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Il progetto di Giovanni Amico per la biblioteca del monastero di San Martino delle Scale
2021
The contribution analyzes two drawings from a project by Giovanni Amico (1733) for the Benedictine library of the monastic complex of San Martino delle Scale, near Palermo, whose construction has undergone successive transformations. The models pursued by the architect from Trapani confirm his interests and the interference of the client, both aimed at the production from beyond the Alps at the time of the Habsburg domination of the island.
Charles Nodier, Trilogie écossaise
2013
Charles Nodier’s summer ambulations through Scotland in 1821 were to spawn a genre: the romantic travelogue. The reader is invited on a journey through age-old legends and oneiric cartography, through the fogs of ancient Caledonia and modern Scotland, and into the land of goblins and fairies.
Los álbumes de dibujos de la máscara real en honor de la infanta María Antonia Fernanda de Borbón (Barcelona 1750)
2015
En 1750, la ciudad de Barcelona obsequió a la infanta María Antonia Fernanda de Borbón tres álbumes con los diseños de las 'cuadrillas de naciones', realizados por el pintor Francesc Tramulles, que amenizaron los actos de entretenimiento que se le ofreció a su paso por la ciudad con motivo de su matrimonio con Vittorio Amedeo de Saboya. Desconocidos hasta la fecha, los autores profundizan en su singularidad gracias a la localización y estudio de dos de ellos . El presente articulo recoge los actos festivos dedicados a la real comitiva, estudia los dibujos en relación a la irrupción del gusto rococó en el país, analiza las diferencias existentes entre ellos y pone de manifiesto el papel que …
Parental effects on offspring longevity--evidence from 17th to 19th century reproductive histories.
2004
Family studies provide support for a modest genetic influence on offspring life span, although the magnitude of these correlations is small.The study aimed to clarify the relative contributions of parental age at birth and overall parental longevity on offspring lifespan, and to identify the biological and cultural mechanisms.Information was derived from two village genealogies (1650-1927) encompassing 9979 births (5315 males, 4664 females). Data selection was guided by the inclusion of information about parental age at birth and lifespan, offspring lifespan and cohort-specific life expectancy.Parental age at reproduction displayed a negative association with offspring survivability, which …
Bayesian modeling of the evolution of male height in 18th century Finland from incomplete data.
2012
Abstract Data on army recruits’ height are frequently available and can be used to analyze the economics and welfare of the population in different periods of history. However, such data are not a random sample from the whole population at the time of interest, but instead is skewed since the short men were less likely to be recruited. In statistical terms this means that the data are left-truncated. Although truncation is well-understood in statistics a further complication is that the truncation threshold is not known, may vary from time to time, and auxiliary information on the threshold is not at our disposal. The advantage of the fully Bayesian approach presented here is that both the …
la noblesse dans la monarchie espagnole des Habsbourg aux Bourbons. Langages et pratiques de fidélités anciennes et nouvelles
2018
Lo scopo del saggio è di offrire una riflessione sulla nobiltà spagnola, siciliana e napoletana nel complesso quadro della crisi dinastica verificatasi nella monarchia spagnola alla morte di Carlo II. A partire dall'analisi delle dinamiche che hanno iniziato a modificare il ruolo delle Grandes alla corte di Madrid durante la reggenza di Mariana de Austria, l'attenzione si concentra principalmente sui decenni tra la fine del XVII e l'inizio del XVIII secolo. La ricerca evidenzia strategie personali e legali, nuove pratiche e linguaggi di negoziazione tra nobiltà e sovrano, al fine di comprendere le motivazioni che hanno costituito la base per l'adesione della nobiltà mediterranea al partito …
ANDREA GIGANTE E GLI ALTRI: SULL’AUTOREVOLEZZA PROFESSIONALE DELL’ARCHITETTO NEL SETTECENTO A PALERMO
2021
This contribution is based on the transcription and commentary of a document from the mid-18th century. The dialectic between Andrea Gigante (1731-1787) and a client for a specific service (a project and model of an altar in the church of San Carlo) indirectly reveals the status of social authority achieved in Palermo by the architect.
La vida cotidiana de los vecinos de Manila a través de sus testamentos e inventarios de bienes
2019
With the general objective indicated in its title, this work tries to highlight relevant aspects in the continuity of the Spanish domain in the Philippines, dependent on the maintenance of the Spanish capital. The inevitable selection of topics has lead the preferences of this work towards the residents collaboration to defend the city, the conversion of many of them into traders of exotic products and singular slaves owners, and their collaboration to an incredible miscegenation due to the ethnic variety. On the other hand, to follow the footsteps of the first generation of residents in Manila, at the end of the 16th century and during the 17th century, this work gives us some information …
Obrońca honoru rodu Poniatowskich. Rzecz o Józefie Antonim Poniatowskim
2019
The article is a biographical sketch devoted to the figure of Prince Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813). It was created on the occasion of the 210th anniversary of the battle of Raszyn, which took place on April 19, 1809. During this battle Józef Poniatowski impressed both his soldiers and Austrian opponents with extraordinary bravery and heroism. In the same year he received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, which was established by Napoleon Bonaparte. Poniatowski said without false modesty that “God has entrusted me with the honor of Poles, I will give him to God.” He was also prophetically saying that “You must die bravely”. He was born in Vienna and raised in a German-speaking environm…
Vivere e morire regalmente nella Sicilia del secondo Settecento. Incisioni di architettura per il palazzo e per i funerali del principe di Biscari a …
2022
This article presents four engravings that bear witness to the most significant stages of the celebrations organised in Catania for the funeral of the Prince of Biscari, Ignazio Paternò Castello, on 2 September 1786. This graphic corpus constitutes the last opportunity to celebrate the prince’s memory and prominence based on the models established by European courts, but at the same time it reveals more recondite aspects of the research into phenomena of emulation in architecture and self-representation that have not emerged to date from studies on the aristocrat from Catania and that reflect above all the way of life of a cultured personality driven by great ambitions. The aim of the resea…