The History of Rome in Painting

There are many paths to reach Rome, immense field open to the eye through the centuries and days, where the presence of the story is haunting. All the artists came to Rome: Italians of various Italian and also French, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, English and Americans. These painters whose works tell its long history for having lived in the glare of light forever are the Roman pantheon of arts: what are all the anonymous authors of the frescoes of ancient Rome and medieval, but Fabriano, Cimabue , Giotto, Botticelli, Raphael, Giulio Romano, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Guido Reni, Guercino, Titian, Vasari, Velasquez, Le Nain, Poussin, Zuccari, Van Wittel, Eckersberg, Giraudet, David, Panini, Hubert Robert, Reynolds, Fuseli, Ingres, Sargent, Caffi, Vernet, Turner, Corot, Caffi, De Chirico, etc..

L'Histoire de Rome par la peinture

Il y a bien des chemins pour arriver á Rome, champ immense, ouvert á perte de vue á travers les siécles et les jours, oú la présence de l'histoire est obsédante. Tous les artistes sont venus vers Rome : des Italiens des diverses Italie, et aussi des Francais, des Hollandais, des Flamands, des Espagnols, des Anglais et des Américains. Ces peintres dont les oeuvres racontent sa longue histoire pour l'avoir vécue dans l'éblouissement de la lumiére romaine sont á jamais au Panthéon des arts : ce sont tous les auteurs anonymes des fresques de la Rome antique et médiévale, mais aussi Fabriano, Cimabue, Giotto, Botticelli, Raphael, Giulio Romano, Michel-Ange, le Caravage, Guido Reni, le Guerchin, Titien, Vasari, Velasquez, Le Nain, Poussin, Zuccari, Van Wittel, Eckersberg, Giraudet, David, Panini, Hubert Robert, Reynolds, Füssli, Ingres, Sargent, Caffi, Vernet, Turner, Corot, Caffi, De Chirico, etc.

Left ventricular structure in children with developmental coordination disorder

Developmental coordination disorder (p-DCD) is a neuro-developmental disorder featuring impairment in developing motor coordination. This study examined left ventricular mass (LVM) in children with p-DCD (n=63) and controls (n=63). LVM was measured using echocardiography. Body composition was determined using BOD POD and peak oxygen uptake (peak V02) was measured by a progressive exercise test. Height, weight and blood pressure were also measured. LVM was not significantly elevated in p-DCD compared to controls. Peak V02 was lower and SBP, BMI, HR, and BF(%) were significantly higher in p-DCD. They also demonstrated elevated stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), end-diastolic volume, and ventricular diameter in diastole. In regression analyses, p-DCD was a significant predictor of SV and CO after accounting for height, FFM, V02FFM, and sex. These differences in children with p-DCD indicate obesity related changes in the left ventricle and may represent early stages of developing hypertrophy of the left ventricle.

Autonomic Cardiovascular Control in Children and Adolescents

This thesis investigated the impact of pubertal maturation and sex on cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) and arterial properties of the common carotid artery (CCA), and the relationship between CCA arterial properties and BRS. This thesis also investigated the effect of orthostatic stress on arterial properties of the CCA and carotid sinus (CS), as well as their impact on BRS in response to orthostatic stress. Children and adolescents between the ages of 8-18 years were examined. To assess pubertal maturation participants were organized into five pubertal groups based on the criteria of Tanner. BRS was assessed by transfer function analysis in the low frequency range (0.05 – 0.15Hz). Pulse pressure (PP) was measured at the CCA (PPCCA) and CS (PPCS) using applanation tonometry, and at the finger (PPFinger) using photoplethysmography. Ultrasound sonography and applanation tonometry were used to determine the distensibility coefficient (DC) at the CCA (DCCCA) and CS (DCCS). A moderate posture stimulus was implemented by passively moving participants into a 50° seated-recumbent (SR) position. The results demonstrated a sex-by-maturation interaction on BRS (p= 0.019). BRS decreased from early- to post-puberty in males (p<0.01), and remained unchanged in females. Females demonstrated greater BRS compared to males post-puberty (p<0.05). CCA distensibility was not affected by sex or maturation and was not related to BRS. PPCS was greater than PPCCA (p<0.001), while PPFinger was greater than both PPCCA (p<0.001) and PPCS (p<0.001). In response to SR, the relative change in PPFinger was significantly different than the relative change in PPCCA (p<0.001) and PPCS (p<0.001), while the relative change between PPCCA and PPCS were not different. Finally, in response to SR there was a significant decrease in DCCS (p=0.001), but not DCCCA. The relative change in BRS in response to SR was significantly correlated to the relative change in DCCS (p=0.004), but not DCCCA. The findings demonstrated an important sex-dependent maturation effect on BRS in children and adolescents that was not explained by CCA distensibility. Also, the CS and CCA responded differently to orthostatic stress. The CS was more suitable to evaluate the effect of arterial distensibility on BRS in response to posture change.

House in the Shape of a Stretcher

In an essay from 1910 the architect and critic Adolf Loos distinguishes between buildings that are for everyday practical use and buildings made for contemplation. The latter type he asserts may be considered as both architecture and works of art. He refers to only two types of contemplative architecture namely the tomb and the monument. There are certain paintings made in the early part of the twentieth century that do not observe this separation such as certain works by Hopper and de Chirico. Here the commonplace is simultaneously experienced in the way a tomb might be. This mortifying gaze condemns building by inducing a sense that space has become inhospitable and alienating. It could be argued that these and other paintings made around this time such as Carlo Carra The Abandoned House 1916 are like premonitions of what will occur when building observes the prescription laid down by Loos and omit an aesthetic dimension. However it might also suggest that buildings need their tombs or at least some space that is not completely assimilable by the daily, practical and functional needs of an inhabitant.

Il presidente del consiglio dei ministri nell'ordinamento vigente e nelle prospettive di riforma

“Il Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri nell'ordinamento vigente e nelle proposte di riforma”. La tesi si propone di ricostruire i caratteri propri della figura giuridica del Presidente del Consiglio nell’ordinamento vigente, sino alla analisi delle più recenti proposte di riforma costituzionale in tema. La dimensione analitico-sistematica proposta è stata sviluppata in riferimento alle concrete dinamiche economiche, politiche ed istituzionali, in relazione alle quali si è inteso verificare il tipo di rapporto tra esigenze di stabilizzazione del ciclo economico ed esigenze di stabilizzazione degli esecutivi, dando il dovuto rilievo al processo di integrazione della Unione Europea, come “motore” delle istanze di riforma del sistema economico ed istituzionale. Nel primo capitolo, si sono esplicitate le chiavi metodologiche secondo le quali si è inteso sviluppare il percorso di ricerca. Nel secondo capitolo si è operata una ricostruzione del quadro ordinamentale a base statutaria, come termine iniziale per poter cogliere al meglio la configurazione del ruolo poi assunta nell’ordinamento repubblicano; ciò come premessa necessaria ad una corretta ricostruzione diacronica, di tutti gli elementi rilevanti per poter comprendere la portata delle proposte attuali. Nel terzo capitolo, si è cercato di ricostruire il ruolo del presidente del consiglio, collocandolo nel quadro della dinamica attuazione/inattuazione dell’ordinamento repubblicano e alla luce dei caratteri del sistema politico, in modo da poter coniugare i tratti evolutivi imposti all’inquadramento della figura dalle dinamiche del sistema politico; così da poter conseguentemente cogliere gli elementi genetici di un dibattito politico istituzionale, che genera proposte di riforma organica, mediante l’analisi degli atti delle commissioni Parlamentari per le riforme. Nel quarto capitolo, a partire dalla apertura di una fase di c.d. “transizione”, si ricostruiscono le proposte specificamente finalizzate al riassetto del Presidente del Consiglio prodotte dalle commissioni parlamentari per le riforme, segnando le tappe di un percorso ancora aperto e dall’esito incerto.

C'era una volta una fabbrica: Un progetto per il recupero e la valorizzazione della corderia di Viserba

Una delle immagini iconiche del nostro pensiero è un noto quadro di Giorgio De Chirico: “Archeologi”. Manichini antropomorfi, freddi e sgradevoli sono i custodi di quell’antichità d’oro rappresentata in questo caso dagli elementi dell’architettura classica. La nostra generazione impersona oggi l’essenza di quei manichini raccontati da De Chirico: a cambiare è il contenuto architettonico e storico che portano con sè, ma l’esigenza umana di ricordare il passato e valorizzarlo resta immutata. Figli dell’epoca industriale e del consumismo, ora tocca a noi ripiantare le radici storiche del tempo che fu, che ancora oggi hanno tanta influenza sulla vita di tutti. L’ordine dei templi classici è stato sovvertito da quello delle grandi industrie abbandonate, i luoghi del culto e della preghiera pagana hanno lasciato il posto alle sale dei “rituali” fordisti e del sudore del lavoro. Siamo architetti di archeologie sommerse dall’ignoranza della nostra epoca e, attraverso di esse, tentiamo di ricucire le città dalle ferite che noi stessi le abbiamo causato.

Pintar la percepción : La mirada oblicua en algunos relatos de Silvina Ocampo

Silvina Ocampo formó parte del grupo de escritores que renovaron el campo literario argentino de fines de la década del treinta, agrupados en torno a la revista Sur. Sin embargo, antes de dedicarse plenamente a la escritura de textos literarios, se interesó desde su infancia por la pintura y el dibujo y se formó más tarde en París en los talleres de Giorgio de Chirico y Fernand Léger. Si bien luego abandonó el mundo de la plástica es posible encontrar en su obra la reelaboración de recursos pictóricos aplicados a la escritura así como la mención de pintores y escultores y de algunas de las obras más representativas de la Historia del Arte. Como señalan algunas lecturas críticas, su poética se encuentra atravesada por la impronta de lo visual y el papel que la mirada adquiere en sus relatos es fundamental para comprenderlos. Este trabajo busca explorar el modo en el que la literatura de la autora rechaza el régimen escópico tradicional a partir de la inclusión de miradas pictóricas que complejizan la percepción del mundo narrado. Se intentará analizar su funcionamiento en relación con algunos elementos impresionistas y expresionistas y observar qué tensiones manifiestan en su obra

Pintar la percepción : La mirada oblicua en algunos relatos de Silvina Ocampo

Silvina Ocampo formó parte del grupo de escritores que renovaron el campo literario argentino de fines de la década del treinta, agrupados en torno a la revista Sur. Sin embargo, antes de dedicarse plenamente a la escritura de textos literarios, se interesó desde su infancia por la pintura y el dibujo y se formó más tarde en París en los talleres de Giorgio de Chirico y Fernand Léger. Si bien luego abandonó el mundo de la plástica es posible encontrar en su obra la reelaboración de recursos pictóricos aplicados a la escritura así como la mención de pintores y escultores y de algunas de las obras más representativas de la Historia del Arte. Como señalan algunas lecturas críticas, su poética se encuentra atravesada por la impronta de lo visual y el papel que la mirada adquiere en sus relatos es fundamental para comprenderlos. Este trabajo busca explorar el modo en el que la literatura de la autora rechaza el régimen escópico tradicional a partir de la inclusión de miradas pictóricas que complejizan la percepción del mundo narrado. Se intentará analizar su funcionamiento en relación con algunos elementos impresionistas y expresionistas y observar qué tensiones manifiestan en su obra

Pintar la percepción : La mirada oblicua en algunos relatos de Silvina Ocampo

Silvina Ocampo formó parte del grupo de escritores que renovaron el campo literario argentino de fines de la década del treinta, agrupados en torno a la revista Sur. Sin embargo, antes de dedicarse plenamente a la escritura de textos literarios, se interesó desde su infancia por la pintura y el dibujo y se formó más tarde en París en los talleres de Giorgio de Chirico y Fernand Léger. Si bien luego abandonó el mundo de la plástica es posible encontrar en su obra la reelaboración de recursos pictóricos aplicados a la escritura así como la mención de pintores y escultores y de algunas de las obras más representativas de la Historia del Arte. Como señalan algunas lecturas críticas, su poética se encuentra atravesada por la impronta de lo visual y el papel que la mirada adquiere en sus relatos es fundamental para comprenderlos. Este trabajo busca explorar el modo en el que la literatura de la autora rechaza el régimen escópico tradicional a partir de la inclusión de miradas pictóricas que complejizan la percepción del mundo narrado. Se intentará analizar su funcionamiento en relación con algunos elementos impresionistas y expresionistas y observar qué tensiones manifiestan en su obra

Fail But Try Again? The Effects of Age, Gender, and Multiple-Owner Experience on Failed Entrepreneurs’ Reentry

We investigate what leads failed entrepreneurs to reenter entrepreneurship by taking a developmental career perspective. Specifically, we hypothesize that the age of failed entrepreneurs has a nonlinear relationship with the likelihood of reentering entrepreneurship that follows different career stages (early, middle, and late). The gender of failed entrepreneurs and multiple-owner experience in the failed firm are hypothesized to be moderators of this relationship. We test our hypotheses using a database consisting of the Swedish population, including 4,761 entrepreneurs who failed between 2000 and 2004. Analyzing their career paths over the years following their failure offers support for our theoretical expectations.

Reimagining the Baroque in Italian Modernism. From the fin-de-siècle to Lucio Fontana

While Italian art of the twentieth century is usually associated with either the avant-garde practices of Futurism or the classicism of Fascist visual culture, the Italian modernists' complex engagement with concepts of the ‘Baroque’ has yet to be explored. Through an extensive analysis of paintings, sculptures, publications, collecting practices, and exhibitions, my dissertation addresses this lacuna by investigating how the Baroque was discursively constructed and visually represented in Italian modernist artistic and cultural debates between 1880 and 1945. I study how artists and critics such as Umberto Boccioni, Giorgio De Chirico, Adolfo Wildt, Lucio Fontana, and Roberto Longhi championed or disparaged the Baroque in the context of heated debates over the import of Italy’s rich cultural heritage, its status in modern Europe, and the potential role of avant-garde art as a catalyst for national regeneration. In contrast to previous scholars I argue that the development of modern art in Italy was actively shaped by cultural perceptions about the Baroque. My dissertation therefore sheds new light on the role of style in the cultural politics of Italy, which in turn will transform our understanding of visual culture in modern Italy, and of twentieth-century representations of the Baroque in art, literature, and aesthetics.