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Le tympan du portail central de la cathédrale de Nantes

1998

The tympanum of the central portal of Nantes cathedral. Owing to a reassessment of the available sources on the sculptured decor of the façade of Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul cathedral in Nantes, it is possible to bring some precisions about the original state of the building. The tympanum of the central portal of this façade did not present, as is usually acknowledged, an original openwork design which was filled up in the 17th century when the organ loft was erected. The analysis of the still existing remnants, as well as the size and nature of the stones used in this portal leads one to think that its present state dates back to the actual construction. Textual pieces of evidence allow the…

Sculpturemedia_common.quotation_subject11. SustainabilityFrance religious architecture 15th-17th centuries ; Nantes cathedral ; sculptured tympanum ; iconography ; Last Judgment.Art historyFacade[SHS.ART] Humanities and Social Sciences/Art and art historyArt[SHS.ART]Humanities and Social Sciences/Art and art historyIconographyComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSOpenworkmedia_common
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Lettura dei 'segni' nella letteratura e cultura di lingua tedesca alle soglie dell'età moderna. Fra libero arbitrio e predestinazione

2022

The essay proposes an excursus through German-speaking culture between 1400 and 1650, aiming to highlight how the reading of 'signs',both artificial and natural, underwent substantial changes inthe perios under examination. In optimistic anthropological contexts, the reading is mainly the result of a widespread aspiration to knowledge and does not excude the free will of human beings. When a pessimistic conception dominates, the sign is the external manifestation of an ineluctable destiny.

Settore L-LIN/13 - Letteratura TedescaSign reading german-speaking culture 15th-17th centuries
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