Not only Manneken Pis

:: in August 9, 2023 :: in Blog :: 0 comments

Manneken Pis is a symbol of Brussels, but I will start this post with a fountain from another place. One of my favourite cities in Europe is Prague: full of wonderful places perfect for walking around, resting and admiring artworks. Surely one of such places is Wallenstein Garden (Valdštejnská zahrada)…

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A stolen painting returned to York Art Gallery!

:: in July 9, 2023 :: in Blog :: 0 comments

A few years ago I wrote on my blog about two late-Gothic panels from the workshop of Hans Pleydenwurff, that I researched during my stay at York Art Gallery. Those are the posts: http://en.posztukiwania.pl/2020/04/14/late-gothic-panels-in-york-art-gallery-part-1/ http://en.posztukiwania.pl/2020/05/02/late-gothic-panels-in-york-art-gallery-part-2/ Unfortunately, as I wrote, one of the panels was stolen in 1979. It was on…

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A little Egyptian boy

:: in May 30, 2023 :: in Blog :: 1 comment

The following post is dedicated mostly to ancient depictions interpreted as images of children; nonetheless, most of the illustrating material is suitable rather for adult Readers. As it happens, ancient Egyptians venerated some child deities – or rather particular gods when they were children. Christian cult of Infant Jesus is…

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A paper on Conference “Shaped by Greed. Reflections and Impacts of Environmental Exploitation in European Visual Cultures 1200–1900” in Brno

:: in May 29, 2023 :: in News :: 0 comments

On 8-9 June, an international conference and the third edition of the His Artibus Biennial will focus on environmental issues in European visual culture. The event, organised by Department of Art History (Masaryk University in Brno) will take place at the Hans Belting Library (Veveří 28, Brno). My paper for this…

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