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Giraldi e Pigna sui romanzi: una polemica in contesto
2013
The essay reconstructs the polemic between Giraldi and Pigna as a generational and ideological gap: Giraldi and Pigna are seen in their dialogue with their literary interlocutors (Castelvetro, Speroni, Bocchi), against the background of the historical transition from humanistic culture, founded on the primacy of history and trust in nature, to a new philosophical culture, characterized by a disposition towards allegory and a process of professionalization of intellectual works.
Recensione a Matthews-Grieco, Sara F. (ed.), Erotic Cultures of Renaissance Italy, Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2010, pp. 281, «Forum Italicum», 2011, n.…
2011
Recensione a Matthews-Grieco, Sara F. (ed.), Erotic Cultures of Renaissance Italy, Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2010, pp. 281, «Forum Italicum», 2011, n. 2, pp. 501-503
Ariosto’s Religion
2022
To many readers of Orlando Furioso, Ariosto appears to be essentially disinterested in religious matters, a poet who thinks religion and morality should be kept away from literary creation. However, in this paper I will argue that Ariosto, far from being a-religious, or even un-Christian, was deeply engaged with contemporary religious debates. And without understanding this, it is impossible to comprehend Ariosto’s historical location. The author of a 1498 letter to Aldo Manuzio, where he requested Marsilio Ficino’s hermetic books on behalf of his fellow ferrarese literati, Ariosto needs to be read against the background of his own culture: he was walking the roads of Ferrara when Savonarol…
Sentieri interrotti e coincidenze casuali: Ariosto oggi
2012
Ludovico Ariosto
La finestra e lo specchio. Alberti e la pluralità dei punti di vista
2020
Nel De pictura, paragonando la pittura prima a una finestra e poi a uno specchio, Leon Battista Alberti sottolinea l’importanza del punto di vista per la rappresentazione artistica. Nelle Intercenales, che costituiscono il contraltare giocoso del trattato, il cambiamento di punto di vista determina una diversa visione del mondo. Attraverso riferimenti testuali ad entrambe le opere, il saggio dimostra che, sia come teorico dell’arte sia come letterato, Alberti ha esaltato la «forza del vedere», il rifiuto di una visione monodirezionale e l’importanza di discernere e valutare differenti prospettive, lasciando ai posteri un insegnamento coerente di natura sia etica sia estetica. In his work De…
Appealing to the enemy, breaking boundaries
2019
Lettura critica del volume di Giovanni Ricci, Appeal to the Turk. The broken boundaries of the Renaissance (Viella, Rome, 2018, pp. 190) Critical comment of the book: Giovanni Ricci, Appeal to the Turk. The broken boundaries of the Renaissance (Viella, Rome, 2018, pp. 190)
SHAKESPEARE AND THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE: Appropriation, Transformation, Opposition.
2014
Un piano di espansione per Palermo nel secondo Cinquecento: Guglielmo Fornaya e la fondazione del borgo di Santa Lucia.
2014
Il saggio indaga una "speciale" lottizzazione fra le numerose attuate nella capitale siciliana nel corso del XVI secolo: la sua specificità consiste, infatti, nell'essere stata l'unica condotta in un'area esterna alla cinta muraria. Attuata apparentemente contro ogni ragione di difesa della città, l'iniziativa si intreccia piuttosto con più questioni legate alla realizzazione del Molo Nuovo, la principale infrastruttura portuale del Mediterraneo realizzata in prima età moderna, e con le controverse proposte di espansione urbana formulate dalla Corona che, se realizzate, avrebbe condotto al raddoppio della superficie intramuraria di Palermo, con la costruzione di una nuova "Napoli" siciliana…
Renaissance Itineraries between Nebrodi and Peloritani: Architectural Heritage, History and Technology
2022
Within the general framework of a research Project of Relevant National Interest (PRIN 2017), entitled “The Renaissance in Southern Italy and the Islands: Cultural Heritage and Technology”, the research unit based at Palermo University focused on the inner area that includes Nebrodi and Peloritani mountains, as a quite unexplored and stimulating environment in the specific field of investigation. The scientific relevance of the investigation on “Renaissance itineraries” in this territory, for a deeper understanding of the overall cultural phenomenon in the island, guided this choice, as well as the opportunity to create cultural networks among small local communities, encouraging their sust…
The “RENAISSANCE” Trial: Effect of chemotherapy alone vs. chemotherapy followed by surgical resection on survival and quality of life in patients wit…
2017
TPS4140 Background: Recent data indicates that surgical resection may bring a benefit for select patients with metastatic gastric / esophagogastric junction cancer. However, no data obtained in randomized trials is available up to now. The current RENAISSANCE trial investigates this long-lasting question about the role of surgical intervention in limited-metastatic gastric / esophagogastric junction cancer. Methods: This is a prospective, multicenter, randomized, investigator initiated phase III trial. In this study, previously untreated patients with limited metastatic stage (retroperitoneal lymph node metastases only or a maximum of one incurable organ site that is potentially resectable…