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Cruciata R
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A Curious Marian Coral Ex-voto from Sicily: an Historical-Artistic and Anthropological Interpretation
2022
This paper is inspired by an ex-voto in the shape of a sea animal made of red coral dating back to the 19th century, which was found in a well-known Marian treasury of Sicily. This small amulet is significant both for its shape and material and has given rise to some historical-artistic and anthropological reflections
La fortuna iconografica del beato Agostino Novello in Toscana e Sicilia
2021
This paper aims to investigate the cult and iconographic critical fortune of Beato Agostino Novello in Tuscany and Sicily throughout the centuries. It deals with the analysis of the famous painting by Simone Martini Il Beato Agostino Novello and four of his miracles, on which in 1985 Giovanni Previtali had promising opinions.
La statua della Augusta Regina by Giuseppe Valenti in Valletta
2022
The aim of this paper is for it to be a tribute to Queen Victoria through her monument in Valletta (1887-1891) by the sculptor Giuseppe Valenti from Palermo
The Maltese Workshop of the Gili. From the Commissions for the Knights of Ursulo to the Malta Map of Aloisio
2020
The analysis of the Gili workshop in Valletta between the end of the sixteenth century and the first half of the seventeenth century is the starting point to investigate the figure of Aloisio,an eclectic and versatile personality working as a goldsmith, cartographer and besides, and his map of Malta (1614)
Silver from Catania for Malta in the early nineteenth century
2021
The essay discusses silver production from the city of Catania for Malta, showing how the Malta-Sicily artistic link remained strong in the early years of the nineteenth century, and came to consolidate the international character of the Decorative Arts in Malta.