Urte Krass
Biographic Data
| ID | 6701423 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Urte Krass |
| GIVEN NAMES | Urte |
| FAMILY NAME | Krass |
| SIGNATURE | KRASS U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Chair, Department of Early Modern Art History, University of Bern Bern Switzerland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7883-2371 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Kinship Networks and Their Visual Traces in the Estado da India
European expansion from the fifteenth century onward triggered the global movement of numerous materials and objects, including Christian relics, which were crucial to missionary work. Nearly all ships departing Europe carried relics, which were essential for consecrating new churches in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Portugal, needing many relics for its overseas churches, sourced many of them from Cologne, home to the relics of Saint Ursula an…
Minding the Gap
The reliquary in question here has disappeared. It was created in the second half of the sixteenth century, and the only extant photographs of it make clear that it is an object of great significance. This article emphasizes the importance of considering not only existing objects but also the voids and losses in our understanding of global material culture. The reliquary was made for a site in Mylapore that had been a center of Christian worship …
Portuguese Restoration of 1640 and Its Global Visualization
The Portuguese Restoration of 1640 and Its Global Visualization
A Case of Corporate Identity
This article focuses on the development of portrait busts of saints beginning in the early Renaissance. The category of the portrait bust, which emerged slightly before 1440, is characterized by its reference to—and at times even integration of—the death mask of the recently deceased saint. As such, these images must be seen in close relation to traditional head and bust reliquaries. The particular group of busts showing the features of the Flore…
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A Case of Corporate Identity
This article focuses on the development of portrait busts of saints beginning in the early Renaissance. The category of the portrait bust, which emerged slightly before 1440, is characterized by its reference to—and at times even integration of—the death mask of the recently deceased saint. As such, these images must be seen in close relation to traditional head and bust reliquaries. The particular group of busts showing the features of the Flore…
Portuguese Restoration of 1640 and Its Global Visualization
The Portuguese Restoration of 1640 and Its Global Visualization
Minding the Gap
The reliquary in question here has disappeared. It was created in the second half of the sixteenth century, and the only extant photographs of it make clear that it is an object of great significance. This article emphasizes the importance of considering not only existing objects but also the voids and losses in our understanding of global material culture. The reliquary was made for a site in Mylapore that had been a center of Christian worship …
Kinship Networks and Their Visual Traces in the Estado da India
European expansion from the fifteenth century onward triggered the global movement of numerous materials and objects, including Christian relics, which were crucial to missionary work. Nearly all ships departing Europe carried relics, which were essential for consecrating new churches in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Portugal, needing many relics for its overseas churches, sourced many of them from Cologne, home to the relics of Saint Ursula an…
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