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La tela d’altare della Chiesa di San Giuseppe in Santa Domenica Talao
... we reached the altar where the Holy Family was shown to us.
After a brief reading of the canvas, while discussing the uncertain attribution of it to the Solimena, a rapid and unexpected glimpse of the coautrice revealed what in the volume was later referred to as the "anomaly of the three buttocks".
None of those present, residing for generations in Santa Domenica Talao, remembered that he had never noticed that curious detail.
So we questioned some seniors, historical memory of the territory, but no one showed knowledge of the singular characteristic.
Amazement, wonder, questions arose.
Need to investigate.
From this quiet and unusual situation, from that hot August afternoon ...
Authors
Antonello Lucchesi lives and works as a freelancer in Santa Domenica Talao (CS). He graduated in architecture at the University of Florence, Department of History and Restoration of architectural structures with a thesis on "The architecture of the Diocese of San Marco Argentano-Scalea after the Council of Trent" in particular the architecture of churches of Scalea Forlia and of the monumental complex of the church of San Giuseppe in Santa Domenica Talao. Together with other technicians he has drawn up the restoration project of this sacred building from 1995 to 2005. He deals with local history, customs and traditions of Santa Domenica Talao. He is coauthor of "Santa Domenica from the fief of the Spinelli to land of brigands". For the types of Loffredo, he published: - The altarpiece of the Church of San Giuseppe (2017)
Tina Mansueto has worked with the archeological superintendence of Naples, Caserta and Pompei. She was a Latin literature espert at University Suor Orsola Benincasa in Naples. For the University of Naples Federico II she published ‘Itinerari giubilari del 2000’ (Sant’Agata dei Goti e Sant’Anastasia). Moreover, she cooperates with the Pro Loco of Scalea and di Santa Domenica Talao (CS). She teaches History and Philosophy at high school and wrote many scientific articles, such as:
- Osservazioni sull’Iconografia delle Nereidi, Latinam linguam profiteri, L’Artemide Bovianense, Culti e miti dei Safineis, De utilitate philosophiae. Ha curato per la Regione Campania ‘Casali e Chiese’ (2006).
For the Loffredo publishing house she wrote:
– L’Ολπη di Cerveteri, per una rilettura iconografica (2006)
– Mostri e Nereidi, cavalcando il fantastico mare (2010)
– Lettura in chiave di sol (2011)
– Il Simposio dei filosofi, presocratici a confronto (2012)
– Immaginario simposio, dialoghi e intermezzi (2013)
For Paolo Loffredo Editore she wrote:
– Verso Socrate, per una metodologia didattica della filosofia (2014)
– Viandante senza tempo (2014)
– Filottete, documenta et monumenta (2015)
– Biografie ragionate, filosofi medioevali e moderni (2016)
– Nicolas Poussin, il Rinascimento arcadico del XVII secolo (2016)
– Uomini-eroi, Filottete e Kitirami (2017)
– La tela d’altare della Chiesa di San Giuseppe (2017)
– Carnevale abbatte la tirannia, commedia in due atti (2018)
