Submissions

Author Guidelines

Articles may be written in Spanish, Portuguese, English or German and must not have been published previously. Please respect the editorial criteria found here.

Guidelines for each section:

• Academic articles: 15 to 20 pages (about 6.000 words); abstract (maximum 150 words); maximum 5 keywords; a longer summary (about 2.000 words); illustrations (resolution 300dpi).
• "Artworks Recalled": text of maximum 2 pages that locates the piece of art and provides bibliography; 1 to 3 illustrations of the artwork (resolution 300 dpi).
• Documents: text of maximum 2 pages which presents the importance of the document; a complete transcription or, in case of long documents, the transcription of the most important passages; 1 to 3 illustrations of the most relevant parts of the document (resolution 300 dpi).
• Reviews: 2-3 pages (max. 1.800 words), bibliography if necessary.

General instructions for the manuscripts:

• We request citations conform to the Chicago Manual of Style (author-date-style for citations in the text, notes-and-bibliography-style for bibliography at its conclusion). Please see:                                                                   https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
• Comments and further bibliographic information may be included as endnotes. 
• 1,5 spaced, 12 -point
• No formatting
• No abbreviations: please use always the complete titles of journals, names of archives, etc.
• Illustrations should be numbered consecutively in the text and be submitted separately(in individual archives), including a list of illustrations.
• The manuscript submitted should include name, title, address or institution and e-mail address of all authors.
• "Artworks Recalled": No notes or sources in the text. At the beginning: Title, artist, year, technique, dimensions,  place/depository. At the end: a short bibliography.

List of Illustrations: 

• Contains legends and sources of illustrations.
• Illustrations should be numbered consecutively and indicated in the text.
• The source of its proceeding (book, photography  from museum, internet) should be mentioned for every illustration, quoted as referred in the bibliography, indication about publication rights.
• Legends for signed artworks: artist, title, dating, location, institution, number of inventory.
• Legends for architecture: place, object, maybe detail, dating.
• Legends for illuminations: author, Title: representation, dating (location, Institution, signature, folio).

Prior to publication every author will be asked to sign a licence agreement.