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There is scant research on the art produced under the Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, with the exception of a couple of general books focused primarily on major Oratorian art pieces. Therefore, this book of essays aims to discuss the art and culture produced by or associated with the Oratorians by providing a broad overview focused especially on rarely investigated issues. The authors focus on this very important artistic production, commonly forgotten when compared with other religious productions of art, by covering geographical areas spanning from Sri Lanka to Mexico, including Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, India and Brazil.
he revival of the bronze statuette popular in classical antiquity stands out as an enduring achievement of the Italian Renaissance. These small sculptures attest to early modern artists' technical prowess, ingenuity, and desire to emulate—or even surpass—the ancients. From the studioli, or private studies, of humanist scholars in fifteenth-century Padua to the Fifth Avenue apartments of Gilded Age collectors, viewers have delighted in the mysteries of these objects: how they were made, what they depicted, who made them, and when. This catalogue is the first systematic study of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's European Sculpture and Decorative Arts collection of Italian bronzes. The colle...
Important Information Technology topics are presented: multimedia systems, data-bases, protection of data, access to the content. Particular reference is reserved to digital images (2D, 3D) regarding Cultural Institutions (Museums, Libraries, Palace - Monuments, Archaeological Sites). The main parts of the Conference Proceedings regard: Strategic Issues, EC Projects and Related Networks & Initiatives, International Forum on "Culture & Technology", 2D - 3D Technologies & Applications, Virtual Galleries - Museums and Related Initiatives, Access to the Culture Information. Three Workshops are related to: International Cooperation, Innovation and Enterprise, Creative Industries and Cultural Tourism.
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The first major retrospective to emerge from the archive of Paulo Mendes da Rocha, shining important new light on his work One of the most acclaimed architects working in Brazil since the mid-twentieth century, Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928-2021) began building in the 1950s, championing an approach often associated with "Brutalism" but expanding well beyond it. He is widely recognized for having transformed the urban imprint of São Paulo. His best-known buildings include the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture, remarkable for its engagement with the site and its daring structure; the renovation of the Pinacoteca do Estado, with audacious metallic inserts; and outstanding private houses, starting wi...
Il volume riproduce il percorso documentario della mostra Firenze in guerra 1940-1944 promossa dall’Istituto Storico della Resistenza in Toscana in occasione del 70° anniversario della Resistenza e della Liberazione. I contributi introduttivi illustrano il work in progress che ha accompagnato il progetto espositivo e intendono guidare il lettore attraverso una serie di questioni storiografiche al centro della mostra: la centralità della fase 1940-1943, finora rimasta sullo sfondo, le trasformazioni economiche, i nodi del consenso e del controllo sociale, i caratteri dell’occupazione tedesca, il ruolo della Chiesa e la complessa trama della Resistenza fiorentina. Obiettivo della ricerca è stato quello di indagare da vicino l’impatto della guerra sulla popolazione di una grande area urbana, provando a evidenziarne specificità e connessioni con la cornice nazionale.
This fourth volume in the European Festival Studies, 1450–1700 series breaks with precedent in stemming from a joint conference (Venice, 2013) between the Society for European Festivals Research and the PALATIUM project supported by the European Science Foundation. The volume draws on up-to-date research by a Europe-wide group of academic scholars and museum and gallery curators to provide a unique, intellectually-stimulating and beautifully-illustrated account of temporary architecture created for festivals of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, together with permanent architecture pressed into service for festival occasions across major European locations including Italian, French, ...
Before the late sixteenth century, the churches of Florence were internally divided by monumental screens that separated the laity in the nave from the clergy in the choir precinct. Enabling both separation and mediation, these screens were impressive artistic structures that controlled social interactions, facilitated liturgical performances, and variably framed or obscured religious ritual and imagery. In the 1560s and 70s, screens were routinely destroyed in a period of religious reforms, irreversibly transforming the function, meaning, and spatial dynamics of the church interior. In this volume, Joanne Allen explores the widespread presence of screens and their role in Florentine social and religious life prior to the Counter-Reformation. She presents unpublished documentation and new reconstructions of screens and the choir precincts which they delimited. Elucidating issues such as gender, patronage, and class, her study makes these vanished structures comprehensible and deepens our understanding of the impact of religious reform on church architecture.
Já pensou nas implicações para a realização de uma turnê internacional de um astro como Gilberto Gil? Ainda mais quando a viagem inclui toda a família Gil, equipe técnica, equipe de filmagem e muito mais? Nos Diários da Assessora de Encrenca, Gilda Mattoso — assessora de imprensa e integrante fundamental das turnês de Gil há muitos anos — narra com leveza e bom humor os bastidores de algumas turnês internacionais de Gil e outros artistas, registrando dores e delícias de uma produção desse porte: desafios de logística de viagem e conexões, extravios de malas e equipamentos, gincana de convidados em shows lotados... Gilda registra num tom pessoal dicas turísticas preciosas, melhores hotéis e restaurantes das diversas cidades percorridas durante as turnês. E como não podia faltar, conta com alegria as emoções que a música de Gil, família e parceiros proporciona ao redor do mundo!