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En el presente trabajo se realizo un censo de los arboles ornamentales de la ciudad de Beja. Se i... more En el presente trabajo se realizo un censo de los arboles ornamentales de la ciudad de Beja. Se identificaron un total de 58 especies pertenecientes a 28 familias botanicas. Las especies mas frecuentes fueron: Celtis australis L. con 1515 arboles (23%); C
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Lisbon) houses one of the finest private art collections in Europ... more The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Lisbon) houses one of the finest private art collections in Europe. The collection (circa 6.500 items) was assembled by Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (1869-‐ 1955) and reveals an eclectic and refined taste. It includes masterpieces from antiquity up to the early twentieth century, The team studied the Gulbenkian collection under an ethnobiological perspective, i.e., looking for plant and animal representations, with symbolic or allegorical. We also identified biological materials that were used to make some of these works of art. This study was done under the sponsorship of the Gulbenkian program DESCOBRIR, which aims to add new perspectives to the foundation's collections as well as support its educational and cultural activities. Our research showed that plants and animals are often present in the Gulbenkian Museum art collection. We have made a study of the Egyptian, Greek and Islamic collections and identified many plants and animals used with a symbolic purpose. Besides, we also found animal and plant products used in the objects, such as ivory, wool, cotton, madder and kermes dyes, among others. In our presentation we will explain the methodology employed by the team, together with some examples of the presence of Nature in the Gulbenkian collection. The information obtained from our study will be used for scientific and cultural education purposes and will also contribute to reinforce the understanding of the old bounds linking art and nature.
En el presente trabajo se realizo un censo de los arboles ornamentales de la ciudad de Beja. Se i... more En el presente trabajo se realizo un censo de los arboles ornamentales de la ciudad de Beja. Se identificaron un total de 58 especies pertenecientes a 28 familias botanicas. Las especies mas frecuentes fueron: Celtis australis L. con 1515 arboles (23%); C
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Lisbon) houses one of the finest private art collections in Europ... more The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Lisbon) houses one of the finest private art collections in Europe. The collection (circa 6.500 items) was assembled by Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (1869-‐ 1955) and reveals an eclectic and refined taste. It includes masterpieces from antiquity up to the early twentieth century, The team studied the Gulbenkian collection under an ethnobiological perspective, i.e., looking for plant and animal representations, with symbolic or allegorical. We also identified biological materials that were used to make some of these works of art. This study was done under the sponsorship of the Gulbenkian program DESCOBRIR, which aims to add new perspectives to the foundation's collections as well as support its educational and cultural activities. Our research showed that plants and animals are often present in the Gulbenkian Museum art collection. We have made a study of the Egyptian, Greek and Islamic collections and identified many plants and animals used with a symbolic purpose. Besides, we also found animal and plant products used in the objects, such as ivory, wool, cotton, madder and kermes dyes, among others. In our presentation we will explain the methodology employed by the team, together with some examples of the presence of Nature in the Gulbenkian collection. The information obtained from our study will be used for scientific and cultural education purposes and will also contribute to reinforce the understanding of the old bounds linking art and nature.
The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Lisbon) houses one of the finest private art collections in Europ... more The Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (Lisbon) houses one of the finest private art collections in Europe. The collection (circa 6.500 items) was assembled by Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (1869-‐ 1955) and reveals an eclectic and refined taste. It includes masterpieces from antiquity up to the early twentieth century, The team studied the Gulbenkian collection under an ethnobiological perspective, i.e., looking for plant and animal representations, with symbolic or allegorical. We also identified biological materials that were used to make some of these works of art. This study was done under the sponsorship of the Gulbenkian program DESCOBRIR, which aims to add new perspectives to the foundation's collections as well as support its educational and cultural activities. Our research showed that plants and animals are often present in the Gulbenkian Museum art collection. We have made a study of the Egyptian, Greek and Islamic collections and identified many plants and animals used with a symbolic purpose. Besides, we also found animal and plant products used in the objects, such as ivory, wool, cotton, madder and kermes dyes, among others. In our presentation we will explain the methodology employed by the team, together with some examples of the presence of Nature in the Gulbenkian collection. The information obtained from our study will be used for scientific and cultural education purposes and will also contribute to reinforce the understanding of the old bounds linking art and nature.
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-‐1882) was one of the leading artists of the Pre-‐Raphaelite Broth... more Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-‐1882) was one of the leading artists of the Pre-‐Raphaelite Brotherhood, an art and literary movement founded in 1848 by a group of British intellectuals who aimed to respond to the social and cultural changes that were taking place in the United Kingdom, due to the consequences of the Industrial Revolution. They believed that the Victorian society was losing its moral foundations and ought to pursue values closer to Nature, as Classical Antiquity and the Middle Ages societies had done. They also believed that poetry, literature and art could guide Victorians to this desideratum. Rossetti art was mainly centered in the medieval revivalism, with poetry and image closely linked with each other. He was influenced by medieval poets, such as Dante Alighieri, and frequently wrote sonnets that were complements to his paintings. Rossetti represented plants in many of his paintings due to their symbolic meaning, and in our presentation we will explore some of the finest examples of this, such as in: The Girlhood of
This is a paper of science divulgation concerning violets (Viola sp.) and parma violetas (Viola a... more This is a paper of science divulgation concerning violets (Viola sp.) and parma violetas (Viola alba)
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