The art and government service of Francesco di Bartolomeo Alfei (c. 1421-c. 1495) : visual propaganda and undercover agency for the Republic of Siena / by Thomas, Anabel

Table of Contents: “…Preface Structure of the book Illustrations Introduction PART ONE -- Art and Diplomacy Chapter One: The Politics of Journeyman Painting Chapter Two: The Diplomat Leonardo Benvoglienti and his friend, the Painter Francesco di Bartolomeo Alfei PART TWO -- Francesco di Bartolomeo Alfei: Conflicting Career Options Chapter One: Workshop Training and Neighbourhood Networking Chapter Two: Military Action in Defence of Siena's Southern Territories PART THREE -- Giovanni di Paolo, Sano di Pietro and Francesco di Bartolomeo Alfei and the 'chompangnia e fraternita di san franciescho posta nel chonvento di san franciescho' Chapter One: The Fraternity Chapter Two: A New Altarpiece Chapter Three: Fresco Work in the Company Chapel PART FOUR -- Francesco di Bartolomeo Alfei, 'Trusted Servant' Inside and Outside the Walls of Siena Chapter One: Arbitrator and Scribe for the Trecerchi Chapter Two: Martinozzi Patronage Chapter Three: Government sponsored work inside Siena and official postings in Montalcino, the Val di Chiana and Vergelle PART FIVE -- The Ponte d'Arbia Project -- Preserving the 'honour' of Siena Conclusion…”
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Mental Health, Spirituality, and Religion in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age /

Table of Contents: “…. ""; ""The Epic Hagiography as Scriptural Genre and its Pictorial Rendering in the Saint- Savin-sur-Gartempe Crypt Frescos ""…”
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Living the lunar calendar /

Table of Contents: “…Steele -- Sunday in Mesopotamia / Wayne Horowitz -- Middle Assyrian lunar calendar and chronology / Yigal Bloch -- Beyond the moon: Minoan calendar-symbolism in the blue bird fresco / Sabine Beckman -- Early Greek lunisolar cycles: the Pythian and olympic games / Robert Hannah -- What to do on the thirtieth?…”
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An archaeology of prehistoric bodies and embodied identities in the eastern Mediterranean /

Table of Contents: “…Ritualised practice and the performance of identities -- The performative body and social identity in the room of the fresco at Mycenae / Anne P. Chapin -- "It's war, not a dance": polarising embodied identities in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean from the end of the Bronze Age to the early Iron Age, 1200-700 BC / Manolis Mikrakis -- Nuptial vases in female tombs: aspects of funerary behaviour during the late geometric period in Attica / Vicky Vlachou -- Turning into stone: rock art and the construction of identities in ancient Thrace / Stella Pilavaki -- Part IV. …”
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Giotto and his publics : three paradigms of patronage / by Gardner, Julian

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Human-animal relations in Bronze Age Crete : a history through objects / by Shapland, Andrew

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Minoan zoomorphic culture : between bodies and things / by Anderson, Emily S. K.

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The bookseller of Florence : the story of the manuscripts that illuminated the Renaissance / by King, Ross, 1962-

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City of saints : rebuilding Rome in the early Middle Ages / by Maskarinec, Maya

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Warfare in Bronze Age society /

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