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Natural light in the architectural interior: Fake news on the Caravaggio of Palermo
2022
The paper investigates the mystery of a painting, Caravaggio’s The Nativity, and the scope of certain design devices implied in the interior/exterior relationship and described as a function of recognisable physical elements. For a long time, it was believed that this painting, placed on the altar of the oratory of San Lorenzo, was made in Palermo. It is a piece of fake news detected by interpreting and examining an architectural interior. Here, the value of natural light emerges, and we glimpse an irrefutable truth and therefore achieve an understanding of what happens when observing The Nativity and the oratory. What is the difference between recognising and identifying the arche, that is…
Musician angels. Study of the narrative evangelic iconographic types
2012
El presente artículo pretende ofrecer una nueva vía de análisis de las imágenes musicales a través del estudio de los tipos iconográficos y las fuentes literarias e icónicas que los configuran. En este caso se ha optado por realizar un estudio del tipo del ángel músico en la narración evangélica y las razones de su inclusión en los diferentes tipos narrativos del arte visual cristiano. The aim of this article is to offer a new way to analyse musical images trough the study of iconographic types and their literary and iconic sources. More precisely, this paper focuses on the apparition of the musician angel in the narrative evangelic context and the reasons for its inclusion in the various n…
The restoration of a mosaic fragment in Betlehem’s Nativity church
2022
Il frammento di mosaico, raffigurante uno degli angeli della teoria, che si trova sulle pareti della navata centrale all'interno della chiesa della Natività a Betlemme (Palestina), è datato intorno al XII secolo e riflette i canoni artistici dell'età Comnena. Il cattivo stato di conservazione del mosaico aveva portato alla decisione di un intervento di restauro: operazione preliminare di sicurezza, pulizia della superficie musiva, consolidamento profondo, reintegrazione della lacuna e restituzione e protezione estetica The fragment of mosaic, depicting one of the angels of the theory, which is located on the walls of the central nave inside the church of the Nativity in Bethlehem (Palestine…
Il presepe di Andrea Tipa nel Monastero de las Salesas Reales di Madrid
2022
The essay studies the nativity scene in coral, ivory and precious materials in the Monasterio de las Salesas Reales in Madrid, made by Andrea Tipa in 1749, the only work known to date to bear the signature of the master from Trapani. The Madrid nativity scene is contextualised with the production so far attributed to Andrea and the Tipa family and its exhibition history and restoration are reconstructed.