The Courtyard of the Statues

Luciano Carbone; Giuseppe Cardone; Juan Casanovas; Santi Mancuso; Franco Palladino; Isabella Valente

The Courtyard of the Statues

Authors

Luciano Carbone, University of Naples "Federico II"; Giuseppe Cardone, University of Sannio; Juan Casanovas, Specola Vaticana; Santi Mancuso, University of Naples "Federico II"; Franco Palladino, University of Naples "Federico II"; Isabella Valente, University of Naples "Federico II"

Synopsis

Publisher: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Series: Miscellaneous

Pages: 85

Language: Italian

NBN: http://nbn.depositolegale.it/urn:nbn:it:unina-22570

Abstract: The celebration of the 794th anniversary of the founding of Federico II University represents the occasion to give back to the city one of its symbolic places, the Courtyard of the Statues in the Monumental Cloister of the House of the Savior, famous for its sumptuous porch in Piperno stone, for the statues of the illustrious figures of the past, for the eighteenth-century sundials, for the great clock, today finally restored. Years of renovation work had prevented the full use of the building that for centuries has hosted one of the most extraordinary ancient book collections in Italy and that since the nineteenth century has been the scene of the intellectual development of generations of students. After the Unification of Italy a pantheon was created in the Monumental University Cloister with the statues of illustrious men of the past and present, to exhort new generations to the high values of ethics and scientific research. By choosing this venue to celebrate the foundation of one of the oldest universities in Europe means to collect the legacy of "an extraordinary past " in these complex times, as Gaetano Manfredi writes in his preface, "to highlight the beacon of critical thinking in the globalised growing from our strong historical roots".

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Author Biographies

Luciano Carbone, University of Naples "Federico II"

Luciano Carbone is a professor of Mathematical Analysis at University of Naples “Federico II”, Department of Mathematics and Applications “Renato Caccioppoli”. He works on Calculus of Variations, especially on problems of homogenization and thin structures. He is interested in History of Mathematics, especially in the period from the end of the ninenteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century.

Giuseppe Cardone, University of Sannio

Giuseppe Cardone is a professor of Mahematical Analysis at University of Sannio, Department of Engineering. He works on Calculus of Variations, especially on problems of homogenization and asymptotic spectral analysis. He is interested in History of Mathematics, especially in the period from the end of the ninenteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century.

Juan Casanovas, Specola Vaticana

Juan Casanovas (1928-2013), S.J., was a member of the Specola Vaticana. He dedicated his studies to the history of astronomy, with particular regard to the astronomical tables of King Alfonso the Savio and to the founders of modern astronomy: Nikolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Johannes Kepler, Christophorus Clavius, Giovanni Riccioli and Angelo Secchi.

Santi Mancuso, University of Naples "Federico II"

Santi Mancuso (1927-2011) was an astronomer at Turin Astronomical Observatory, Carloforte Astronomical Station, Naples Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte. Later on he was a professor of Experimental Physics at University of Naples “Federico II”. He worked on Celestial Mechanics, especially on problems of latitude variation. He was interested in History of modern Astronomy.

Franco Palladino, University of Naples "Federico II"

Franco Palladino (1945-2010) was a professor of History of Mathematics at University of Messina and at University of Salerno. He worked especially on historical problems of modern and contemporary Mathematics.

Isabella Valente, University of Naples "Federico II"

Isabella Valente teaches History of Contemporary Art at the University of Naples "Federico II" - Department of Humanistic Studies. Her research interests focus on figurative arts in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries, with particular regard to the Neapolitan School; they also deal with cultural heritage and new technologies for enhancement and fruition of museum assets.