An innovative approach for provenancing ancient white marbles: the contribution of x-ray diffraction to disentangling the origins of Göktepe and Carrara marbles [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 The paper presents a very efficient, quick, low-cost and minimally micro-destructive approach to discriminating between Roman artefacts sculpted with Göktepe (Aphrodisia, Turkey) or Carrara (Apuan Alps, Italy) white marbles by using a standard X-Ray ...
F. Antonelli, F. Nestola
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New discoveries with geophysics in the Accademia of Hadrian's Villa near Tivoli (Rome) [PDF]
Advances in Geosciences, 2010 The Accademia Pilot Project concerns one of the lesser known buildings of Hadrian's Villa, the Accademia, which is still in private property and is not open to the public.
M. De Franceschini, A. M. Marras
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Ruin lust in George Gissing's Veranilda
Literature Compass, Volume 19, Issue 3-4, April 2022., 2022 Abstract Ruinenlust (‘ruin lust’) or ruin aesthetics is a prominent feature of George Gissing's unfinished historical novel, Veranilda (1904), which is set in sixth‐century Italy and contains many memorable images of ruins. Drawing on the work of Georg Simmel, Rose Macaulay, Brian Dillon, and others, this article argues that, by examining these images ...
Gareth A. Reeves
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Walking, and Knowing the Past: Antiquaries, Pedestrianism and Historical Practice in Modern Britain
History, Volume 107, Issue 374, Page 51-73, January 2022., 2022 Abstract How do those who write history know the past? This article addresses this question by examining the work of late eighteenth‐ and nineteenth‐century antiquaries, whose historical practice was closely tied to their embodied experience of the places about which they wrote.
PAUL READMAN
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Ancient Art and the Eighteenth‐Century Auction: Collecting, Catalogues and Competition
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 44, Issue 3, Page 277-292, September 2021., 2021 Abstract This article explores the role of the auction in the formation and dispersal of collections of ancient art in late‐eighteenth‐ and early‐nineteenth‐century Britain. I demonstrate that competitive collecting, as well as the culture of acquiring and fragmenting collections at auction, had a profound effect on the way in which British buyers ...
Nicole Cochrane
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FROM THE GENERAL DOCUMENTATION OF HADRIAN'S VILLA TO DESIGN ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX CUPOLAS: A PROCEDURAL APPROACH [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019 The paper illustrates the progress of Hadrian's Villa digital documentation with special emphasis on a series of modelling issues emerged while studying vaults and cupolas of the site.
L. Cipriani +2 more
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AN OPTIMISED WORKFLOW FOR THE INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE WITH CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH REALITY-BASED 3D MODELS: CASES STUDY IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND URBAN COMPLEXES [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2019 The paper compares two workflows for the achievement of 3D models aimed at in-depth studies on the geometric features of Cultural Heritage artefacts and their dissemination.
L. Cipriani, S. Bertacchi, G. Bertacchi
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The countryside of Roman Britain: a Gallic perspective [PDF]
, 2020 The publication of the RurLand project (Rural Landscape in North-East Gaul) has provided an opportunity to compare methodologies and results with those of The Rural Settlement of Roman Britain Project.
Fulford, Michael
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Lanx, 2011 Anne and Patrick Poirier’s artistic research, particularly on the theme of memory, has been nourished by the ancient ruins that they had the occasion to study during several trips. A major influence came to them from Villa Medici and from Hadrian’s Villa,
Gaspare Luigi Marcone
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GUIDELINES FOR A DIGITAL REINTERPRETATION OF ARCHITECTURAL RESTORATION WORK: REALITY-BASED MODELS AND REVERSE MODELLING TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO THE ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION OF THE TEATRO MARITTIMO, VILLA ADRIANA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017 The Maritime Theatre is one of the iconic buildings of Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli. The state of conservation of the theatre is not only the result of weathering over time, but also due to restoration work carried out during the Fifties of the past century.
B. Adembri, L. Cipriani, G. Bertacchi
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