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Renaissance Man is a mechanised figure, with casts of the artist's face, hands and feet, assembled around an aluminium trough with moving limbs. Two versions were commissioned in 2017 by Greene Naftali gallery and Piper Keys (supported by Elephant Trust). The works were concerned with two main, related, research concerns. The first was to develop a 'compulsive' anti-aesthetic, one that would challenge a contemplative, and class bound mode of artistic spectatorship, and to eschew a professionally slick and conceptually refined type of contemporary art whose surfaces exclude material slippage. In this respect horror, humour and 'idiocy' (see Kenning, 'You Cannot Be Serious! Art, Politics, Idiocy') were employed to produce something weird, crude and unnerving. The second research concern was to undermine the idealized, humanist model of intellectual progress, represented by the male modern artist, with his technical prowess and creative assertion of selfhood, and in its place to assert something more abject, compulsive and machinic, closer to the decentred and sexually determined subject put forward by psychoanalysis. In the work Kenning imagines himself metamorphosed into a mechanised animal, on all fours, locked in a single repetitive movement. He is rendered into what Jacques Lacan has called, in a reversal of Cartesian ontology, a 'jammed machine' (Seminar II). The artistically debased genre of kinetic art enabled a method of production whereby Kenning relinquished control over an array of compositional effects, focusing on getting the mechanism moving rather than on formal concerns. The finished sculptures displayed a compulsive character, embodying a 'weird', unnerving, somewhat crude (anti) aesthetic through seesawing and hinging movements and accidental sounds. The effect of this was witnessed in audience reactions to the work, which ran from laughter to wonder, anxiety to offence (Dan Graham: 'it's the most offensive work in the show!')

Renaissance Man is a mechanised figure, with casts of the artist's face, hands and feet, assembled around an aluminium trough with moving limbs. Two versions were commissioned in 2017 by Greene Naftali gallery and Piper Keys (supported by Elephant Trust). The works were concerned with two main, related, research concerns. The first was to develop a 'compulsive' anti-aesthetic, one that would challenge a contemplative, and class bound mode of artistic spectatorship, and to eschew a professionally slick and conceptually refined type of contemporary art whose surfaces exclude material slippage. In this respect horror, humour and 'idiocy' (see Kenning, 'You Cannot Be Serious! Art, Politics, Idiocy') were employed to produce something weird, crude and unnerving. The second research concern was to undermine the idealized, humanist model of intellectual progress, represented by the male modern artist, with his technical prowess and creative assertion of selfhood, and in its place to assert something more abject, compulsive and machinic, closer to the decentred and sexually determined subject put forward by psychoanalysis. In the work Kenning imagines himself metamorphosed into a mechanised animal, on all fours, locked in a single repetitive movement. He is rendered into what Jacques Lacan has called, in a reversal of Cartesian ontology, a 'jammed machine' (Seminar II). The artistically debased genre of kinetic art enabled a method of production whereby Kenning relinquished control over an array of compositional effects, focusing on getting the mechanism moving rather than on formal concerns. The finished sculptures displayed a compulsive character, embodying a 'weird', unnerving, somewhat crude (anti) aesthetic through seesawing and hinging movements and accidental sounds. The effect of this was witnessed in audience reactions to the work, which ran from laughter to wonder, anxiety to offence (Dan Graham: 'it's the most offensive work in the show!')

International audience ; Renaissances d'Horace est un programme soutenu par l'ANR (2011-2015) qui a pour fin de donner à comprendre la façon dont Horace a été lu, compris et imité par l'âge moderne comme poète à la fois critique et créateur, théoricien et praticien de la poésie, auteur d'un art poétique (déterminant pour toute la période humaniste avant la redécouverte d'Aristote par l'âge classique) et modèle de poésie lyrique, satirique et épistolaire : d'une poésie à la première personne lue, enseignée et imitée dans toute l'Europe de la Renaissance. Nous donnons à lire le texte d'Horace accompagné de ses commentaires, i.e. de l'ensemble du paysage culturel qui en détermine les modes de lecture et de réécriture. L'enjeu est de rendre accessible et interrogeable cet ensemble, grâce à l'outil informatique. PRÉSENTATION Le site met à la disposition du lecteur :-Un état actuel des recherches et publications de l'équipe internationale du projet.-Une bibliographie complète et constamment actualisée et enrichie qui comporte des liens aux éditions et ouvrages disponibles en ligne.-Un certain nombre d'éditions humanistes de l'oeuvre d'Horace : la première édition de l'oeuvre complète commentée par Josse Bade, celle de 1503. La grande édition de Bâle de 1555, réunie par Georg Fabricius, qui comprend les gloses d'Acron et Porphyrion, les commentateurs antiques, le commentaire de Landino, premier commentaire humaniste paru en 1482, des annotationes d'Érasme, Alde Manuce, Politien et alii, le commentaire de Glareanus sur l'ensemble des oeuvres, et les commentaires de Lovisini, Grifoli et Denores sur l'art poétique. Enfin l'édition des oeuvres complètes commentées par Denis Lambin de 1561.-Le site propose également des traductions humanistes italiennes (Dolce), françaises (Peletier, Habert et La Porte) et anglaises (Hawkins et Jonson) de l'oeuvre du poète de Venouse. SITE Nous donnons le texte original en mode image et sa transcription en mode texte. L'ensemble des transcriptions actuellement accessible en PDF le sera au ...

International audience ; Renaissances d'Horace est un programme soutenu par l'ANR (2011-2015) qui a pour fin de donner à comprendre la façon dont Horace a été lu, compris et imité par l'âge moderne comme poète à la fois critique et créateur, théoricien et praticien de la poésie, auteur d'un art poétique (déterminant pour toute la période humaniste avant la redécouverte d'Aristote par l'âge classique) et modèle de poésie lyrique, satirique et épistolaire : d'une poésie à la première personne lue, enseignée et imitée dans toute l'Europe de la Renaissance. Nous donnons à lire le texte d'Horace accompagné de ses commentaires, i.e. de l'ensemble du paysage culturel qui en détermine les modes de lecture et de réécriture. L'enjeu est de rendre accessible et interrogeable cet ensemble, grâce à l'outil informatique. PRÉSENTATION Le site met à la disposition du lecteur :-Un état actuel des recherches et publications de l'équipe internationale du projet.-Une bibliographie complète et constamment actualisée et enrichie qui comporte des liens aux éditions et ouvrages disponibles en ligne.-Un certain nombre d'éditions humanistes de l'oeuvre d'Horace : la première édition de l'oeuvre complète commentée par Josse Bade, celle de 1503. La grande édition de Bâle de 1555, réunie par Georg Fabricius, qui comprend les gloses d'Acron et Porphyrion, les commentateurs antiques, le commentaire de Landino, premier commentaire humaniste paru en 1482, des annotationes d'Érasme, Alde Manuce, Politien et alii, le commentaire de Glareanus sur l'ensemble des oeuvres, et les commentaires de Lovisini, Grifoli et Denores sur l'art poétique. Enfin l'édition des oeuvres complètes commentées par Denis Lambin de 1561.-Le site propose également des traductions humanistes italiennes (Dolce), françaises (Peletier, Habert et La Porte) et anglaises (Hawkins et Jonson) de l'oeuvre du poète de Venouse. SITE Nous donnons le texte original en mode image et sa transcription en mode texte. L'ensemble des transcriptions actuellement accessible en PDF le sera au format TEI à la fin du projet. Nous avons fait le choix de ne pas traduire les commentaires, l'ensemble est entièrement interrogeable par lemmes, mots, expressions, ce qui est le mode de recherche idéal dans la forêt des commentaires. Nous ne donnons pas enfin de thesaurus afin de ne pas imposer des schémas et modes de pensée actuels à une matière clairement limitée chronologiquement à la réception humaniste du poète antique. Un ensemble de séminaires, journées d'étude, colloques et publications (en ligne et papier) permet de valoriser le site en illustrant la richesse et les possibilités d'exploitation des ressources qu'il met à disposition. VALORISATION Ce projet d'édition en ligne des oeuvres d'Horace est intégré au consortium CAHIER, répond à ses critères en matière de libre accès, bénéficie plus largement de ses préconisations en matière de propriété intellectuelle et d'interopérabilité des données, interopérabilité qui constitue l'enjeu et l'objectif du site.

Der Aufsatz behandelt die Rolle von Renaissancestudien in der Kunsthistoriographie des östlichen Europa in ihrem Bezug zum ideologischen Klima und der Kulturpolitik im Kalten Krieg. Es werden institutionelle Verankerung der Renaissancestudien analysiert sowie die Veränderungen ihrer Bedeutung für das Fach sowie ihrer thematischen Ausrichtung verfolgt – von der Begründung der Theorie des sozialistischen Realismus zur Verwendung verschiedener subversiven Strategien in den 1960er bis 1980er Jahren. Eine besondere Aufmerksamkeit wird zwei Schlüsselthemen – der Kunstgeographie und dem Manierismus – geschenkt. Obwohl der Fokus auf der Renaissanceforschung in Russland liegt, werden als Vergleich auch Studien zur Renaissance in Polen und der Tschechoslowakei betrachtet.

Inhalt: Geteilte Demokratie ; Werte und Praxis ; Spiegel der Forschung ; Differenz und Homogenität ; Das Ende der Assimilation ; Im gemeinsamen Interesse ; Literaturverzeichnis

Von der europäischen Schulden- und Wirtschaftskrise scheint Deutschland unbeeindruckt. Doch die derzeitige wirtschaftliche Stärke bedeutet nicht, dass das deutsche Reformmodell auch zukünftigen Herausforderungen, wie der demografischen Entwicklung und den Belastungen durch Schulden- und Finanzkrise, gewachsen ist. Wenn der bestehende Reformbedarf nicht ernst genommen wird, kann Deutschland sehr schnell wieder zum "kranken Mann Europas" werden. Der Kronberger Kreis empfiehlt der neuen Bundesregierung, sich auf die Angebotspolitik zu konzentrieren und so die deutsche Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu stärken. In dieser Studie finden sich sorgfältig konzipierte Politikvorschläge für die Gestaltung der öffentlichen Finanzen, der Steuer- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik, der Renten-, Kranken- und Pflegeversicherung, der Energiewende sowie der Privatisierung und Deregulierung. Die Analyse der deutschen Probleme und das Aufzeigen der Lösungskonzepte erfolgen grundsätzlich im europäischen Kontext.

Communication presented to international meetings "The body and law. From the beginning to the end of life" AIECI. Marseille 23-24 September 2005. The metaphor of the renaissance is sometimes used to refer to transsexualisation. Based on this qualification, the article explores the transition and reflects its conceptualisation in our society. The description of the transsexual pathway thus reveals that the claim for a sex registration other than that received at birth is conceived as a significant change of identity, as it is envisaged as the arrival of a new person in the world. That change can, moreover, be achieved only gradually in the context of a socially organised procedure and only if it is used as a therapeutic act complying with sex standards. Wishing and undertaking a change in the gender of the summons is therefore a commitment to seek relief from a state of disorder of identity, recognition of sex norms and reference to them in order to be able to transform one's body; it is a chance to develop in a medical and judicial pathway that makes time a condition for the completion and success of the company. ; The metaphor of rebirth is sometimes used to evoke the transsexual transition. From this qualification, the article investigates the transition and reports on its conceptualization in our society. The description of the transsexual process reveals that the claim of belonging to an ascribed gender other than the one received at birth, is conceived as a consequent identity change: a new being comes into the world. Moreover, this change can be only realized in the framework of a gradually medical and legal protocol which respects carefully gender norms. In consequence to begin a transsexual transition means translating the desire of transformation in terms of identity trouble and asking for its treatment; signifies testifying to recognize the gender norms and refering to them for the body transformation; and also means engaging in a medical and legal journey which considers temporality as the condition ...

Examining the following selected Renaissance dramas: Marlowe's The Jew of Malta (1585), Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1596), Massinger's The Renegado (1624), Daborne's A Christian Turn'd Turk (1612), and Goffe's The Raging Turk (1656), this research investigates Renaissance dramatists' portrayal of biased Christian standpoints that govern the relation with the non-Christian to uncover whether that dramatization represents the playwrights' participation in validating those attitudes or their critique of politicizing the Christian faith, in both ways underscoring the existence of an ideological 'political faith' issue. It turns out that the period's plays may reveal that such stereotypes are only recruited to further and validate financial gain, political dominance and racial discrimination; that is, political Christianity. However, the playwrights' attitudes remain subject to their unrevealed intentions, and it is, therefore, left to the reader/audience to take sides. Tactically, the dramatists emerge ahead of the Christian and secular politicians of their time as they assume the safe side of impartiality.

Examining the following selected Renaissance dramas: Marlowe's The Jew of Malta (1585), Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1596), Massinger's The Renegado (1624), Daborne's A Christian Turn'd Turk (1612), and Goffe's The Raging Turk (1656), this research investigates Renaissance dramatists' portrayal of biased Christian standpoints that govern the relation with the non-Christian to uncover whether that dramatization represents the playwrights' participation in validating those attitudes or their critique of politicizing the Christian faith, in both ways underscoring the existence of an ideological 'political faith' issue. It turns out that the period's plays may reveal that such stereotypes are only recruited to further and validate financial gain, political dominance and racial discrimination; that is, political Christianity. However, the playwrights' attitudes remain subject to their unrevealed intentions, and it is, therefore, left to the reader/audience to take sides. Tactically, the dramatists emerge ahead of the Christian and secular politicians of their time as they assume the safe side of impartiality.

The U.S. is witnessing an unprecedented growth in renewables, particularly wind and solar energy, thanks to a number of enablers including government subsidies, government mandates to utilities, impressive technological growth, price collapse in silicon production costs, and the geo-political uncertainty around fossil fuel production. While wind energy has more favorable market conditions due to its more relatively mature state and inherent advantages such as all-day production, the solar energy production is becoming more competitive primarily due to the rapidly declining supply chain costs and scale economy in solar panel production. In this paper, our focus is on the underlying factors for the supply chain cost decrease, which has led to a more attractive profitability potential in the industry, despite the price pressure on the revenue. However, we find no evidence that the supply chain cost gains can continue to dramatically lower the cost of production much further. This means that manufacturers need to find new ways to improve the manufacturing efficiencies subject to the theoretical limits on energy conversion efficiencies or move up the technology maturity curve to the next generation solar technology. If they stay too long close to such theoretical conversion efficiency this will be an evening twilight, and yet if they can switch at the right time to ride the technology curve, it will be a morning twilight. We begin with the overall market growth drivers for solar panels in Section 1 and their impact on the solar panels manufacturers. In section 2, we devote our attention to the efficiency drivers for various solar technologies. These include both the conventional ones in place today as well as disruptive technologies on the horizon and potential drivers that would make them more affordable. We conclude this paper in Section 3 with areas to explore as next steps.

Epidemics and mortality in 15th and 16th century Florence, Italy, were investigated by use of records of the government-sponsored Dowry Fund. These records contain the date of birth, date of investment, and date of dowry payment or death of 19,000 girls and women. Major epidemics ("plagues") occurred repeatedly. The most severe were in 1430, 1437-38, 1449-50, 1478-79, and 1527-31. Annual death rates of girls enrolled in the Dowry Fund increased by 5 to 10 times in each of these periods. During the last period, at least 20-25 per cent of the population of Florence is likely to have died. Recurrent epidemics accounted for 38 per cent of the total mortality experienced by girls enrolled in the Dowry Fund. The frequency of serious epidemics diminished with the passage of time, and overall mortality declined by about 10 per cent over the 15th and 16th centuries. Epidermic mortality was not consistently related to age. The effects of epidemics were most severe in the summer and autumn. Non-epidemic mortality was also greater in the summer and autumn than in the winter and spring.

The city of Palaio Faliro is a suburb of Athens, around 9 km from the city centre of the Greek capital, located on the southern coast of the Athens Riviera with a population of nearly 65.000 inhabitants. The municipality of Palaio Faliro has recently achieved a regeneration of its urban profile and dynamics, which extends on an area of Athens southern costal zone combining historic baths, a marina, an urban park, an Olympic Sports Complex and the tramway. The final result promotes sustainable development and sustainable mobility on the Athens coastline taking into consideration the recent metropolisation of the Athens agglomeration. After a brief history of the municipality, we present the core of the new development. Behind the visible results, we highlight the main interactions among the principal actors that made this change possible, and constitute the main challenges for the future. With this case we learn that while the arrangement of space has its logistic difficulties regarding financial and engineering aspects, the deeper challenge is that of exercising democracy justly - and even more so, in its own birthplace.

Mit einer Kombination aus wiederholten Zinssenkungen und Haushaltsdefiziten bekämpften die Vereinigten Staaten ihre jüngste Rezession. Findet in den USA eine bemerkenswerte Renaissance aktiver keynesianischer Stabilisierungspolitik statt? Können die Wirtschaftsprobleme Deutschlands durch Globalsteuerung gelöst werden?

Is there a role for the multifaceted Renaissance Man in modern team-intensive innovation activities? This paper argues that researchers with broad knowledge, also known as generalists, make an especially valuable contribution to innovation teams. Given the re-combinative nature of technological progress, innovation results depend crucially on the skilful matching of different pieces of knowledge. The presence of generalists in innovation teams makes the knowledge recombination process more effective, even if this comes at the cost of reduced knowledge depth. Moreover, typical barriers in team processes become less acute with the presence of generalists. We analyze the role of generalists versus specialists in innovation teams by tracking the trajectories of inventors in the electrical and electronics industry through their patenting activity. Our findings suggest that innovation teams with the contribution of generalists outperform those that rely on a diverse set of specialists ; Financial support under Grants ECO2009-08278 and ECO2009-08308 of the Spanish Government is gratefully acknowledged