Rev. of Diana Rodríguez Pérez (ed.), Greek Art in Context: Archaeological and Art Historical Perspectives, Routledge, London, 2020

Fregi come linguaggio del potere. Percorsi di lettura nell’Heroon di Trysa tra architettura e decorazione

L’eccezionale ricchezza del ciclo figurato rende l'Heroon di Trysa un caso di studio importante per riflettere sul rapporto fra architettura e superficie decorata e per esplorare i diversi meccanismi che guidarono la combinazione tra i vari soggetti dal punto di vista sia compositivo, ossia formale, che iconologico. In questo contributo intendo analizzare alcuni aspetti peculiari dell’architettura e dei rilievi dell’Heroon di Trysa concentrandomi in particolare sul lato esterno e su quello in...

Materiali e paesaggi del potere: il palazzo di Mausolo

This article offers some reflections on the palace of Mausolus at Halicarnassus, and his role as a patron of architectural works. Mausolus was a famous member of the Hecatomnid family, which ruled over Caria (present-day south-western Turkey), and the re-founder of Halicarnassus circa 370 BCE, which then become Caria’s new capital. The palace was one of the focal points of the city, together with the renowned Mausoleum. However, in contrast with the tomb of Mausolus, the material evidence for...

Weighted network motifs as random walk patterns

Over the last two decades, network theory has shown to be a fruitful paradigm in understanding the organization and functioning of real-world complex systems. One technique helpful to this endeavor is identifying functionally influential subgraphs, shedding light on underlying evolutionary processes. Such overrepresented subgraphs, motifs, have received much attention in simple networks, where edges are either on or off. However, for weighted networks, motif analysis is still undeveloped. Her...