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È online il nuovo sito ufficiale del Museo dell’Emigrazione di Santa Ninfa e dell’Area Trapanese, raggiungibile all’indirizzo www.museomesn.it. Un portale moderno, accessibile e ricco di contenuti che racconta le storie, i volti e le memorie di chi, partendo dalla provincia di Trapani, ha cercato altrove nuove opportunità di vita.
Il sito nasce con l’obiettivo di valorizzare e diffondere la memoria dell’emigrazione siciliana, offrendo uno spazio digitale dove scoprire documenti, fotografie, testimonianze e approfondimenti storici. Accanto alle sezioni dedicate alla storia locale, non mancano strumenti didattici, eventi, iniziative culturali e itinerari per visitare il museo e conoscere il territorio.
La piattaforma, realizzata con un design semplice e intuitivo, è pensata per essere uno strumento fruibile da studenti, studiosi, famiglie e appassionati di storia e cultura siciliana.
Il nuovo sito rappresenta un importante passo per rafforzare il legame tra passato e presente, mantenendo viva la memoria collettiva delle migliaia di persone che, con coraggio, hanno lasciato la propria terra d’origine portando con sé identità, tradizioni e speranze.
Un invito a scoprire, ricordare e condividere: il viaggio continua anche online.
Probably the oldest purpose of art is as a vehicle for religious ritual. From the prehistoric cave paintings of France to the Sistine Chapel, art has served religion. For centuries the Church was the primary patron of artists. In traditional societies even today, the primary purpose of art is religious or ceremonial.
Art may also serve as a commemoration of an important event. The event may be of major historical importance, such as the coronation of Josephine by Napoleon as recorded by the artist David, or it may be important only to the participants, like the image of a wedding or a baptism.
Art has often served as propaganda or social commentary. Propaganda images are attempts to persuade us toward particular viewpoints or actions promoted by public or private institutions such as political parties, lobbyists, governments, or religious groups. The propaganda purpose may be one we approve of, such as World War II efforts to get women behind the war effort, as epitomized in Norman Rockwell’s Rosie the Riveter. It might also be a purpose we disapprove of. In either case, the power of visual images has frequently been used to persuade masses of people to accept beliefs, take action, or follow leaders. The artist as social commentator may simply make us more aware of the human condition as he/she perceives it, without suggesting particular action. All societies engage in propaganda, but here are some links to propaganda art created in China, and by the Allies during World War I. and during World War II.
Art may be simply a means of recording of visual data— telling the “truth” about what we see. After the Renaissance, artists became preoccupied with new ways of capturing reality such as the use of linear perspective, and the realism possible through the use of oil painting technique. In time, artists like Courbet and Cezanne (and many who followed them) began in various ways to challenge the basic idea of what it is for an image to be true and real.
