Faranda Franco

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Storico dell'Arte alla Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio di Bologna (Italy). Precedentemente Soprintendente reggente alla Soprintendenza per i Beni Storici, Artistici e Etnoantropologici di Bologna; Direttore della Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna. Attualmente coordinatore per il patrimonio storico e artistico per la città metropolitana di Bologna, la Diocesi di Bologna e la provincia di Bologna. Dal 1 novembre in pensione.

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La perduta croce di Assisi dipinta da Giunta Pisano nel 1236

Commentari D Arte Rivista Di Critica E Storia Dell Arte, 2011

In 1236 Giunta Pisano painted a large Cross for the Basilica of S. Francesco in Assisi. The Cross... more In 1236 Giunta Pisano painted a large Cross for the Basilica of S. Francesco in Assisi. The Cross no longer exists but it is mentioned indirectly by Vasari and is recorded in numerous sources after the discovery on the painting in 1623 of the Pisan artist's name -then totally unknown- and of the donor Friar Elia, who was represented at the foot of the Cross, at that time the Minister General of the Friars Minor. The author hypothesises that the figure of Friar Elia was flanked by that of Saint Francis represented kneeling of Golgotha, drawing nourishment from the body of Christ, similar to the iconography adopted by the Poor Clares of Assisi for the Cross with the figure of the Abbess Benedetta -the first abbess after St. Clare- just as Friar Elia was the first notable Franciscan Minister General after St. Francis. By examining the iconography of the Cross of St. Clare the author attempts a reconstruction of Giunta's Cross and studies the development of the painted cross during the course of the 13th century, beginning with the examples by Berlinghiero and Giunta and concluding with the Cross by the "Master of St. Francis" of 1272 in the National Gallery of Umbria.

Variazione iconografica dell'icona della Croce dipinta nel corso del XIII secolo

Commentari D Arte Rivista Di Critica E Storia Dell Arte, 2007

Experimental Study of the Hydrodynamic Loads on High Speed Planing Craft

Procedia Engineering, 2014

Slamming pressure assessment is an important topic for shell plating and stiffener design of bow ... more Slamming pressure assessment is an important topic for shell plating and stiffener design of bow flare. In this study, the pressure distribution on the bottom plating of an high speed planning craft is evaluated through measurements of the impact pressures on scale model running in regular waves. The planing hull model, monohedral hard chine built with clear bottom and deck, in order to allow the visual inspection of the fluid flow and the exact points of impact has been extensively studied as reported in previous works. From the time histories of vertical motions (heave and pitch) and bow acceleration of the model measured in "standard" seakeeping tests, preliminary assessment of the slamming impact pressure according to Zhao and Faltinsen method is performed. The experimental campaign presented in this paper is focused on the pressure field assessment in nine points of the hull bottom surface running at four velocities and two regular waves. Results analysis in time and frequency domain is given, identifying the pressure distribution along the bottom panel. Furthermore, comparison of measured, analytical and normative values has been performed. From the cross-correlation of measured responses further comments and indications for future work has been withdrawn. The reported results provide an useful data set for all transportation-engineering systems under dynamic load.

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