Winsett Jan 2012

I'M Really Just An American: The Archaeological Importance Of The Black Towns In The American West And Late-Nineteenth Century Constructions Of Blackness, Shea Aisha Winsett

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To And From Places Beyond: Examining Low-Fired Coarse Earthenwares And Informal Trade Networks Among Enslaved Bermudians In The 18th And 19th Centuries, Sarah Helen Zimmet Jan 2012

To And From Places Beyond: Examining Low-Fired Coarse Earthenwares And Informal Trade Networks Among Enslaved Bermudians In The 18th And 19th Centuries, Sarah Helen Zimmet

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No abstract provided.