<i>Foederis Arca</i>—The Ark of the Covenant, a Biblical Symbol of the Virgin Mary by José María Salvador-González

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El siglo xvi en los lienzos de Coixtlahuaca by Sebastian van Doesburg

“…The three large lienzos painted in the city-state of Coixtlahuaca (Parmenter 1970 ; König 1984) show, among the information on the prehispanic political history, several scenes that represent events ocurring during the early colonial period. …”
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La poésie lyrique, un outil d’unification linguistique et politique by Anne-Marie Le Baillif

“…To place France in context in the history of humanity, Hugo published La Légende des siècles (1859), a long text in alexandrine form which recalled the theme of Franciade: both texts aim to enshrine the history of the French kingdom. …”
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Les collections composites du musée de la Chasse et de la Nature by Marie-Christine Prestat

“…The juxtaposition of taxidermies, paintings, arms and others objects allows us to approach the problems of conservation and the issues involved in exhibitions.…”
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Joseph Loxton Rawbon, the "Master Restorer" by Cyndie Lack

“…Remarkably, Rawbon believed that, like his artist's stretchers and other inventions, the restoration of paintings held a key to the making of a fortune.…”
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Exposer la science dans l’après-guerre. Hommage à Léonard de Vinci et Rembrandt, étude photographique et radiographique au laboratoire du musée du Louvre by Camille Bourdiel

“…This essay will explore, through two exhibitions, a key moment in the history of the Laboratoire du Musée du Louvre. Founded in 1931 under the supervision of the Department of Paintings of the Louvre, then closed on the eve of the Second World War, the department was reopened in 1946. …”
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Svědectví „starých obrazů“: kulturní krajina ideální a reálná by Robert Šimůnek

“… Old maps and images – paintings, drawings, graphics, and, in recent centuries, old photographs and postcards – capture the space around us, the proverbial “stage of history”, and have been seen as lucrative antiques for ages. …”
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Pointing out persuasion in Philemon by P.B. Decock

“… This informative and insightful work reveals the vast field of the history and life of the Letter to Philemon after it was written. …”
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Jan Václav Michna z Vacínova a emblematická výzdoba kostela sv. Jakuba Většího v Kratonohách by Pavel Panoch

“… The paper focuses on the building history, ceiling decoration and furnishings of the St. …”
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THE SOCIAL THEORY OF MAX WEBER IN CONFLICT OF INTERPRETATIONS by Zenonas Norkus

“…The confrontation of the system functionalism and conflict sociology during the first post-war decades led to "translation wars" in USA and gave rise to two competing images of Weber - a theorist of social order painted by T. Parsons and as "bourgeois Marx" defended by H. …”
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