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Fragments, spolia and remains. Emotional antiquities in Rome between the Early Modern and Renaissance era
No full textThe chapter describes the feeling aroused by the fragment of ancient ruins in Rome, between the end of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern era. The feeling of amusement experienced when coming in contact with ancient fragments was different, and encountering ruins and fragments – or even reusing pieces of architectures, through the so-called spolia – evoked emotions, mainly but not exclusively connected to the idea of common identity and reconnection with the ancient power of the Empire. The first section of the chapter will look at how these responses were influenced by changes in time perception, which resulted in feelings of temporal distance, awe and respect towards the antiquities. However, in this process, negative feelings and disruptive building practices will also be observed to contrast the sheer appreciation of ruins and fragments expressed in literature. After displaying some examples of emotions aroused by the ancient fragments, in the last section, the example of the Septizodium and its dismembering in the sixteenth century will reveal all the complex stages of emotional approaches towards fragments between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Emotions and Architecture. Forging Mediterranean Cities Between the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time
No full textEmotions and Architecture: Forging Mediterranean Cities Between the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time, explores architecture as a medium to arouse or conceal emotions, to build consensus through shared values, or to reconnect the urban community to its alleged ancestry. The essays in this edited collection outline how architectonic symbols, images and structures were codified - and sometimes recast - to match or to arouse emotions awaken by wars, political dominance, pandemic challenges and religion.
As signs of spiritual and political power, these elements were embraced and modulated locally, providing an endorsement to authorities and rituals for the community. This volume provides an overview of the phenomenon across the Italian region, stressing the transnationality of selected symbols and their various declination in local contexts. The volume deepens the issue of refitting symbols, artworks and structures to arouse emotions by carefully analysing specific cases, such as the Septizodium in Rome, The Holy House of Loreto in Venice and the reconstruction of L'Aquila. The collection, through its variegated contributions, offers a comprehensive view of the phenomenon: exploring the issue from political, social, religious and public health perspectives, this collection seeks to propose a new definition of architecture as a visual emotional language. The essays, together, show how the representation of virtues and emotions through architecture was part of a symbolic practice shared by many across the Italian context.
This book will be of interest to researchers and students studying architectural history, the history of emotions, and the history of art
Color del mattone: finiture rosse nelle murature e terrecotte architettoniche ferraresi, tra XV e XVI secolo
No full textIn the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, red finishes of a different kind, which we know only partially today, were applied onto brick walls and architectural terracotta; as they defined a specific image of architecture, its knowledge should be improved on. Different red finish types have been described and dated. They constitute primary terms of comparison, but it is necessary to deepen the studies begun in the mid-1980s and cross-reference analytical data with archival data, looking for correspondences between historical documents and traceable fragments in situ
Studi superficiali. Ricerche sulle malte tradizionali e sui sistemi di finitura medievali e moderni
No full textIl volume raccoglie gli atti delle giornate di studi del 13 e 14 luglio 2020, dal titolo Studi Superficiali, Ricerche sulle malte tradizionali e sui sistemi di finitura medievali e moderni, mettono in luce i valori storici ed estetici dell’architettura e delle tecniche costruttive, il cui rispetto è posto al centro della ricerca scientifica. L’evento, del quale il presente volume costituisce gli atti, è stato immaginato come un’occasione per dare conto dello stato degli studi e promuovere un confronto che potesse fornire spunti per sviluppi futuri, anche grazie al dialogo tra le diverse professionalità. Infatti, l’incontro - volutamente chiamato ‘colloquio’ - non è stato strutturato come una conferenza ma impostato come un momento di riflessione su un lavoro comune, volto a stimolare il dibattito nella ricerca e il confronto tra le diverse figure impegnate nel campo della conoscenza e della conservazione dell’architettura
La Basilica della Natività a Betlemme: progetto e intervento di restauro delle superfici decorate Nicola Santopuoli, Elisabetta Concina, Susanna Sarmati
No full textStarting from spring 2012, an international team selected by the Palestinian National Authority has been carrying out studies and research on the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, to gain a general and detailed knowledge of the monument, both to its current state and in its historical layers.
This article summarizes the results of investigations, studies and restoration work carried out on the finishes of the building, coordinated by a team of the Specialization School in Architectural Heritage and Landscape of "Sapienza' University of Rome. These studies initially involved the entire Basilica, and then were focused on the main nave, the side aisles, the transept and bema. The investigation carried out on the architectural scale, especially on the mosaics, the wall paintings, the colouring and the plasterwork, in relation to a reading on a wider scale, were aimed at understandig the complex relationship between the parts analyzed and the architectural complex. The reading of the current state, which historical events made as it appears now, constitutes the moment in which the restoration work begins according to a critical approach
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Le finiture delle murature in laterizio nei cantieri religiosi del XII e XII secolo. Ricerche in corso
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