Leonardo da Vinci’s (1452-1519) drawing of the psychophysical question exemplifies a transition from symbolic to iconic signs, which generates new knowledge. In these drawings Leonardo tries to explain how mind and body function together. In 1487, in the Royal Library MSS 12626r and 12627r, he illustrated schematic cross sections of the head and mapped mentalContinue reading “From Symbolic to Iconic Signs”
Author Archives: Noa Yaari
Place in Image Captions III
But… ethically, if we think about the caption more as part of the book than as an element that accompanies the artwork, the historian has a say. For example, the caption of Fig. 181 in Burckhardt’s Civilization raises interesting questions about the responsibility of the historian, editor and publisher for updating locations of artworks thatContinue reading “Place in Image Captions III”
Place in Image Captions II
In my last post, I suggested to indicate in captions “any location that contributes to the meaning of the work” when the artwork has no body. Upon reflection I realize that it’s problematic and, unfortunately, I have to disagree. Artworks do not begin and end with a place in which their materiality and physicality settle.Continue reading “Place in Image Captions II”
Place in Image Captions I
Informing readers about the location of the artwork in the caption emphasizes the artworks’ physicality; its existence beyond the printed image somewhere in the world. From the readers’ point of view, identifying a name of a place in proximity to the image and the date of production is perceiving the visual evidence as part ofContinue reading “Place in Image Captions I”
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
A monographic exhibition of the French painter Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755-1842) has been traveling through Europe and North America. It started at Grand Palais in Paris, it’s currently on display at the Met Museum in NY (until May 15), and will end in the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (Jun 10 – Sept 11).Continue reading “Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun”
Oral History
Noa Yaari, Oral History, 2016
Crossing Disciplines is Studying What Is
Between March 14-16, the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies hosted its Distinguished Visiting Scholar Prof. Pamela H. Smith (Columbia University). During her visit Prof. Smith gave two talks: “Historians in the Laboratory: Art and Science in Early Modern Europe” and “Transforming Matter and Making Art in a Sixteenth-Century Workshop,” as well as two lab-workshopsContinue reading “Crossing Disciplines is Studying What Is”
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