A colecção de azulejos do Museu de Artes Decorativas Portuguesas: contributos para um projecto de comunicação expositiva

O presente trabalho de projecto de mestrado destina-se a dar um conjunto de contributos para um futuro projecto de comunicação expositiva da colecção de azulejos do Museu de Artes Decorativas Portuguesas da Fundação Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva, em Lisboa. Esta ideia deve-se ao facto de o Museu em causa não comunicar, nem através da exposição permanente, nem de exposições temporárias, a história da colecção e o seu significado para a história da azulejaria portuguesa nos séculos XVII e XVIII. Para a realização deste trabalho aplicaram-se os princípios metodológicos da programação museológica. O trabalho é caracterizado por três partes distintas. Na primeira parte é feita uma caracterização e descrição do Museu e da colecção; na segunda parte procede-se a uma análise e diagnóstico da actual comunicação expositiva da colecção; na terceira parte avança-se com algumas ideias/contributos para um futuro projecto de comunicação expositiva. Estas ideias incidem essencialmente na elaboração de dois percursos interpretativos, mas também no restauro e conservação dos painéis de azulejos, na criação de recursos físicos que permitam uma maior acessibilidade do Museu e da exposição aos diversos tipos de público, e ainda na reformulação museográfica de alguns espaços expositivos.This master's project work is intended to give a set of contributions to a future draft expository communication Museum tile collection of Portuguese Decorative Arts of the Ricardo do Espírito Santo Silva Foundation, in Lisbon. This idea is due, to the fact that the museum in question does not communicate through either the permanent exhibition or temporary exhibitions, the history of the collection and its significance to the history of Portuguese azulejos/tiles in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. For this work, we have applied methodological principles of museum programming. The work is characterized by three distinct parts. The first part consists in the characterization and description of the museum and of its the collection. In the second part, we analyze and make the diagnosis of the current expository communication collection. The third part describes some ideas for a future draft expository communication. These ideas focus mainly on the development of two interpretive paths, but also the restoration and conservation of the tile panels, creating physical resources to enable greater accessibility Museum and exposure to various types of public and still in museographic reworking of some spaces expository

Laços familiares e aspectos materiais da dinâmica mercantil na cidade de São Paulo (séculos XVIII e XIX)

Based on the family ties established within the active merchant community of the city of São Paulo through the 18th and 19th centuries, the author sets out to tell the life story of nine merchants involved in matrimonial alliances, with a focus on the transactions carried out, their sociopolitical engagement and the fortunes of their descendants. Having done that, she seeks out connections between the urban development of the city center and the activities of these businessmen by means of analyses centered on the material aspects of their lives, particularly those related to their homes and home furniture

Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone

As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five countries spanning four climatic regions were studied for diagenetic alteration. Sites were selected to cover a range of environmental conditions and archaeological contexts. Microscopic and physical (mercury intrusion porosimetry) analyses of these bones revealed that the majority (68%) had suffered microbial attack. Furthermore, significant differences were found between animal and human bone in both the state of preservation and the type of microbial attack present. These differences in preservation might result from differences in early taphonomy of the bones. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved