Search results for "museum"

THE ROLE OF THE MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY “P. DODERLEIN” ON HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF MARINE INVASIVE SPECIES

2017

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Un mystère : la technique de conservation mise en oeuvre par Honoré Fragonard pour créer ses fameux écorchés

2008

A two part overview of the techniques used by Honoré Fragonard to create and preserve (mainly against the insects) cutaway anatomical figures (" écorchés ") of animals or humans. The first part summarise the techniques preparing the dry anatomical specimens at that time, according to contemporary bibliographical data: selection and preparation of the bodies, then injection of the various organs and tissues (e.g: muscles, nerves, lymph and blood vessels, placenta etc.). The second one gives detailed information on the techniques used by Fragonard to create his " écorchés " : selection of the subjects, highlighting the various organs and tissues, mummification, drying and varnishing. This new…

Aesthetic engagement in museum exhibitions

2014

Off-line methods for determining air quality in museums

2010

This paper will examine three methodologies deployed in off-line research relating to air quality in museums. These methodologies made use of sensors based on the different chemical-physicalproperties of various materials (corrosiveness, hardness and absorption). Various field applications were applied to case studies, which were performed in two museums in Palermo, Italy: the Regional Gallery of Palazzo Abatellis and the Diocesan Museum. This review of methodologies and sensors examines which protocol should be put into practice in museums in monitoring the air quality of display spaces and the conservation of cultural artefacts.

An improved high yield method to obtain microsatellite genotypes from red deer antlers up to 200 years old.

2013

Analysis of DNA from older samples, such as museum specimen, is a promising approach to studying genetics of populations and ecological processes across several generations. Here, we present a method for extracting high quality nuclear DNA for microsatellite analysis from antlers of red deer (Cervus elaphus). The genotyping of individuals was based on nine microsatellite loci. Because the amount of DNA found in antlers was high, we could reduce the amount of sample and chemicals used and shorten the decalcification time in comparison to other methods. Using these methods, we obtained genotypes from antlers up to 200 years old.

Experiencing Authenticity at Alvar Aalto’s Experimental House

2021

Experiences of authenticity are studied at Alvar Aalto’s Experimental House – today a modern house museum – which has gone through renovations and changes. Visitors were interviewed to find out how they feel about the authenticity of the place, if the changes affect their experience of authenticity, and if they share the same opinions. A review of the literature on the concept of authenticity is carried out and its implications for museum contexts is considered, and then the research questions are answered by analysing 30 interviews of visitors to the Experimental House.

Rendere sensibile, rendere visibile. Le pratiche artistiche tra confini territoriali e disciplinari

2017

Ripensare oggi un futuro per le aree interne significa in primo luogo decostruire l’idea di perifericità e di marginalità cui esse hanno rimandato per un lungo periodo (Decandia, 2016). Una decostuzione che si compie adottando un nuovo sguardo, un ripensamento creativo e generativo dei territori in cui linguaggi sensibili e razionalità estetiche agiscono come dispositivi di trasformazione. Molte di queste aree sono oggi l’incubazione di un rigoglioso sottobosco in azione, terreni in cui pratiche artistiche e culturali agiscono facendo della perifericità il fulcro della sperimentazione. Attraverso l’arte contemporanea queste pratiche incidono nei territori innescando dei processi critici di …

Artificazioni della performance: il caso del Museo Pasqualino

2020

This paper analyzes the process, dating back to the last 50 years, which has seen the work of art approaching everyday life, with critical perspectives increasingly focused on processuality and performance. Therefore, a notion such as that of artification – “process of processes”, according to Heinich and Shapiro – signals the paradox of the success of art at the time of its deconstruction. In this cultural climate, ethnographic museums reproduce, rework or draw on the languages of contemporary art, making them tools to overcome an essentialist notion of heritage but also to present multivocal interpretations and reflect on the processes that underlie “showing the difference”. The “Antonio …

Mēdlera teleskopa fotogrāfija tomēr eksistē!

2020

Agrāk domāja, ka Latvijas Universitātes Astronomiskā torņa pirmā teleskopa fotogrāfija nav saglabājusies. Veicot rūpīgus meklējumus Latvijas Universitātes Muzejā, tika atrasta vienīgā teleskopa fotogrāfija. Video paskaidro, kā tā tika atrasta.

Translating migration: digital narratives, (anti) museums in action and documentaries

2016

This article investigates the modalities through which the migrant crisis is portrayed in the creative artistic sector that, in turn, has accelerated the spread of political participatory and activist movements in the areas of subtitling and amateur translation. This innovative trend involving the sphere of translation has been acting as an important stimulus for the international mushrooming of artistic creativities on public spaces and digital platforms, but also for the formation of new views on translation and interpretation as actively contributing to the reframing of the political aspects of the migrant crisis. Such a counter wave of artistic productions has emerged within a Europe th…