In the beginning of the 20th century new theories on the importance of fakes in art have appeared. Aesthetics, art history, culture sciences, sociology, economic and legal studies, interdisciplinary approaches and academic ...

Im Zentrum der folgenden Ausführungen steht eine augenscheinlich spätromanisch-protogotische Holzmadonna aus dem Augsburger Kunstauktionsmarkt (sog. Augsburger Madonna), welche die oberschwäbisch-spätromanische, in die ...

During the last years of the 16th c. the Venetian printing industry was still one of the major economic sectorsin the city, but production had dwindled to levels inferior to those of the middle years of the century because ...

This paper shows how Francesco Sansovino’s visual strategies for presenting Dante’s Commedia contribute to our knowledge about the publication and reception of Dante’s works in the mid-sixteenth century. Current scholarship ...

This text can be considered among a number of recent statements regarding digital art history. It serves as a contribution to an ongoing discussion, certainly not as an exhaustive analysis of the field or its history. The ...

In the increasingly polarized historiography of the printing industry of Venice, the workshop established by Giovanni Andrea Vavassore around 1515 offers a refreshing perspective on the role of the minor publisher in the ...

Die Kopie in der niederländischen Kunst der Frühen Neuzeit ist ein großes, spannendes und momentan viel diskutiertes Feld. Dieser Beitrag gibt einen kleinen Einblick in die Antwerpener Kunstsammler-Szene im frühen 16. Jhd. ...

The paper deals with the oddities and peculiarities of critical history of a bronze bust representing Francesco del Nero (1487−1563), papal treasurer in the pontificate of Clement VII de Medici. Formerly in the ...

Historical sources, such as the account books of Renaissance bankers offer valuable information about relationship between artists and commissioners. Yet, it is not easy to use such sources in identifying works of art and ...