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From about 2000 BCE onward, Egypt served as an important nexus for cultural exchange in the eastern Mediterranean, importing and exporting not just wares but also new artistic techniques and styles. Egyptian, Greek, and Roman craftsmen imitated one another's work, creating cultural and artistic (...)

Renaissance sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni (ca. 1440-1491) was a student of Donatello, a teacher of Michelangelo, and a favourite of Lorenzo de' Medici "il Magnifico," his principal patron. Bertoldo was one of the first sculptors to create statuettes in bronze. With an overview of the artist's (...)

Este volumen propone una exploración visual y simbólica de la naturaleza, en este caso del reino animal. Inspirado en los antiguos bestiarios ?aquellos compendios ilustrados que, más que estudiar a los animales con rigor científico, extraían de ellos significados morales y espirituales?, Bestiaria (...)