Search results for "Decorative art"
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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.
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)
Custodie eucaristiche in Sicilia tra Tardo Gotico e Rinascimento
2021
Review of Eucharistic cases, aka monstrances, of architectural typology produced in Sicily between the 15th and 17th centuries. Analysis of the compositional and stylistic characteristics. Framing in the broader historical, artistic and cultural context of reference
THE SAN VITO WOODEN PULPIT FROM MUSEO DIOCESANO OF PALERMO, ITALY: MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH AND ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR DATING AND RESTORATION
2017
The aim of the present research is to investigate the constitutive materials and the execution techniques of San Vito wooden pulpit from Museo Diocesano of Palermo (Italy) and to provide helpful information to dating it in addition to technical, historical and artistic evaluations. The pulpit, attributed to unknown artist, belongs to the decorative arts and the most relevant feature is its double dating, in addition to the singular painting technique: it has a linear structure typical of XIXth century and three polychrome and gilded panels probably dated to the end of XVIIth century. This paper describes the application of analytical techniques (imaging diagnostics techniques, Scanning Elec…
Acquasantiera con Santa Rosalia e il Genio del Fiume Oreto
2021
Historical and critical analysis of a silver and coral filigree font made in Sicily in 1678. Description and iconographic reading of the figurative elements
La Mostra d’Arte Sacra delle Madonie di Maria Accascina. Il catalogo che non c’era
2017
Critical and reasoned reconstruction of the catalog of the Madonie Sacred Art Exhibition created by Maria Accascina in 1937. A tribute to the curator, a review of works of art, sacred art and decorative art ranging from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century
1682 un'annata florida. Andrea Mamingari, Paolo Amato e un'inedita cassetta reliquiaria della Cattedrale di Palermo
2022
The study of an unprecedented reliquary box of the Cathedral of Palermo is an opportunity to reconstruct a happy productive context and expand the catalog of the works of the silversmith Andrea Mamingari
Le suppellettili liturgiche dagli anni Ottanta del Settecento ai primi decenni dell’Ottocento
2016
Il saggio analizza le suppellettili liturgiche d'argento delle chiese di Petralia Soprana realizzate dagli anni Ottanta del Settecento ai primi decenni dell’Ottocento per aggiornare e ampliare il patrimonio d'arte sacra del centro madonita. La lettura dei marchi e il ritrovamento di inediti documenti d'archivio hanno consentito di riferire le opere ad alcuni maestri palermitani, come Salvatore La Cecla e Salvatore Mercurio, e di individuare in qualche caso anche i committenti. The essay analyzes the silver liturgical furnishings of the churches of Petralia Soprana built from the eighties of the eighteenth century to the first decades of the nineteenth century to update and expand the herita…
Of Moor's Heads and Other Sicilian Decorations
2017
La Mostra d’Arte Sacra delle Madonie: la pièce inaugurale tra storia del costume e valorizzazione del patrimonio
2017
The reconstruction of the inaugural event of the Exhibition of Sacred Art of the Madonie di Maria Accascina. From the handwritten notes found, the theatrical formula of the moment conceived by Accascina herself preparatory to the opening of the rooms, between parades of ancient costumes and narration of historical and artistic events linked to Sicily