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0040 Tamar Cholcman, Views of Peace and Prosperity – Hopes for Autonomy and Self-Government, Antwerp 1599

In Flanders, the Entry of a new ruler into one of the cities of his domain transformed the urban landscape into a visual pamphlet. The triumphal procession of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella into Antwerp in 1599 [...]

0039 Anne Gregersen, Challenging the Precepts of Modernism: The Late Work of J.F. Willumsen

The late work of the Danish artist J.F. Willumsen (1863-1958) has until recently largely been marginalized and deemed kitsch, of poor quality and "odd". As opposed to the canonization of his earlier work, [...]

0038 Michał Haake, The symbolism of Adam Asnyk with Muse by Jacek Malczewski

The essay's goal is to interpret Jacek Malczewski's picture Adam Asnyk with Muse (1894-1897) as a symbolic work. The main argument is that the painting does not depict [...]

0037 Bregje Hofstede, Phonemes, Graphemes, Dabs of Paint: Roman Jakobson, the Russian avant-garde and the search for the shared basic elements of painting and poetry

The subject of this paper is the supposed affinity between painting and poetry as theorised by the linguist Roman Jakobson who played a crucial role for the Russian avant-garde [...]

0036 Sigrid Epp, Applausi festivi barriera – der Festumzug des Münchner Hofes zu Ehren Kaiser Leopolds I. im Jahr 1658

In 1658 a festive procession was held by the Bavarian Prince-elector to celebrate the new emperor Leopold I. Reconstructing such early modern court festivals is often difficult, if not impossible, since [...]

0035 Ljerka Dulibić and Iva Pasini Tržec, New information on the 19th century provenance of Albertinelli's Old Testament cycle

Analysis of the correspondence of Bishop J. J. Strossmayer and his agents, and of W. Buchanan and his agents, has provided new evidence of the 19th century provenance of Mariotto Albertinelli's paintings [...]