This thesis sets out to probe the complex artistic contacts between Italy and Cyprus in the visual arts during the High and Late Middle Ages. The Introduction provides a critical review of the subject. Chapter I maps out the various types of links (with respect to trade, religion, warfare, art, culture) between Italy and Cyprus in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Chapters II and III examine the multifaceted artistic negotiations between southern Italy (mainly Apulia) and Cyprus in the thirteenth century, by closely examining a cluster of frescoes and panel paintings. Through a set of historical, cultural and artistic (stylistic and iconographic) approaches, these chapters aim to supersede the somewhat limited style-oriented analyses of previous contributions to this area of study. The hitherto unverified and convoluted relations between the two regions are revisited and affirmed within a new conceptual framework. Chapters IV and V investigate fourteenth-century cross-currents as seen in two cases that have formerly occupied a marginal position in discussions of intercultural exchanges between Italy and Cyprus. The first is the transplantation and manifestation of the cult of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Cyprus, and the second, the hybrid series of icons created by Italian painters working on the island. Both cases are appraised as a record of historical realities and not as the by-products of casual encounters. The thesis historicises these contacts and in doing so, contributes to a broader understanding of cultural transmission and convergence in the Medieval Mediterranean.

This thesis discusses the appropriation of antique art in Italy during the fourteenth century. In order to do that, it considers the surviving antiquities in late medieval Italian cities and examines their reception and perception by contemporary authors and artists. Following the introductory chapter, which sets out the aims of the thesis and provides a brief historical background of the period, this study is divided in two parts. Part I examines the awareness of ancient art in the Trecento by looking at late-medieval Italian texts. After an introduction of the relevant texts and a presentation of the biographical background of their authors, the chapters explore the reliability of the writers, their references to antique art and their particular interests towards antique art. They also examine the textual evidence on attitudes towards antiquity, contrasting the different approaches of intellectual and popular audiences, and discuss a number of surviving antique works that were placed in public places and were charged with ideological intent, meaning and power. Part II approaches the subject of the appropriation of antique art in the Trecento from a different angle and deals with the reaction of artists toward ancient art. It discusses the emergence of a new iconography that reflects themes arising from encounters with classical literary texts, explores instances of antique sculpture portrayed in fourteenth-century paintings, and examines the antique sources of various Trecento motifs and compositions. The Appendix is a detailed list of antique works of art that were visible in Trecento Italy, along with a discussion of their history and the relevant primary and secondary bibliography.

Orientador: Nelson Alfredo Aguilar / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T04:29:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bortulucce_VanessaBeatriz_D.pdf: 47004914 bytes, checksum: 4a958d3a9a2ade153124b4a6e962c118 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: A proposta desta tese é realizar uma compreensão das obras do período futurista de Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) a partir de um estudo da trajetória estética de seus desenhos, identificando as diversas influências sofridas pelo artista. Procuraremos estudar os diversos momentos do desenho e da obra gráfica do artista, reconhecendo as influências que nortearam seus estudos sobre a concepção da forma plástica, permitindo uma compreensão mais apurada da poética de Boccioni. A presença da Antigüidade clássica, do Renascimento italiano, do Art Nouveau, do Expressionismo e do Simbolismo nos desenhos de Boccioni nos permitirá identificar a amplitude de sua estética, bem como reconhecer, na fase futurista do artista, o amadurecimento de muitos conceitos e idéias que surgiram em seus desenhos, como a preocupação com a linha, o espaço, a luz, o ambiente, e principalmente, o estudo e a apreensão do movimento humano / Abstract: The main objective of this thesis is to built a comprehension upon the futurist works of Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916) starting from a study of his aesthetical trajectory impressed on his drawings. We want to identify the several influences captured by the artist, studying specific moments of these works, recongnizing then the influences that conducted his studies about the conception of the plastic form. This study intends to establish the basis for a more acurate perception of Boccioni¿s aesthetic. The presence of classic Antiquity, Italian Renascence, Art Nouveau, Expressionism and Simbolism in Boccioni¿s drawings will permit the identification of their complexity and amplitude, as well to recognize, in his futurist phase, the maturing of many concepts and ideas that were born in these drawings, for example, the theories about line, space, light, environment, and mainly, the study and representation of the human movement / Doutorado / Politica, Memoria e Cidade / Doutor em História Social

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Cette étude a analysé la présence des sculpteurs italiens à Paris du début du XX siècle à la fin des années Trente, afin de reconstituer un chapitre important de l'histoire des échanges artistiques en France. Nous nous sommes servis d'une méthode historique et philologique, qui a bien été appliquée aux écrits critiques et à la presse de l'époque. Pour ce qui concerne le début du siècle, nous avons remarqué une participation considérable de la part des italiens aux principaux événements expositifs de la capitale comme les Salons officiels; le succès de public et commercial leur avait permis d'obtenir une place parmi les artistes à la mode les plus connus. Pendant les années Vingt, nous avons constaté un nombre moins significatif de sculpteurs; nous avons lu ce fait en nous rapportant à la situation historique italienne, qui en ce temps subissait des importants changements dus à l'ascension du régime fasciste. Les italiens qui étaient encore présents en France après la Guerre ne s'inséraient guère dans le cadre des nouvelles recherches artistiques italiennes, ils poursuivaient, au contraire, des orientations esthétiques plutôt dépassées. La dernière partie de notre étude s'est intéressée à l'essor du nouveau langage artistique de la péninsule italienne qui pendant les années Trente se répandit enfin même à l'étranger. Les sculpteurs italiens pouvaient donc participer activement à la vie expositive parisienne, tout en montrant le visage d'une plastique qui avait enfin pris conscience de ses potentialités. La France de sa part accueillait volontiers ces expérimentations, dans le but d'instituer une relation d'amitié durable avec le pays voisin. / This study has analyzed the presence of Italian sculptors in Paris from the beginning of the 20th Century to the end of the third decade, with the aim of reconstructing an important chapter of the history of artistic exchanges between Italy and France. We have favored an historical-philological method, based on critical publications and old French and Italian press.Concerning the beginning of the century, we have remarked a considerable participation of Italians in the main expositions in the French capital, such as official Salons; critical and market success allowed them to get a main role in the crew of the most popular artists.During the twenties, we have noted a less considerable participation of Italian sculptors; we have interpreted it in relation to historical context of fascist Italy, where the government was trying to develop a national cultural program. The Italian artists in France, after the First World War, didn't share the new Italian artistic orientation; they went on with outdated aesthetic choices.The last part of our research was interested in the development of the new Italian artistic language, finally known out of Italy. The Italian sculptors consequently could take part in arts activity in Paris, showing the face of a new sculpture, finally aware of its potentialities. France gave these experimentations a good welcome in the aim of constituting a longtime friendship with the Italian country.

Italian artists working in eighteenth-century Britain played a significant role in the country's developing interest in the fine arts. The contributions of artists arriving before mid-century, including Pellegrini, Ricci, and Canaletto, have been noted, but the presence of a larger number of Italians from mid-century is seldom acknowledged. Increasing British wealth and attention to the arts meant more customers for immigrant Italian artists. Bringing with them the skills for which they were renowned throughout Europe, their talents were valued in Britain. Many stayed for prolonged periods, raising families and becoming active members in the artistic community. In a thriving economy, they found opportunities to produce innovative works for a new clientele, devising histories, landscapes, portraits, and prints to entice buyers. The most successful were accomplished networkers, maintaining cordial relationships with British artists and cultivating a variety of patrons. They influenced others through teaching, through formal and informal exchanges with colleagues, and through exhibition of their works that could be studied and emulated.

Orientador: Luciano Migliaccio / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T09:36:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dazzi_CamilaCarneiro_M.pdf: 8078619 bytes, checksum: 3220fee87ea343fb3a72e572ad3353c2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Este trabalho apresenta a trajetória artística de Henrique Bernardelli na década de 1880, enfocando seus anos de estudo na Itália e a forma como sua produção desse período é recebida no meio artístico do Rio de Janeiro pré-republicano. O projeto busca uma melhor compreensão da pintura brasileira na segunda metade do Oitocentos, destacando as suas relações com a arte italiana do período / Abstract: This work presents Henrique Bernardelli¿ s artistic carrier focusing the 1880s, years in which he studies in Italy and the way this production was received by the Brazilian¿s art critics. The project aims also a better understanding of the Brazilian¿s painting in the second half of the 19th century, detecting its relations with the Italian art of the period / Mestrado / Historia da Arte / Mestre em História

Pendant soixante-dix ans, de 1945 à 2015, les artistes italiens ont, à travers leurs œuvres, mené un travail de mémoire. Entre une génération née avant le Fascisme, une alors qu'il est à l'apogée de sa puissance impérialiste, une autre après la guerre et enfin une génération de jeunes artistes nés trente ans après la fin du conflit, les mémoires singulières et collectives se bousculent. L'objectif de cette recherche est de reconstruire l'histoire de ces témoignages sur un passé vécu ou pas, et de donner les outils pour comprendre les conditions de leur genèse. Parler de la mémoire à travers des œuvres d'art est une expression intime, singulière, mais également un acte éminemment politique. Les manipulations de la mémoire du Fascisme influencent-elles tout au long de la période la création sur le sujet ? Quelles postures les artistes adoptent-ils face aux problématiques soulevées par une redéfinition du danger fasciste alors que la dictature est officiellement terminée ? Quelles formes plastiques sont données à ces remémorations et réactualisations ? / Over a period spanning 70 years, 1945 through 2015, ltalian artists carried out a "memory" endeavour for those generations that were bom before the fascist era, during the period of its highest imperialistic aims, during the aftermath of the war, and even for the generation of those artists bom 30 years after the end of the war. As a result, a multitude of individual and collective memories had emerged. This work aims to reconstruct and track the history of these memories (whether or not actually experienced by the artist), and to provide the tools to understand the genesis ofthese memories. Analysing "memory" through art pieces is an intimate, singular, and political act. To what extent fascist memory manipulations affect artistic creations? How do the artists react and position themselves, once confronted with the problems of re-defining "Fascism", after the dictatorship fell? Which new "plastic forms" emerge from these new adaptations of individual and collective memories? / Durante settant'anni, dal 1945 al 2015, gli artisti italiani, attraverso le loro opere, hanno svolto un lavoro di memoria. Fra una generazione nata prima del Fascismo, una nata quando questo è al culmine della sua potenza imperialista, un'altra nata dopo la guerra e infine una generazione di giovani artisti nati trent'anni dopo la fine del conflitto, le memorie individuali e collettive si affollano. L'obiettivo di questa ricerca è di ricostruire la storia di queste testimonianze su un passato, vissuto o no, e di fomire gli strumenti per capire le condizioni della loro genesi. Parlare della memoria attraverso le opere d'arte è un'espressione intima, singolare, ma allo stesso tempo un atto eminentemente politico. Nel periodo preso in esame, le manipolazioni della memoria del Fascismo influenzano la creazione su questo tema? Quai è la posizione degli artisti di fronte alle problematiche nate da una ridefinizione del pericolo fascista, sebbene la dittatura sia ufficialmente caduta? Quali forme plastiche son date a queste rimemorazioni e riattualizzazioni?

Cette thèse de doctorat a pour objet d'étude la chanson d'auteur italienne de 1958 à l'orée du XXI° siècle. Une période si étendue correspond à la volonté de ne pas enfermer le sujet, ni dans des bornes chronologiques étroites, ni dans une définition close de la chanson d'auteur. Cette étude s'intéresse également aux liens entre la chanson italienne et le contexte sociétal et politique. La 1° partie analyse les principaux phénomènes artistiques justifiant, à la fin des années 50, l'affirmation d'un tournant « d'auteur » dans la chanson italienne, jusque-là figée dans un mélisme hérité de l'opéra, tout en tenant compte des éléments conjoncturels et des hasards de l'Histoire. La 2° partie est vouée à l'étude de la langue, de la poétique et de l'esthétique de cette chanson. Une large part est faite à la question dialectale, démontrant que cette question ne se réduit pas au folklore. La 3° partie étudie la chanson par le prisme de l'Histoire : de façon rétrospective mais aussi comme un reflet des temps en prise directe. La 4° et dernière partie aborde notre contemporanéité et la chanson d'auteur sous des formes nouvelles : rock, nouvelle école cantautoriale, rap.Ce cheminement nous mène à toute une série de pistes de réflexions : la réécriture, l'aspect performatif, la légitimité culturelle d'un genre artistique et, à l'ère d'internet, les nouvelles formes et modalités de réception de l'art mais également la révolution que le web provoque dans la création. La chanson compte une place importante dans la société et dans la culture des XXème et XXIème siècles. Elle a donc besoin d'être envisagée plus que jamais, et peut nous aider à comprendre à quelle époque on vit. / This doctoral thesis explores the Italian art song genre from 1958 until the dawn of the twenty-first century; the broad scope of investigation was chosen so that the subject would not be overly circumscribed either temporally or notionally. The thesis also examines the relationship between the Italian art song and its social and political contexts. The first part, taking into account those influences as well as the effect of the random events of History, analyses the main artistic phenomena at the end of the '50 that led to an "artistic" turning point for the Italian popular song, hitherto locked into an opera derived melismatic mode. The second part investigates the language, the poetics and the aesthetics of the art song genre addressing at length dialect, demonstrating that this question cannot be explained merely in terms of folklore. The third part develops the art song seen through the lens of History, both retrospectively and as a reflexion of the current events of the day. The fourth and last part discusses the new forms of art song that have developed within a contemporary context: rock, the new cantautoriale school and rap. The rewriting, the performance act itself are discussed; the cultural legitimacy of an artistic genre and new forms and ways of experiencing art, as well as revolutionary modes of creation with the advent of the Internet are explored. The song was granted an important place in the society and culture of the second half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first; today, imbued with the troubles of a new period, it invites our questions and research more than ever to help us understand the age we live in.

La thèse analyse les représentations du mythe de Cérès, déesse romaine de l’agriculture et le faisceau d’idées qu’il concentre dans l’imaginaire collectif de la première modernité, le choix a été fait d’étudier sa représentation dans des contextes géographiques différents, selon un axe chronologique allant de ses premières résurgences dans l’art et la littérature du XVe siècle, où se cristallisent en Italie la plupart des significations allégoriques et symboliques qui lui sont associées, à la première moitié du XVIIe siècle lorsque s’annoncent les prémices d’un changement de paradigme et, surtout, se confirment les effets de la Contre-Réforme et du Concile de Trente sur les œuvres à thématique païenne. Des œuvres réalisées sur différents supports (tableau, fresque, gravure, manuscrit, incunable, objet du mobilier, médailles) seront ainsi convoquées et interrogées à l’aune des sources littéraires employées par les artistes et de leur contexte de production. Le corpus analysé se divise en trois parties qui correspondent aux grandes thématiques abordées dans la thèse : l’abondance, la fertilité, ainsi que les relations entre Cérès et le christianisme. Les deux premiers thèmes relatifs à la prospérité et à la fécondité reprennent les principales propriétés attribuées à Déméter-Cérès depuis l’Antiquité, tandis que le troisième thème s’attache à retracer les rapports entre la tradition figurative que l’on nommera « démétriaque » et l’imaginaire chrétienne, à travers l'étude d'œuvres qui, dans certains cas, ont été produites par le même artiste. / This thesis analyses the representations of the myth of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, and the bundle of ideas it concentrates in the collective imagination of early modernity. In different geographical contexts, the representations of the myth are investigated along a chronological axis ranging from the first revivals in art and literature in the 15th century - when most of the allegorical and symbolic meanings associated with it crystallize in Italy - to the first half of the 17th century, when the first signs of a paradigm shift began to appear and, above all, the effects of the Counter-Reformation and the Council of Trent on works with pagan themes were confirmed. Works of various kinds (paintings, frescoes, engravings, manuscripts, incunabula, ornaments, and medals) will be examined considering the literary sources used by the artists and the context in which they were produced. The corpus analyzed is divided into three parts, which correspond to the major themes addressed in the thesis: abundance, fertility and the relationship between Ceres and Christianity. The first two themes, abundance, and fertility, concern the main properties attributed to Demeter-Ceras since antiquity, while the third theme focuses on the relationship between the figurative tradition we will call 'demetriac' and Christian figurative imagery, through the study of works that, in some cases, were produced by the same artist.