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The pictorial wit of Domenico Tiepolo
No full textThis thesis takes a new approach to Domenico Tiepolo’s (1727-1804), Divertimento Per li Regazzi (c.1795-1804), it is arguably the artists most enigmatic graphic work, which features the commedia dell’arte character Pulcinella. The drawings have hitherto been subject to rigorous connoisseurial analysis. Indeed, in his introduction to ten of the drawings in a catalogue of Italian Eighteenth-Century Drawings in The Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, James Byam Shaw states that this particular series of drawings has now become so famous ‘that it is hardly necessary to add to the literature of the series.’1 In my opinion it would be a great pity if future generations of scholars were discouraged by this remark, for I believe the drawings still have much to ‘tell’ the contemporary art historian and would further benefit from increasingly interpretative readings. Previously, scholars have regarded Domenico Tiepolo as an imitator of his father, Giambattista Tiepolo (1696-1770), and interpreted the re-appropriation of motifs in the Divertimento as signs of old age and fatigue. I suggest, on the contrary, that in this series of drawings in particular, Domenico was an innovator.
This project carves out new territories within the study of the series in that it focuses on the playful nature of the drawings, and how the suite can be understood in relation to contemporary theory concerning games and play, and ludic musical/improvisatory forms. Additionally, the drawings are discussed as a case history in a now popular emerging dialectic on the late works of aged artists: here I consider how these drawings, often funny, poignant, sensitive and delicate reveal how the elderly painter reconciles himself not only to the passing of his own life and the extinction of his family line but to an entire political, cultural and visual tradition
Transcending Giambologna: Domenico Pieratti and his experiments
No full textThe author maps out the career of Domenico Pieratti (Florence, 1600 - Rome, 1656), sheding light on this remarkable brilliant and highly original sculptor at the service of the Medici and Barberini
Domenico Venier's Poetics and Petrarchism in Sixteenth-Century Veneto
No full textreservedIl presente elaborato si propone di indagare il fenomeno del petrarchismo cinquecentesco in area veneta, concentrandosi in particolare sulla figura di Domenico Venier, tra i più rappresentativi interpreti della lirica petrarchesca nel contesto veneziano del XVI secolo. Attraverso un’analisi delle principali istanze tematiche e stilistiche rintracciabili nella sua produzione poetica, la tesi intende delineare un profilo letterario dell’autore che tenga conto non solo della tradizione petrarchesca, ma anche delle caratteristiche culturali e sociali del contesto lagunare. Particolare attenzione è riservata al cenacolo venieriano, luogo privilegiato di scambio intellettuale e di sperimentazione poetica, che svolse un ruolo significativo nella diffusione e nella rielaborazione del canone lirico stabilito da Pietro Bembo nella prima metà del Cinquecento. La tesi prende inoltre in esame la ricezione critica della poesia di Venier, con l’obiettivo di ricostruire le diverse prospettive interpretative che hanno contribuito a delineare l’immagine letteraria del poeta nel corso dei secoli.This thesis aims to investigate the phenomenon of sixteenth-century Petrarchism in the Veneto region of Northern Italy, with a particular focus on the figure of Domenico Venier, one of the most prominent exponents of Petrarchan lyric poetry of the time. Through an analysis of the main thematic and stylistic features that characterize his poetic production, the study seeks to outline a literary profile of the author, considering not only the Petrarchan tradition but also the cultural and social characteristics of the Venetian context. Special attention is given to Venier’s social circle, a privileged space for intellectual exchange and poetic experimentation, which played a significant role in the dissemination and reworking of the lyric canon established by Pietro Bembo in the first half of the sixteenth century. The thesis also examines the critical reception of Venier’s poetry, aiming to reconstruct the various interpretative perspectives that have contributed to shaping the poet’s literary image throughout the centuries
Walter D. Mignolo, L’idea di America Latina: Geostoria di una teoria decoloniale, Milano-Udine, Mimesis, 2013, pp. 224
No full textBook review of Walter D. Mignolo, L’idea di America Latina: Geostoria di una teoria decoloniale, Milano-Udine, Mimesis, 2013, pp. 224.Recensione di Walter D. Mignolo, L’idea di America Latina: Geostoria di una teoria decoloniale, Milano-Udine, Mimesis, 2013, pp. 224
Guest editorial IJSCN special issue on ASMS/SPSC 2014
No full textThis special issue of the Wiley International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking hosts a selection of papers from the seventh Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems (ASMS) Conference and the 13th Signal Processing for Space Communications (SPSC) Workshop held in Livorno, Italy on 8 to 10 September 2014. The joint event was organized through a collaborative effort of the University of Bologna, the Institute of Communications and Navigation of DLR (German Aerospace Center), the European Space Agency (ESA), under the auspices of the Association ‘Toscana Spazio’ and the SatNEx III Network of Experts and in cooperation with the University of Pisa.
The ASMS conference and SPSC workshop have become recognized events for industry and research institutions to exchange up-to-date information about recent advances and emerging technologies in the field of mobile satellite communication systems. The ESA's SPSC workshop dates back to 1988 when pioneering work in digital signal processing for satellite communications was first presented by worldwide authorities in the field. In addition, following the successful path opened by the 2006 edition of ASMS and continued with the 2008, 2010 and 2012 editions, the scope of the conference has been further widened, as the small though important change in its name by replacing the word ‘mobile’ with ‘multimedia’ testifies. This is remarkable not only because the major part of the SATCOM market belongs to broadcasting and broadband access operators but also fundamentally because the convergence of broadcast, mobile and fixed satellite communications is essential to offer seamless connectivity anywhere at any time, which is recognized as the key element for the successful deployment of future satellite systems.
This issue collects the extended versions of six of the best papers presented at the last ASMS/SPSC joint event. The papers have been selected with the aim of providing an insight into the developments and findings in this exciting field.
In the first paper, the authors investigate different techniques to improve the spectral efficiency of systems based on the DVB-S2 standard, whenever the transmitted signal bandwidth cannot be increased because it has already been optimized to the maximum value allowed by transponder filters.
The second paper deals with the design of packet-level forward error correction (FEC) coding technique and pre-distortion adaptive optics technology for a digital transmission scheme to be employed in optical feeder links in a geostationary satellite communication system. Performances are evaluated in both up and downlink.
The third paper proposes a new approach for blind feedforward and feedback recovery of the symbol timing, which needs just one or two samples per symbol. The method is characterized by a second filter operated in parallel to the receiver matched filter and allows avoiding the typical jitter floor irrespective of the selected modulation scheme.
The fourth paper deals with the issue of boosting the capacity of xDSL networks in the presence of geographical gaps by exploiting the downlink of multibeam satellites for the delivering of packed-based traffic. To cope with time-varying channel and interference, the paper proposes a novel link resource adaptation scheme.
The fifth paper addresses the problem of modulation and coding scheme selection in the return link of a mobile satellite system and proposes to use an affine combination of both open loop and closed loop signal quality indicators to perform this selection. The combination weights are dynamically adapted according to the ACK/NAK exchange between both ends, without making any assumptions on the channel distribution
Last but not least, the sixth paper analyses the performance of two Contact Graph Routing (CGR) enhancements, namely CGR-ETO and Overbooking Management. These two enhancements have been recently included in the official CGR version as part of the Interplanetary Overlay Network DTN implementation maintained by NASA.
In closing, the guest editors would like to thank all individuals and organizations that made this issue possible, including the European Commission, the Association ‘Toscana Spazio’, Wiley Interscience, the ASMS/SPSC 2014 Technical and Scientific Committees, all anonymous reviewers and all authors. In particular, we are grateful to Prof. Barry Evans, the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Satellite Communications and Networking, for kindly inviting us once more to conduct this editorial process, as already done for past events.
Given the great success of the join event, we are finally pleased to announce that the next ASMS/SPSC Conference is in fact supposed to take place in Palma de Mallorca (Spain) from 5 to 7 September 2016. More information is available at http://www.asmsconference.org/
Domenico Gerosolimitano a Venezia
No full textIn this article, the author provides the Hebrew name of Domenico Gerosolimitano, a famous ecclesiastical censor of Hebrew books who lived in Italy from the end of the sixteenth through the second decade of the seventeenth centuries. Based on the discovery of his baptismal act, recorded in Venice, Domenico Gerosolimitano's Hebrew name was Rabbi Samuel Vivas, of Jerusalem. The aforementioned act determines the exact date of his conversion to Catholicism, as 6 August, 1593. The author presents new information concerning Domenico´s life in Venice as well as his activities as censor of Hebrew books.El artículo se ocupa de la identificación hebrea de Domenico Gerosolimitano, célebre censor de libros hebreos que trabajó en Italia entre fines del siglo XVI y los primeros veinte años del XVII. Gracias a haber descubierto en Venecia el acta de bautismo, el autor ha logrado identificar a Domenico Gerosolimitano con el rabino Samuel Vivas de Jerusalén y precisar la fecha exacta de su conversión al catolicismo (6 de agosto de 1593). El estudio arroja además nueva luz sobre la estancia en Venecia de Domenico y sobre sus inicios como censor de libros hebreos
Domenico Faccenna (1923-2008)
No full textThe author traces the biography of the great archaeologist prof. Domenico Faccenna, one of the most influential authorities in the field of Buddhist architecture and art, who passed away in 2008. Having collected information regarding all the phases of the life of Domenico Faccenna and on his manyfold activities, a special stress is placed on the Oriental section of his biography. A comprehenisve bibliography has been traced with the collaboration of Claudio Faccenna.
L’articolo ricorda al pubblico internazionale del periodico in lingua inglese “East and West” la figura del grande studioso di architettura ed arte buddhista, Domenico Faccenna, fondatore della Missione Archeologica Italiana dell’IsMEO in Pakistan, scomparso nel 2008 e, partendo dalla descrizione analitica della sua imponente opera, evidenzia i concetti fondamentali che emergono dell’unico studio dell’arte del Gandhara basato su una meticolosa attività di scavo
Branca, Recensione di Walter Mignolo, “L’idea di America Latina. Geostoria di una teoria decoloniale”.
No full textRecensione di Walter Mignolo, “L’idea di America Latina. Geostoria di una teoria decoloniale”
No full textThe Hirsch spectrum: a novel tool for analysing scientific journals
No full textThis paper introduces the Hirsch spectrum (h-spectrum) for analyzing the academic reputation of a scientific journal. h-Spectrum is a novel tool based on the Hirsch (h) index. It is easy to construct: considering a specific journal in a specific interval of time, h-spectrum is defined as the distribution representing the h-indexes associated to the authors of the journal articles. This tool allows defining a reference profile of the typical author of a journal, compare different journals within the same scientific field, and provide a rough indication of prestige/reputation of a journal in the scientific community. h-Spectrum can be associated to every journal. Ten specific journals in the Quality Engineering/Quality Management field are analyzed so as to preliminarily investigate the h-spectrum characteristic
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