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Key Concepts
Book Chapter
Key Concepts
(pp. 29-52)
From:
Creating Distinctions in Dutch Genre Painting: Repetition and Invention
Angela K. Ho
Amsterdam University Press
(2017)
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FIGURINES FROM STROFILAS, ANDROS
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FIGURINES FROM STROFILAS, ANDROS
(pp. 39-52)
From:
Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context
Christina A. Televantou
Oxbow Books
(2017)
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From Agricultural Tool to Identity Symbol: Musical and Socio-Political Change in the Pestle-and-Mortar Music of the Natuna Archipelago, Indonesia
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From Agricultural Tool to Identity Symbol: Musical and Socio-Political Change in the Pestle-and-Mortar Music of the Natuna Archipelago, Indonesia
Margaret Kartomi
Ethnomusicology
, Vol. 61, No. 1 (Winter 2017), pp. 87-114
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The Pleasure of Novelty: Gerard ter Borch’s Innovation
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The Pleasure of Novelty: Gerard ter Borch’s Innovation
(pp. 93-138)
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Creating Distinctions in Dutch Genre Painting: Repetition and Invention
Angela K. Ho
Amsterdam University Press
(2017)
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Pop Art in the GDR: Willy Wolff’s Dialogue with the West
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Pop Art in the GDR: Willy Wolff’s Dialogue with the West
(pp. 57-69)
From:
Art beyond Borders: Artistic Exchange in Communist Europe (1945-1989)
Sigrid Hofer
Edition: NED - New edition, 1
Central European University Press
(2016)
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Succedoque oneri
: Shouldering Responsibility in the
Aeneid
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Succedoque oneri
: Shouldering Responsibility in the
Aeneid
Thomas Rendall
The Classical Journal
, Vol. 112, No. 2 (December 2016–January 2017), pp. 180-195
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River of Paintings
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River of Paintings
(pp. 78-105)
From:
Incidence of Travel: Recent Journeys in Ancient South America
Jerry D. Moore
University Press of Colorado
(2017)
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The Psychology of Schumann’s Faust: Developing the Human Soul
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The Psychology of Schumann’s Faust: Developing the Human Soul
(pp. 137-154)
From:
Music in Goethe's Faust: Goethe's Faust in Music
Christopher Ruth
Edition: NED - New edition
Boydell and Brewer
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Boydell Press
(2017)
Topics:
Unconscious mind
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From Ethnic Brands to Fair Trade Labels
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From Ethnic Brands to Fair Trade Labels
(pp. 174-202)
From:
The Art of Connection: Risk, Mobility, and the Crafting of Transparency in Coastal Kenya
Dillon Mahoney
Edition: 1
University of California Press
(2017)
Topics:
Tourism
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Painted pottery and visual representations at Tell Kurdu
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Painted pottery and visual representations at Tell Kurdu
(pp. 141-151)
From:
Painting Pots – Painting People: Late Neolithic Ceramics in Ancient Mesopotamia
Rana Özbal
Edition: 1st
Oxbow Books
(2017)
Topics:
Excavations
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What happened in prehistory: can sherds speak?
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What happened in prehistory: can sherds speak?
(pp. 162-165)
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Painting Pots – Painting People: Late Neolithic Ceramics in Ancient Mesopotamia
Petr Charvát
Edition: 1st
Oxbow Books
(2017)
Topics:
Checkerboards
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Non-Isochronous Musical Meters: Towards a Multidimensional Model
Journal Article
Non-Isochronous Musical Meters: Towards a Multidimensional Model
Mats Johansson
Ethnomusicology
, Vol. 61, No. 1 (Winter 2017), pp. 31-51
Topics:
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Audio sampling
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Wily women?: On sexual imagery in Dutch art of the seventeenth century
Book Chapter
Wily women?: On sexual imagery in Dutch art of the seventeenth century
(pp. 220-233)
From:
From Revolt to Riches: Culture and History of the Low Countries, 1500–1700
Wayne Franits
UCL Press
(2017)
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Erotic art
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Ducks
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Seventeenth century literature
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Kraus the Mouse?: Kafka’s Late Reading of Die Fackel and the Vagaries of Literary History
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Kraus the Mouse?: Kafka’s Late Reading of Die Fackel and the Vagaries of Literary History
(pp. 71-96)
From:
Nexus 3: Essays in German Jewish Studies
Leo Lensing
Edition: NED - New edition
Boydell and Brewer
,
C. Hurst & Company
(2017)
Topics:
Literary criticism
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German literature
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Idioms
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Images between Religion and Art
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Images between Religion and Art
(pp. 98-126)
From:
Breaking Resemblance: The Role of Religious Motifs in Contemporary Art
Alena Alexandrova
Fordham University
(2017)
Topics:
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Christianity
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Exploring the data: the pottery of Umm Qseir
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Exploring the data: the pottery of Umm Qseir
(pp. 186-200)
From:
Painting Pots – Painting People: Late Neolithic Ceramics in Ancient Mesopotamia
Frank Hole
Edition: 1st
Oxbow Books
(2017)
Topics:
Motifs
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Cream
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Walk Two: Another Hundred People
Book Chapter
Walk Two: Another Hundred People
(pp. 67-95)
From:
Broadway Rhythm: Imaging the City in Song
Dominic Symonds
University of Michigan Press
(2017)
Topics:
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EXAMINING THE PAINT ON CYCLADIC FIGURINES
Book Chapter
EXAMINING THE PAINT ON CYCLADIC FIGURINES
(pp. 491-502)
From:
Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context
Kiki Birtacha
Oxbow Books
(2017)
Topics:
Pigments
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Paints
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Marianne Werefkin in Prerow, 1911: The Periphery as Focus
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Marianne Werefkin in Prerow, 1911: The Periphery as Focus
(pp. 35-47)
From:
Marianne Werefkin and the Women Artists in Her Circle
Kornelia Röder
,
Antonia Napp
Brill
(2017)
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The Bronze Statue of Germanicus from Ameria (Amelia)
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The Bronze Statue of Germanicus from Ameria (Amelia)
John Pollini
American Journal of Archaeology
, Vol. 121, No. 3 (July 2017), pp. 425-437
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Heightened Receptivity: Steppe Objects and Steppe Influences in Royal Tombs of the Western Han Dynasty
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Heightened Receptivity: Steppe Objects and Steppe Influences in Royal Tombs of the Western Han Dynasty
Catrin Kost
Journal of the American Oriental Society
, Vol. 137, No. 2 (April-June 2017), pp. 349-381
Topics:
Steppes
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Tombs
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Han Dynasty
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Bronzes
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Xiongnu
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Kingdoms
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COSMOPOLITAN ARTISTS, FLORENTINE INITIALS, AND THE WYCLIFFITE BIBLE
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COSMOPOLITAN ARTISTS, FLORENTINE INITIALS, AND THE WYCLIFFITE BIBLE
(pp. 46-65)
From:
Europe After Wyclif
Kathleen E. Kennedy
Fordham University
(2017)
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Humanism
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New Testament
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A Niche of One’s Own: Gerrit Dou’s Brand-Building Project
Book Chapter
A Niche of One’s Own: Gerrit Dou’s Brand-Building Project
(pp. 53-92)
From:
Creating Distinctions in Dutch Genre Painting: Repetition and Invention
Angela K. Ho
Amsterdam University Press
(2017)
Topics:
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Epilogue: On Signature Products, Knock-Offs, and Product Lines
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Epilogue: On Signature Products, Knock-Offs, and Product Lines
(pp. 183-190)
From:
Creating Distinctions in Dutch Genre Painting: Repetition and Invention
Angela K. Ho
Amsterdam University Press
(2017)
Topics:
Genre paintings
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Signatures
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Topos versus Topia: Herri met de Bles’s Visual Exegesis of the Parable of the Good Samaritan
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Topos versus Topia: Herri met de Bles’s Visual Exegesis of the Parable of the Good Samaritan
(pp. 359-380)
From:
The Art of Visual Exegesis: Rhetoric, Texts, Images
Michel Weemans
Society of Biblical Literature
(2017)
Topics:
Parables
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Altruism
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