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What kind of math and science resources/background did Norbert Kricke use for his sculpture?
It is well known that Norbert Kricke used the book "Plastik des XX. Jahrhundert" by Carola Giedion-Welcker as a reference and saw his artistic ideas reflected by the text (cf. PhD thesis by ...
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How do art historians study the transactions of art merchants?
My question is the following: I would like to ask how to frame a research paper about transactions of art merchants and their transcription from the accounting book to a research paper. I would like ...
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What's the meaning of a knight fighting a snail in medieval book illustrations?
Someone sent me this really weird picture of a medieval illustration.
It depicted a knight fighting a snail, and was basically a viral snarky commentary about how weird medieval ideas were.
I tried ...
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Earliest use of Renaissance Era innovations in Islamic countries & culture?
Though the title may be vaguely broad, I have two specific things in mind I wanted to ask about.
While I was recently considering the cultural and technological advancements of Europeans in the ...
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