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"The wrathful sunset glared...": The Krakatoa Sunsets in Victorian Science and Art

2020

The eruption of Krakatoa on August 27, 1883 was an event both tragic and spectacular. Thousands of lives were lost; sea waves and atmospheric disturbances were detected around the globe. Billions of tons of volcanic ash were thrown into the atmosphere producing multi-coloured sunsets caused by the scattering of light by aerosol particles. The paper discusses the ways in which these so-called Krakatoa sunsets, which were experienced by most of the world, were reflected in Victorian scientific and artistic discourse. The accounts included in the section “Descriptions of the Unusual Twilight Glows in Various Parts of the World, in 1883–84” of the Royal Society report The Eruption of Krakatoa a…

Sea wavesTwilightHistoryPoetryVictorian poetryGeneral MedicineSunsetAncient historyKrakatoa eruptionRoyal Society reportAnglica Wratislaviensia
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DIO SALVI IL RESTAURO. L’apporto inglese alla cultura della conservazione dei monumenti

2020

Sebbene già riuscissimo a percepire quanto rilevante fosse l’apporto inglese per aver contribuito alla definizione del restauro modernamente inteso, sino ad oggi mancavano ancora sia una chiara visione d’insieme delle articolate vicende connesse all'affermazione dei princìpi conservativi, sia una più approfondita conoscenza delle fonti documentarie, necessarie al fine di tracciare i profili culturali dei protagonisti e scandagliarne i contributi teorici. La ricostruzione delle vicende è sviluppata entro margini temporali estesi all'incirca per tre secoli, dalla fine del Seicento al principio del Nove-cento, e strutturata attraverso la traduzione e lo studio di testi perlopiù mai circolati i…

Settore ICAR/19 - RestauroRestoration Conservation Preservation Repair Theory History England United kingdom Greit Britain Ireland Italy Monuments Cathedral Church Architecture Inigo Jones John Aubrey William Stukeley Niels Stensen Stonehenge Christopher Wren Nicholas Hawksmoor John Vanbrugh Thomas Hobbes Edmund Burke Invisible College Royal Society James Wyatt Gilbert Scott John Ruskin William Morris Welby Pugin John James Stevenson John Carter William Atkinson Jeffry Wyatville George Edmund Street Benjamin Ferrey Charles Barry John Louis Petit Camillo Boito Giacomo Boni Francesco Bongioannini Giuseppe Fiorelli St Paul’s Cathedral Old St Paul’s Francis Drake York Cathedral Salisbury Cathedral Westminster Cathedral Lincoln Cathedral Beverley Minster Durham Cathedral St Mark’s Basilica Venice Papers on the Conservation of Ancient Monuments and Remains RIBA Royal Institute of British Architect SPAB Society for the Protection of Ancient Building National Trust Francesco Tomaselli Giovanni CarbonaraRestauro Conservazione Manutenzione Riparazione Teoria Storia Inghilterra Regno Unito Isole Britanniche Gran Bretagna Irlanda Italia Monumenti Cattedrali Chiese Architettura Inigo Jones John Aubrey William Stukeley Niccolò Stenone Stonehenge Christopher Wren Nicholas Hawksmoor John Vanbrugh Thomas Hobbes Edmund Burke Invisible College Royal Society James Wyatt Gilbert Scott John Ruskin William Morris Welby Pugin John James Stevenson John Carter William Atkinson Jeffry Wyatville George Edmund Street Benjamin Ferrey Charles Barry John Louis Petit Camillo Boito Giacomo Boni Francesco Bongioannini Giuseppe Fiorelli Cattedrale di San Paolo Francis Drake Cattedrale di York Cattedrale di Salisbury Cattedrale di Westminster Cattedrale di Lincoln Cattedrale di Beverley Cattedrale di Durham Basilica di San Marco Venezia Carta del Restauro Papers on the Conservation of Ancient Monuments and Remains RIBA Royal Institute of British Architect SPAB Society for the Protection of Ancient Building National Trust Francesco Tomaselli Giovanni Carbonara
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APPLIQUER LES PRINCIPES DE LA ROYAL SOCIETY – L’EXEMPLE DU VOYAGE DE HANS SLOANE (1660-1753) A LA JAMAIQUE (1687)

2013

International audience; Les collections accumulées durant sa vie par l’éminent médecin Hans Sloane formèrent le noyau originel du British Museum, qui ouvrit au public en 1759. Hans Sloane fut secrétaire de la Royal Society pendant 20 ans (à partir de 1693) puis président de celle-ci après la mort de Newton de 1727 à 1741. Mais il en était membre depuis 1685, avant son départ à la Jamaïque, où il passa 15 mois entre 1687 et 1689. Il publia en deux énormes volumes les résultats de ce voyage en 1707 et 1725 (A Voyage to the Islands Madera, Barbadoes, Nieves, St Christopher’s and Jamaica ; with the Natural History of the Herbs and Trees, Four-Footed Beasts, Fishes, Birds, Insects, Reptiles, &c …

[SHS.HISPHILSO]Humanities and Social Sciences/History Philosophy and Sociology of SciencesHans Sloane[SHS.HISPHILSO] Humanities and Social Sciences/History Philosophy and Sociology of Sciencesrécits de voyage[SHS] Humanities and Social SciencesillustrationsJamaïqueRoyal society[SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences
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