Stefan Arteni

The East-Central
European
Cultural Model
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SolInvictus Press 2010

Orpheus, Roman mosaic and detail, Littlecote Villa, England

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 Stefan Arteni

The East-Central European

Cultural Model
(a revised and illustrated version
of the essay published in
www.asymetria.org , 2010)
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Basilica San Lorenzo fuori le Mura, Rome, Italy

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Stefan Arteni
Excursus VII. The West-European Visual Semiosphere (Romanesque,
Gothic, Renaissance).

Sant'Angelo in Formis church, Capua, Italy, 11th century

Sant'Angelo in Formis church, Capua, Italy, 11th century

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 Collégiale St-Pierre, Chauvigny, France, 12th century,
with signature of the sculptor: "Gofridus Me Fecit"

Collégiale St-Pierre, Chauvigny, Poitou-Charentes, France, 12th century

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St Nectaire church, Saint-Nectaire, Auvergne, France, 12th century

St Nectaire church, Saint-Nectaire, Auvergne, France, 12th century

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St Nectaire church, Saint-Nectaire, Auvergne, France, 12th century

St Nectaire church, Saint-Nectaire, Auvergne, France, 12th century

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St Nectaire church, Saint-Nectaire, Auvergne, France, 12th century

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 Ceiling, St Martin’s Church in Zillis, Canton Graubünden, Switzerland,
12th century

Ceiling detail, St Martin’s Church in Zillis, Canton Graubünden, Switzerland,

12th century

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Ceiling detail, St Martin’s Church in Zillis, Canton Graubünden, Switzerland,
12th century

Ceiling detail, St Martin’s Church in Zillis, Canton Graubünden, Switzerland,

12th century

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 Notre-Dame-la-Grande, Poitiers, 11th - 12th centuries

Basilica San Vicente de Avila, Ávila, Spain, 12th-14th centuries

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St Jakob church, Kastelaz near Tramin, South Tyrol, Italy (San Giacomo church,
Termeno, Alto Adige)

St Jakob church, Kastelaz near Tramin, South Tyrol, Italy (San Giacomo church,
Termeno, Alto Adige)

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St Jakob church, Kastelaz near Tramin, South Tyrol, Italy (San Giacomo church,
Termeno, Alto Adige)

St Jakob church, Kastelaz near Tramin, South Tyrol, Italy (San Giacomo church,
Termeno, Alto Adige)

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St Jakob church, Kastelaz near Tramin, South Tyrol, Italy (San Giacomo church,
Termeno, Alto Adige)

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St Jakob church, Kastelaz near Tramin, South Tyrol, Italy (San Giacomo church,
Termeno, Alto Adige)

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St Jakob church, Kastelaz near Tramin, South Tyrol, Italy (San Giacomo church,
Termeno, Alto Adige)

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Church of Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Perigord, France, 11th-13th centuries

Church of Saint-Jory-las-Bloux, Perigord, France, 11th-13th centuries

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Notre-Dame church, Gargilesse, France, 13th century

Notre-Dame church, Gargilesse, France, 13th century

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Oratorio di San Pellegrino, Bominaco, Italy, 13th century

Oratorio di San Pellegrino, Bominaco, Italy, 13th century

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Oratorio di San Pellegrino, Bominaco, Italy, 13th century

Oratorio di San Pellegrino, Bominaco, Italy, 13th century

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Santa Maria del Casale church, Brindisi, Italy, 14th century

Santa Maria del Casale church, Brindisi, Italy, 14th century

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Jacobikirche, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 14th century

Jacobikirche, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 14th century

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Fresco and detail, Roberto d'Oderisio, a student of Giotto, Amalfi Duomo, Italy,
14th century

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Anonymous Bolognese master, 14th century

Anonymous Italian master, 14th century

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San Benedetto monastery, Subiaco, Italy, 14th century

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Ghelinţa church, Transylvania, Romania, 1330-1340

Ghelinţa church, Transylvania, Romania, 1330-1340

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Fresco and detail, Dorchester abbey, England, 1340

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Detail of the fresco above, Dorchester abbey, England, 1340

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Santa Maria delle Grotte church, Fossa, Italy, 13th-15th centuries

Santa Maria delle Grotte church, Fossa, Italy, 13th-15th centuries

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Santa Maria delle Grotte church, Fossa, Italy, 13th -15th centuries

Santa Maria delle Grotte church,Fossa, Italy, 13th -15th centuries

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Lippo Memmi and/or Barna da Siena(?), La Collegiata, San Gimignano, Italy,
14th century

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Lippo Memmi and/or Barna da Siena(?), La Collegiata, San Gimignano, Italy,
14th century

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Detail, Lippo Memmi and/or Barna da Siena(?), La Collegiata, San Gimignano,
Italy, 14th century

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Detail, Lippo Memmi and/or Barna da Siena(?), La Collegiata, San Gimignano,
Italy, 14th century

Detail, Lippo Memmi and/or Barna da Siena(?), La Collegiata, San Gimignano,

Italy, 14th century

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Altichiero da Zevio and Jacopo Avanzi, Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua, Italy,
14th century

Altichiero da Zevio and Jacopo Avanzi, Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua, Italy,
14th century

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Altichiero da Zevio and Jacopo Avanzi, Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua, Italy,
14th century

Altichiero da Zevio and Jacopo Avanzi, Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua, Italy,
14th century

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Altichiero da Zevio and Jacopo Avanzi, Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua, Italy,
14th century

Altichiero da Zevio and Jacopo Avanzi, Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua, Italy,
14th century

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Altichiero da Zevio and Jacopo Avanzi, Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua, Italy,
14th century

Altichiero da Zevio and Jacopo Avanzi, Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua, Italy,
14th century

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Taddeo di Bartolo, La Collegiata, San Gimignano, Italy, 1396

Taddeo di Bartolo, 1401

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St Peter ad Vincula church, South Newington, England, 15th century

St Peter ad Vincula church, South Newington, England, 15th century

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St Peter ad Vincula church, South Newington, England, 15th century

St Peter ad Vincula church, South Newington, England, 15th century

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St Peter ad Vincula church, South Newington, England, 15th century

St Peter ad Vincula church, South Newington, England, 15th century

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 Lorenzo Salimbeni da San Severino, early 15th century

Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni da San Severino,

Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista, Urbino, Italy, 15th century

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 Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni da San Severino,
Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista, Urbino, Italy, 15th century

Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni da San Severino,

Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista, Urbino, Italy, 15th century

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Andrea del Castagno, Sant'Apollonia convent, Florence, Italy, 15th century

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Masaccio, 1426

Masaccio, 1426

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Masolino da Panicale, Basilica di San Clemente, Cappella di Santa Caterina,
Rome, Italy, 1428-1430

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Masolino da Panicale, Basilica di San Clemente, Cappella di Santa Caterina,
Rome, Italy, 1428-1430

Masolino da Panicale, Basilica di San Clemente, Cappella di Santa Caterina,

Rome, Italy, 1428-1430

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Masolino da Panicale, La Collegiata, Castiglione Olona, Italy, 1435

Masolino da Panicale, La Collegiata, Castiglione Olona, Italy, 1435

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Masolino da Panicale, La Collegiata, Castiglione Olona, Italy, 1435

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Masolino da Panicale, La Collegiata, Castiglione Olona, Italy, 1435

Masolino da Panicale, La Collegiata, Castiglione Olona, Italy, 1435

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Masolino da Panicale, Castiglione Olona baptistry, Italy, 1435

Masolino da Panicale, Castiglione Olona baptistry, Italy, 1435

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Masolino da Panicale, Castiglione Olona baptistry, Italy, 1435

Masolino da Panicale, Castiglione Olona baptistry, Italy, 1435

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Masolino da Panicale, Castiglione Olona baptistry, Italy, 1435

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Giovanni di Ser Giovanni (Scheggia), 15th century

Giovanni di Ser Giovanni (Scheggia), 15th century

Giovanni di Ser Giovanni (Scheggia), 15th century

Giovanni di Ser Giovanni (Scheggia), 15th century

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Giovanni di Ser Giovanni (Scheggia), 15th century

Mariotto di Nardo, 15th century

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 Francesco Pesellino, 15th century

Francesco Pesellino’s workshop, 15th century

Francesco Pesellino’s workshop, 15th century

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Neri di Bicci, 15th century

Neri di Bicci, 15th century

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Sandro Botticelli, 15th century

Sandro Botticelli, 15th century

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Sandro Botticelli, 15th century

Sandro Botticelli, 15th century

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San Nazzaro Sesia abbey, Italy, 15th century

San Nazzaro Sesia abbey, Italy, 15th century

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San Nazzaro Sesia abbey, Italy, 15th century

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Bernardo Butinone and Bernardino Zenale, San Pietro in Gessate church,
Milano, Italy, 1493

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Bernardo Butinone and Bernardino Zenale, San Pietro in Gessate church,
Milano, Italy, 1493

Bernardo Butinone and Bernardino Zenale, San Pietro in Gessate church,

Milano, Italy, 1493

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Bernardo Butinone and Bernardino Zenale,1485

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Lucas Cranach the Elder, 16th century

Lucas Cranach the Elder, 16th century

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Santa Maria delle Grazie church, Gravedona, Como, Italy, 16th century

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Santa Maria delle Grazie church, Gravedona, Como, Italy, 16th century

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Paris Bordone, 16th century

Paris Bordone, 16th century

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 Raffaello Sanzio, 16th century

Raffaello Sanzio, Santa Maria della Pace church, Rome, Italy, 16th century

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Jan Sanders van Hemessen, 16th century

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Michele Tosini, 16th century

Michele Tosini, 16th century

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Bernardino Licinio, 16th century

Bernardino Licinio, 16th century

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Giovanni Battista Moroni, 16th century

Giovanni Battista Moroni, 16th century

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Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

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Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

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Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

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Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

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Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

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Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

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 Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

Detail of the painting above, Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

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Details of the painting above, Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

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Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

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Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), 16th century

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 Jacopo Bassano, 16th century

Paolo Caliari Veronese, 16th century

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