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If weddings are the most lavish events in many parts of the world, in Sub-Saharan Africa, by contrast, it is funerals. Funeral celebrations can be flamboyant occasions, particularly those honoring prominent people. Artworks of many kinds are created to commemorate the dead from mortuary sculptures (...)

Desde sus primeras manifestaciones en las catacumbas de Roma y hasta nuestros días, los relatos evangélicos han sido una de las principales fuentes de inspiración para la historia del arte occidental y su conocimiento es indispensable para entender dos milenios de arte, incluyendo gran parte del (...)

In the East, some plants have been imbued with a special meaning and symbolism beyond their natural properties. This book presents a series of beautifully hand-drawn plates of oriental plants.

Il numero doppio della rivista 'storica' dedicata all'arte del Seicento a Napoli con saggi di Renato Ruotolo, Lucia Giorgi, Riccardo Naldi, Lorenzo Principi, Lother Sickel, Giuseppe Porzio, Bianca Stranieri, Nadia Bastogi, Miriam Di Penta, Mauro Vincenzo Fontana, Antonia Liberto, Clara Gelao, (...)