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Con dannosa fatica e le sole mani : la rappresentazione del labor tra figurazione, scrittura e sostegni antropomorfi : osservazioni su qualche caso medievale (secoli XII-XIV)
No full textConsiderando i telamoni scolpiti d’ambito wiligelmico affiancati e connotati da iscrizioni, solitamente di breve estensione, i cui versi sembrano essere direttamente pronunciati dal personaggio e rivolti allo stesso osservatore, il tema iconografico del sostegno antropomorfo offre un interessante spazio di riflessione utile all’indagine del connubio tra scultura, scrittura e fruitore. Ragionando sulle possibili implicazioni metatestuali e su come la relazione possa chiarificare l’iconografia del telamone, il presente contributo percorre alcuni degli episodi di tale itinerario guardando non solo alle iscrizioni che corrono attorno al pulpito commissionato a Giovanni Pisano per la cattedrale di Pisa, ma anche alle immagini dantesche che, tra Purgatorio X e XI, tentano di spiegare al lettore l’atroce pena dei Superbi, costretti a portare su di sé pesanti massi, com’è il caso del miniatore Oderisi.The iconographic matter of the anthropomorphic support offers an interesting space for reflection and a useful instrument for the analysis of relationships between sculpture, writing and the observer, especially by considering the sculpted wiligelmic telamons that are accompanied and connoted by inscriptions, usually of short extension, whose verses seem to be directly pronounced by the figure, and addressed to the spectator. Starting from the meta-textual implications and from the clarification of the telamon’s iconography, the essay focuses on a selection of North-Italian
instances from the Romanesque period drawing connections to coeval book illumination, as well as to the inscriptions that run to the base and apex of the pulpit commissioned to Giovanni Pisano for Pisa cathedral, but also to the images in Dante’s Commedia that, between Purgatory X and XI, flaunt the atrocious punishment of the superbs, forced to carry heavy boulders, as is the case of the illuminator Oderisi
Il telamone come autoritratto dell’artista tra humilitas e dignitas : il caso di Giovanni Pisano
No full textThe article focuses on the dual meaning communicated by the supporting sculptures, conceived as self-portraits: ideas of humiliation and subordination on the one hand, as opposed to pride and haughtiness on the other. Paradigmatic occurrences are shown in Giovanni Pisano’s oeuvre, as can be seen from the crouching Adam under one of the columns of the pulpit of Pistoia, and from the hypothetical self-portrait embedded into the pulpit of Pisa. Scholars assumed the existence of Giovanni Pisano’s disguised self-portraits by referring, in the first place, to the obvious likeliness of particular facial expressions in his work (such as the keystones in the façade of the Sienese cathedral and the ascribed telamons of Massa Marittima and San Quirico d'Orcia). By analysing the iconography of the anthropomorphic support with the endorsement offered by scriptural sources and the Church Fathers, it is possible to broaden the scope of analysis and to draw lines of identification between the artist, the human being as a sinner, and Christ who, brought before Pilate, carries the cross on his way to Golgotha. Such similarities, together with the idea of Deus artifex who shapes the world, soon became for the artist the cornerstone of a research aimed at the reappraisal of craftsmanship, conceived as the foundation of his artistic identity and dignity.
Finally, this significant comparison between God, who made man in his own image, and the craftsman, who made, in turn, the work of art in his own likeness, will be investigated through the study of Phidias’ self-portrait, which is said to have been carved on the shield of Athena Parthenos, and the literary testimonies left by Pseudo-Aristotle
Iconografie vitruviane: il motivo dell’atlante e la conoscenza del De architectura nel Medioevo.
No full textIl De architectura è un trattato dal forte carattere figurativo, che trae l’utile da mito e leggenda. Un simile dispositivo si mostra all’interno dei passi dedicati al sostegno antropomorfo e al suo impiego entro strutture architettoniche. Tali passi non solo esaminano le origini etimologiche, bensì costruiscono un racconto relativo a genesi e diffusione del motivo iconografico, inteso come monito perpetuo alla rettitudine. Nel presente articolo si ragionerà sullo spessore della riscoperta vitruviana nel Medioevo: essa fornì un pretesto per la creazione di sculture in veste di telamoni? O lo stesso Vitruvio deve considerarsi memoria di una consapevolezza iconografica che accomunava i cittadini dell’Impero?Vitruvius’ De architectura is a treatise with a strong figurative character and interesting insights on myth and legend, as it’s shown into passages regarding the anthropomorphic support and both its architectural and decorative use. Those passages not only examine the etymological origins, but also build a narrative of the genesis and the spreading of the iconographic theme, portrayed as a reminder of righteousness. In this article I will consider the importance of Vitruvius’ revival during the Middle Ages: could the revival of his oeuvre provide a reason to create sculptures in the form of telamons? Or, instead, is Vitruvius to be considered the witness of an iconographic awareness that the citizens of the Empire shared
Note di contesto sulle acquasantiere a fusto del santuario di Santa Maria delle Grazie a Fornò
No full textA pair of stoups, carved in white marble, is placed at the entrance of the sanctuary of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Fornò, in the municipality of Forlì – based on the same conceptual scheme, they appear rather varied from a decorative point of view. Generally dated to the 15th century and sometimes referred to the workshop of Agostino di Duccio, who was active in nearby Rimini until the first half of 1467, the two works have never received more than the guarantee of a scant mention, despite the fact that they introduce themselves, in the sculptural panorama of Romagna, as a rare document pertaining to a type of monumental furnishing that is still sporadically considered. This essay aims to outline the context within which the stoups were made, first by retracing the architectural history concerning the sanctuary and, finally, by including the pair in a broader typological framework to propose a plausible chronology of patronage and making
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe 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
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“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
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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