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What happens when language is not the means of communication but the topic of discussion? How can language be visualized so that we can talk about it? The Latin alphabet can be used of course as well as Greek, Hebrew, Arabic and Oriental characters. [mehr]

Il pomeriggio di studio è dedicato alla produzione del fotografo Paul Lindner (1845-1923) attivo a Roma per 25 anni, fino al 1914. Il suo 'Atelier' si trovava nel giardino dell'Istituto Archeologico Germanico sul Colle Capitolino. Il suo Opus, sparso tra varie istituzioni culturali a Roma (DAI, Bibliotheca Hertziana, ICCD), è stato individuato e viene qui per la prima volta presentato. [mehr]

In a time in which politics are under the siege of strong Schmittean dichotomies, the boundaries between "us" and "them" – the "national community" and the "enemy" –, are once more emphasized through the radicalisation of political "lexical arsenals". The Italian and German cases are particularly clear examples of the triumph of this "populist Zeitgeist". [mehr]

Geografie della migrazione. Luoghi dell’immaginario e spazio sociale nel cinema italiano [mehr]

Unter dem Obertitel „Mobilität: Personen, Objekte, Ideen“ sind vom 9.–11.3.2020 Italienforscher und -forscherinnen, interessierte Studierende und Gasthörer an das Institut für Kunstgeschichte der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg eingeladen, um sich über aktuelle Forschungsfragen auszutauschen. [mehr]

The research network „Fluidity: Materials in Motion“(DFG) explores processual materials and fluid phenomena from an art historical and cultural studies’ point of view. It investigates the aesthetic, imaginary, and epistemic dimensions and potentials of materials in flux, aiming to develop a material literacy of the fluid. [mehr]

“Good remark !” Noticing something in a work of art may not be just subjective. How something appears as a motif—and then as a possible motive—of the representation will be studied in Giambattista Tiepolo’s paintings. [mehr]

The 19th-century reconstruction of San Paolo fuori le mura is often taken as proof that contemporary Roman culture was backwards-looking and unmodern. A closer look, however, suggests that this easy caricature needs revising. [mehr]

In this talk, I explore essential differences between medieval and modern ideas about acts of creation, obscuring our retrospective view upon the medieval artist, his or her work, and his or her self-understanding. I analyze forms of artistic self-representation in illuminations of Genesis and of the creation of the cosmos according to writings by antique and medieval natural philosophers. [mehr]

The Land Walls of Constantinople, built by emperor Theodosius II at the beginning of the fifth century, are – with the Aurelian Walls of Rome – the largest preserved city walls of antiquity. For centuries they protected the capital of the Byzantine, and then the Ottoman Empire, from external attacks. Although they are the most impressive surviving work of late Roman military architecture, the tourist crowds in modern Istanbul rarely visit this extraordinary monument. [mehr]

The Land Walls of Constantinople, built by emperor Theodosius II at the beginning of the fifth century, are – with the Aurelian Walls of Rome – the largest preserved city walls of antiquity. For centuries they protected the capital of the Byzantine, and then the Ottoman Empire, from external attacks. [mehr]