Daria Pezzoli‐Olgiati
Biographic Data
| ID | 5904942 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daria Pezzoli‐Olgiati |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daria |
| FAMILY NAME | Pezzoli‐Olgiati |
| SIGNATURE | OLGIATI D P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zurich |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
People on the Move
In August 2018 an Italian sculptor placed a full-scale reproduction of the Vatican Pietà on a fishing boat off the coast of the small island of Lampedusa, an immigration entrance point for thousands of people in search of shelter and a better future in Europe. Fabio Viale’s Pietà senza Cristo is not an exact copy of the iconic work by Michelangelo since, as the name indicates, the body of Christ is missing. Viale has used the absent Christ as an …
Women, Art and Observant Franciscan Piety. Caterina Vigri and the Poor Clares in Early Modern Ferrara, by Kathleen G. Arthur
The Normative Power of Images
In this introductory article to the special issue of Religion and Gender on gender, normativity and visuality, we establish the theoretical framework to discuss the influence of visual culture on gender norms. This introduction also provides a reflection on how these norms are communicated, reaffirmed and contested in religious contexts. We introduce the notion of visuality as individual and collective signifying practices, with a particular focu…
Ancient Greek Divination
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology. With offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the USA and Asia, Brill today publishes more than 360 journals and 2,000 new books and reference works each year as well as a large number of databases and primary source research collections
Grundriss der Religionsgeschichte, von der Prähistorie bis zur Gegenwart
Erkundungen Von Gegenwelten
The present article focuses on the function of mythic journeys with regard to the problem of death and the transience of human life in two selected Mesopotamian literary sources: the Gilgamesh-Epic IX–XI and the Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld. The selected texts are analysed and compared from the perspective of a functionalist definition of religious symbol systems, with particular attention to the transformation involved in travelling throu…
The Normative Power of Images
In this introductory article to the special issue of Religion and Gender on gender, normativity and visuality, we establish the theoretical framework to discuss the influence of visual culture on gender norms. This introduction also provides a reflection on how these norms are communicated, reaffirmed and contested in religious contexts. We introduce the notion of visuality as individual and collective signifying practices, with a particular focu…
Erkundungen Von Gegenwelten
The present article focuses on the function of mythic journeys with regard to the problem of death and the transience of human life in two selected Mesopotamian literary sources: the Gilgamesh-Epic IX–XI and the Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld. The selected texts are analysed and compared from the perspective of a functionalist definition of religious symbol systems, with particular attention to the transformation involved in travelling throu…
Grundriss der Religionsgeschichte, von der Prähistorie bis zur Gegenwart
Ancient Greek Divination
Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences, International Law, and Biology. With offices in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, the USA and Asia, Brill today publishes more than 360 journals and 2,000 new books and reference works each year as well as a large number of databases and primary source research collections
The Normative Power of Images
In this introductory article to the special issue of Religion and Gender on gender, normativity and visuality, we establish the theoretical framework to discuss the influence of visual culture on gender norms. This introduction also provides a reflection on how these norms are communicated, reaffirmed and contested in religious contexts. We introduce the notion of visuality as individual and collective signifying practices, with a particular focu…
Women, Art and Observant Franciscan Piety. Caterina Vigri and the Poor Clares in Early Modern Ferrara, by Kathleen G. Arthur
People on the Move
In August 2018 an Italian sculptor placed a full-scale reproduction of the Vatican Pietà on a fishing boat off the coast of the small island of Lampedusa, an immigration entrance point for thousands of people in search of shelter and a better future in Europe. Fabio Viale’s Pietà senza Cristo is not an exact copy of the iconic work by Michelangelo since, as the name indicates, the body of Christ is missing. Viale has used the absent Christ as an …
Philosophy (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (3 works) · History of religions (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · Literature (2 works)