Serlianas durante el Renacimiento italiano y español: del triunfo de la religión católica al lenguaje imperial

This article presents a panoramic view of the development of the so-called serliana or Serlian motif throughout the Italian Renaissance, focusing on the most relevant examples in the architecture of that period. The use of this motif during the Early Renaissance was pioneered by Filippo Brunelleschi in religious buildings. As its employment become widespread in a range of different settings, architects frequently incorporated local building traditions. It was only during the last twenty years of the Quattrocento that Giuliano da Sangallo and Leonardo da Vinci adopted the Serlian arch in residential architecture designed for the ruling elites. Thanks to Bramante and other artists such as Raphael, Baldassare Peruzzi, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger and Giulio Romano, the motif was extraordinarily popular during the High Renaissance period. Ever-increasingly complex and monumental compositions eased the adaptation of the serliana to both exterior and interior spaces, and in works such as the design by Galeazzo Alessi in Genoa, the imperial connotation of the motif is clear. This process illustrates the progressive transfer from the religious to the courtly sphere, and, at the same time, the permeability between the sacred and the profane. During the sixteenth century, Spain too was at the European avant-garde, due to its contacts with Italy and the latest fashions, such as the employment of the serliana in residential architecture, were followed in the fortified palace at La Calahorra, the Vich palace in Valencia, or the palace of Charles V in Granada, as part of a complex iconography of power. Throughout the sixteenth century, the serliana featured in that specifically-Spanish typology, the monumental altarpiece or retablo, as well as in monumental tombs. Italy was certainly the leading force in the process and had an indisputable influence on Spanish art, but the latter would develop its own original solutions in the sixteenth century, which matched the innovative character of Italian creations.

Imatges i paraules : poesia visual catalana a la primera avantguarda

Es pregunta pels trets característics de la poesia visual de la primera avantguarda, els que resten fidels a la inspiració europea i els que sorgeixen com a resposta particular mediatitzada per unes determinades condicions socioculturals, i de quina manera aquests trets prenen cos en la producció poètica.

eJugueteLandia

En aquest projecte s'han desenvolupat tecnologies d'avantguarda, com ara la plataforma J2EE de Sun Microsystems i Jakarta Tomcat de Apache, totes de reconegut prestigi en la comunitat OpenSource. No s'han d'oblidar tampoc totes les que fan d'aquest projecte una solució professional, com ara XHTML o JavaScript.

En el destierro del arte

En los años 30 del siglo XX, mientras las primeras vanguardias artísticas recorren Europa, María Zambrano y Martin Heidegger denuncian la pérdida del lugar del arte. El arte, para Zambrano, ya no da a ver, sólo se ve como arte. Por ello, perdió la tierra, está desterrado. Para Heidegger, por su parte, muchas de las obras de arte del siglo XX no pueden establecer un mundo y producir la tierra. En ese destierro del arte nos situaremos para interrogar el papel de la música en el pensamiento de ambos filósofos

Il canone del Novecento letterario italiano in Spagna

The essay offers a thorough analysis on the issue of the reception of XXth Century Italian Literature in Spain. The age af the avant-garde and the late Fifties are signalled as the decisive moments in the affirmation of such influence, whereas the Sixties mark the beginning of a declining phase, which had different outcomes in poetry and in narrative. In defining this complex trajectory, a wide range of cultural indicators have been used (such as: translations; anthologies; militant criticism; the influence upon individual writers or rather upon relevant reading communities etc.), and the limitations imposed by the specific cultural and epistemological expectations, considered in their well determined historical context, have also been observed.

El piano francès dels segles XX i XXI : una breu investigació per al disseny d'un repertori de concert

Aquest projecte pretén estudiar les aportacions de Messiaen, Dutilleux i Boulez en l’escriptura pianística, analitzant-ne la transcendència en el terreny interpretatiu actual. Per tal d’assolir aquest objectiu, es repassa quina ha sigut l’evolució de la tècnica pianística francesa, s’estudia el material i les circumstàncies que originen els respectius catàlegs per a piano i es realitza una comparativa del repertori estudiat en els principals conservatoris superiors de Barcelona, París, Sant Petersburg i Moscou. Aquest anàlisi permet determinar que el conservatori de París potencia les obres de nova creació, mentre que als de Barcelona, Sant Petersburg i Moscou encara s’opta per un estudi convergent al cànon. Com a conseqüència, els autors esmentats es consideren objecte d’estudi essencial a París, mentre que a Barcelona i les urbs russes encara no s’han establert en el pla d’estudis.

Els Hot Five : Louis Armstrong, l'avantguardista

Els objectius d’aquest treball són: reivindicar la faceta de Louis Armstrong com a músic al capdavant de l’avantguarda musical dels anys vint als Estats Units, analitzar les claus per entendre el seu ascens a la fama a partir dels anys trenta i valorar la seva contribució a la història de la música afroamericana. El cos del treball consta de dues parts: la primera, una biografia de l’artista per esbossar el seu context històric i el seu perfil psicològic; i la segona, que és el centre del treball, una anàlisi de les peces Savoy Blues, Cornet Chop Suey i Gully Low Blues, totes elles pertanyents al període dels Hot Five (1925-1929).

Memòria justificativa del treball realitzat durant l’estada al departament de Women`s Studies (Universitat de Wisconsin-Madison )

Projecte de recerca elaborat a partir d’una estada al departament de Women’s Studies de la Universitat de Wisconsin, Estats Units, entre agost i novembre del 2007. Aquesta recerca està directament relacionada amb el desenvolupament d’una tesi doctoral sobre la socialització de les dones víctimes de violència de gènere. En el transcurs d’aquesta estada es van analitzar investigacions de qualitat científica sobre socialització de les dones víctimes de violència de gènere realitzades als Estats Units; es va participar en jornades, seminaris i conferències sobre violència de gènere; i es van recollir recursos i mesures, proposats per diferents moviments socials, per atendre a les víctimes i prevenir la violència de gènere. Entre els resultats obtinguts de la recerca cal destacar que les investigacions més recents sobre violència de gènere coincideixen en afirmar que es tracta d’una problemàtica vinculada als nostres aprenentatges socials. Trobem un gran nombre de recerques que han treballat sobre les causes per les quals les dones romanen en relacions de violència o reincideixen. Generalment aquestes son causes estructurals (factors econòmics, fills o filles en comú, falta de recolzament social, etc.), o bé emocionals (el fet d’estar enamorades). Aquestes recerques mostren un buit, el qual serà treballat en una tesi doctoral, un cop superades les barreres estructurals quins son els motius que dificulten la finalització de la relació de violència? Quins aspectes hem de treballar per trencar els vincles afectius i l’enamorament?

Women at home, at school and in the factory. The particular discourse of domesticity done by the Spanish Escuela Economista (1861-1909)

The texts by the Spanish Economist School (second half of the 19th century) contain an assessment of the role of women in the economy and society that is transgressor in front of the prevailing discourse that defended a unique and exclusive role for all women: being at home and a mother. Most members of that economic trend defended female work in the factories, basing themselves on wage arguments and even asked for a professional training for those who in many cases could not even write and read for the fact of being a woman. The texts of those economists give new ideas about the economic and social role of women in a Spain dominated by a discourse that denied the necessity of female work for the working families.

Selection bias and unobservable heterogeneity applied at the wage equation of European married women

This paper utilizes a panel data sample selection model to correct the selection in the analysis of longitudinal labor market data for married women in European countries. We estimate the female wage equation in a framework of unbalanced panel data models with sample selection. The wage equations of females have several potential sources of.

Start-up conditions and the performance of women – and men- controlled businesses in manufacturating industries

Recent research on the economic performance of women-controlled firms suggests that their underperformance may not result from differences in the managerial ability of women as compared to men, but it can be the result of different levels of start-up resources. Using accounting data, this paper examines the effects that selected start-up conditions have on the economic performance observed in a sample of 4450 Spanish manufacturing firms. The results indicate significant differences regarding the initial conditions, showing lower levels of assets and number of employees what have implications on the economic performance of women-controlled firms.

The participation of women in peace processes: the other tables

This paper argues that women’s absence in peace processes cannot be explained by their alleged lack of experience in dialogue and negotiation, but by a serious lack of will to include them in such important initiatives of change. Women have wide ranging experience in dialogue processes including many war and post-war contexts, but there has been a deliberate lack of effort to integrate them in formal peace processes. After introducing the research framework, the paper addresses women’s involvement in peace, and analyzes the role played by women in peace processes, through the cases of Sri Lanka and Northern Ireland. The paper concludes that peace processes are as gendered as wars, and for that reason gender has to be a guiding line for including women in peace processes.