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Sicilian Byzantine Icons through the Use of Non-Invasive Imaging Techniques and Optical Spectroscopy: The Case of the Madonna dell’Elemosina
2021
The iconographic heritage is one of the treasures of Byzantine art that have enriched the south of Italy, and Sicily in particular, since the early 16th century. In this work, the investigations of a Sicilian Icon of Greek-Byzantine origin, the Madonna dell’Elemosina, is reported for the first time. The study was carried out using mainly non-invasive imaging techniques (photography in reflectance and grazing visible light, UV fluorescence, infrared reflectography, radiography, and computed tomography) and spectroscopic techniques (X-ray fluorescence and infrared spectroscopy). The identification of the constituent materials provides a decisive contribution to the correct historical and arti…
Icone. Tradizione/Contemporaneità. Le icone post-bizantine della Sicilia nord-occidentale e la loro interpretazione contemporanea
2019
Si tratta del catalogo della mostra allestita presso il Museo Diocesano di Monreale (PA), nella quale si espongono tredici icone antiche di scuola veneto-cretese dell'Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi e dello stesso museo (16th-17th secolo), messe a confronto con 12 opere create appositamente da artisti contemporanei , dei quali sei siciliani e sei greci This is the catalogue of the exhibition held at the Museo Diocesano in Monreale (PA), in which thirteen ancient icons of the Venetian-Cretan school of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi and the museum itself (16th-17th century) are exhibited, compared with 12 works specially created by contemporary artists, including six Sicilians and six G…
Arte per Theodoùli. Pittori e committenti di icone post-bizantine della Sicilia occidentale
2019
Il saggio approfondisce le generalità di pittori e committenti di alcune icone post-bizantine della Sicilia nord-occidentale, accomunati dalla definizione di theodoùli, cioè servi di Dio The chapter explores the generality of painters and clients of some post-Byzantine icons of north-western Sicily, united by the definition of theodoùli, i.e. servants of God