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Expériences de la monumentalité dans la sculpture de Denis Monfleur
2014
International audience
The Virtual Reconstruction of the Aesculapius and Hygeia Statues from the Sanctuary of Isis in Lilybaeum: Methods and Tools for Ancient Sculptures’ E…
2022
Thanks to recent technological developments in 3D surveys, computer graphics and virtual reality, new scenarios have been opened for the documentation and enhancement of ancient sculptures. When not totally preserved, sculptures can be digitally reproduced, modified and visualized to simulate their physical or virtual reconstruction in a non-invasive way for specialists or for dissemination aims. The virtual sculptural reconstruction process starts usually from the 3D survey of real fragments, and then continues by integrating missing parts with 3D modelling techniques by means of source evaluation. Along with primary data sources (reality-based model), secondary data sources (photos, drawi…
Opere d’arte francescane dall’alto Belice corleonese alla Valle del Sosio
2013
Si analizzano opere d’arte, anche inedite, legate alla committenza francescana dell’alto Belice corleonese e della Valle del Sosio pubblicando documenti emersi nel corso della ricerca We analyze works of art, also unpublished, related to the Franciscan patronage of the Upper Belice Corleonese and the Sosio Valley by publishing documents that emerged during the research.
Obesity in Aging and Art
2009
THIS issue of Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences highlights new findings on obesity in older persons and its consequences for health and function (1,2,3). The obesity epidemic is spreading rapidly in both developed and developing countries, and perspectives on the negative effects of overweight and obesity abound in recent medical literature. What do we know so far about obesity over the lifetime? Obesity does not spare older persons (4). Obese older persons experience a wide range of negative consequences, including metabolic abnormalities, arthritis, pulmonary diseases, cataracts, cancer, impaired mobility, disability, and mortality. Given the already extensive knowledge base, why a…
La Gipsoteca del Dipartimento Culture e Società dell'Università degli Studi di Palermo. Storia e catalogo
2017
Il volume presenta, per la prima volta, la storia e il catalogo della Gipsoteca del Dipartimento Culture e Società dell’Università degli Studi di Palermo. Si tratta di un’importante raccolta di calchi in gesso di sculture antiche, voluta da Antonino Salinas (1841-1914) ai tempi del suo magistero accademico e ora completamente riordinata, grazie a un nuovo allestimento curato dallo stesso autore di questo libro. The volume presents, for the first time, the history and catalog of the Gipsoteca of the Culture and Society Department of the University of Palermo. This is an important collection of plaster casts of ancient sculptures, commissioned by Antonino Salinas (1841-1914) at the time of hi…
Les sirènes mâles dans la sculpture bourguignonne
2020
J.-P. Thevenot aperçut un jour sur mon écran d’ordinateur ce curieux carreau médiéval, représentant un combat de sirènes mâles (fig. 1). Il m’en demanda des explications que je fus bien incapable de lui donner. Ce colloque réuni en son honneur me donne l’occasion de répondre à sa curiosité. Je me suis donc aventuré assez loin de mes sujets de prédilection pour pouvoir comprendre comment ces sirènes mâles - ou tritons - ont pu se retrouver sur le sol du château de Gevrey-Chambertin. Après quel...
Scultura ellenistica e paesaggio urbano: i casi di Tindari e Solunto
2019
The archaeological evidence provides us with significant clues about the role of the sculptural display in the urban space during the Hellenistic period. The paper focuses on two study cases from Tindari and Solunto respectively. Thanks to the investigation of overlooked archival documents and historiography, it has been possible to single out the monumental contexts of the sculptures. It is now quite certain that the two marble Nikai from Tyndaris come from the mid-19th century excavation at the theatre, perhaps from the paraskenia of the huge late Hellenistic scene building. The second part deals with the so-called Zeus of Solunto, its extant pieces and the puzzling remains of the sacred …
Un saint, un pêcheur, Deux statues de Martial Raysse
2014
International audience; En 1996, Martial Raysse réalise un Saint Sébastien transpercé d'une flèche. L'année suivante, il réutilise le moule de sa statue : la flèche disparaît et la main droite bouge pour tenir un poisson. Cette nouvelle figure, Menis le pêcheur, est inspirée d'une épigramme antique. L'artiste poursuit un retour aux sources entrepris dans les années 1980 : il réinvestit les techniques traditionnelles de la statuaire et puise son iconographie dans des textes anciens. Martial Raysse tisse ainsi des liens entre des histoires intemporelles pour offrir des figures de l'humanité expressives, humbles et dignes.
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and the analytical study of sculptures and wall decoration
1997
Abstract An analytical examination of sculpture and wall painting, including several wooden polychromed carvings from Valencian churches (15th–17th centuries) using FT-IR spectroscopy is described. The organic and inorganic compounds used in the works of art and the different artistic techniques used in each historical intervention carried out in the sculptures are identified. The analytical information obtained with this technique on organic and inorganic compounds is extremely useful in the preliminary studies necessary for diagnosis and to decide on the conservation process.
Concordiae Agrigentinorum Sacrum Res Publica Lilybitanorum. Nessi reali e presunti tra Marsala e Agrigento, A proposito di Iside. Parte II. Lilibeo: …
2021
Some archaeological investigations at Lilybaeum (Marsala) have brought to light a building in the northern part of the Capo Boeo, close to an insula occupied by a large domus. According to an inscription that mentions a deity called myronima and thea megiste, two well know epicleses of Isis, this building has been interpreted as an Iseum. The text is engraved on the surface of a half column, whose function is now re-interpreted. Also some fragmentary sculptures, which were found during the same excavations, have been deemed to belong to an Isis- Aphrodite and a Sarapis. A new reading of these statues suggests a very different interpretation. The male torso and a fragment of a bearded head a…