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The Language of Objects: Deixis in Descriptive Greek Epigrams
The Language of Objects sheds new light on the sub-genre of Greek descriptive epigram, focusing on deictic reference as a springboard to understand three different approaches to the materiality of texts: imagination-oriented deixis, pointing to referents conjured in the reader’s mind; ocular deixis, addressing perceivable referents; displaced deixis, underscoring the subjective response of readers/viewers. Uniquely combining overlooked verse-inscriptions and well-known literary and inscribed texts, which are freshly re-examined through a cognitive lens, this volume explores the evolution of deixis in descriptive epigrams dating from the pre-Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity. With its original analysis, the book pushes forward the study of Greek epigram and current understanding of deixis in ancient poetry.
Flattery in Seneca the Younger
Flattery in Seneca the Younger explores the discourse of flattery in Seneca's philosophical texts, and analyses the extent to which Seneca developed a theory of adulation. Martina Russo maps a phenomenology of flattery, tracing its external manifestations in Senecan philosophy. The personal practice of flattery displayed in the Ad Polybium and in De clementia along with the 'distant' exempla of flattery represented by Seneca, and with the theorization of adulation, indicates the range and the complexity of strategic flattery during the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Furthermore, it is argued that Seneca emerges not only as a practitioner of flattery but also as a theorist of it. While many writers ...
Visualizing Harbours in the Classical World
The first book to look at the representation of ancient harbours with a view to understanding the relationship between what they really looked like and how their iconography was constructed to convey symbolic meanings.
The Language of Objects: Deixis in Descriptive Greek Epigrams
The Language of Objects is a detailed survey of selected Greek inscribed and literary epigrams that describe their (real or imaginary) monuments and settings, and on the language they use to point to what is outside the text.
Science and Conservation for Museum Collection
The idea of the book “Science and Conservation for Museum Collections” was born as a result of the experience made by CNR-ISTEC (Faenza) in the implementation of a course for Syrian restorers at the National Museum in Damascus. The book takes into consideration archaeological artefacts made out of the most common materials, like stones (both natural and artificial), mosaics, ceramics, glass, metals, wood and textiles, together with less diffuse artefacts and materials, like clay tablets, goldsmith artefacts, icons, leather and skin objects, bones and ivory, coral and mother of pearl. Each type of material is treated from four different points of view: composition and processing technolog...
Restoration of Amundsen’s lantern slides
The book presents for the first time the restoration of Amundsen’s glass slides, one of the most beautiful collections of slides in the world. The 248 slides are the photographic testimony of three great explorations: the Northwest Passage (1903-1906), the conquest of the South Pole (1910-1912) and the Maud expedition (1918-1925). Discovered by chance in 1986, the slides were restored in 2009 by Pietro Librici at the National Library of Norway, in a continuous cooperation with the institute team. The restoration is presented analytically in its methodological, technical, scientific and operational aspects, constituting an updated model of intervention. Critical historical studies that acco...
Kermes 94/95
Numero doppio, 160 pagine, cm21x29,7, brossura, illustrato a colori, anno 2015 Questo numero speciale di Kermes, nell’ambito delle celebrazioni per il 350° anniversario della morte di Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665), esce in concomitanza con la mostra ‘Poussin et Dieu’ che il Musée du Louvre presenta nella primavera del 2015. Omaggio al ‘pittore-filosofo’, il volume si pone quale strumento scientifico di riferimento che riporta lo stato dell’arte a livello internazionale negli studi tecnici poussiniani e accompagna la mostra come adeguato complemento al catalogo per la comprensione scientifica delle tematiche. La pubblicazione è stata l’occasione per attivare un dibattito intern...
Sophia Loren. Życie jak film
"Najnowsza i najbardziej aktualna biografia Sophii Loren. Gdy się poznali, miała 15 lat i była jedną z wielu ślicznych dziewcząt, które marzyły o lepszym życiu i sławie. Ubrana w sukienkę uszytą z zasłonki, w za dużych, pomalowanych białą farbą butach nie wyglądała jak przyszła gwiazda. Jednak Carlo Ponti, wpływowy producent filmowy, nigdy się nie mylił. Tak rozpoczęła się ich współpraca i zakazana miłość, która zgorszyła Watykan. Kochał ją szaleńczo Cary Grant, Peter Sellers chciał dla niej zostawić żonę, Marcello Mastroianni był na każde jej skinienie. Sophia jednak została z Carlem – mimo że był od niej starszy o 22 lata, miał żonę i groził mu proces o bigamię... "
Lampi di luce sul niello longobardo. Processi artigianali, analisi scientifiche e studio delle fonti
Questo contributo si basa sulla ricostruzione sperimentale dei processi artigianali. I reperti di origine sono la fibula ad arco CBTn4328, datata alla metà del VI secolo, facente parte delle collezioni archeologiche del Castello del Buonconsiglio di Trento e la placchetta a “S” in argento con decorazione a motivo equino proveniente dalla tomba 4 di Trezzo d’Adda (MI) (inv. n. ST.47899), datata alla metà del VII secolo e conservata presso il Civico Museo Archeologico di Milano. Durante il restauro dei due reperti metallici longobardi è stata rilevata la presenza di cloruro di argento, precisamente sotto forma di piccoli punti presenti a distanza regolare sui decori niellati. Una presenza da ritenere verosimilmente intenzionale con funzione decorativa oppure sigillante e/o di protezione di un tratto particolarmente elaborato e più esposto all’usura. Nell’articolo si documenta la ricostruzione sperimentale del niello – I reperti – Il niello e la ricostruzione sperimentale – Il cloruro di argento – Note – Bibliografia – Abstract in English Di Matteo Alessandro Pacini Estratto da Kermes 92 (Ottobre-Dicembre 2013) – pagine 57-63
