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Congedandosi dalla paura: Alberto Castoldi sulla crisi dei valori nella modernità
No full textQuando nel 2010 Alberto Castoldi scrive "Congedi", egli aveva raggiunto la serenità e l’esperienza per posare il pensiero sulla perdita traumatica dell’orizzonte di senso che segue all’affermazione della nuova civiltà borghese. “Congedo” è una parola che raccoglie in sé una ambiguità: ci si può congedare, allontanandosi, oppure si può congedare qualcuno, come il padrone che dà congedo al servitore. Forse è per questo che l’autore di Congedi, il cui interesse è catturato da La crisi dei valori nella modernità in cui consiste il sottotitolo dello scritto, sceglie di usare la parola al plurale. Castoldi si fa flâneur viaggiatore errante nel tempo, fra la modernità e la contemporaneità, alla ricerca di tracce che diano testimonianza della “perdita di senso”, che della paura è origine. Un viaggio in cui la vista si poggia con insistente curiosità sull’Europa e sul nichilismo che la tormenta
Santa Maria degli Angeli di Murano: storia, arte, architettura (1400-1537)
No full textThis thesis analyses the history, the architecture and the works of art of the monastic church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Murano, with the aim of identifying a crucial site of Venetian Renaissance.
The first chapter lays the archival and historical foundations by examining the Santa Maria degli Angeli archive held at the State Archives of Venice. It contextualises this documentation through the historic sources, mainly Flaminio Corner (1749) and Vincenzo Zanetti (1863). The chapter traces the history of the monastery from its foundation in 1187 as an Augustinian convent to its significant institutional and economic growth in the 15th century. This period is marked by papal and ducal reforms and culminates with the annexation of the Cistercian abbey of Santa Maria di Lovadina in 1490. The development of the monastery is analysed through spiritual reforms, economic reorganisations and its links with important Venetian families.
The second chapter focuses on the architectural history of the Renaissance church. It begins with an analysis of the topography of the site, on a narrow strip of land in the western part of Murano, and offers some information on the original medieval complex through cartographic and documentary evidence. The chapter then re-evaluates the architectural developments of the 15th century, highlighting the construction of the new monumental church between 1482 and 1495. It provides a reconstruction of the original spaces altered in the 19th century, including the eastern entrance and the nuns' “double” choir. The chapter concludes by placing the architectural typology of the church within the traditions of Venetian monastic architecture and identifying two distinct decorative phases during its construction.
The third chapter explores the role of Doge Agostino Barbarigo as the main patron of the monastery. Through documents such as his will of 1501, the chapter outlines his personal involvement with the monastery institutional success. Doge Barbarigo sealed this bond with the bequest of the votive 'telero' painted by Giovanni Bellini for the Doge's Palace as the new high altarpiece. Such a consideration leads to a detailed examination of the domed chapel of the presbytery, as a modern architectural feature meant to host the painting and probably designed by Giovanni Buora following an invention by Pietro Lombardo. Two reliefs are linked to the latter's activity, confirming the involvement of his workshop in the artistic dynamics.
The fourth chapter examines the monumental painted ceiling depicting the 'Coronation of the Virgin', surrounded by 'The Evangelists, the Doctors of the Church, the Apostles, Prophets and Patriarchs'. The work, created between 1490 and 1495 and still partially in situ, represents a significant innovation in Venetian painted wooden ceilings and was realised by Nicolò Rondinelli at the time of his emancipation from Bellini's workshop. The chapter also examines the careers of the other two painters involved in the project, Cristoforo Caselli from Parma and Giovanni Bonconsiglio from Vicenza, to whom two panels are here attributed.
The fifth chapter deals with Giovanni Bellini's 'Assumption of the Virgin among eight saints', the first altarpiece commissioned for the church hall. It examines original collocation of the painting and discussess the hypothesis that it was commissioned by Andriana di Lorenzo Michiel, niece of Paolo II Barbo and sister of the cardinal and bishop of Verona, Giovanni. Historiographical and stylistic analyses place the painting between 1502 and 1504, as a cornerstone of Bellini's mature phase.
The final chapter serves as an epilogue, briefly describing three other altarpieces completed before the renovation of the high altar around 1537: the 'Madonna and Child between saint Zacharias and saint Jerome' by Francesco di Simone da Santacroce from 1507, the 'Madonna and Child between saint Lawrence and saint Ursula' by Giampietro Silvio painted shortly after 1535, and the monumental 'Annunciation' by Pordenone from 1537, commissioned to replace an altarpiece by Titian sold to Empress Isabella
Construction and disruption : an analysis of the thematic contribution of extraordinary children and animals in the works by Paola Masino and Anna Maria Ortese
No full textThis thesis sets out to examine the thematic function of extraordinary children and
animals (characters who possess a metamorphic nature, magical traits or supernatural
powers) in the works of two Italian women writers of the twentieth century, Paola
Masino and Anna Maria Ortese. Drawing on a range of theoretical and critical works
(on the literary representation of childhood and the animal world, on women writers, on
the fantastic), I argue that these characters, thanks to their Otherness, have both a
constructive as well as disruptive function. On the one hand, they enable the authors to
construct and develop themes, arguments, statements of poetics and references to other
works and, on the other hand, they allow them to 'disrupt', challenge and unmask a
society trapped in its perbenismo and dehumanising rules and ideals. Carrying out a
literary reading in a historical context, the thesis explores thematic areas, such as the
victimisation of weaker beings, the portrayal of a reality not perceivable by the senses,
the conflicting relationship between mankind and nature and the hidden truths of
modern society. The thesis will also highlight how these characters contribute to the
building of a thick web of intertextual references, unconscious or voluntary echoes to
other literary and artistic works, as well as of the folkloric tradition. Despite a
rediscovery of Masino's writing, previous critical studies have not focused on the
representation of childhood or the animal world. The more consistent critical apparatus
on Ortese's oeuvre has also not looked at the contribution of extraordinary children and
animals as a category, examining them individually and in isolation. This thesis is the
first study to look at the two authors' extraordinary children and animals as an
instrumental cohort of characters to build on themes, convey criticism and create a
dialogical dimension with other works
Maria Bersani
No full textLa voce illustra la biografia e l'apporto letterario dato da Maria Bersani alla letteratura per l'infanziaThe headword explains the biography and the contribution of the author Maria Bersani to the children's literatur
Environmental and economic assessment of agricultural systems at crop, field, farm, and regional scale : Application of agro-ecological and economic indicators in northern Italy
No full textCastoldi, N, 2007. Environmental and economic assessment of agricultural systems at crop, field, farm, and regional scale. Application of agro-ecological and economic indicators in Northern Italy. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Milan, Italy, 335 pp, 25 figures, 45 tables, 243 references, 4 annexes.
In the last decades, the perception of relations between agriculture and environment has remarkably changed and concerns have been raised about the sustainability of agricultural production systems, involving consumers, citizens, policy makers and farmers.
As direct measurements are too expensive and time consuming, agricultural indicator should be applied for the evaluation of a large number of farms, because they are based on data already available or easy to collect.
In this work, agro-ecological and economic indicators were selected and applied at different scale (crop, field, farm, and regional) using data available in public agricultural databases or collected by farmer interviews. Indicators synthesize the management effects on the environment and the state of the farming system.
In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the tool used, the uncertainty of a single input variable was tested to quantify the corresponding uncertainty of the indicator
Camarada Aldo Pedro Dittrich: trajetória profissional, política e repressão (1950-1964)
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em História, Florianópolis, 2011O presente estudo evidencia o período compreendido como o mais profícuo para a ação dos militantes comunistas catarinenses, especialmente nas cidades de Florianópolis e de Criciúma (1950-1964). Destaca-se que o fio condutor da pesquisa é a trajetória profissional e política do comunista Aldo Pedro Dittrich (1926-2003), desde o início dos anos 1950, quando se torna um dos dirigentes do Partido Comunista Brasileiro em Santa Catarina, passando pela sua destacada atuação no movimento estudantil na capital catarinense e, posteriormente, pelo seu exercício da profissão de advogado e respectivamente por sua atuação como diretor-proprietário do jornal "Unidade" e também como um dos líderes do movimento operário e sindical em Criciúma até o Golpe de 1964, quando é obrigado a fugir de Santa Catarina. Ressalta-se que a análise de diversas fontes, compostas por documentos pessoais e oficiais, as edições do jornal "Unidade", bibliografias consultadas e entrevistas, comprova que, para além dos movimentos e instituições em que toma parte, Dittrich revela uma experiência individual significativa e, sem dúvida, desvela a vivência de parte de sua geração em um tempo de intensa militância de esquerda, repressão, exílio, prisões e torturas físicas e psicológicas
Uno scolaro di Giovanni Bellini: Nicolò Rondinelli, a Murano
No full textIl presente articolo costituisce un affondo sul soffitto dipinto di Santa Maria degli Angeli di Murano e sul suo principale autore, il ravennate Nicolò Rondinelli. Il complesso, raffigurante nel comparto centrale l’Incoronazione della Vergine e realizzato tra 1490 circa e 1495, è anzitutto inquadrato da una prospettiva storico-documentaria e storiografica. È quindi indagato il profilo dell’artista, qui alle prese con la prima opera pubblica e di formato monumentale nel momento di emancipazione dalla bottega di Giovanni Bellini. Inoltre, nel corso dell’analisi sono pubblicate le uniche prove grafiche note del pittore, conservate sul verso di due pannelli
Variations on the Author
No full text“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Il linguaggio e il ruolo socio-economico dei marmi in età romana imperiale nelle aree interne in Italia: materiali dai complessi pubblici di Grumentum, Venusia, Augusta Praetoria
No full textSignificato dell'analisi citogenetica e citogenetico-molecolare nella diagnosi e nella prognosi delle neoplasie ematologiche. Cytogenetics and molecular cytogenetics in diagnosis and prognosis of haematological malignancies
No full textConventional cyogenetics analysis along with molecular cytogenetics techniques (e. g. fluorescence in situ hybridization, FISH) gratly contributed to the identification of recurrent chromosomal abnormalilities in hematologic malignancies, often related to clinical and pathological features. Thus, cytogentic analysis could be considered an essential tool to correctly define the diagnosis and the prognostic risk in many tum ors. The knowledge of chromosomal and molecular abnormalities led to the elucidation of ethiopathogernetic mechanism which cause a loss of control in self-renewal, apoptosis and proliferation and gave the basis for the development of gene-targeted therapy
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