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The effect of furnishing on perceived spatial dimensions and spaciousness of interior space
2014
Despite the ubiquity of interior space design, there is virtually no scientific research on the influence of furnishing on the perception of interior space. We conducted two experiments in which observers were asked to estimate the spatial dimensions (size of the room dimensions in meters and centimeters) and to judge subjective spaciousness of various rooms. Experiment 1 used true-to-scale model rooms with a square surface area. Furnishing affected both the perceived height and the spaciousness judgments. The furnished room was perceived as higher but less spacious. In Experiment 2, rooms with different square surface areas and constant physical height were presented in virtual reality. Fu…
Wall patterns influence the perception of interior space
2019
The texture of an object’s surface influences its perceived spatial extent. For example, Hermann von Helmholtz reported that a square patch with black and white stripes appears elongated perpendicular to the stripes’ orientation. This time-honoured finding stands in contrast with more recent recommendations by interior-design experts who suggest that stripe wall patterns make rooms appear elongated in the direction parallel to the stripes’ orientation. In a series of four experiments, we presented stripe wall patterns and varied the orientation of the stripes (horizontal vs. vertical) and their density (number of stripes per degree of visual angle). Subjects estimated the width and height …
Gli argenti delle confraternite di Bisacquino
2011
Le confraternite di Bisacquino nel XVIII secolo dotarono le chiese o cappelle in cui aveva sede il loro sodalizio di pregevoli suppellettili ed arredi sacri in argento, eseguiti da abili artisti palermitani, di cui si propongono i più significativi esempi The confraternities of Bisacquino in the eighteenth century equipped the churches or chapels where their association was based with valuable silver furnishings and sacred ornaments, made by skilled artists from Palermo, of which the most significant examples are proposed here.
Performance of a pilot-scale biotrickling filter in controlling the volatile organic compound emissions in a furniture manufacturing facility.
2009
A 0.75-m3 pilot-scale biotrickling filter was run for over 1 yr in a Spanish furniture company to evaluate its performance in the removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contained in the emission of two different paint spray booths. The first one was an open front booth used to manually paint furniture, and the second focus was an automatically operated closed booth operated to paint pieces of furniture. In both cases, the VOC emissions were very irregular, with rapid and extreme fluctuations. The pilot plant was operated at an empty bed residence time (EBRT) ranging from 10 to 40 sec, and good removal efficiencies of VOCs were usually obtained. When a buffering activated carbon prefil…
Le suppellettili liturgiche dell'Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi
2007
Il saggio analizza le suppellettili liturgiche d'argento dell'Eparchia di Piana degli Albanesi esposte alla mostra "Tracce d'Oriente", per lo più realizzate da argentieri palermitani del XVIII e XIX secolo. Le opere della liturgia greco-albanese vengono messe a confronto con quelle utilizzate per le celebrazioni di rito latino. The essay analyzes the silver liturgical furnishings of the Eparchy of Piana degli Albanesi exhibited at the exhibition "Tracce d'Oriente", mostly made by silversmiths from Palermo in the 18th and 19th centuries. The works of the Greek-Albanian liturgy are compared with those used for the Latin rite celebrations.
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…
I Tesori delle Chiese di Gratteri
2005
Si analizzano le suppellettili liturgiche e i parati sacri ancora custoditi nelle chiese di Gratteri mettendoli a confronto con la produzione siciliana coeva The liturgical furnishings and sacred equipments still preserved in the churches of Gratteri are analyzed, comparing them with the coeval Sicilian production
Tesori d'arte a Bisacquino
2008
Il percorso attraverso i tesori d'arte delle chiese di Bisacquino si pone da un lato quasi come un Museo diffuso dell'arte sacra di questo centro della Diocesi di Monreale e dall'altro come un museo virtuale che ne raccoglie la collezione d'argenteria sacra. L'inedito corpus delle suppellettili liturgiche d'argento viene schedato secondo la più attuale metodologia catalografica e storico critica. La monografia è compendiata da un catalogo dove ciascun manufatto è descritto e contestualizzato nella temperie stilistica di riferimento. La rassegna delle opere d'arte proposte copre un arco temporale che va dalla seconda metà del XVI secolo alla prima metà del XIX. The path through the art treas…
Divina Instrumenta. Argenti liturgici nelle chiese di Gangi
2022
Il volume, che dimostra l’unicità di preziosi manufatti siciliani dei secoli passati, focalizza, per la prima volta, l’analisi su opere d’arte sacra, che, forgiati in oro, argento e rame ed arricchiti dal corallo, utilizzato con forte valenza simbolica, da smalti policromi e da pietre dure, sono custoditi nelle diverse e ricche chiese di Gangi (Pa), centro delle alte Madonie. Le suppellettili liturgiche sono state realizzate da maestranze siciliane e non, dalla fine del Trecento, quando nell’Isola circolavano opere di origine toscana e ligure, agli inizi dell’Ottocento, secolo caratterizzato dall’avvento del rigoroso e sobrio stile neoclassico. Commissionate da ecclesiastici, nobili e giura…
Fashion versus perception: the impact of surface lightness on the perceived dimensions of interior space.
2011
Objectives: We compare expert opinion with perceptual judgment regarding the influence of color on the perceived height and width of interior rooms. Background: We hypothesize that contrary to popular belief, ceiling and wall lightness have additive effects on perceived height, whereas the lightness contrast between these surfaces is less important. We assessed the intuitions of architectural experts as to which surface colors maximize apparent height and compared these intuitions with psychophysical height and width estimates for rooms differing in ceiling, floor, and wall lightness. Method: Experiment 1 was a survey of architectural experts and nonexperts. Experiments 2 and 3 presented v…