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Arte e Idea. Francisco de Hollanda e l’estetica del Cinquecento
2004
Art and Ideas Francisco de Hollanda and Sixteenth-Century Aesthetics The historians of aesthetics who have studied the problem of ideas in art theory (from Panofsky to Baeumler and Tatarkiewicz) have overlooked Da pintura antiga, by Portuguese artist and theoretician Francisco de Hollanda (1517-1584), a text where the Platonic notion of idea enters a treatise on art for the first time. The present volume aims to fill such gap by shedding light on an author who has long been overshadowed by the great Michelangelo (whom Hollanda met during his stay in Rome in the years 1538-1540), as well as by advancing an analysis of the aesthetic concepts that emerge not only from Da pintura antiga, but fr…
Banalizing the Alterity
2018
This chapter discusses the problem of poverty as something finely integrated in dark tourism. Though originally, both concepts sound very distant, no less true is that dark tourism and slum tourism are inextricably intertwined. Throughout this chapter review, we placed a hot debate on the role of globalization as a chief agent oriented to connect dissimilar economies into an all-encompassing system. The question whether tourism should be considered ethical or not still remains open. In days of Thana-Capitalism the suffering pivoted as the main commodity not only that helps structuring social institutions, but the necessary mediator between lay-people and their states.
The Destructive Passions of Life and the Soul: An Interdisciplinary View
1996
Man is a marvelous but also a mysterious creature. In spite of the surprising progress of science and technology, in spite of indubitable success in the utilization of the forces of nature, our crimes against nature as well as against man continue. One of the latest phenomena of this kind is the cruel conflict in the former territory of Yugoslavia.
Pieni matkakertomus Afrikasta
2013
Haaveilin koululaisena, että teen uskomattomia seikkailuja kaukaisiin maailmankolkkiin. Uudemman kerran olin lähdössä päätä pahkaa maailmalle, kun aloitin uskontotieteen opinnot Turun yliopistossa 1990-luvun alussa. Muistan, kuinka silloista professoria huvitti, kun uusien opiskelijoiden esittelytilaisuudessa kerroin haluavani Markku Lehmuskallion jalanjäljille dokumentaristiksi Siperiaan. Maailma oli minulle silloin niin avoin, että en ymmärtänyt, että laadukkaassa dokumenttielokuvassa kuvataan muutakin kuin puhuvia päitä ja eksoottisia rituaaleja. En tiennyt, että alaa opiskellaan usein muualla kuin tiedeyliopistossa. Loppujen lopuksi minusta tuli ihan hyvä etnologi: olen kuluneiden 20 vu…
Willem Boshoff, artist's monograph and catalogue
2013
Willem Boshoff’s work articulates around a pivotal date, April 1994, the first democratic elections in South Africa. He may choose to work gigantic rocks of granite or establish vast installations of accumulated material. The artist claims that his work is based on language, often taking the form of Dictionaries. While reviewing the main questions by artists of the twentieth century, texts or artworks from Europe are systematically tested against their South African counterpart. Boshoff’s attitude is determined by a melancholic questioning of his role as a creator linked to a political situation and cultural milieu. He discovers more dynamic ways of presenting gestures when his artistic act…
Alternative Stories of Agricultural Origins: The Neolithic Spread in the Iberian Peninsula
2017
The spread of agriculture from the Near East to Europe has long been a subject of intense archaeological study and debate in light of the social and economic changes that occurred and were set in motion as a result of this transition. Despite the attention paid to this important process, a consensus is far from being reached. Perhaps for these reasons, new methods and theoretical approaches have often been applied to the questions surrounding the spread of agriculture first. Recently, computational modeling has emerged as a promising technique for the study of the origins of agriculture. Our approach employs an agent-based computational model of agricultural spread for the Iberian Peninsula…
Diagonal ear lobe crease and atherosclerosis : a review of the medical literature and dental implications
2011
In Spain a significant number of individuals die from atherosclerotic disease of the coronary and carotid arteries without having classic risk factors and prodromal symptoms. The diagonal ear lobe crease (DELC) has been characterized in the medical literature as a surrogate marker which can identify high risk patients having occult atherosclerosis. This topic however has not been examined in either the medical or dental literature emanating from Spain. The majority of clinical, angiography and postmortem reports support the premise that DELC is a valuable extravascular physical sign able to distinguish some patients at risk of succumbing to atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries. A minori…
Images et usages de l’Agnus Dei à l’époque moderne
2018
Actes de la journée d'études à paraître. Rouen, archevêché de la cathédrale de Rouen.; International audience
An imperial town in a time of transition. Life, environment, and decline of early Byzantine Caričin Grad
2016
The site of Caricin Grad in south-eastern Serbia – currently listed on UNESCO’s tentative list – has been the subject of archaeological investigations for more than 100 years. For the last decades it has been the focus of a joint project of the Archaeological Institute in Belgrade and the Ecole Francaise de Rome. A reconstruction of the economic, environmental and social history of the city is the main objective of a cooperative project started in 2014 with the Romisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz. The remains of the early Byzantine complex of Caricin Grad show the features of a city built in the classical, Hellenistic-Roman tradition, combined with ecclesiastical Christian architecture…