Browsing Ausgabe 2.2011 / Renaissance by Subject "philosophers in art"

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2011-06-23Zeitschriftenartikel

A Conflation of Characters: The Portrayal of Aristotle and Averroës as Jews in a Venetian Incunabulum

Karem, Marina Del Negro

This article examines the illustrations on the frontispieces of a two-volume incunabulum printed in Venice in 1483 in which the artist Girolamo da Cremona represented Averroës, Aristotle and other philosophers as Jews. ...
2011-06-23Zeitschriftenartikel

The Marble Philosophers and the search for pia sapientia

Dressen, Angela

Central to the design of the Siena cathedral pavement is the Mountain of Wisdom. It is located among Sages like Hermes Trismegistus and the Sibyls. Originating in a larger study of the roles of Neoplatonic, Gnostic and ...