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Anisia Iacob
Anisia Alis Iacob is a PhD candidate at the University of Kent and King's College London as part of the Knowledge Orders Before Modernity program. She conducts research regarding the reception of the Reformation in early modern Transylvania. More specifically, she is interested in how the radical ideas of the Reformation created their own identity in the region, an identity expressed through craftsmanship. To investigate this, she takes an embodied and environmental approach which is informed by the early modern developments of natural philosophy. Her research interests include but are not limited to the history of early modern Europe, the history of ideas, material culture, reformation, print culture, early modern philosophy and sciences, and early modern art. In the past, she has been awarded two MAs from the University of Leiden and worked at the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD) on two projects.
Education:Leiden University, 2020-2023MA Arts and Culture, MA PhilosophyBabes-Bolyai University, Cluj, 2019-2020BA History, BA PhilosophyExpertise:Articles by Anisia Iacob
Lesser known than their male counterparts, various women artists made a name for themselves as still-life painters in the early modern period.
The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games brought together art and history to celebrate the cultural heritage of the ancient games.
During the Renaissance, emblem books combined images with clever mottos to attract the reader’s attention, gaining an established place in European culture.
Clara Peeters’ biography is difficult to track down, yet she stands out as a woman painter who succeeded against the odds in the 17th century.
In Italy during the late Renaissance, a new artistic and literary genre was born. Emblemata were a mix of witty epigrams and joyful illustrations that fascinated Europe.
In museums, popular and visual culture, the vanitas genre is everywhere. However, the popularity of this theme was established during the 17th century through Dutch and Flemish art.
In the early modern period throughout Europe, vanitas paintings became increasingly popular, including in France, where artists produced what can be called the French vanitas.
Spanish vanitas paintings are part of the vanitas trend that fascinated early modern Europe. They warn the viewer against the futile character of earthly riches and imminent death.