From Duccio's Maestà to Raphael's Transfiguration

From Duccio's Maestà to Raphael's TransfigurationChrista Gardner von Teuffel's essays shed light on the structure and placement of Italian altarpieces from the late medieval and Renaissance periods. Archival research in Florence and Palermo reveals insights into patronage, altarpiece programmes, and the interaction between ecclesiastical and lay patrons, artists, and congregations.

from 2017–21

critical chapters on techniques and meanings ranging from music to spirituality

Mackenzie explores the manifestations of the imperial idea

Abraham ibn Ezra (1089-1164)

or literary rather than historical

and taking a stand on

focusing on Northumbria's cultural impact

but it also serves as a primer for Germanists interested in establishing––or reevaluating––the place of the Gothic in German literary and cultural history

public intellectuals and political practitioners

She paints a portrait of active

movements of protest and the cumulative impact of the First World War

“Four Augustan Science Poets: Abraham Cowley