Il Consiglio superiore della pubblica istruzione e i suoi archivi (1847-1979)

Ormai trent’anni fa Gabriella Ciampi, con particolare riferimento alle riflessioni dedicate alcuni decenni prima da Giuseppe Talamo alle «capacità operative e politiche» del Consiglio superiore della pubblica istruzione, ricordava «l’importanza del ruolo affidato agli organismi consultivi e propositivi» nell’Italia postunitaria, come confermato da un ampio novero di opere storiografiche dedicate a questo «strumento mediano fra Stato-Parlamento-società civile», vero e proprio «interlocutore na...

I contratti pubblici per le infrastrutture nel prisma del Pnrr

La riquadratura delle tavole d'altare medievali nella Firenze del Rinascimento

Paintings that decorated medieval church altars often underwent a second, and sometimes even a third, life. They were frequently refurbished, reassembled, reused, structurally modified, repainted, expanded, or dismantled. These transformations responded to a wide range of needs: changing tastes, new display contexts, repairs, shifts in patronage, or evolving liturgical practices. In Florentine churches – the focus of this study – such interventions are well documented from the fifteenth cen&#...

Playing in the Sun: Ancient Theatre Between Disciplines

In the ancient world, theatre was one of the main factors of social interaction, spreading political, religious, cultural and socio-ethical concepts among the people, transmitting knowledge and thus uniting the diverse populations of cities and villages. Some of these models were retained, with minor changes, in the repertoires of the new theatres and are still performed on stage in their original form or in accurate translations into new languages. The essays in this volume discuss the pheno...