Lectio praecursoria: Minerva Keltasen taidehistorian alan väitöskirja “Serenade to a Cat: An Iconography of Laughter” tarkastettiin Helsingin yliopistossa 17.11.2020. Vastaväittäjänä toimi Dr. Sheila McTighe (The Courtauld Institute Art) ja kustoksena Prof. Ville Lukkarinen (Helsingin yliopisto).

This article puts into the scientific circulation new iconographic source – painting scroll «Jingying bingji» wich is valuable of Qing military and court costume 18th century as well weapons accessories warriors. The depicting ministers generals distinguished themselves during pacification Taiwan in 1787-1788 considered connection with other scrolls sources kinds. Researches iconography seem to...

The origin of driving accidents is polyfactorial. If the mediocrity of the road network, the technical failures of the vehicles, the violation of the highway code represent an important percentage in the cause of accidents, the great purveyor remains "drunk driving" in the global number of accidents as well as in their importance. The public authorities have not only established laws in this ma...

Many aspects of the medical history of the ancient Mediterranean world remain unclear. For many conditions, especially genetic, texts are missing and human remains are scanty. We must rely essentially upon iconography to throw some light on the pathological forms existing in the past, as well as on ancient medical notions. In this paper, I take the example ofrestricted growth, commonly called d...

The article explores the botanical contributions of Pierre-FrançoisXavier de Charlevoix’s book Histoire et description générale de la Nouvelle France vis-à-vis the contributions of previous researchers, his use of iconographic and discursive representations and its relevance to the project of French colonization. It investigates why he refused Linnaeus’ taxonomic model and what he intended with...