318 research outputs found
Leonardo: arte come progetto. Studi di storia e critica d’arte in onore di Pietro C. Marani
No full textParadigma del "progetto dell'arte", la figura di Leonardo da Vinci è in questo volume considerata in un'ottica multidisciplinare da parte di una platea internazionale di specialisti. L'intento è stato quello di offrire un aggiornamento su un ampio ventaglio di temi leonardeschi di ambito artistico, scientifico e di fortuna critica
Crafting Tomorrow through the Design Lens
No full textPreface to the volume, introducing to the main topics, focusing creativity and culture within the broader fields of design, examining their role in fostering local growth and engaging communities
On the Postwar Italian Design System: Challenges for a 21st-Century Widespread Heritage
No full textThis essay reconsiders the notion of cultural heritage by expanding it to include post-war Italian design, a key influence on the country's modern identity. The analysis stems from Italy’s 1980s debates on cultural and industrial heritage, juxtaposed with recent legislative developments that recognize items over 70 years old as significant cultural assets. This comprehensive approach underscores the need for traditional institutions, such as museums and archives, to adopt innovative methods for preserving and promoting design artifacts within sustainable frameworks. The COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated the digital transformation of museums, emphasizing the importance of combining physical and virtual experiences to enhance public engagement. The essay also highlights successful community-driven initiatives and collaborative networks that integrate cultural heritage with local identities and tourism, promoting a holistic preservation strategy. Ultimately, the essay argues for a multifaceted approach to safeguarding and valorizing Italian design heritage, ensuring its relevance in the contemporary era
Mona Lisa Opens Reign over U.S.
No full textThis essay addresses the Mona Lisa’s loan to the United States and its exhibition in Washington DC and New York in 1963. It focuses on exhibition and display criteria and their subsequent impact on the American public. Based on archival documents, contemporary chronicles, and visitors’ comments, it discusses the way a single exhibition process (under Presidential guardianship) resulted in two different arrangements: a formal display modeled after celebrated European museums and an evocative arrangement fueling visitors’ imagination. It finally assesses how the museum event turned into a crowd-catcher, establishing a 50-year trend
An extracellular domain of the insulin receptor ß-subunit with regulatory function on protein-tyrosine kinase
No full textAnti-insulin receptor monoclonal antibody MA-10 inhibits insulin receptor autophosphorylation of purified rat liver insulin receptors without affecting insulin binding (Cordera, R., Andraghetti, G., Gherzi, R., Adezati, L., Montemurro, A., Lauro, R., Goldfine, I. D., and De Pirro, R. (1987) Endocrinology 121, 2007-2010). The effect of MA-10 on insulin receptor autophosphorylation and on two insulin actions (thymidine incorporation into DNA and receptor down-regulation) was investigated in rat hepatoma Fao cells. MA-10 inhibits insulin-stimulated receptor autophosphorylation, thymidine incorporation into DNA, and insulin-induced receptor down-regulation without affecting insulin receptor binding. We show that MA-10 binds to a site of rat insulin receptors different from the insulin binding site in intact Fao cells. Insulin does not inhibit MA-10 binding, and MA-10 does not inhibit insulin binding to rat Fao cells. Moreover, MA-10 binding to down-regulated cells is reduced to the same extent as insulin binding. In rat insulin receptors the MA-10 binding site has been tentatively localized in the extracellular part of the insulin receptor beta-subunit based on the following evidence: (i) MA-10 binds to insulin receptor in intact rat cells; (ii) MA-10 immunoprecipitates isolated insulin receptor beta-subunits labeled with both [35S]methionine and 32P; (iii) MA-10 reacts with rat insulin receptor beta-subunits by the method of immunoblotting, similar to an antipeptide antibody directed against the carboxyl terminus of the insulin receptor beta-subunit. Moreover, MA-10 inhibits autophosphorylation and protein-tyrosine kinase activity of reduced and purified insulin receptor beta-subunits. The finding that MA-10 inhibits insulin-stimulated receptor autophosphorylation and reduces insulin-stimulated thymidine incorporation into DNA and receptor down-regulation suggests that the extracellular part of the insulin receptor beta-subunit plays a role in the regulation of insulin receptor protein-tyrosine kinase activity
Design Challenges in Creative Systems. Theories, Methods, and Practices for Sustainability and Inclusion.
No full textThis volume focuses on the dynamic systems of creativity and culture within the diverse fields of design, merging theoretical reflections, case studies, methodologies, technologies, tools, and original practices. The twelve essays adopt different viewpoints to consider the critical role of design in addressing sustainability and social inclusion in creative and cultural industries, positioning them as vital components of a broader design process that fosters local growth, revitalizes communities, and co-creates cultural, economic, and social values.
In today's evolving global society, crises in productive cycles, amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, have accelerated the need for change and influenced behaviors. Digital technologies have transformed the creative arts and media landscape, bridging the gap between designers and consumers and expanding possibilities in both real and virtual domains. Audience engagement is central to this reflection, aiming to increase interest in cultural heritage, promote innovative cultural experiences, and reach underrepresented groups, ensuring accessibility to a diverse audience.
As a new era emerges with evolving forms of society, culture, economy, and politics, the book revisits concepts like 'sustainable culture,' 'inclusive sociality,' and 'participation' in cultural heritage as a common good. Proposing a long-term, holistic approach to the challenges of the Anthropocene Age, it highlights the importance of creative and cultural industries in local development and community engagement. It envisions new models of sociality and community concepts, seeing design, creativity, and culture as catalysts for continuous change and interaction.
By adopting multidisciplinary approaches and innovative practices, the volume seeks to inspire new models for cultural engagement and community development, contributing to a more inclusive and sustainable future. It redefines issues like accessibility, multiculturalism, and inclusion, reshaping the social and political positioning of the current cultural system
Girolamo da Treviso il Giovane, Bottega lombarda, Botteghe lombarde, Bottega lombarda-Giacomo Campi, Giovanni-Bernardo-Antonio Marinoni, Bottega lombarda, Bottega lombarda
No full textLanino: due volti per San Magno
No full textIl presente contributo esamina due disegni di Bernardino Lanino – una testa maschile e una femminile della Biblioteca Reale di Torino – ponendoli in relazione al ciclo di affreschi nella basilica di San Magno a Legnano. Tale rapporto è discusso sulla base di un’inedita campagna fotografica e nell’ambito degli studi per un volume monografico dedicato alla basilica, a cura di Pietro C. Marani, di prossima pubblicazione
L’Exposition rétrospective de Milan en 1874: une mise en scène des arts décoratifs
No full textUn vrai musée d’arts décoratifs demeurait dans le Salone du Giardino Pubblico de Milan, à l’occasion de l’Exposition rétrospective en 1874, inaugurée sous le patronage de l’association industrielle italienne dans l’idée de fonder un musée pour l'art industriel. Louis Courajod – récemment attaché à la conservation des Sculptures et Objets d’art du Moyen Âge, de la Renaissance et des Temps modernes au musée du Louvre – magnifiait l’excellence de cette formidable vitrine dans le sillage des expositions parisiennes de l’année, en soulignant comme art et industrie y était remarquablement établies dans le but de renouveler la création contemporaine.
Les objets d’art, confiés par des trésors d’église et des particuliers, figuraient dans un parcours qui se déployait à travers les ouvrages en bronze, le mobilier, les ivoires, l’orfèvrerie religieuse et les émaux. Les noms d’éminents collectionneurs – voir, par exemple, Trivulzio, Cagnola, Arconati Visconti et Poldi Pezzoli –y étaient célébrés avec leurs collections lors de leur dispersion ou de leur installation dans les salles des musées.
La circulation des œuvres d’art et du savoir, la formation du goût et les rapports professionnelles et amicales entre érudits, conservateurs, collectionneurs, restaurateurs et artisans feront l’objet de la réflexion ici présentée. Cette contribution vise à dresser un portrait du contexte culturel milanais entre XIXe et XXe siècles et son côté international. Ce scénario, en pleine effervescence, aboutit enfin à l’ouverture du musée-maison Poldi Pezzoli (1881) et à la mise en espace des collections du Musée Artistique, du Musée Patriotique d’Archéologie et du Musée du Risorgimento dans le quadrilatère du château des Sforza (1896-1900)
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