Moffitt (emeritus, art history, New Mexico State U.), writing for the popular, rather than the scholarly reader, has assembled an unlikely array of sources and images, grouped as contributing or belon
While the Renaissance is generally perceived to be a secular movement, the majority of large artworks executed in 15th century Italy were from ecclesiastical commissions. Because of the nature of pri
Moffitt (emeritus art history, New Mexico State U.) investigates how architects of the colonial period designed buildings that are called Spanish, but in fact incorporate compositional principles that
"This work focuses on a wholly new, historically and physically credible explanation for this melodramatic discovery of Charlemagne's body by studying historical traditions and cultural contexts. Topi
Michelangelo Mersi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was one of the great innovators in the history of art. Through an analysis of paintings from his early Roman period, 1594-1602, this study situates his art
According to legend, on December 8, 1531, the Virgin Mary appeared to the newly Christianized Juan Diego on the Mexican hill of Tepeyacac. As proof of her divine visit, she miraculously imprinted her
From the dawn of mankind's artistic achievement in the cave paintings of Altamira, to Picasso's groundbreaking Les Demoiselles d'Avignon and beyond, the arts in Spain tangibly illustrate the unique co
Moffitt (art history, New Mexico State U.) sets out to explain artist Duchamp's (1887-1968) career as a whole, by sequentially deciphering and interpreting his works as a more or less coherent series
In post-medieval Europe, Andrea Alciati's Emblematum liber (1531) was an essential part of the library of nearly every writer and artist. Scholars depended upon it to interpret contemporary art and li
It is unlikely that you have ever found yourself trapped inside a burning skyscraper or entombed within an Egyptian pyramid. Nonetheless, you probably have some idea of these and many other places bec
