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Las pinturas alegórico-mitológicas del palacio Palmerola de Barcelona y su relación con Cesare Ripa
2019
ABSTRACT: This study unveils the meaning of the allegorical-mythological murals, shaped like false sculptures, which frame the scenes of a historical-familial nature decorating the salon of the Palmerola Palace in Barcelona. They were painted at the end of the XVIIIth century by Pedro Pablo Montaña, whose primary literary source was the Iconologyby Cesare Ripa. Based on this text, the painter builds the visual language, whose fidelity to the source is a paradigmatic example of utilization of this source. My research also results in the correction of previous misinterpretations, thus offering a richer and more comprehensive view of the pictorial ensemble.
 
 KEYWORDS: Palmerola Pa…
Conectando testamentos: Números como tipo en Biblia Pauperum y Speculum Humanae Salvationis
2020
ABSTRACT: In the close typological relationship established in the Middle Ages between the Old and New Testaments, the Book of Numbers becomes an exemplary Christological and Mariological prefigurative example. The episodes of the Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron, the Spies from Canaan, the Rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, the Brazen Serpent, the Budding of Aaron’s Rod and the Prophecy of Balaam, constitute types of New Testament passages collected in the Biblia Pauperum and the Speculum Humanae Salvationis, whose repercussion will be felt in Medieval and Modern Art as a theological visual synthesis present in stained glass windows, sculptures of portals, tapestries, goldsmith works and…
Mythological Themes in Artworks of Ernests Brastins and Arvids Brastins
2014
The aim of the study is to analyse artwork of Ernests Brastins (1892-1942) and Arvids Brastins (1893-1984) from the point of view of content and iconology, and the formal structure of work, which helps to reveal the author’s ideological direction. Using the comparative method, the visual text (artwork) is compared to the verbal (folklore) text, in an attempt to find parallels to the way they reflect Latvian mythological conceptions. An appropriate folksongs and beliefs are chosen for the artwork selected for the analysis, which serve as an explanatory material for the subject. The elements included in the work compositions are analyzed in the context of Latvian symbolic representations of n…
La sculpture du Val de Loire au XVe siècle : une école introuvable ?
2003
Entre 1420 et 1530 approximativement la Loire joua un rôle essentiel pour la diffusion des formes et des modèles artistiques comme pour la circulation des artistes. Devenue cette " voie royale de l'art français " depuis la mort de Jean de Berry, le traité de Troyes, la double monarchie et l'abandon temporaire de Paris, elle perdit en parti ce statut avec le retour de captivité de François Ier, le règlement définitif de la question bretonne et bourbonnaise et le recentrage artistique autour de la région parisienne avec le chantier de Fontainebleau. Sur plus d'un siècle, le parcours des artistes et de leurs œuvres furent largement conditionné par cet axe, selon des mouvements pendulaires est-…
La Madonna di Trapani di Nino Pisano e i suoi epigoni
2020
La scultura della Madonna di Trapani del Santuario dell’Annunziata, riferita a Nino Pisano, che introduce l’iconografia della Vergine in amorevole colloquio, favorì la produzione di numerose copie del simulacro marmoreo sin dal XV secolo. Tra le tarde riproposizioni viene inserita la statua alabastrina della Madonna con il Bambino del Museo Diocesano di Palermo. The sculpture of the Madonna of Trapani of the Santuario dell'Annunziata, referring to Nino Pisano, who introduces the iconography of the Virgin in loving conversation, favoured the production of numerous copies of the marble simulacrum since the 15th century. The alabastrine statue of the Madonna and Child of the Diocesan Museum of…
Roman wood sculptures from Burgundy
2013
For the first time, the corpus of Roman wood sculptures from Burgundy is gathered together in a catalogue, with added photographic documents and bibliography. The twenty-five sculptures are listed and studied from a stylistic, iconographic and technical point of view. In the XIIth century, an actual school of monastic wood sculpture seemed to develop within the boundaries of the duchy of Burgundy, bringing a great diversity as far as formal and technical contributions are concerned. The sculptures that are the most representative to help the understanding of those numerous contributions are thoroughly studied. Their stylistic relationships with manuscripts dating back from the Carolingian R…
Aesthetics of Geometry and the Problem of Representation in Monument Sculpture
2017
Since the 1920s and 1930s, constructivist and concretist visual art movements have stressed geometric forms, proportions and orders as a base for artistic expressions and aesthetic experiences. After the World War II geometric form was adopted to the public sculpture. Abstract, geometrically constructed sculpture was also used in commemorative functions in modern monument art. The combination of the commemoration of a significant historical event or a national hero, and the aesthetic ideas based on constructivist or concretist art movements caused a lot of debates and confrontations in many Western countries. In particular, the interpretation of abstract monuments problematized: abstract mo…
Il complesso monastico di Santa Maria Maddalena di Corleone
2019
Le inedite fonti archivistiche indagate del monastero di Santa Maria Maddalena di Corleone hanno permesso di conoscere le committenze delle nobili e facoltose badesse per l’antico complesso benedettino, che miravano a rinnovare, arricchire e ornare gli spazi sacri rivolgendosi ad artisti di chiara fama. Da Tommaso de Vigilia ad Antonello Gagini, ad Antonio Vasquez e ancora a noti marmorarii, stuccatori, intagliatori e argentieri riservando la realizzazione delle opere a ricamo alle abili consorelle della stessa fondazione monastica. Del prezioso patrimonio ricordato dalle carte d’archivio si rintracciano alcune importanti opere, come i preziosi paliotti ricamati arricchiti ora con perline s…
Un profilo di Nino Geraci, scultore del Novecento
2023
Il contributo presenta un approfondimento sulla figura di Nino Geraci, scultore attivo a Palermo dal 1900 al 1980 con una fortunata parentesi a New York dal 1927 al 1931 e artista meritevole di una più attenta considerazione critica. The contribution presents an insight into the figure of Nino Geraci, a sculptor active in Palermo from 1900 to 1980 with a successful interlude in New York from 1927 to 1931 and an artist worthy of more careful critical consideration.
Cavaillon (84), Ancienne cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Véran. Suivi archéologique de sondages géotechniques
2023
Pour les besoins de l’étude géotechnique, six sondages ont été creusés dans et autour de l’ancienne cathédrale de Cavaillon en février 2020. Ils avaient pour objectif de comprendre les désordres structurels observés sur l’édifice en mettant à jour les fondations des différentes constructions (chapelles, chevet, nef et annexe). Compte-tenu du contexte archéologique, le Service Régional de l’Archéologie de PACA a prescrit leur suivi archéologique. L’objectif était de documenter les niveaux d’occupation mis au jour sans détruire les vestiges remarquables, en particulier les maçonneries et les sépultures. Parmi les sondages, les trois situés au nord de l’ancienne cathédrale, le long de la rue D…