View allAll Photos Tagged Archimede
Absolutely stunning murano art glass ducks made by A. Barbini for Vamsa.
The body is made of Venetian glass in lovely light green with blue head and reddish beak. Eyes are red. Ducks have red and green stripes through the body which are used in many Barbini pieces for example "Barbini aquarium vase".
This is one few amazing Alfredo Barbini's classic works created for VAMSA.
Please see all images of this amazing set.
Measures approximately
#1 11" long x 6.5" tall x 3.75" wide
Weighs 7.5 lbs
#2 10.75" long x 6.5" tall x 3.75" wide
Weighs 6.15 lbs
Excellent vintage condition. No chips or cracks.
Barbini History:Alfredo Barbini perfected the art of vetro sommerso (submersion), thick glass obtained by overlapping different colored layers. He set up his own glass factory in 1950, where he continues to work as designer. He was born in 1912 on the islands of Murano in the lagoon of Venice, Italy, was one of Murano's leading figures of the twentieth century. His parents were members of families which had been prominent in the glassmaking industry on Murano for generations as glassblowers and beadmakers.
Career
Barbini began his long career in 1925 at the age of 13, working in the S.A.I.A.R. Ferro Toso factory. In 1929 he joined Cristalleria di Venezia e Murano as a master glassblower. He left that firm in 1932 for employment with a glass workshop in Milan, but returned to Murano to work first at the newly-formed Zecchin & Martinuzzi firm and then with Seguso Vetri d'Arte. From 1936 to 1944 he was a partner and master glassblower at Societa Anonima Vetri Artistici Murano, known as S.A.V.A.M.Following World War II Barbini worked as master glassblower and designer successively with Archimede Seguso and Napoleone Martinuzzi, then became a partner with Vetreria Vistosi and, later, Gino Cenedese. With financial assistance from the firm of Salviati & C., for whom he produced products, he formed in 1950 his own glass firm, Vetreria Alfredo Barbini (reorganized in 1983 as Alfredo Barbini Srl). His firm exhibited his work at the Venice Biennales from 1950 to 1968.
Awards
Among numerous other honors, Barbini was awarded the "Osella d'Oro" by Venice's Associazione degli Industriale and the honorary title "Commendatore" and was named "1989 Venetian of the Year" by the Settimare Association.
Vamsa History:
The factory was founded in 1925 under the name of Augusto Hreglivh S.A.V.A.M. (Societa Anonima Vetri Murano Artistici) and produced glass in the classic style.
In 1936, the company was renamed into V.A.M.S.A. (Vetreria Artistica Muranese Societa Anonima). Alfredo Barbini was one of the partners and the master blower. Later Barbini worked as a master with Napoleone Martinuzzi, in the manufacture Zecchin-Martinuzzi. Extremely thick-walled glass with the inclusion of air bubbles, powdered metal or other decorative shapes were characteristic for these objects.
In the product lines, there are two main trends. On the one hand, the Sommerso and Novecento series, which was shown at the Venice Biennale in 1938, on the other hand sculptures with naturalistic elements.
The Biennale of 1942 presented objects, which had been created under the artistic direction of Ermenegildo Ripa and the painter Luigi Scarpa Croce. The company closed in 1945.
Manchester, my graden. Taking pictures of the moon is exciting even with a small zoom. You can still see some interesting details. I got some of the craters from this lunar atlas.
Le Redoutable submarine, 'Cité de la Mer', Cherbourg:
- we are moving onwards to the forward torpedo room.
Le Redoutable submarine, 'Cité de la Mer', Cherbourg: 'Big Ass Whale' as Rachel so delicately put it
(L-R)
Carlos Ruiz, Edward Ruiz
Pops - Joe Archimede
Johnny Archimede
Carla Ruiz
Janice Archimede
Auntie Beatrice Ruiz
Marti Ruiz
Uncle Edward
(upfront) MaryLou Ruiz
Bob Ruiz & wife (forgot her name)
Formed by brothers Nicolas and Frederic Boisnard, Archimède began combining French rock & roll with elements of classic British pop in 2004. Based in Laval, a tiny riverside village in northwestern France, the band spent its early years touring the country before returning home to record an album in 2008. Released one year later, the self-titled debut began attracting an international audience thanks to its lead single, "Vilaine Canaiile," whose music video revolved around clever re-creations of classic album covers. With growing fan bases in the U.K., Germany, Australia, and Asia, Archimède returned to the studio for a second album, Trafalgar, which was released by Sony in 2011.
The salt flats consist of multiple, shallow, stepped, clay-bottom pools that originate from partitioned off seawater. The shallow pools, with added sunshine, heat, and wind, allow for evaporation of the water resulting in an increase in its salinity. Once the saline level of the water reaches a certain amount, it gets pumped with the Archimede's screw to a higher and shallower pool. Historically, windmills produced the energy to drive the pump, now the pumps have electric motors. Over time, the water gradually progresses through multiple pools.
The salt is harvested annually, in early fall, before the rainy season starts. In Trapani, they still harvest the salt manually both by skimming the surface and scooping it out with buckets. The very fine salt crystals first skimmed off of the surface of the water in July are most valuable and are called fiore di sale. The salt crystals that are manually scooped from the bottom of the pools, later in the season, are composed of larger, coarser crystals. Those are either sold as coarse salt or can be ground down to a finer composition. Historically, windmills were also used to grind the salt.
After it is harvested, the salt is piled alongside the pools to allow for drying. Due to manual harvesting of the salt, as opposed to excavator harvesting, the crystals stay clean and don't need to be further processed or purified. During drying, the salt mounds are covered with terracotta tiles to keep them clean and protect them from rain. The salt is then packaged for sale according to fine and coarse distributions. Any salt that gets dirty is sold as street salt for winter road management.
This configuration of a series of shallow evaporation pools, still in use today, was introduced by the Arabs between the C6th and C9th AD, whereas the Phoenicians first produced salt along Sicily's coast either by boiling seawater trapped in the island's many marshes or by waiting for water to evaporate from solely ONE pool. The Museo del Sale in Trapani is a family-owned and managed salt flat which has been producing salt for many generations. The salt pans, there, date from the 1400s.
Le Redoutable submarine, 'Cité de la Mer', Cherbourg:
These images show the submarine entering dry dock in July 2000 prior to decommissioning
City of Paterson - collection of the Paterson Historic Preservation Commission, provided courtesy Gianfranco Archimede, Director
Le Redoutable submarine, 'Cité de la Mer', Cherbourg:
Visitor entrance via the stern section, housing the turbine/propulsion compartment
Left: Murrine (Mosaic) Vase
By Archimede Seguso (1909 - 1999)
Italy (Murano)
Vetreria Archimede Seguso
1958
Item number: L.76.3.2002
Right: Tre Torri (Three Towers) Zanfirico Vase
By Dino Martens (1894 - 1970)
Italy (Murano)
Vetri Decorativi Rag. Aureliano Toso
1958
Item number: L.84.3.2000
Il Rombicosidodecaedro è un solido archimedeo, ossia un poliedro semiregolare con 62 facce costituite tutte da poligoni regolari: venti triangoli (in verde), 30 quadrati (in blu) e 12 pentagoni (in rosso).
The tower, with a square plan, has three floors reachable by an external staircase, which leads to a terrace above, reaching a total height of about fifteen meters. The ground floor, originally the “powder room” (stanza delle polveri) was converted into a cistern for the collection of rainwater. In 1585 the tower was restored by the Florentine architect Camillo Camillani. The tower of Nubia is also nicknamed “Raisi Debbi”, because it was reused as a tuna trap in more recent times.
The salt flats consist of multiple, shallow, stepped, clay-bottom pools that originate from partitioned off seawater. The shallow pools, with added sunshine, heat, and wind, allow for evaporation of the water resulting in an increase in its salinity. Once the saline level of the water reaches a certain amount, it gets pumped with the Archimede's screw to a higher and shallower pool. Historically, windmills produced the energy to drive the pump, now the pumps have electric motors. Over time, the water gradually progresses through multiple pools.
The salt is harvested annually, in early fall, before the rainy season starts. In Trapani, they still harvest the salt manually both by skimming the surface and scooping it out with buckets. The very fine salt crystals first skimmed off of the surface of the water in July are most valuable and are called fiore di sale. The salt crystals that are manually scooped from the bottom of the pools, later in the season, are composed of larger, coarser crystals. Those are either sold as coarse salt or can be ground down to a finer composition. Historically, windmills were also used to grind the salt.
After it is harvested, the salt is piled alongside the pools to allow for drying. Due to manual harvesting of the salt, as opposed to excavator harvesting, the crystals stay clean and don't need to be further processed or purified. During drying, the salt mounds are covered with terracotta tiles to keep them clean and protect them from rain. The salt is then packaged for sale according to fine and coarse distributions. Any salt that gets dirty is sold as street salt for winter road management.
This configuration of a series of shallow evaporation pools, still in use today, was introduced by the Arabs between the C6th and C9th AD, whereas the Phoenicians first produced salt along Sicily's coast either by boiling seawater trapped in the island's many marshes or by waiting for water to evaporate from solely ONE pool. The Museo del Sale in Trapani is a family-owned and managed salt flat which has been producing salt for many generations. The salt pans, there, date from the 1400s.
Soir du 12 février 2019.
Le site d'alunissage d'Apollo 15 (alunissage le 30jul1971 ; les "marcheurs lunaires" étaient Dave Scott et Jim Irwin ; première utilisation du "rover") se trouve dans le dernier triangle d'ombre du "sourire".
Pour référence "distances", le cratère "Archimède" (qui tient lieu de narine à l'émoticone !) a un diamètre de 84km.
K5 (iso320-1/3), amplification par oculaire Morphéus 17,5mm et allonge 26mm (k=3,5), sur une lunette ed120/900 (image pleine résolution).
Espressioni Artistiche Settimesi
La rassegna Espressioni Artistiche Settimesi nel 150° anniversario dell'unità d'Italia, ha il suo battesimo nella nuova biblioteca "Archimede" che oltre ad essere un centro culturale importante, presenta una struttura architettonica imponente. Oltre ad essere una delle più importanti Biblioteche di tutta la Regione Piemonte, vuol essere una “piazza” dove i cittadini e le associazioni possono entrare in relazione, confrontarsi ed arricchirsi della reciproca conoscenza.
La rassegna curata dal Comune, presenta 41 artisti legati alle associazioni culturali di pittura Settimesi che puntano, nella relazione fra le diverse espressioni artistiche, ad evidenziare la città nei suoi aspetti più simbolici, cogliendo, loro stessi, riferimenti urbani che hanno utilizzato come ispirazione per comporre le opere esposte nelle sale della biblioteca.
I numeri della Biblioteca:
6000mq su tre piani
110 mila volumi
24 mila dc/dvd
200 periodici, tutti i quotidiani naz.ester
100 postazione internet
sala conferenze
caffetteria interna
wi-fi gratuito.
Spazio espositivo: Nuova Biblioteca Civica Multimediale Archimede
Piazza Campidoglio 50
(Per raggiungere la biblioteca vi suggerisco di fare riferimento a via Torino, all'altezza del numero 10).
Settimo Torinese.
Patrocinio: Città di Settimo Torinese
Dal 13 al 31 Maggio 2011
Orario della biblioteca :
Lunedì 9-21
Martedì mattino chiuso, 13-21
Mercoledì 9-21
Giovedì 9-21
Venerdì 9-21
Sabato 9-12.30 / 15.30-18.30
Domenica 15.30-19.30
Catalogo a cura della Città di Settimo Torinese
ingresso libero
Espongono Associazioni artistiche e scuole d’arte:
Armoìa:
Favero Wanda
Cambiolo Ivan
La Porta Francesco
Penna Barbara
Rollero Stefano
Scelfo Vittorio
___________
ArteCultura
Arteggiando
Arte Totale
ARTeinsieme
Impressionisti Settimesi
Nel Centro di Settimo
7°Arte
Catalogo a cura del Comune di Settimo
Uff. Stampa:
www.biblio.comune.settimo-torinese.to.it/index.php?idm=170
info@bibliotecarchimede.it