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Double Book Review: Danielle Joyner, Painting The Hortus Deliciarum: Medieval Women, Wisdom, And Time (University Park, Pa: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2016), Nathaniel M. Campbell

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Joe Sartor: Morehead Mind Games, Kentucky Folk Art Center, Joe Sartor

Kentucky Folk Art Center Exhibition Catalogs

2017 Kentucky Folk Art Center exhibition catalog of artist Joe Sartor.

The Lighthouse At Pharos - A Narrative, Curtis Baker

Tenor of Our Times

This paper seeks to tell a story, a story of the colossal lighthouse of Pharos built outside a grand city as acknowledgement to and evidence of the prosperity and significance of Alexandria. Detailed accounts of the wealth and role of Alexandria, Ptolemy 1, Sostratus, and other contextual information is provided. Additionally, a synthesis of the various accounts regarding the dimensions and features of the lighthouse provides readers an view into the significance of one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Full Instructions In Needle-Work Of All Kinds Godey's Magazine And Lady's Book

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

The material that follows appeared in Godey’s Magazine and Lady’s Book for 1858 (vol. 50, pp. 169-170) as part of a series of articles presenting “Full Instructions in Needle-Work of All Kinds.” It is reprinted here in that it offers contemporary insight into the major categories of beads used in needle work during the mid-19th century in the United States.

Mainland Chinese Export Beadwork, Valerie Hector

BEADS: Journal of the Society of Bead Researchers

For centuries China has exported its products around the world. Chinese export porcelain, silverware, lacquerware, glassware, furnishings, textiles, and paintings have been documented in countless publications. Other categories are less well documented. Thanks to Peter Francis and other researchers, we know that China has been exporting glass beads for centuries as well. Little is known about Chinese export beadwork, a category that did not formally exist until 2007, when Hwei-Fe’n Cheah hypothesized that, in the late 19th or early 20th century, China exported beadwork to Southeast Asia’s Peranakan Chinese market. Here I expand the scope of this emerging field of …

“Der Faden Soll Nicht Reißen, Während Ich Meine Dichtung Webe…”: Zum Metaphorischen Gebrauch Von Textilterminologie Im Rigveda, Stefan Niederreiter,

Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD

Wenn man sich als historisch-vergleichender Sprachwissenschaftler mit einem speziellen realienkundlichen Thema einer ausgewählten Epoche einer altindogermanischen Sprache beschäftigt, so ist man aus Erfahrung darauf gefasst, dass Informationen zumeist lückenhaft vorhanden sind und die Erschließung der Texte mit den unterschiedlichsten philologischen und linguistischen Schwierigkeiten verbunden sein kann. Trägt man das Erkenntnisinteresse textilterminologischer Fragestellungen an den ältesten indischen Text, den Rigveda (RV), heran, liegt es schon an der Textsorte der für rituelle Zwecke bestimmten sacerdotalen Dichtung, dass Informationen zur handwerklichen Praxis des Webens allenfalls verstreut, beiläufig und dann vor allem in poetischen Metaphern den vedischen Hymnen zu entnehmen sind. Aber gerade der …

Purple And Its Various Kinds In Documentary Papyri, Ines Bogensperger

Textile Terminologies from the Orient to the Mediterranean and Europe, 1000 BC to 1000 AD

The colour purple evokes an inestimable, priceless luxury in our understanding. It almost belongs in a legendary world along with other exquisite goods. Purple is seen as example par excellence for a symbol of social status, a token of prestige. A significant study on the importance of purple has brought to light the persistent desire for this colour throughout the Greek and Roman world.2 Literary sources from Roman times provide us quite comprehensive information on the colour and its sources. The most often quoted author is doubtlessly Caius Plinius Secundus, known as Pliny the Elder, who compiled specialist knowledge in …

Rock, Paper, Chisel, 3d Printer: Teaching Medieval Art With Technology, Alexandra Dodson

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Teacher/Student: Technology As A Basis For Centrifugal Learning That “Goes Both Ways,” Part 2, Lauralee Brott

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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A Fortunate Alignment Of The Spheres: Overcoming The Problems Of Integrating 3d Into Daily Practice, Anthony Masinton

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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Guide To The Raymond Brandes Papers, Raymond Brandes

University Records

The Raymond Brandes papers largely pertain to Brandes' work as University of San Diego Dean of Graduate and Continuing Education, particularly related to his involvement with Archaeology courses. Under Brandes' direction, USD offered an Archaeology Technician Program to USD students, graduates, and community members. These included genealogy, historic site survey, and historic site preservation courses. Brandes led many of these courses with USD colleague James Moriarty. These records include fliers and brochures for the archaeology courses as well as correspondence and planning materials. Also included are materials Brandes collected to assist students beyond their graduation from USD. These materials include …

Direct Radiocarbon Dating Of Fish Otoliths From Mulloway (Argyrosomus Japonicus) And Black Bream (Acanthopagrus Butcheri) From Long Point, Coorong, South Australia, M Disspain, L Wallis, S Fallon, M Sumner, C St George, C Wilson, D Wright, B Gillanders, S Ulm

Arts Papers and Journal Articles

Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dates (n=20) determined on fish otoliths from mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) and black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri) are reported from five sites at Long Point, Coorong, South Australia. The dates range from 2938–2529 to 326–1 cal. BP, extending the known period of occupation of Long Point. Previous dating at the sites indicated intensive occupation of the area from 2455–2134 cal. BP. Results provide a detailed local chronology for the region, contributing to a more comprehensive understanding of Aboriginal use of Ngarrindjeri lands and waters. This study validates the use of fish otoliths for …

Windows To The Divine: The Development Of Byzantine Art, Sam Klein

Tenor of Our Times

Byzantine art took significant inspiration form its Greco-Roman heritage but then distinguished itself through a shift in focus away from Hellenic realism and towards formal abstractions of Christian motifs. These conventions developed alongside political and theological turbulence to eventually influence a vast area of Asia Minor and Eastern Europe.

Metamorphosis Of Love: Eros As Agent In Revolutionary And Post-Revolutionary France, Jennifer N. Laffick

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis chronicles the god of love, Eros, and the shifts of function and imagery associated with him. Between the French Revolution and the fall of Napoleon, Eros’s portrayals shift from the Rococo’s mischievous infant revealer of love to a beautiful adolescent in love, more specifically, in love with Psyche. In the 1790s, with Neoclassicism in full force, the literature of antiquity was widely read by the upper class. Ancient Greek texts reveal an important facet of the god of desire; the fact that he is an agent, if not the patron, for homosexual, homoerotic love. This aspect of Eros …

Subjects Of The Gaze: Rubens And His Female Portraits, Gabrielle C. Van Ravenswaay

Honors Undergraduate Theses

My paper investigates Peter Paul Rubens’ female portraits in terms of the male and female gaze, psychoanalytic analysis, and historical context. My research will support the idea that Rubens painted women in a sexualized manner based on what Foucault coins the male gaze.^[1] The paintings evaluated in this project include portraits of Rubens’ wives, Isabella Brandt and Helene Fourment, and portraits of wealthy patrons such as Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria, Anne of Austria, and Marie de’ Medici. It is incorrect to view these paintings as pure, complete depictions of identity because women in this time were always defined and …

Welcome To The Autumn 2017 Issue Of Peregrinations: Journal Of Medieval Art & Architecture, Sarah Blick, Brad Hostetler

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Digital Tools And The Pedagogy Of Early Medieval Visual Culture, Kaelin Jewell

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Remembrance Of Things Past: Recreating The Lost World Of Medieval Pilgrimage To St. Thomas Becket In Canterbury And The Use Of Digital Media In Public Access, Louise Hampson

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Modeling The Norwich Cathedral Cloister Bosses: Sculpture, Photogrammetry And The Mobile Spectator, Robert Hawkins

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Heidi C. Gearhart, Theophilus And The Theory And Practice Of Medieval Art (University Park, Pa: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2017), Laurence Terrier Aliferis

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Karen C. Pinto, Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration (Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 2016), Marina Tolmacheva

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

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Book Review: Glyn Davies And Eleanor Townsend, Eds., A Reservoir Of Ideas: Essays In Honour Of Paul Williamson (London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2017), Katherine Sedovic

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Teacher/Student: Technology As A Basis For Centrifugal Learning That “Goes Both Ways,” Part 1, Mickey Abel

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

The Byzantine Scholar’S Digital Portfolio, A.L. Mcmichael

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

The Digital Pilgrim Project: 3d Modeling And Gis Mapping Medieval Badges At The British Museum, Amy Jeffs, Gabriel Byng

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Elina Gertsman, Worlds Within: Opening The Medieval Shrine Madonna (University Park, Pa: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2015), Julia Perratore

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Book Review: John Marciani, Ed., Hans Memling: Portraiture, Piety, And A Reunited Altarpiece (London: The Flemish Research Centre For The Arts In The Burgundian Netherlands, Musea Brugge, And The Morgan Library & Museum, New York In Association With Paul Holberton Publishing, 2016), Jeanne Nuechterlein

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Discoveries, Clara Pinchbeck

Peregrinations: Journal of Medieval Art and Architecture

No abstract provided.

Lost & Found, Owen Gottlieb, Ian Schreiber, Kelly Murdoch-Kitt

Presentations and other scholarship

Lost & Found is a strategy card-to-mobile game series that teaches medieval religious legal systems with attention to period accuracy and cultural and historical context.

The Lost & Found games project seeks to expand the discourse around religious legal systems, to enrich public conversations in a variety of communities, and to promote greater understanding of the religious traditions that build the fabric of the United States. Comparative religious literacy can build bridges between and within communities and prepare learners to be responsible citizens in our pluralist democracy.

The first game in the series is a strategy game called Lost & …