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See How Modern Artists Obsessed With Death and Darkness Looked to Medieval Gothic Artworks for Inspiration
A new exhibition in Helsinki spotlights the Gothic themes and influences that connected works by renowned late 19th- and ...
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Body and Self: Constructing Identity in Medieval Art
In the Middle Ages, as today, visual art offered an avenue to explore ... other markers of identity were used by artists and understood by viewers in medieval Europe.
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The Bronze Object in the Middle Ages
Taking as its point of departure the common medieval reception of bronze sculpture as living or animated, the study closely analyzes the practice of lost wax casting (cire perdue) in western Europe ..
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Did van Gogh Have a Goth Phase?
A major exhibition touring Europe argues that modern artists who turned to the dark side were inspired by Gothic art from the Middle Ages. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Helsinki Why did Vincent ...
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Harri Tiido: On the Middle Ages in modern context
The Art of Dying and the Art of Loving in Medieval and Early Modern Europe." This time, I draw upon Ian Mortimer's book ...