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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
Evaluation of two green composts for peat substitution in geranium ( Pelargonium zonale L.) cultivation: Effect on plant growth, quality, nutrition, and photosynthesis
No full textPeat is the most representative component in the preparation of growing media used in horticulture. However, environmental issues and increased production costs, related to peat extraction and commercialization, are stimulating the use of new materials and technologies as alternatives to peat-based growing media. Among other locally-produced materials, green compost is one of the most promising alternatives for peat substitution although its variability in terms of physico-chemical characteristics represents the main constraint. In the present work, two composts, differing in terms of the initial composting raw materials, were evaluated for peat substitution and their influence on plant growth and quality, nutrient and water uptake, and gaseous exchange activity. A bedding plant (geranium), cultivated in an intensive growing system, was chosen as the test plant and 100% peat as the control. During the greenhouse experiment, plants were grown in five different growing media, i.e. only peat, 30% and 50% peat volume replaced by the two composts. Growing medium characteristics, plant growth and biometric parameters, water and nutrient uptake, and gaseous exchange activity were evaluated as crop performance indicators. The green compost derived from mixed raw material negatively influenced plant nutrition and photosynthesis, thus significantly reducing plant biomass accumulation and quality. The green compost derived from selected material was found to be a valuable growing medium for peat substitution. This thus supports the widespread opinion that high-quality compost can be produced through the selection of
composting material
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
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
The 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
Una tragedia cinquecentesca italo-spagnola: La Reyna Matilda di Giovan Domenico Bevilacqua
No full textThe subject of the intervention, a curious example of Italian-Spanish translingualism of the late 16th Century, the tragedy La Reyna Matilda, written in Naples in Spanish by an Italian writer, Giovanni Domenico Bevilacqua, secretary of the Prince of Conca, Matteo di Capua, and preserved in a single, very rare Neapolitan edition of 1597. It necessarily precedes a brief overview of the other few previously printed works by the author, all in Italian, including the renown octave-rhyme translation of the De raptu Proserpinae by Claudiano. Set in the city of Tarragona at the time of Reconquista, the fabula ficta is characterized by the contamination of tragic plot and novelistic themes, the representation and exaltation of Spanish values and customs, with some reflections of contemporary Neapolitan reality, the pietistic and edifying motivations. Through detailed findings, both formal and intertextual, the analysis focuses, in particular, on the debts that the tragedy has, even before the contemporary Spanish developments of the genre, towards the 16th Century Italian tragic grammar, along the entire arc of its codification, from Trissino’s Sofonisba to Tasso’s Re Torrismondo
La pigmentazione nel fiore di Lilium
No full textIl Lilium costituisce una delle colture più importanti sia nel mercato floricolo italiano che in quello internazionale. La sua elevata popolarità è dovuta principalmente alle sue caratteristiche ornamentali quali il colore dei fiori e delle foglie, l’altezza degli steli, la forma delle infiorescenze e l’architettura della pianta, che rendono il Lilium una delle colture più apprezzate e conosciute in tutto il mondo.
Spesso accade che la qualità della pianta sia influenzata dalla stagione di coltivazione, derivando una peggiore qualità per le coltivazioni autunnali e invernali rispetto a quelle estive, riconoscibile dal precoce appassimento e abscissione dei tepali, dall’ingiallimento fogliare causato in molti casi dalle condizioni di oscurità e di basse temperature, dall’aborto o incompleta apertura dei fiori apicali, e dalla diminuzione di brillantezza e attenuazione dell’intensità del colore dei tepali, dovuta ad una minore radiazione solare. Questo fenomeno è più evidente nei fiori di Lilium con tonalità rosse, rosa e arancio ed è prevalentemente dovuto ad una ridotta sintesi di antociani.
La biosintesi di antociani è indotta da diversi fattori, quali ad esempio l’elevata escursione termica giornaliera o la stessa radiazione solare. Per riuscire ad aumentare la biosintesi di antociani nei prodotti vegetali si possono usare diverse strategie, generalmente impiegate per migliorare l’aspetto di prodotti orto-frutticoli; buoni risultati sono stati ottenuti su melanzana, melone, pomodoro e mele con la somministrazione di solfato potassico per via fogliare, quando le basse escursioni termiche determinano una scarsa colorazione dei frutti. Le concimazioni a base di azoto e potassio hanno portato un effetto positivo su diverse cultivars di piante da fiore, tra cui il gladiolo (Accati et al., 1994; DeVecchi e Barni, 1997). Tra i vari trattamenti possibili per il miglioramento dell’apertura dei fiori e il prolungamento della durata in vaso di molte specie è noto l’utilizzo degli zuccheri (in particolare del saccarosio) nell’acqua di conservazione; in alcuni casi un ulteriore effetto positivo osservato è stato l’aumento della concentrazione delle antocianine nei petali, e quindi la comparsa di colorazioni a tinte più forti. Recentemente sono apparsi dei risultati interessanti sull’ aumento della concentrazione delle antocianine in uva (cv Merlot) trattata con un nuovo prodotto acibenzolar-s-methyl (Bion) (Iriti et al., 2004),
Alla luce di tutte queste conoscenze presso l’Istituto Sperimentale per la Floricoltura (ISF) di Pescia sono state condotte prove sperimentali sul Lilium cresciuto in stagione sfavorevole (autunno/invernale) per migliorare la colorazione dei fiori, valutare la longevità di steli Lilium, valutare la percentuale di aborti.
Misurazione dei parametri relativi al colore impiegando un particolare e nuovo apparecchio, quale lo spettrometro per immagini o scanner spettrale VIS-NIR
Una nuova metodologia è stata adottata per la misurazione dei parametri relativi al colore, che ha previsto l’impiego; di un particolare apparecchio, quale lo spettrometro per immagini o scanner spettrale VIS-NIR, normalmente impiegato in altri processi industriali.
L’utilizzo di questa tecnica consente di ridurre i tempi di misurazione del colore con risposte immediate e molto accurate.
I risultati ottenuti indicano che i trattamenti effettuati migliorano la qualità dei fiori esaminat
Bat guano and Nettle slurry (Urtica dioica L.) used as biostimulants on Delosperma cooperi and Sedum rubrotinctum plants
No full textThe aim of the experiment was to evaluate the use and influence of Bat guano and Nettle slurry on the growth, flowering and mineral absorption of Delosperma cooperi and Sedum rubrotinctum plants. The 3 experimental groups in cultivation were: (1) group without biostimulants (CTRL), irrigated with water and previously fertilized substrate; (2) group Bat guano (BG) and fertilized substrate; (3) group Nettle slurry (Urtica dioica L.) (UD) and fertilized substrate. Treatments with Nettle slurry and Bat guano resulted in a significant improvement in the growth and flowering characteristics of Delosperma cooperi and Sedum rubrotinctum. The test showed in fact a significant increase in the agronomic parameters analysed in plants treated with Bat guano and Nettle slurry. In fact, all the plants treated with (BG and UD) showed a significant increase in the number of leave, flowers and inflorescences, in the vegetative, radical and inflorescence weight, in the flowering time. The test also resulted in an increase in the NPK mineral absorption and chlorophyll content of plants treated with bat guano and nettle slurry.Interesting aspects that make Bat guano and Nettle slurry valid alternatives to be used as plant biostimulants, when the plants are subjected to biotic and abiotic stresses, in particular transplant, water and salt stress
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