Aspectos de la poliédrica influencia de los clásicos: nuevas imágenes clave de la influencia de san Vicente Ferrer en Italia

Este artículo analiza la función de la figura de san Vicente Ferrer en la política de afianzamiento y expansión de la Corona de Aragón en la Italia de mediados del siglo XV y hasta el siglo XVIII. San Vicente Ferrer, clásico innegable de la cultura de la Corona de Aragón, ejerció una extraordinaria influencia en el pensamiento, la predicación y la ortodoxia católicas, así como también, en el tablero de ajedrez de la alta política de fines del siglo XIV y principios del XV. Su influencia fue prácticamente ubicua y omnímoda: predicaba a las masas de casi toda Europa occidental, enfervorizadas por sus dotes oratorias y su dominio de las artes de la predicación, al mismo tiempo que ejercía de consejero de máxima confianza de papas, reyes y gobernantes, escribía densos tratados de teología y filosofía moral, y obraba milagros (más de 900 registrados en su Causa de Canonización). Caló muy hondo, también después de su muerte y durante siglos, en toda Italia, que era el gran escenario de la política y de la cultura humanística y del Renacimiento. Ello se aprovechó por parte de la Corona de Aragón para su expansión en Italia, desde la conquista de Nápoles por Alfonso el Magnánimo. Todo ello se analiza en este estudio a partir de obras de arte (capillas, cuadros, retablos, frescos y mosaicos), nunca tenidas en cuenta en este sentido, pero que, como queda demostrado, son muestra y prueba de esa influencia tanto religiosa como también política de la “figura” de este santo valenciano. Se trata en definitiva del análisis de la poliédrica función de los clásicos.

La desigualdad política ante la crisis del Estado social

El texto parte de la fuerte conexión entre Estado social fuerte y las políticas públicas activas de distribución y equilibrio de la riqueza. Desde esta premisa se describen algunos escenarios en los que las desigualdades estructurales impiden el desarrollo de políticas públicas activas. De manera específica se alude a determinados datos relativos a America Latina. Estos datos se presentan como contrapunto al contexto europeo. Por último, se incide en el papel de las clases medias como destinatarias de las nuevas políticas públicas necesarias para dar un nuevo sentido al estado social del siglo XXI.

3D Hand Pose Estimation with Neural Networks

We propose the design of a real-time system to recognize and interprethand gestures. The acquisition devices are low cost 3D sensors. 3D hand pose will be segmented, characterized and track using growing neural gas (GNG) structure. The capacity of the system to obtain information with a high degree of freedom allows the encoding of many gestures and a very accurate motion capture. The use of hand pose models combined with motion information provide with GNG permits to deal with the problem of the hand motion representation. A natural interface applied to a virtual mirrorwriting system and to a system to estimate hand pose will be designed to demonstrate the validity of the system.

Saving the Monopsony: Exclusivity, Innovation and Market Power in the Media Sector. Research Papers in Law, 7/2006

From the Introduction. The Media Sector has experienced a technological revolution in the last 15 years. Digital encoding of television signals made possible a more efficient use of the radiospectrum. Digital terrestrial television (hereinafter, “DTT”) allows now for the reception of a significant number of free-to-air channels.1 Moreover, the use of new transmission platforms (hereinafter,“platforms”), namely cable and direct-to-home satellite (hereinafter, “DTH”) paved the way for the arrival in Europe of pay-TV operators, which finance their activities mainly via subscription fees. This changing technological landscape is subject to further evolution in the near future, as incumbent telecommunications operators become increasingly interested in making available broadcasting content2 as part of their broadband offer and 3G mobile handsets can be used for the reception of TV signals....The present paper seeks to ascertain whether the Commission “regulatory approach” towards the exclusive sale of premium content is a sound one, in particular in view of the constant technological evolution outlined above. The assumptions underlying landmark Commission decisions will be compared with recent developments of the media sector in Italy. In the NewsCorp./Telepiù case, decided in 2003, the Commission imposed very strict conditions to allow the merger giving birth to Sky Italia, on the assumption that the operation created a lasting near-monopsony in the different upstream markets for the acquisition of premium intervened against the media conglomerate Mediaset (which controls, inter alia, the main three private free-to-air channels in Italy) for an alleged abuse of dominant position.17 In fact, and contrary to the forecasts made by the Commission, Mediaset was in a position to acquire the broadcasting rights of the main Italian football teams, thereby excluding the incumbent (and near-monopolist) pay-TV operator, Sky Italia. This may go to show that the reality of the sector is more complex and evolves faster than one may infer from the Commission practice, thus putting into question its stance regarding exclusivity. The experience of the evolution of the Italian media sector will be used as the starting point for the evaluation of alternative regulatory options.

Heiligenspielrezeption in der Schweiz 1929: Das Bruderklausenspiel von Oskar Eberle

Based on Hansjürgen Linke’s study about the history of the reception of religious and secular medieval plays in twentieth-century Germany, the paper examines the respective situation in Switzerland. It focusses on the Bruderklausenspiel (1929), written and staged by Oskar Eberle. The director and scholar Oskar Eberle, and the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Theaterkultur (SGTK) were the most influential supporters of the reception of religious plays in twentieth-century Switzerland. While in Germany the revival of medieval theatre emphasized a Renaissance of a former national importance, in Switzerland, the situation was very different. The revival of religious plays had a certain confessional background, and the political idea was to strengthen national self-confidence, and to confirm the nation’s historical neutrality concerning foreign affairs.

Xenophontis Institutio Cyri.

Title in Greek at head of t.-p.; Greek text.

Maids' and matrons' cook book : 600 choice and tested recipes /

Includes household hints, home remedies, and samples of menus. Sample recipes: Dry sugar cure for pork, Cheese macaroni, Flaky pie crust.

The Mission cook book /

Includes recipes for Swedish, German, Italian, and Mexican dishes. Sample recipes: Salmon loaf, Potato salad, Swedish rhubarb pie.

Weber's celebrated Mass in E flat : in vocal score with an accompaniment for the organ or piano-forte /

At head of title: Ditson & co's. uniform edition of Haydn's, Mozart's and Beethoven's masses.

L'étoile du nord : opéra comique en trois actes /

French text.

371 vierstimmige Choralgesaenge.

At head of cover title: Edition Breitkopf. Nr. 10.

Requiem für Männerstimmen /

Includes German translation of the text.

Bijutsu hyōron.

Reprint. Originally published: Tōkyō : Gahōsha, 1897-1900. Supplement includes new explanatory text, table of contents, and personal name index.

De termino Pasche anno xviii. H. vi.

Signatures: A-B⁶ C⁴ D-F⁶.

Kyropädie.

Greek text.