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The Sala delle Asse in the Sforza Castle in Milan
No full textThis dissertation deals with two periods in the history of a room in the Sforza Castle known as the Sala delle Asse: the fifteenth-century, when Ludovico Sforza (1452-1508) commissioned Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) to paint it and the late-nineteenth-to-early-twentieth century when the Sala was re-discovered and subjected to a major restoration by the Italian architectural historian Luca Beltrami (1854-1933). Beltrami's participation in the Sala's re-discovery in 1893, the architectural and pictorial alterations he ordered in preparing the room for public view, and his monographic presentation of the Sala's fifteenth-century history will be discussed here using new archival evidence. The author will argue that Beltrami's interventions ultimately shifted attention away from the Sala's fifteenth-century circumstances and transformed it into a key component of the ambitious restoration scheme that Beltrami had formulated for the Sforza Castle as whole. This was a scheme that supported certain political and cultural ideologies about Milan at the turn of the twentieth-century. In an effort to provide an alternative voice for the Sala to that of Beltrami, the author will use new archival documentation to discuss the participation of Paul Müller-Walde, a German art historian who is credited with the actual re-discovery of the Sala but whose contributions remained curiously absent from all modern art-historical literature dealing with the Sala. Acting on the premise that a more plausible and much needed interpretation for the Sala's fifteenth-century history is needed, the author will offer a reconsideration of some of the Sala's most basic problems such as dating, location and possible uses. The author will also deal with Leonardo's contributions and the perils of characterizing the Sala as yet another work that sprang fully from Leonardo's imagination, with little interference or direction from outside sources. Finally, the author will deal with Ludovico Sforza's reasons for commissioning the Sala and lay the groundwork for an expanded and alternative interpretative discourse intended to broaden the avenue of investigation of this important and unique commission in Renaissance art. This dissertation concludes with an extensive Register of Documents containing reproductions or transcriptions of important fifteenth-, nineteenth- and twentieth-century documents for the Sala delle Asse
The spiral stair or vice: Its origins, role and meaning in medieval stone castles
No full textThis thesis addresses a neglected area of castles studies - the spiral stair. It studies the origins, evolution, placing, structure, role, significance and meaning of spiral stairs in medieval stone castles between 1066 and 1500, so covering the rise, zenith and decline of the castle in England and Wales. Although focussed upon England and Wales, it has a wider geographical spread across Ireland, Scotland, Europe, the Middle East and Japan with particular regard to castles and on even wider when searching for the origins of the spiral stair, encompassing the whole globe. The date range was also extended, both much earlier than 1066 when searching for these origins and very selectively beyond 1500 when exploring how the spiral was used in the later medieval and early modern periods. It is proposed that the first known spiral stair was employed in Trajan's Column in the first century AD, that it was then used more selectively in secular and later ecclesiastical buildings during the first millennium AD and that, from the eleventh century onwards, the spiral stair became a common feature of the medieval castle. From the emergence of the spiral stair in Rome, this thesis places its principal use in European elite and ecclesiastical structures. Focusing on the castle, this thesis argues that it was employed as a vertical boundary marker to signal and control movement between two different types of spaces, from a more public to a more private space and from a general or less restricted space to a space which was more restricted, often elite domestic quarters. This use of the spiral is seen in and is traced through different types of English and Welsh castles, from stronghold to enclosure and on to the so-called sham or cult castles of the late medieval period. The thesis also looks at the spiral in a range of medieval castles and other defensive buildings outside England and Wales and finds that, in the main, spirals were employed in the same way. It also explores the presence and role of the spiral within other medieval buildings, both in England and Wales and further afield, and argues that, although there are some exceptions and variations, in the main spiral stairs played the same role in those buildings. This thesis interprets the spiral stair within the medieval castle as a key component of the landscape of lordship and argues that the interpretation of this elite landscape, hitherto focused on the environs and outward appearance of the castle, should not stop at the castle gate but should move inside. Accordingly, this thesis takes a step to bring the interior of the castle deeper into research and discussion; to explore individual items and features within the castle; and to consider their placing, access and meaning within the medieval world
Entrance to Lambert Castle in Paterson, NJ
No full textIn June 1910, filmmaker D. W. Griffith shot The Call To Arms on the grounds.
The film was released in July 1910. The cast included Mary Pickford (in her only male role) and Henry B. Walthall. Film Preservation Society, Inc. is currently restoring the film as part of The Biograph ProjectOriginal file name Lambert Castle 04.jp
Entrance to Lambert Castle in Paterson, NJ
No full textIn June 1910, filmmaker D. W. Griffith shot The Call To Arms on the grounds.
The film was released in July 1910. The cast included Mary Pickford (in her only male role) and Henry B. Walthall. Film Preservation Society, Inc. is currently restoring the film as part of The Biograph ProjectOriginal file name Lambert Castle 04.jp
Weoley Castle Ruins
No full textWeoley Castle is a fortified, medieval manor-house situated four miles to the southwest of Birmingham city centre in the historic county of Worcestershire (National Grid Reference SP 02158275). The site entered into the ownership of Birmingham City Council in c.1930 and thereafter two campaigns of archaeological excavation were undertaken; between 1932 and 1940 and 1955 and 1962. More recently the site has been subject to an ambitious initiative, "The Weoley Castle Development Project", joint funded by Birmingham City Council, The National Heritage Lottery Fund and English Heritage. The aims of the project were to consolidate the surviving masonry, to increase community understanding of and involvement with the monument and to re-assess the finds collection and surviving archaeological archive. The following reports form the third strand of the initiative, "An Archaeological Overview of Weoley Castle, Birmingham". The project was undertaken by Barbican Research Associates, managed by Stephanie Rátkai and monitored by Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery and was submitted in final form in August 2011, consisting of a series of reports on the archaeological archive, the ceramic finds and the small (portable) finds etc. The reports were presented in PDF format and will be available on-line, hosted by BRA (see www.barbicanra.co.uk
for links). Hard and digital copies of the reports will be held by BMAG at selected museum properties. It is intended that the reports will form the basis for a synthesised monograph publication intended to bring knowledge of this important monument and the results of its past excavations to a wider audience
A gazetteer and summary of French pottery imported into Scotland c. 1150 to c. 1650 a ceramic contribution to Scotland's economic history Ceramic Resource Disc 3
No full textThe proposal for a series of published inventories, by countries, of all the imported medieval and post medieval pottery recovered from excavations and field walking in Scotland, was advanced on the final day of the Medieval Pottery Research Group’s conference held in Edinburgh in May 2001. Taking on the roll of creating a gazetteer and catalogue of French pottery in Scotland, it was the authors aim to build on the pioneering work of John Hurst and other medieval ceramicists and in the process make a contribution to the ongoing research on identifiable medieval and post-medieval ceramics traded around the North and Irish Sea
The radiance in the Grail Castle
No full textOwen D. D. R. The radiance in the Grail Castle. In: Romania, tome 83 n°329, 1962. pp. 108-117
Potential Contamination Issues Associated with the New Castle Power Generating Station Coal Ash Pit
No full textElectric generating stations use a variety of fuel sources to create power, one being coal. Once coal is burned, the associated waste is no longer useful and is often disposed of in coal ash pits and landfills. These coal ash impoundments are of a public health relevance as they are often not lined and can release harmful chemicals into the surrounding environment. The New Castle Power Generating Station coal ash pits are unlined as they were created before regulations were put into place that required them, and therefore the potential for groundwater contamination is much greater. The costs and benefits are worth investigating in an effort to make the best recommendation for the New Castle Power Generating Station
Sheffield Castle 1927-2018
No full textThe medieval castle of Sheffield (South Yorkshire, UK) was demolished during the English Civil War in the mid-17th century. Since 1927, Sheffield Castle has been subject to several campaigns of archaeological recording, which have largely gone unpublished and unstudied. As of 2020, the site of the former castle stands empty and remains the focus of long-running debates about the regeneration of the Castlegate district of the city centre. At the heart of the discussion has been the unstudied archaeological record, prompting on the one hand concern over the scale and cost of the archaeological challenge that would confront future developers, and on the other a desire to 'exploit' this heritage and put the castle remains on display. The aim of our project has been to undertake a comprehensive analysis not just of the archaeological evidence for the castle and the medieval landscape within which it sat, but also of subsequent uses of the site as, for example, a bowling green, slaughterhouses, and steel works. The most valuable resources come in the form of the archives from archaeological recording undertaken between 1927 and 1930 by A. Leslie Armstrong (an amateur archaeologist who worked for the Inland Revenue in Sheffield) and Joseph Beeston Himsworth (cutler and silversmith), and in the late 1950s and 1960s by Leslie Butcher (a surveyor from the City Architect's Department) and John Bartlett (Deputy Director of the City Museum).
Our project has produced a biography of the site of Sheffield Castle, built around the intertwined histories of its buildings, the landscape in which they were located, the changing needs, interests and involvement of the local community, and the priorities of successive generations of archaeologists over the course of nearly a 100 years. We have situated our analysis of the archaeological archives and of modern excavations in the context of a long-running regeneration debate, and we have used them to contribute to informing and inspiring future developments.
The archive largely comprises the documents, maps, plans and photographs curated by Museums Sheffield from the campaigns of archaeological recording undertaken between 1927 and 1930 and in the late 1950s and early 1960s
Warwick Castle, Warwickshire
No full text'WARWICK CASTLE, WARWICKSHIRE. Drawn in Lithotint Published by Chapman & Hall, London, Sepr.. 1st.. 1844. by J. D. Harding.' Accompanied by notes
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