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Giovanni di Paolo's 'Creation of the World' and the Tradition of the 'Thema Mundi' in Late Medieval and Renaissance Art
07/1990 | 1048 | 132
Pages: 460-468
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Lippincott, Kristen (Lippincott, Kristen)
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1. The Creation of the World and the Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, by Giovanni di Paolo. 1445. Tempera and Gold Leaf on Panel. 46.5 by 52 cm. (The Robert Lehman Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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12. Detail from an Illuminated Manuscript by Pellegrino di Mariano Showing the Creation of the World. (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, no.197).
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13. Historiated Initial from the Title Page of Pontificale Ritum sacrosancte Romane ecclesie..., Printed by Luc'Antonio Giunta, 15th September 1520.
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14. The Third and Fourth Days of Creation, by Francesco Salviati. c.1554. (Chigi Chapel, S. Maria del Popolo, Rome).
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15. The Creation of the World, by Pietro di Pucci da Orvieto. 1389-90. Fresco. (Camposanto, Pisa).
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16. Schematic Rendering of the Signs and Planets in Fig.15.
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2. Detail of God's Hand from Fig.1.
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3. Schematic Rendering of the Signs and Planets in Fig.1.
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4. Come dio creò il mondo, by Bartolo di Fredi. 1367. Fresco. (Chiesa della Collegiata, San Gimignano).
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5. Schematic Rendering of the Signs and Planets in Fig.4.
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6. The Creation of the World, by Giusto de'Menabuoi. 1376-78. Fresco. (Baptistery, Duomo, Padua).
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7. Schematic Rendering of the Signs and Planets in Fig.6.
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8. Diagram of the Thema mundi According to Macrobius. From Commentary on the Dream of Scipio, English Translation by W. H. Stahl, p.179.
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9. The Fourth Day of Creation, Maffiolo da Cremona. c.1420. Stained Glass. (Duomo, Milan).
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10. Detail from an Illuminated Manuscript Showing the Fourth Day of Creation. (Bibliothèque Nationale, lat.657, fol.41r., Paris).
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11. Detail from an Illuminated Manuscript Showing the Fourth Day of Creation. (Biblioteca Apostolica, Vat. lat.681, fol.96r., Vatican, Rome).
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'Aśokan' Pillars: A Reassessment of the Evidence - IV: Symbolism
11/1976 | 884 | 118
Pages: 734+736-751+753
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Irwin, John (Irwin, John; Irwin, J.)
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10. Base of Garuda-Pillar in Temple Compound, Nepal, Showing Shaft Resting on Tortoise. Photo: Robert Skelton.
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11. Drawing for Wall-Painting at Wedding Ceremony. Mithila District North Bihar. Contemporary Folk-Art. Photo: National Museum, New Delhi.
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12. The Teaching Buddha. Gandhāra, North-West India. Second-Fourth Century A. D. Carved Schist.
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13. The Buddha Preaching to the Bodhisattvas. Relief Outside Kārlī Cave-Temple, Deccan. About Fifth Century A. D. Photo: Dr. Gritli v. Mitterwallner.
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14. The Sānchī Lion Capital. (Sānchī Museum).
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15. Bronze Image of Four Addorsed Lions Found by Cunningham at Mānikyāla.
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16. Celebration of Indra Festival Showing Indra Worshipped as Pillar.
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17. Close-Up of Lion Emblem on Vaiśālī Pillar (Pre-Aśokan Type). (Still in Situ at Vaiśālī, Bihar).
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18. Close-Up of One of the Four Lions on Sārnāth Capital. (Sārnāth Museum).
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19. Gold Rhyton. Achaemenid, c.500 B. C.
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20. Standard-Bearer Carrying a Dhvaja. Relief from Bhārhūt.
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21. The Rāmpurvā Bull-Capital (Pre-Aśokan Type).
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22. The Sankīsā Elephant-Capital (Pre-Aśokan).
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23. The Sārnāth Capital. (Sārnāth Museum). Probably the Last Aśokan Pillar.
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7. Relief Depicting Pillar of Law. Amārāvatī, First Century B. C. or Later. Limestone. (British Museum).
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8. Relief Depicting Lion-Pillar. Amārāvatī, First Century B. C. or Later. Limestone. (British Museum).
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9. Sacred Pillar in Irrigation Pond. North Bihar.
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C. Marriage Pillar (Manistambha) of Painted Wood, in a Water-Pot of Painted Earthenware. From Maharashtra Modern.
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F. Left: King Ashurbanipal (668-626 B. C.) Hunting. Detail from a Limestone Relief from Nineveh. (British Museum). Right: The Horse from the Abacus of the Sārnāth Pillar.
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A. The Cosmic Pillar.
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B. The Rain Cycle.
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D. The Cosmic Pillar Founded in the Cosmic Ocean, at the Navel of the Earth.
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E. Diagram to Show the Reason for the Indian Tendency to Focus Southward with Sunrise on the Left.