Papers by Giovanni Bergamini
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PubMed, 2013
Ancient human remains like Egyptian mummified bodies cannot be considered on a physical anthropol... more Ancient human remains like Egyptian mummified bodies cannot be considered on a physical anthropological perspective only. So severe and invasive were the operations on the body, so various were the materials involved in the preservation techniques, so complicated was the embalming and wrapping procedure according to specific rituals, that the final result, the mummy, is to be considered a highly composite product. The human remains are a relevant part of it indeed, but a very wide set of information can be taken.also from the other components, relating to environment, resources, technology, religious beliefs, cultural and technical traditions, skills and arts at the time of the individual's life. That a plain anthropological approach could not be exhaustive on cataloguing such a kind of archaeological finds emerged during the sessions of the scientific board charged by the Italian ICCD of defining a data track for filing anthropological remains as a special kind of cultural heritage.
Geo-Archeo 2022 2 pp.1-21, 2023
The ‘Tower of Babel’ by the Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck (1498- 1574) stands out for its o... more The ‘Tower of Babel’ by the Dutch artist Maarten van Heemskerck (1498- 1574) stands out for its originality. In fact, this is the first that comes closest to the real look of a Babylonian ziqqurat.
But there is nothing truly Babylonian in it: at the time, Mesopotamia was still an unexplored land and the available historical sources were quite flawed on the matter. Such a curious design can only be fully explained through the Italian experience of the artist. He became a ma jor inspirer of the so-called ‘Romanists’ in Netherland as a prolific illustrator of Roman ruins and art marvels, and as a witness of many Papal undertakings in progress that were transforming Rome at the time.
The whole set seems to be clearly inspired by the Bramante’s arrangement of the Cortile del Belvedere in the Vatican.
Van Heemskerck, fascinated by the Italian Renaissance and by the Roman past, conceived his Turris Babel as a ‘montage’ of monuments he had portrayed and so much admired during his Roman stay. In his imagination, ancient and contemporary architectural complexes of great visual impact became structural elements featuring a huge self-standing monument, a Tower of Babel totally and admittedly Roman in style.
It is not by chance that Rome at van Heemskerck’s times was seen again as the New Babylon by the Protestant world (and Bramante personified the arrogant power of the Popes). Van Heemskerck, near the end of his life, while remaining a Catholic, expressed his veiled criticisms on the controversial projects of Pope Julius II and Bramante in a subtle visual game.
This book collects papers by many eminent scholars and young researchers on the topic of confront... more This book collects papers by many eminent scholars and young researchers on the topic of confrontation and historical, cultural, and economic relationships between East and West, particularly focusing on how the Orient was experienced and interpreted by Western travellers, historians, and scholars (of past and present times) in the light of E. Said's "Orientalism". [Visioni d'Oriente raccoglie una serie di riflessioni su un tema – quello della complessa relazione tra Occidente e Oriente – che è da millenni al centro dell'attenzione di intellettuali e artisti, pacifisti e bellicisti, assolutisti e relativisti, Occidentali e Orientali. Raccoglie le voci di alcuni autorevoli studiosi italiani: voci nuove su argomenti noti, ma così complessi da meritare di essere riconsiderati e riattualizzati; voci esperte su temi nuovi, che emergono da un presente dinamico e in rapidissima evoluzione. Visioni d'Oriente rimette al centro il tema dell'incontro-scontro tra i...
Dal Levante all'Europa, 2005
The text, aimed at high school, concerns East-West relations at the dawn of European culture. The... more The text, aimed at high school, concerns East-West relations at the dawn of European culture. The contacts reached their peak in the Orientalizing period (9th-7th century BC), showing a long-lasting pervasive cultural influence by the ancient Near Eastern civilizations on the archaic Greece and Mediterranean world. It was not just trade in luxury goods, but a new widely shared cultural system including political and social structures, religion, mythology, art, and literature. Many passages in Homer and Hesiod, or in the Homeric Hymns, exactly mirror ancient Near Eastern poems such as the Epic of Gilgamesh, which were handed down for centuries in the scribal schools. Oral transmission alone cannot fully explain such a fact. The whole process was the first 'globalization' of a world open to communication and innovation.
Pensa che nel mio paese abbiamo solo il bar! Un dialogo a più voci sulla città, a cura della 2^ A... more Pensa che nel mio paese abbiamo solo il bar! Un dialogo a più voci sulla città, a cura della 2^ A Liceo classico "U.
Medicina nei Secoli , 2013
Ancient human remains like Egyptian mummified bodies cannot be
considered on a physical anthropol... more Ancient human remains like Egyptian mummified bodies cannot be
considered on a physical anthropological perspective only. So severe
and invasive were the operations on the body, so various were the
materials involved in the preservation techniques, so complicated was the
embalming and wrapping procedure according to specific rituals, that the
final result, the mummy, is to be considered a highly composite product.
The human remains are a relevant part of it indeed, but a very wide set
of information can be taken also from the other components, relating
to environment, resources, technology, religious beliefs, cultural and
technical traditions, skills and arts at the time of the individual’s life. That
a plain anthropological approach could not be exhaustive on cataloguing
such a kind of archaeological finds emerged during the sessions of the
scientific board charged by the Italian ICCD of defining a data track for
filing anthropological remains as a special kind of cultural heritage.
Medicina nei Secoli - Arte e Scienza, 2013
Ancient human remains like Egyptian mummified bodies cannot be considered on a physical anthropol... more Ancient human remains like Egyptian mummified bodies cannot be considered on a physical anthropological perspective only. So severe and invasive were the operations on the body, so various were the materials involved in the preservation techniques, so complicated was the embalming and wrapping procedure according to specific rituals, that the final result, the mummy, is to be considered a highly composite product. The human remains are a relevant part of it indeed, but a very wide set of information can be taken.also from the other components, relating to environment, resources, technology, religious beliefs, cultural and technical traditions, skills and arts at the time of the individual's life. That a plain anthropological approach could not be exhaustive on cataloguing such a kind of archaeological finds emerged during the sessions of the scientific board charged by the Italian ICCD of defining a data track for filing anthropological remains as a special kind of cultural heri...
Dalton Transactions
The nickel(II) bis(diphosphine) complex 1 bearing carboxylic acid functional groups at the periph... more The nickel(II) bis(diphosphine) complex 1 bearing carboxylic acid functional groups at the periphery has been prepared and characterized. Its catalytic ability towards the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) has been evaluated...
Journal of the American Oriental Society, 2002
Since 2007 Aurelio Carugo expressed his strong will to enrich
the regional collection of Aosta V... more Since 2007 Aurelio Carugo expressed his strong will to enrich
the regional collection of Aosta Valley with a tribute to the MAR (Regional Archaeological Museum) with his archaeological finds which are the results of his entire life. A quick digression on
the figure of the clergyman Justin Boson is presented starting from the fact that the collecting hall has been dedicated to him carrying on with the description of some Sumerian tablets which he found on the antiquarian market, the survey continues on the treatment and explanation of the
Egyptian and the Near East finds belonging to the latest donation. The future plan to create a museum will be developed on the themes sug- gested on this first report, considering the interesting aspects connected to the duplications and to the copies launched in the world's market for the collectors.
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Papers by Giovanni Bergamini
But there is nothing truly Babylonian in it: at the time, Mesopotamia was still an unexplored land and the available historical sources were quite flawed on the matter. Such a curious design can only be fully explained through the Italian experience of the artist. He became a ma jor inspirer of the so-called ‘Romanists’ in Netherland as a prolific illustrator of Roman ruins and art marvels, and as a witness of many Papal undertakings in progress that were transforming Rome at the time.
The whole set seems to be clearly inspired by the Bramante’s arrangement of the Cortile del Belvedere in the Vatican.
Van Heemskerck, fascinated by the Italian Renaissance and by the Roman past, conceived his Turris Babel as a ‘montage’ of monuments he had portrayed and so much admired during his Roman stay. In his imagination, ancient and contemporary architectural complexes of great visual impact became structural elements featuring a huge self-standing monument, a Tower of Babel totally and admittedly Roman in style.
It is not by chance that Rome at van Heemskerck’s times was seen again as the New Babylon by the Protestant world (and Bramante personified the arrogant power of the Popes). Van Heemskerck, near the end of his life, while remaining a Catholic, expressed his veiled criticisms on the controversial projects of Pope Julius II and Bramante in a subtle visual game.
considered on a physical anthropological perspective only. So severe
and invasive were the operations on the body, so various were the
materials involved in the preservation techniques, so complicated was the
embalming and wrapping procedure according to specific rituals, that the
final result, the mummy, is to be considered a highly composite product.
The human remains are a relevant part of it indeed, but a very wide set
of information can be taken also from the other components, relating
to environment, resources, technology, religious beliefs, cultural and
technical traditions, skills and arts at the time of the individual’s life. That
a plain anthropological approach could not be exhaustive on cataloguing
such a kind of archaeological finds emerged during the sessions of the
scientific board charged by the Italian ICCD of defining a data track for
filing anthropological remains as a special kind of cultural heritage.
the regional collection of Aosta Valley with a tribute to the MAR (Regional Archaeological Museum) with his archaeological finds which are the results of his entire life. A quick digression on
the figure of the clergyman Justin Boson is presented starting from the fact that the collecting hall has been dedicated to him carrying on with the description of some Sumerian tablets which he found on the antiquarian market, the survey continues on the treatment and explanation of the
Egyptian and the Near East finds belonging to the latest donation. The future plan to create a museum will be developed on the themes sug- gested on this first report, considering the interesting aspects connected to the duplications and to the copies launched in the world's market for the collectors.
But there is nothing truly Babylonian in it: at the time, Mesopotamia was still an unexplored land and the available historical sources were quite flawed on the matter. Such a curious design can only be fully explained through the Italian experience of the artist. He became a ma jor inspirer of the so-called ‘Romanists’ in Netherland as a prolific illustrator of Roman ruins and art marvels, and as a witness of many Papal undertakings in progress that were transforming Rome at the time.
The whole set seems to be clearly inspired by the Bramante’s arrangement of the Cortile del Belvedere in the Vatican.
Van Heemskerck, fascinated by the Italian Renaissance and by the Roman past, conceived his Turris Babel as a ‘montage’ of monuments he had portrayed and so much admired during his Roman stay. In his imagination, ancient and contemporary architectural complexes of great visual impact became structural elements featuring a huge self-standing monument, a Tower of Babel totally and admittedly Roman in style.
It is not by chance that Rome at van Heemskerck’s times was seen again as the New Babylon by the Protestant world (and Bramante personified the arrogant power of the Popes). Van Heemskerck, near the end of his life, while remaining a Catholic, expressed his veiled criticisms on the controversial projects of Pope Julius II and Bramante in a subtle visual game.
considered on a physical anthropological perspective only. So severe
and invasive were the operations on the body, so various were the
materials involved in the preservation techniques, so complicated was the
embalming and wrapping procedure according to specific rituals, that the
final result, the mummy, is to be considered a highly composite product.
The human remains are a relevant part of it indeed, but a very wide set
of information can be taken also from the other components, relating
to environment, resources, technology, religious beliefs, cultural and
technical traditions, skills and arts at the time of the individual’s life. That
a plain anthropological approach could not be exhaustive on cataloguing
such a kind of archaeological finds emerged during the sessions of the
scientific board charged by the Italian ICCD of defining a data track for
filing anthropological remains as a special kind of cultural heritage.
the regional collection of Aosta Valley with a tribute to the MAR (Regional Archaeological Museum) with his archaeological finds which are the results of his entire life. A quick digression on
the figure of the clergyman Justin Boson is presented starting from the fact that the collecting hall has been dedicated to him carrying on with the description of some Sumerian tablets which he found on the antiquarian market, the survey continues on the treatment and explanation of the
Egyptian and the Near East finds belonging to the latest donation. The future plan to create a museum will be developed on the themes sug- gested on this first report, considering the interesting aspects connected to the duplications and to the copies launched in the world's market for the collectors.