Brendan F Cassidy

The Ruthwell Cross

The Ruthwell Cross, a late seventh-or eighth-century high cross in the kirk at Ruthwell in the Scottish Borders, is one of the most intriguing examples of sculpture to survive from the early Middle Ages. With its Latin inscriptions, a Runic poem related to the "Dream of the Rood," and an extensive p...

Gavin Hamilton (1723-1798). Artist, Antiquarian and Art Dealer in Eighteenth-Century Rome: With an Edition of his Letters (Collectors and Dealers)

Gavin Hamilton (1723 - 1798), the Scottish-born painter who spent most of his life in Italy, was one of the most prominent figures among the artists and collectors of 18th-century Europe. Although he first came to Rome to further his career as a painter and pursue his interests in the Antique, he so...

Politics and Civic Ideals iand Sculpture in Italy c.1240-1400 (Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History)

This book explores how the different forms of government and political factions in the Italian city states c. 1240-1400 used sculpture in different ways to express their ideals and achievements. It examines favoured themes in the republics (Florence, Siena, Venice et al), in the kingdom of Naples an...

Gesta: International Center of Medieval Art, Volume XXXV/2 (1996)

Iconography at the Crossroads: Papers from the Colloquium Sponsored by the Index of Christian Art Princeton University 23-24 March 1990 (Occasional)

As art historians draw increasingly from such cognate fields as literary theory and anthropology for new modes of inquiry, scholars in fields as diverse as music and the history of medicine are turning to images in art as sources of information for their respective disciplines. Focusing on the role ...

Studies in the Illustration of the Psalter

The Ruthwell Cross: Papers from the Colloquium Sponsored by the Index of Christian Art Princeton University 8 December 1989

Iconography at the Crossroads: Papers from the Colloquium Sponsored by the Index of Christian Art Princeton University 23-24 March 1990

The Ruthwell Cross: Papers from the Colloquium Sponsored by the Index of Christian Art Princeton University 8 December 1989

Iconography at the Crossroads: Papers from the Colloquium Sponsored by the Index of Christian Art Princeton University 23-24 March 1990

Rituals of Sacrifice: Walking the Face of the Earth on the Sacred Path of the Sun A Journey Through the Tz'Utujil Maya World of Santiago Atitlan