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The Huntington Library reveals
Archimedes' last secrets
Fundamentals: 2014 Biennale di
Venezia
The Archimedes Palimpsest being disbound. Copyright the owner of the Archimedes Palimpsest, licensed for use under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Access Rights. John Dean Photographer
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From third century B.C.
Syracuse, Sicily, the long and
winding journey of the oldest
surviving copy of Archimedes'
treatises ended up in twenty-first
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Every two years, on even
years, the Venice Biennale of
Architecture takes place in
Venice in two beautiful loca-
tions, the "Giardini" and the
"Corderie dell'Arsenale". The
same organization produces the
well-known Venice Film
Festival and the Venice
Biennale, a contemporary art
exhibition that happens on odd
years.
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century California.
There are only a few days left
to visit the exhibition "Lost
and Found: The Secrets of
Archimedes", on view at The
Huntington Library Art
Collections and Botanical
Gardens, Mary Lou and George
Boone Gallery, until June 22,
2014.
The exhibition showcases
twenty leaves from the so-called
"Archimedes Palimpsest", on
loan from the Walters Art
Museum in Baltimore, along
with other manuscripts and relat-
ed objects from the Huntington's
La storia siamo noi. Noi che la
studiamo a scuola, la leggiamo
nella cronaca dei giornali, la scri-
viamo giorno per giorno, la vi-
viamo senza accorgercene, la ri-
cordiamo con anniversari che
spesso ricordano accadimenti in-
fausti che tuttavia hanno lasciato
il segno, voltato pagina.
Ricordare il passato per capire
il presente sembra un'ovvietà ma,
Ripensare al
passato per
capire noi e il
presente
BARBARA MINAFRA
