A iconografia olisiponense na pintura de autor no mercado de arte : a Cabral Moncada Leilões no período de 2001-2015

Com esta Dissertação de Mestrado pretendemos aferir que aceitação têm, da parte do mercado de arte e seus agentes, pinturas de autor com iconografia de Lisboa. A partir de um corpus, tendo como fonte os catálogos dos Leilões da Cabral Moncada Leilões no século XXI (do Catálogo nº48 de Janeiro/Fevereiro de 2001 ao Catálogo nº174 de Dezembro de 2015), pretendemos apurar, através dos resultados dos leilões, se estas pinturas têm ou não um elevado interesse para o mercado de arte, se existem zonas da cidade ou autores mais valorizados, e como se comportam todos os intervenientes perante as mesmas. No seu “Trattato della pittura”, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) considera a pintura como a mais nobre e elevada das belas artes. Para os mais consagrados pintores portugueses, Lisboa, cidade cujas origens precisas se perdem nos tempos, mas presente em lendas referidas pelos clássicos gregos, romanos e árabes, entre as quais a célebre fundação da cidade por Ulisses, foi, juntamente com o estuário do Tejo, nem que só por uma vez, uma fonte de inspiração, ou uma encomenda. Para outros, como Carlos Botelho (1899-1982), cada um dos seus motivos pictóricos de Lisboa era uma permanente homenagem à cidade onde nasceu e viveu, deixando inacabada, ao morrer, uma última imagem da cidade amada e do seu rio. Este é, presentemente, um dos artistas com mais elevada cotação nas leiloeiras de Lisboa. Tanto quanto sabemos, este é um estudo original na sua especificidade. Por esta razão, e conscientes do caminho a percorrer, pretendemos estabelecer uma meta razoável que chegue a conclusões de interesse para o panorama do mercado de arte em Portugal, no que concerne ao tema escolhido. Para tal, este trabalho encontra-se dividido em quatro capítulos. No primeiro capítulo iremos contextualizar o tema, explorando uma breve história da cidade de Lisboa e uma breve história dos movimentos artísticos até à actualidade. No segundo capítulo exploraremos o mercado de arte e seus agentes em Portugal. No terceiro capítulo iremos desenvolver o caso de estudo, a saber, a Cabral Moncada Leilões, uma das leiloeiras mais prestigiadas em Portugal. No quarto capítulo apresentamos o estudo do desempenho das obras de arte elencadas. Remetemos para Anexos o corpus elencado, as resenhas biográficas de todos os autores estudados e parte da metodologia usada para chegarmos a resultados concretos, ou seja, entrevistas e um inquérito online a diversas casas leiloeiras de arte a operar em Portugal.With this Master’s Dissertation we intend to infer what acceptance have, by the art market and its agents, paintings with iconography of Lisbon. From a corpus, having as its source the Cabral Moncada Leilões auction catalogues from the XXI century (from Catalogue number 48, January/February 2001 to Catalogue number 174, December 2015) we intend to demonstrate, through the results of the auctions, if these pictures arouse a high interest from the art market, if there are city areas, or authors more valued than others, and how everyone behaves in relation to them. In his “Trattato della pittura”, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) considers painting as the most noble and high of the fine arts. For the most established painters Lisbon, city whose precise origins are lost in time, but source of legends reported by greek, roman and arab classic authors, including the famous foundation by Ulysses, has been, along with the Tagus estuary, even if only once, a source of inspiration. For others, such as Carlos Botelho (1899-1982), each one of his Lisbon painting was a permanent tribute to the city where he was born, and lived, leaving unfinished, when he died, one last image of the beloved city and its river. He is, currently, one of the artists with the highest quotation in Lisbon auction houses. As far as we know, this is an original study, in its specificity. Therefore, and aware of the way to go, we intend to establish a reasonable goal which reaches inferences of interest for the art market in Portugal concerning the chosen theme. For such, this study is divided into four chapters. In Chapter I we will contextualize the subject, discussing Lisbon’s history and the history of the several art movements until our days. In Chapter II we will comment and explore the art market and its agensts in Portugal. In Chapter III we will discuss our case study, Cabral Moncada Leilões, one of the most prestigious auction houses in Portugal. In Chapter IV we will analyse and study the results. In attachments we will show the corpus, as well as all of the artists that were gathered, which are the keystone of this work. In order to reach results, we will present part of the chosen methodology: interviews and a survey to different auction houses in Portugal

ATLANTIC EPIPHYTES: a data set of vascular and non-vascular epiphyte plants and lichens from the Atlantic Forest

Epiphytes are hyper-diverse and one of the frequently undervalued life forms in plant surveys and biodiversity inventories. Epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest, one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, have high endemism and radiated recently in the Pliocene. We aimed to (1) compile an extensive Atlantic Forest data set on vascular, non-vascular plants (including hemiepiphytes), and lichen epiphyte species occurrence and abundance; (2) describe the epiphyte distribution in the Atlantic Forest, in order to indicate future sampling efforts. Our work presents the first epiphyte data set with information on abundance and occurrence of epiphyte phorophyte species. All data compiled here come from three main sources provided by the authors: published sources (comprising peer-reviewed articles, books, and theses), unpublished data, and herbarium data. We compiled a data set composed of 2,095 species, from 89,270 holo/hemiepiphyte records, in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay, recorded from 1824 to early 2018. Most of the records were from qualitative data (occurrence only, 88%), well distributed throughout the Atlantic Forest. For quantitative records, the most common sampling method was individual trees (71%), followed by plot sampling (19%), and transect sampling (10%). Angiosperms (81%) were the most frequently registered group, and Bromeliaceae and Orchidaceae were the families with the greatest number of records (27,272 and 21,945, respectively). Ferns and Lycophytes presented fewer records than Angiosperms, and Polypodiaceae were the most recorded family, and more concentrated in the Southern and Southeastern regions. Data on non-vascular plants and lichens were scarce, with a few disjunct records concentrated in the Northeastern region of the Atlantic Forest. For all non-vascular plant records, Lejeuneaceae, a family of liverworts, was the most recorded family. We hope that our effort to organize scattered epiphyte data help advance the knowledge of epiphyte ecology, as well as our understanding of macroecological and biogeographical patterns in the Atlantic Forest. No copyright restrictions are associated with the data set. Please cite this Ecology Data Paper if the data are used in publication and teaching events. © 2019 The Authors. Ecology © 2019 The Ecological Society of Americ

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Brazilian Flora 2020: Leveraging the power of a collaborative scientific network

International audienceThe shortage of reliable primary taxonomic data limits the description of biological taxa and the understanding of biodiversity patterns and processes, complicating biogeographical, ecological, and evolutionary studies. This deficit creates a significant taxonomic impediment to biodiversity research and conservation planning. The taxonomic impediment and the biodiversity crisis are widely recognized, highlighting the urgent need for reliable taxonomic data. Over the past decade, numerous countries worldwide have devoted considerable effort to Target 1 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC), which called for the preparation of a working list of all known plant species by 2010 and an online world Flora by 2020. Brazil is a megadiverse country, home to more of the world's known plant species than any other country. Despite that, Flora Brasiliensis, concluded in 1906, was the last comprehensive treatment of the Brazilian flora. The lack of accurate estimates of the number of species of algae, fungi, and plants occurring in Brazil contributes to the prevailing taxonomic impediment and delays progress towards the GSPC targets. Over the past 12 years, a legion of taxonomists motivated to meet Target 1 of the GSPC, worked together to gather and integrate knowledge on the algal, plant, and fungal diversity of Brazil. Overall, a team of about 980 taxonomists joined efforts in a highly collaborative project that used cybertaxonomy to prepare an updated Flora of Brazil, showing the power of scientific collaboration to reach ambitious goals. This paper presents an overview of the Brazilian Flora 2020 and provides taxonomic and spatial updates on the algae, fungi, and plants found in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. We further identify collection gaps and summarize future goals that extend beyond 2020. Our results show that Brazil is home to 46,975 native species of algae, fungi, and plants, of which 19,669 are endemic to the country. The data compiled to date suggests that the Atlantic Rainforest might be the most diverse Brazilian domain for all plant groups except gymnosperms, which are most diverse in the Amazon. However, scientific knowledge of Brazilian diversity is still unequally distributed, with the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado being the most intensively sampled and studied biomes in the country. In times of “scientific reductionism”, with botanical and mycological sciences suffering pervasive depreciation in recent decades, the first online Flora of Brazil 2020 significantly enhanced the quality and quantity of taxonomic data available for algae, fungi, and plants from Brazil. This project also made all the information freely available online, providing a firm foundation for future research and for the management, conservation, and sustainable use of the Brazilian funga and flora

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