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Allusions and Reflections : Greek and Roman Mythology in Renaissance Europe
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Samlingsverk (redaktörskap) (refereegranskat)abstract
- In June 2012, scholars from a number of disciplines and countries gathered in Stockholm to discuss the representation of ancient mythology in Renaissance Europe. This symposium was an opportunity for the participants to cross disciplinary borders and to problematize a well-researched field. The aim was to move beyond a view of mythology as mere propaganda in order to promote an understanding of ancient tales and fables as contemporary means to explain and comprehend the Early Modern world.With the Renaissance, pagan religion ceased to pose a threat to Christianity and its mythologies found a way to coexist with Christian doctrine. Old Greek and Roman tales came to play a crucial role in Renaissance culture, partly because the ancient sources, both literary and artistic, many of them recently uncovered, provided rich material for the writers and artists of the period. Mythology provided a network of allusions and references for contemporary poetry and art, reinforcing the possibilities of allegorical interpretation. Furthermore, it offered moral guidance since deities could easily be materialized into personifications of vices and virtues. All artistic expressions, visual and textual, whether they belonged to a secular or a religious tradition, made use of mythology. This volume exemplifies how Renaissance writers’ and artists’ acquaintance with mythological accounts from Homer to Apuleius was of utmost importance for their creative work, as it was for their readers and those contemporary patrons of art who saw themselves as the living embodiment of some remote ancient deity. By posing new questions and suggesting alternative answers to old ones, the contributors to this volume provide a better and more detailed understanding of the struggles and strategies of recycling, recuperating and transforming ancient mythology during the Renaissance. All chapters here have a common focus on the re-configuration of classical myths in Early Modern Europe, in political, erotic and ceremonial contexts. By returning to the classical world of cosmic strife and harmony, of gods and metamorphoses, Renaissance poets and artists were able to express their aesthetic ideals, personal preoccupations and moral attitudes. Ancient mythology offered them a full set of useful metaphors, which could take on new meanings in a new cultural context.
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- Gillgren, Peter, 1958-
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Den performativa blicken
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Ingår i: Performativitet. - Stockholm : Stockholm University Press. - 9789176350478 - 9789176350454 ; , s. 62-79
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Felix Horb : Notes in the Margins of Max Dvořák, Hans Sedlmayr and Erwin Panofsky
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Art Historiography. - 2042-4752. ; :21
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- With his publications on architectural representations in Late Medieval painting, Felix Horb (1890–1958) positioned himself in relation to his teacher Max Dvořák, his close colleague Hans Sedlmayr and the studies of Erwin Panofsky. Founding his work on a historic-genetic methodology, Horb demonstrated its relevance for understanding important aspects of Giotto’s art and the rise of Renaissance perspective. In close contact with many renowned art historians of the earlier twentieth century, Horb’s work is important not only in itself but also for its critical stand in relation to these scholars. Refuting both the history of style and iconology, Horb took a constructivist approach to art history that was founded in the New Vienna School, and was at the same time highly original.
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- Gillgren, Peter, 1958-
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Figures of Migration : Intertextuality in Michelangelo's Night
- 2018
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Ingår i: The Power of the In-Between. - Stockholm : Stockholm University Press. - 9789176350676 - 9789176350652 ; , s. 75-97
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Migration is a central feature of contemporary culture, bringing to our attention—among other things— certain problematic aspects of the concept intermediality. It may be asked if the concept is at all relevant in relation to such cultural phenomena. Below, it is argued that a return to Julia Kristeva’s original concept of intertextuality could be the way forward. Discussing the example of Michelangelo’s sculpture Night, it is argued that the specific work must be interrelated not only to the multimedia context of the Medici chapel but also to political and personal experiences of migration in the artist’s own time and cultural sphere. Such perspectives, however, demand the consideration of psychological and political contexts that are commonly absent in intermedia studies. The Kristevian concept of intertextuality, on the other hand, allows for intermedia phenomena to take place in relation to the full complexities of art, life, and culture.
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- Gillgren, Peter, 1958-
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Siting Federico Barocci and the Renaissance Aesthetic
- 2016
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- Focusing on what he calls 'the performative gaze', the author explores the artistic world of the Urbino painter Federico Barocci (1535-1612) in the context of Renaissance culture. Through analysis of Barocci's works, Gillgren also sheds new light on Renaissance aesthetic communication generally. The first part of the book discusses the poetics of Early Modern painting, based on contemporary theories of Reception Aesthetics, hermeneutics and phenomenology, but grounded in Renaissance culture itself through numerous examples from Early Modern painting. The author discusses works by such artists as Botticelli, Raphael, Titian, VelA!zquez and Poussin from the point of view of their spectator status. The second part deals specifically with the art of Federico Barocci, showing in detail how his works relate to aspects of the gaze and to their intended spectators. Gillgren's method is unusual in that he takes care to set the images within their original physical contexts (lighting, space, framing materials, angle of viewer approach) as much as possible through careful analysis of early descriptions of now destroyed or modified chapels. The third section of the volume contains a brief catalogue of Barocci's paintings, presented in a chronological order, with a full bibliography and with details about the painting's original locations.
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- Gillgren, Peter, 1958-
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Theatricality in the Sistine Chapel
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Ingår i: The Grand Theatre of the World. - New York : Routledge. - 9781472488220 - 9781315465890 ; , s. 83-95
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- Jonsson, Magnus, et al.
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Long-Term Outcome After Carotid Artery Stenting : A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study
- 2016
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Ingår i: Stroke. - 0039-2499 .- 1524-4628. ; 47:8, s. 2083-2089
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background and Purpose-Long-term outcome after carotid artery stenting (CAS), a less invasive technique than carotid endarterectomy (CEA), for prevention of stroke, is unclear. The aim was to assess long-term outcomes after CAS, compared with CEA, in a nationwide cohort study.Methods-All patients registered in the national Swedish Vascular Registry (Swedvasc) treated with primary CAS between 2005 and 2012 were identified. For every CAS, 2 CEA controls, matched for sex, age, procedure year, and indication (symtomatic/asymtomatic), were chosen. Postoperative stroke was identified by cross-matching the cohort with the InPatient Registry and charts review. Primary end point was ipsilateral stroke or death >30 days postoperatively.Results-A total of 1157 patients were included, 409 CAS and 748 CEA; 73% men with mean age 70 years and 69% were symptomatic. Risk factor profile was similar between the 2 groups. Median follow-up time was 4.1 years. Ipsilateral stroke or death of >30 days postoperatively occurred in 95 of 394 in the CAS group versus 120 of 724 in the CEA group (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.59; 95% confidence interval, 1.15-2.18). The corresponding adjusted rates for death, ipsilateral stroke of >30 days, and any stroke or death of >30 days were 25.7% versus 18.6% (hazard ratio, 1.20; 95% confidence interval, 0.84-1.72), 9.4% versus 2.9% (hazard ratio, 3.40; 95% confidence interval, 1.53-7.53), 34.2% versus 23.6% (hazard ratio, 1.49; 95% confidence interval, 1.10-2.00) for the CAS group versus CEA group, respectively.Conclusions-In this nationwide cohort study, CAS was associated with an increased long-term risk of ipsilateral stroke and death during after the perioperative phase when compared with CEA.
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