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Books by Paolo Liverani
Non-Intrusive Methodologies for Large Area Urban Research brings together contributions from a co... more Non-Intrusive Methodologies for Large Area Urban Research brings together contributions from a conference held in 2021 in association with the ERC-funded ‘Rome Transformed’ research project. The papers address a major challenge in archaeology. Non-intrusive research in pursuit of a deeper understanding of urban areas can be both richly informative and cost-effective. Multiple successes in the field have led to an impressive array of innovative methodologies, methodologies that are frequently combined for still greater insight and impact. Geophysical surveys, the use of UAVs, the study of exposed historic structures and the exhaustive examination of archival records can all play a vital role, and the development of these data capture methodologies is of the utmost importance for the future of research. As well as advances in data capture methodologies, however, the papers also present case studies in the management of the big data generated and in the integration of different methodologies. A further strength of this collection lies in the range of site types considered. While many projects have historically pursued non-intrusive research in areas relatively clear of modern buildings, a growing number of research initiatives, such as ‘Rome Transformed’ are seeking to advance them in areas which remain densely occupied. Accordingly the material presented here will also be of interest to non-archaeologists working in such diverse fields as civil engineering, urban planning and physical geography.
The Archbasilica of St John Lateran is the world's earliest cathedral. A Constantinian foundation... more The Archbasilica of St John Lateran is the world's earliest cathedral. A Constantinian foundation pre-dating St Peter's in the Vatican, it remains the seat of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope, to this day. This volume brings together scholars of topography, archaeology, architecture, art history, geophysical survey and liturgy to illuminate this profoundly important building. It takes the story of the site from the early imperial period, when it was occupied by elite housing, through its use as a barracks for the emperor's horse guards to Constantine's revolutionary project and its development over 1300 years. Richly illustrated throughout, this innovative volume includes both broad historical analysis and accessible explanations of the cutting-edge technological approaches to the site that allow us to visualise its original appearance.
Monumenta Sanctae Sedis
Archaeological Map of The Vatican City with a discussion of the topography and history of the area
Roma 2014, Edizioni Quasar, ISBN 978-88-7140-557-5
proceedings of the conference about the sculpural polychromy of Roman times held in Florence
Milano 2010 (ed. Jaca Book; ISBN 978-88-16-60434-6; ed. inglese, The Vatican Necropoleis; ISBN 978-2-503-53578-4; ed. francese: Vatican. La nécropole et le tombeau de Saint Pierre, ISBN 978-2-7541-0461-6; ed. tedesca: Die Nekropolen im Vatikan, ISBN 978-3-7630-2575-6
A synthesis of the Roman necropoleis along the Via Triumphalis and Cornelia Aurelia in the Vatica... more A synthesis of the Roman necropoleis along the Via Triumphalis and Cornelia Aurelia in the Vatican area
Roma 2006 (ed. De Luca)
Guide to the Roman necropolis along the Via triumphalis in the Vatican area
Roma 2003, De Luca editore
Guide to the Exhibition "I colori del Bianco"
Roma 2002, (FMR ed.), 2002
Città del Vaticano 1989
Catalogue of the Archaeological Museum at the Papal Villa of Castel Gandolfo
The history of the Roman Municipium of Veii (southern Etruria) through the evidence from the Gior... more The history of the Roman Municipium of Veii (southern Etruria) through the evidence from the Giorgi Excavations (1811-13) with unpublished documents and the finds preserved in the Vatican Museums
Papers by Paolo Liverani
J. CELANI, A. DE LUCA, G. PAILLI, L. PALANDRI, A. PESSINA, M. TARANTINI (a cura di), The Italian Law of Cultural Heritage. A Dialogue with the United States, Tutela & Restauro Monografie 1, 2024
A brief presentation of the historical roots of Italian cultural heritage laws and their civic si... more A brief presentation of the historical roots of Italian cultural heritage laws and their civic significance in relation to the political situation
E. NERI (a cura di), Polychroma. The Meaning of Colours in Roman Sculptures, 2024
The paper presents an overview of recent research on ancient polychromy in sculpture as a field o... more The paper presents an overview of recent research on ancient polychromy in sculpture as a field of study at the intersection of archaeology, archaeometry, linguistics and anthropology.
A. CORALINI, P. GIULIERINI, V. SAMPAOLO, F. SIRANO (a cura di), Pareti dipinte. Dallo scavo alla valorizzazione,, 2024
Since 2003, when the exhibition Bunte Götter / I colori del bianco was opened, the study of polyc... more Since 2003, when the exhibition Bunte Götter / I colori del bianco was opened, the study of polychromy on Greek and Roman sculpture has been developed: nowadays, there is no doubt that classical sculpture was actually brightly coloured. In order to understand, analyse and study the remains of these traces of ancient colour, a multi-disciplinary approach – which combines skills from different backgrounds, from applied science to the humanities - is mandatory. For this reason, during the last years various multi-disciplinary groups were formed, with the aim of studying polychrome sculptures and architectural elements, in order to deepen the knowledge in this peculiar field of research. This paper shows a selection of case - studies on residual polychromy on marble reliefs and slabs which were set in walls of Roman buildings. The contexts were different in function and chronology, spanning from the domestic to the public ones and from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD.
These case studies were part of a larger research on painting on marble sculptures, carried on in the framework of a collaboration agreement between the University of Florence and the ISPC - CNR of Florence since 2012.
JLIS.it, 2024
After a year, the Italian Ministry of Culture has revised the ministerial decree regulating the g... more After a year, the Italian Ministry of Culture has revised the ministerial decree regulating the granting of images of state cultural property. The first decree had been criticised by the entire cultural world for the costs it imposed on publications, including scientific ones. The new decree has improved this aspect by granting broad exemptions, but it has maintained an overly complex system and the 'concession' regime, with a prior 'ethical' control on the use of the images, which is neither acceptable nor practically feasible.
Il Ministero della cultura italiano dopo un anno ha rivisto il Decreto Ministeriale che regola la concessione delle immagini dei beni culturali dello stato. Il primo decreto avevo sollevato le critiche di tutto il mondo della cultura per i costi che imponeva alle pubblicazioni, anche a quelle scientifiche. Il nuovo decreto ha migliorato questo aspetto concedendo ampie esenzioni, ma ha mantenuto un impianto troppo complesso e il regime della “concessione”, con un controllo preventivo “etico” sull’uso delle immagini, che non è né ammissibile, né praticamente attuabile.
H. BRECOULAKI (a cura di), Archaeolοgy of Colour. Technical Art History Studies in Greek and Roman Painting and Polychromy, Μελετηματα 87, 2023
A. Launaro (ed.), Roman Urbanism in Italy: Recent Discoveries and New Directions, 2024
Situating Rome within wider debates on Classical Urbanism is notoriously challenging. It cannot b... more Situating Rome within wider debates on Classical Urbanism is notoriously challenging. It cannot be ignored; the city was the point of reference for a civilization built on urban centres. Rome’s resilient power to absorb, adapt and re-present itself underpinned its longevity. Yet while this rightly ensures Rome has a profound significance in discussions of the Classical and Late Antique city, the pulse that sustained the urbs Roma aeterna was also very much its own. No urban centre in the Mediterranean world could match its sustained dynamism, and as Purcell (2007) observed in his discussion of the horti of peri-urban Rome, the drivers that underpinned its evolution were often particular to the circumstances of the city itself. The European Research Council-funded ‘Rome Transformed’ Project https://research.ncl.ac.uk/rometrans/ (grant agreement No. 835271, Haynes et al. 2020; 2021; 2022) seeks to understand better this dynamism and its implications, through detailed study of a neighbourhood on the periphery of the Late Republican city, outside Rome’s pomerium, which went on to become the centre of western Christendom for a millennium. The project’s focus is on the eastern Caelian, and most particularly, on the eight formative centuries that ran from the Principate of Augustus to the Pontificate of Leo III. This paper concentrates on the first four of those centuries.
Numismatica e antichità classiche - Quaderni Ticinesi, 2023
Si presentano due casi di monete poste in fondazione di edifici paleocristiani: il primo è relati... more Si presentano due casi di monete poste in fondazione di edifici paleocristiani: il primo è relativo alla basilica costantiniana di S. Pietro in Vaticano e ai rinvenimenti numismatici che si sono verificati durante la sua demolizione per l’erezione del nuovo S. Pietro. Monete emesse da Costanzo II furono infatti trovate sotto la base delle colonne della navata principale. Il secondo rinvenimento, del VI secolo, è relativo alla chiesa di Santa Maria Antiqua al Foro Romano, sotto i cui pilastri furono rinvenute emissioni forse di Giustino I oppure di Giustino II. I due casi sono interessanti in quanto si pongono allo snodo tra l’evo antico e il medio, testimoniando la sopravvivenza e continuità di un uso «pagano» anche in contesto cristiano. Queste due etichette però potrebbero essere inadeguate perché si tratta di elementi che potrebbero essere considerati come relativamente indipendenti dalle specifiche concezioni religiose, soggetti a una progressiva evoluzione di significato riconoscibile nel lungo periodo. Una pista di ricerca è la verifica dell’uso di queste monete di fondazione in età paleocristiana, se cioè fosse legato alla committenza pubblica civile, dunque non ecclesiastica.
Non-Intrusive Methodologies for Large Area Urban Research brings together contributions from a co... more Non-Intrusive Methodologies for Large Area Urban Research brings together contributions from a conference held in 2021 in association with the ERC-funded ‘Rome Transformed’ research project. The papers address a major challenge in archaeology. Non-intrusive research in pursuit of a deeper understanding of urban areas can be both richly informative and cost-effective. Multiple successes in the field have led to an impressive array of innovative methodologies, methodologies that are frequently combined for still greater insight and impact. Geophysical surveys, the use of UAVs, the study of exposed historic structures and the exhaustive examination of archival records can all play a vital role, and the development of these data capture methodologies is of the utmost importance for the future of research. As well as advances in data capture methodologies, however, the papers also present case studies in the management of the big data generated and in the integration of different methodologies. A further strength of this collection lies in the range of site types considered. While many projects have historically pursued non-intrusive research in areas relatively clear of modern buildings, a growing number of research initiatives, such as ‘Rome Transformed’ are seeking to advance them in areas which remain densely occupied. Accordingly the material presented here will also be of interest to non-archaeologists working in such diverse fields as civil engineering, urban planning and physical geography.
The Archbasilica of St John Lateran is the world's earliest cathedral. A Constantinian foundation... more The Archbasilica of St John Lateran is the world's earliest cathedral. A Constantinian foundation pre-dating St Peter's in the Vatican, it remains the seat of the Bishop of Rome, the Pope, to this day. This volume brings together scholars of topography, archaeology, architecture, art history, geophysical survey and liturgy to illuminate this profoundly important building. It takes the story of the site from the early imperial period, when it was occupied by elite housing, through its use as a barracks for the emperor's horse guards to Constantine's revolutionary project and its development over 1300 years. Richly illustrated throughout, this innovative volume includes both broad historical analysis and accessible explanations of the cutting-edge technological approaches to the site that allow us to visualise its original appearance.
Monumenta Sanctae Sedis
Archaeological Map of The Vatican City with a discussion of the topography and history of the area
Roma 2014, Edizioni Quasar, ISBN 978-88-7140-557-5
proceedings of the conference about the sculpural polychromy of Roman times held in Florence
Milano 2010 (ed. Jaca Book; ISBN 978-88-16-60434-6; ed. inglese, The Vatican Necropoleis; ISBN 978-2-503-53578-4; ed. francese: Vatican. La nécropole et le tombeau de Saint Pierre, ISBN 978-2-7541-0461-6; ed. tedesca: Die Nekropolen im Vatikan, ISBN 978-3-7630-2575-6
A synthesis of the Roman necropoleis along the Via Triumphalis and Cornelia Aurelia in the Vatica... more A synthesis of the Roman necropoleis along the Via Triumphalis and Cornelia Aurelia in the Vatican area
Roma 2006 (ed. De Luca)
Guide to the Roman necropolis along the Via triumphalis in the Vatican area
Roma 2003, De Luca editore
Guide to the Exhibition "I colori del Bianco"
Roma 2002, (FMR ed.), 2002
Città del Vaticano 1989
Catalogue of the Archaeological Museum at the Papal Villa of Castel Gandolfo
The history of the Roman Municipium of Veii (southern Etruria) through the evidence from the Gior... more The history of the Roman Municipium of Veii (southern Etruria) through the evidence from the Giorgi Excavations (1811-13) with unpublished documents and the finds preserved in the Vatican Museums
J. CELANI, A. DE LUCA, G. PAILLI, L. PALANDRI, A. PESSINA, M. TARANTINI (a cura di), The Italian Law of Cultural Heritage. A Dialogue with the United States, Tutela & Restauro Monografie 1, 2024
A brief presentation of the historical roots of Italian cultural heritage laws and their civic si... more A brief presentation of the historical roots of Italian cultural heritage laws and their civic significance in relation to the political situation
E. NERI (a cura di), Polychroma. The Meaning of Colours in Roman Sculptures, 2024
The paper presents an overview of recent research on ancient polychromy in sculpture as a field o... more The paper presents an overview of recent research on ancient polychromy in sculpture as a field of study at the intersection of archaeology, archaeometry, linguistics and anthropology.
A. CORALINI, P. GIULIERINI, V. SAMPAOLO, F. SIRANO (a cura di), Pareti dipinte. Dallo scavo alla valorizzazione,, 2024
Since 2003, when the exhibition Bunte Götter / I colori del bianco was opened, the study of polyc... more Since 2003, when the exhibition Bunte Götter / I colori del bianco was opened, the study of polychromy on Greek and Roman sculpture has been developed: nowadays, there is no doubt that classical sculpture was actually brightly coloured. In order to understand, analyse and study the remains of these traces of ancient colour, a multi-disciplinary approach – which combines skills from different backgrounds, from applied science to the humanities - is mandatory. For this reason, during the last years various multi-disciplinary groups were formed, with the aim of studying polychrome sculptures and architectural elements, in order to deepen the knowledge in this peculiar field of research. This paper shows a selection of case - studies on residual polychromy on marble reliefs and slabs which were set in walls of Roman buildings. The contexts were different in function and chronology, spanning from the domestic to the public ones and from the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD.
These case studies were part of a larger research on painting on marble sculptures, carried on in the framework of a collaboration agreement between the University of Florence and the ISPC - CNR of Florence since 2012.
JLIS.it, 2024
After a year, the Italian Ministry of Culture has revised the ministerial decree regulating the g... more After a year, the Italian Ministry of Culture has revised the ministerial decree regulating the granting of images of state cultural property. The first decree had been criticised by the entire cultural world for the costs it imposed on publications, including scientific ones. The new decree has improved this aspect by granting broad exemptions, but it has maintained an overly complex system and the 'concession' regime, with a prior 'ethical' control on the use of the images, which is neither acceptable nor practically feasible.
Il Ministero della cultura italiano dopo un anno ha rivisto il Decreto Ministeriale che regola la concessione delle immagini dei beni culturali dello stato. Il primo decreto avevo sollevato le critiche di tutto il mondo della cultura per i costi che imponeva alle pubblicazioni, anche a quelle scientifiche. Il nuovo decreto ha migliorato questo aspetto concedendo ampie esenzioni, ma ha mantenuto un impianto troppo complesso e il regime della “concessione”, con un controllo preventivo “etico” sull’uso delle immagini, che non è né ammissibile, né praticamente attuabile.
H. BRECOULAKI (a cura di), Archaeolοgy of Colour. Technical Art History Studies in Greek and Roman Painting and Polychromy, Μελετηματα 87, 2023
A. Launaro (ed.), Roman Urbanism in Italy: Recent Discoveries and New Directions, 2024
Situating Rome within wider debates on Classical Urbanism is notoriously challenging. It cannot b... more Situating Rome within wider debates on Classical Urbanism is notoriously challenging. It cannot be ignored; the city was the point of reference for a civilization built on urban centres. Rome’s resilient power to absorb, adapt and re-present itself underpinned its longevity. Yet while this rightly ensures Rome has a profound significance in discussions of the Classical and Late Antique city, the pulse that sustained the urbs Roma aeterna was also very much its own. No urban centre in the Mediterranean world could match its sustained dynamism, and as Purcell (2007) observed in his discussion of the horti of peri-urban Rome, the drivers that underpinned its evolution were often particular to the circumstances of the city itself. The European Research Council-funded ‘Rome Transformed’ Project https://research.ncl.ac.uk/rometrans/ (grant agreement No. 835271, Haynes et al. 2020; 2021; 2022) seeks to understand better this dynamism and its implications, through detailed study of a neighbourhood on the periphery of the Late Republican city, outside Rome’s pomerium, which went on to become the centre of western Christendom for a millennium. The project’s focus is on the eastern Caelian, and most particularly, on the eight formative centuries that ran from the Principate of Augustus to the Pontificate of Leo III. This paper concentrates on the first four of those centuries.
Numismatica e antichità classiche - Quaderni Ticinesi, 2023
Si presentano due casi di monete poste in fondazione di edifici paleocristiani: il primo è relati... more Si presentano due casi di monete poste in fondazione di edifici paleocristiani: il primo è relativo alla basilica costantiniana di S. Pietro in Vaticano e ai rinvenimenti numismatici che si sono verificati durante la sua demolizione per l’erezione del nuovo S. Pietro. Monete emesse da Costanzo II furono infatti trovate sotto la base delle colonne della navata principale. Il secondo rinvenimento, del VI secolo, è relativo alla chiesa di Santa Maria Antiqua al Foro Romano, sotto i cui pilastri furono rinvenute emissioni forse di Giustino I oppure di Giustino II. I due casi sono interessanti in quanto si pongono allo snodo tra l’evo antico e il medio, testimoniando la sopravvivenza e continuità di un uso «pagano» anche in contesto cristiano. Queste due etichette però potrebbero essere inadeguate perché si tratta di elementi che potrebbero essere considerati come relativamente indipendenti dalle specifiche concezioni religiose, soggetti a una progressiva evoluzione di significato riconoscibile nel lungo periodo. Una pista di ricerca è la verifica dell’uso di queste monete di fondazione in età paleocristiana, se cioè fosse legato alla committenza pubblica civile, dunque non ecclesiastica.
G. J. C. Davis, J, DeLaine, Z. Kamash, C. R. Potts (a cura di), From the Palatine to Pirro Ligorio: Architectural, sculptural and antiquarian studies in memory of Amanda Claridge (1949-2022), JRA Suppl. Series , 2023
On the basis of a new integration and interpretation of the inscription ICUR 3900 from the Basili... more On the basis of a new integration and interpretation of the inscription ICUR 3900 from the Basilica Apostolorum (Rome, via Appia, now S. Sebastia) attributed to Pope Miltiades, the paper reexamines the architectural type of the deambulatory basilica, limited in number (6 examples only in RomeI Chronology (the age of Constantine) and proposes an interpretation of its functions and the reason for the early abandonment of the type.
A. Lopez Garcia (a cura di), Running Rome and its Empire. The Places of Roman Governance, 2023
In the study of the urban development of late antique Rome, the discussion on the Christian basil... more In the study of the urban development of late antique Rome, the discussion on the Christian basilicas built by Constantine has always played a significant role. In this regard we have a very important source, the Liber Pontificalis, consisting in a series of papal biographies in chronological order. The Life of Pope Sylvester preserves the list of ecclesiastical foundations promoted by the emperor with their donations: it is the so-called Constantinian Libellus. The analysis of the list allows interesting results since this document was prepared by the imperial chancellery and the 6th century ecclesiastical compiler of the Liber Pontificalis inserted only a few clearly recognizable interpolations. The structure of the list is extremely regular and helps us to understand some administrative practices and how the emperor adapted the traditional framework to the new situations and to his ecclesiastical policy. On one side the emperor involved the bishops and their churches in the project and building of the basilicas, on the other side the basic schemes and concepts he employed were probably derived from the Roman administrative tradition concerning the foundations of pagan temples.
Non-Intrusive Methodologies for Large Area Urban Research, 2023
Some reflections about the fuure of the topographical research on Ancient Rome
Papers of the British School at Rome, 2023
The Falerii Novi Project represents a newly formed archaeological initiative to explore the Roman... more The Falerii Novi Project represents a newly formed archaeological initiative to explore the Roman city of Falerii Novi. The project forms a collaboration of the British School at Rome with a multinational team of partner institutions. Thanks to a rich legacy of geophysical work on both the site and its territory, Falerii Novi presents an exceptional opportunity to advance understanding of urbanism in ancient and medieval Italy. The Falerii Novi Project employs a range of methodologies, integrating continued site-scale survey with new campaigns of stratigraphic excavation, archival research and environmental archaeology. The project aims to present a more expansive and holistic urban history of this key Tiber Valley settlement by focusing on long-run socio-economic processes both within Falerii Novi and as they linked the city to its wider landscape.
C. Parisi Presicce, M. Munzi, M.P. Del Moro (a cura di) Domiziano imperatore. Odio e amore , 2023
edizione italiana di Historical reliefs and architecture, in A. RAIMONDI COMINESI, N. DE HAAN, E.... more edizione italiana di Historical reliefs and architecture, in A. RAIMONDI COMINESI, N. DE HAAN, E.M. MOORMANN, C. STOCKS (a cura di), God on Earth: Emperor Domitian. The re-invention of Rome at the end of the 1st century AD, Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities 24, Leiden 2021, pp. 83-89, ISBN 978-90-8890-955
M. Formisano, P. F. Sacchi (a cura di), Epitomic Writing in Late Antiquity and Beyond: Forms of Unabridged Writing, , 2023
The paper tries to establish how one might use the concept of epitomization to evaluate if and t... more The paper tries to establish how one might use the concept of epitomization to
evaluate if and to what extent we can find common ground between written and figural
texts
Heritage 6, no. 4: 3385-3401, 2023
This study is concerned with recent analyses of seven marble statues from the imperial cycle of t... more This study is concerned with recent analyses of seven marble statues from the imperial cycle of the Augusteum of Rusellae, in the south of Tuscany, Italy. The sculptures represent the deified couple Augustus and Livia, Livilla, Claudius, an anonymous young girl and a headless cuirassed emperor (maybe Domitian). In addition, a fragment of a leg, from another cuirassed statue, was also considered. All of them are preserved in the city of Grosseto, in the Maremma Archaeology and Art Museum. Still preserved traces of polychromy and gilding were investigated both in situ, using noninvasive portable techniques, and in laboratory, taking two micro-samples. The non-invasive approach was based on multi-band imaging techniques (Vis, UVL and VIL) integrated with analyses (XRF, reflectance spectroscopy). A portable optical microscopy was also used for documenting the analysed areas. Two micro-samples from the gilding decoration of the headless cuirassed statue were also analysed using EDS-SEM. Comparing the results from the analytical survey, important information about the use of ochres and Egyptian blue on the cuirassed headless Emperor statue has been highlighted with the presence of gilding in the cuirasses and in the mantle, enriching the knowledge of this important imperial cycle, in addition to contributing to the archaeological point of view.
Atlante Tematico di Topografia Antica , 2023
At first glance, the urban district of the Caelian Hill in Rome appears characterised by contradi... more At first glance, the urban district of the Caelian Hill in Rome appears characterised by contradictions: it is occupied at the same time by domus of members of the pagan elite, by imposing barracks and – in a later moment – by the Lateran Basilica. Urban Morphology theory allows a better understanding of the evolution of this area which is a typical example of a “fringe belt”, delimited to the north by the pomerium and the Republican walls, to the south by the limit of the hill with the Marrana river and later by the Aurelian Walls. This district is located on the edge of the city and serves a hinge role between the centre and the countryside.
, in F. Albert, F. Servajean (a cura di), Esquisses égyptiennes. Recueil de textes offerts à Annie Gasse par ses collègues et amis, CENiM 32, Montpellier, 2022
The statue of the Nile preserved in the Vatican Museums has a frieze depicting Nilotic scenes; co... more The statue of the Nile preserved in the Vatican Museums has a frieze depicting Nilotic scenes; comparison with written sources and especially with Pliny the Elder shows important coincidences that make the frieze's dependence on this source plausible, in the passage about the fight between the mongoose and the crocodile.
P. FLEURY – S. MADELEINE, Topographie et urbanisme de la Rome antique , 2022
Brill Encyclopedia of Early Christianity Online, 2018
Entry Vatican: Pagan Vaticanum; Saint Peter’s Basilica: Position and Structure; Date of the Build... more Entry Vatican: Pagan Vaticanum; Saint Peter’s Basilica: Position and Structure; Date of the Building; The Apsidal Area; The Baptistery; The Decoration of the Nave; The Atrium and the Access to the Basilica; Historiography; Bibliography.
Proceedings of the British School at Rome, 2012
by LANDSCAPE UNA SINTESI DI ELEMENTI DIACRONICI, Davide Gangale Risoleo, Paolo Liverani, Maria Elisa Amadasi, Francesca Bindelli, Carlotta Borella, Alessandra Canale, Federica Carbotti, Margherita Casandra, Veronica Castignani, Francesca Francesconi, Valentina Limina, Sara Malavasi, Francesca D'Ambola, Michele Matteazzi, Giovanni Polizzi, Matteo Rivoli, Sofia Vagnuzzi, Letizia Aldrovandi, Jessica Tomasi, Giacomo Sigismondo, and Francesca D'Ambola
La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante ris... more La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante rispettando gli equilibri ecologici, è una delle sfide delle comunità contemporanee, non a caso è tra le linee guida di Horizon 2020. La terza edizione di Landscape vuole tentare di declinare questa tematica nell'antichità, cercando di comprendere il livello di consapevolezza ecologica delle società antiche ed evidenziando quali sono state le scelte politiche ed economiche attuate tenendo in considerazione la componente ambientale. Il convegno, organizzato in collaborazione con l'Università di Bologna e la Consulta di Topografia Antica, si terrà tra il 5 ed il 6 maggio 2022 a Bologna e Ravenna.
by LANDSCAPE UNA SINTESI DI ELEMENTI DIACRONICI, Davide Gangale Risoleo, Paolo Liverani, Giuseppe Ceraudo, Maria Elisa Amadasi, Francesca Bindelli, Carlotta Borella, Alessandra Canale, Federica Carbotti, Margherita Casandra, Veronica Castignani, Davide Giubileo, Sara Malavasi, Michele Matteazzi, Giovanni Polizzi, Matteo Rivoli, Saverio Scerra, Sofia Vagnuzzi, and Francesca D'Ambola
La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante ris... more La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante rispettando gli equilibri ecologici, è una delle sfide delle comunità contemporanee, non a caso è tra le linee guida di Horizon 2020.
La terza edizione di Landscape vuole tentare di declinare questa tematica nell'antichità, cercando di comprendere il livello di consapevolezza ecologica delle società antiche ed evidenziando quali sono state le scelte politiche ed economiche attuate tenendo in considerazione la componente ambientale.
Il convegno, organizzato in collaborazione con l'Università di Bologna e la Consulta di Topografia Antica, si terrà tra il 5 ed il 6 maggio 2022 a Bologna e Ravenna.
14th International Conference of Archaeological Prospection, 2021
Landscape 3: una sintesi di elementi diacronici, 2022
La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante ris... more La progettazione di un mondo eco-sostenibile, che sappia convivere con l'ambiente circostante rispettando gli equilibri ecologici, è una delle sfide delle comunità contemporanee, non a caso è tra le linee guida di Horizon 2020.
La terza edizione di Landscape vuole tentare di declinare questa tematica nell'antichità, cercando di comprendere il livello di consapevolezza ecologica delle società antiche ed evidenziando quali sono state le scelte politiche ed economiche attuate tenendo in considerazione la componente ambientale.
Il convegno si terrà tra il 5 ed il 6 maggio 2022, il primo giorno presso la sede di Bologna ed il secondo a Ravenna.
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9th International Round Table On Polychromy in Ancient Sculpture and Architecture, London - British Museum, 9th-10th November 2018, 2018
“Non solo bianco”. Studi e ricerche sull’uso del colore nel mondo antico, Firenze, Museo Fiorentino di Preistoria, 28 Marzo 2014, 2014
I cosiddetti “monocromi su marmo” provenienti da Ercolano e Pompei sono dieci tavole in marmo bia... more I cosiddetti “monocromi su marmo” provenienti da Ercolano e Pompei sono dieci tavole in marmo bianco, dipinte con raffigurazioni per lo più di tipo mitologico, conservate oggi al Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. Queste tavole, che originariamente decoravano pareti, lararia e, forse, giardini di domus appartenute a famiglie di alto livello sociale, rappresentano un unicum all’interno della produzione artistica romana, se si eccettuano due altri “monocromi” a soggetto mitologico oggi conservate al Kunsthistorisches Museum di Vienna. Il nome di “monocromi su marmo”, deriva dal fatto che le figure sembrano a prima vista delineate e, in alcuni casi, campite, con l’utilizzo esclusivo di un pigmento di colore rosso. In realtà, anche ad occhio nudo, sulle tavole possono ancora essere percepiti pigmenti di vari colori.
Le indagini scientifiche presentate in questo convegno sono state svolte con l’obbiettivo di ottenere una maggiore comprensione degli oggetti stessi e della loro iconografia, oltre ad una più approfondita conoscenza delle tecniche pittoriche utilizzate all’epoca attraverso lo studio dei materiali di cui sono costituiti. Più dettagliatamente le indagini diagnostiche sono state focalizzate per chiarire alcuni quesiti sollevati inizialmente dagli archeologi e per approfondire la conoscenza sulle tecniche di esecuzione dell’epoca
Per il raggiungimento di tali obiettivi sono state eseguite esclusivamente indagini di tipo non invasivo che potessero fornire le informazioni richieste e non apportare nessun danno alle opere.
Per quanto riguarda le tecniche multispettrali, le tavole sono state analizzate attraverso immagini fotografiche a diverse lunghezze d’onda. Le immagini sono state acquisite in ultravioletto riflesso (UVr), in fluorescenza ultravioletta (UV), nel vicino infrarosso (NIR) e in luminescenza indotta da luce visibile (VIL). Inoltre sono state acquisite, per la documentazione dello stato di conservazione, delle immagini in luce visibile e in luce radente e dei particolari al microscopio ottico portatile. Le tavole sono state anche analizzate con tecniche di elaborazione fotografica quali l’infrarosso falso colore (IRFC) e ultravioletto falso colore (UVFC).
Affiancate a queste tecniche che indagano simultaneamente tutta la superficie sono state effettuate analisi con tecniche puntuali quali la Spettroscopia in riflettanza a fibre ottiche nel range dell’ultravioletto e del visibile (FORS) e la Spettroscopia di fluorescenza X (XRF). Queste tecniche risultano particolarmente utili per la caratterizzazione dei pigmenti presenti.
L’unione dei dati archeologici e archeometrici ha permesso di ottenere nuove informazioni ed approfondire la conoscenza di questi particolari materiali.
Internation colloquium in honor of Sible de Bllauw paper: I VESCOVI E L’USO DEL RITRATTO IN ETÀ ... more Internation colloquium in honor of Sible de Bllauw
paper: I VESCOVI E L’USO DEL RITRATTO IN ETÀ PALEOCRISTIANA
Entre dioses y hombres. Esculturas clásicas del Albertinum de Dresde y el Museo del Prado (a cura di S. Schröder, Madrid, 12-13 gennaio 2009)
This interdisciplinary conference hosted by the British School at Rome, sponsored by Newcastle Un... more This interdisciplinary conference hosted by the British School at Rome, sponsored by Newcastle University, the Università degli Studi di Firenze and the University of Amsterdam School of Historical Studies and organised in conjunction with the Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome (KNIR). The convenors are Ian Haynes, Paolo Liverani and Lex Bosman. It brings together specialists in archaeology, architecture, art history, history, liturgy and topography to discuss recent research on S. Giovanni in Laterano. As the first public building for Christian worship and the Cathedral of the Bishop of Rome the site is of exceptional importance. Papers will address the origins of the site, its topographical context, the building, its history and its decorative scheme up to 1600.
Bilancio sul sistema della tutela in Italia dopo la legge Madia e le deu successive riforme del M... more Bilancio sul sistema della tutela in Italia dopo la legge Madia e le deu successive riforme del Ministero dei Beni Culturali
Histara, 2023
The volume deals with the cost analysis of the construction of a typical house in the colony of K... more The volume deals with the cost analysis of the construction of a typical house in the colony of Kasmene, founded in 644 B.C. by Syracuse in its project of territorial expansion and consolidation in south-eastern Sicily, but abandoned in the middle of the fourth century B.C. This analysis takes into account the use of man-hours, materials and resources of various kinds, according to the approach that has been called Architectural Energetics in the last two decades. The author does not limit himself to assessing the construction costs of a single dwelling, but cross-references these data with a demographic analysis in order to understand the effort and time required to build the dwellings of the colony as a whole, with a number of important implications that go beyond the history of the chosen site.
Archivio Storico Italiano , 2022
Archivio Storico Italiano, 2022
Histara, 2020
Recensione del volume dedicato alla storia e topografia dei luoghi dell'amministrazione a Roma in... more Recensione del volume dedicato alla storia e topografia dei luoghi dell'amministrazione a Roma in età tardo-republicana e imperiale
Histara, 2020
Recensione del corpus dei pavimenti cementizi con inserti di tessere musive
Histara les comptes rendus, 2019-09-13, 2019
Il volume rappresenta un importante sforzo per superare un’impostazione degli studi che tendeva a... more Il volume rappresenta un importante sforzo per superare un’impostazione degli studi che tendeva a privilegiare i problemi del percorso (Aurelia Vetus / Aurelia Scauri) e della sua datazione, nonché i luoghi comuni sulla sua decadenza tardoantica. Benché sia chiaro che la viabilità perde la sua funzione di lunga percorrenza e acquista un valore locale e frammentato alla fine dell’evo antico, essa costituisce un elemento fondamentale per ogni ricerca sull’evoluzione del popolamento, sulla storia e l’economia della regione durante l’età imperiale e per tutto il Medioevo: il convegno raccoglie dunque una ricca messe di novità archeologiche e di documenti. Pecche minori si possono individuare nell’ordinamento con cui si susseguono i contributi, poco comprensibile al lettore, e nel corredo cartografico non sempre all’altezza. Nel complesso però il volume è un punto fermo nella ricerca, che costituirà l’opera di riferimento per molti anni per tutti coloro che si occupano di questo territorio con una visione di lungo periodo.
Rottenburger Jahrbuchs für Kirchengeschichte (RJKG), 2018
Histara les comptes rendus (ISSN 2100-0700), 2019
Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.06.25, 2018
The volume is organized into five parts. The first, Framing the Frame’, consists of a long, dense... more The volume is organized into five parts. The first, Framing the Frame’, consists of a long, dense and extremely stimulating contribution by the editors, synthetizing and developing the work of the entire group of authors. Four more parts follow, analysing (and framing) different fields: Pictorial Space, Bodies, the Sacred, and, finally, Texts. The first paper, ‘Framing the visual in Greek and Roman antiquity: an introduction’, reflects on the core of the volume. Platt and Squire set forth the most interesting results and methodological innovations of the book in a clear and convincing way.
review of the first systematic and analithical study of the polychromy of the funerary Etruscan A... more review of the first systematic and analithical study of the polychromy of the funerary Etruscan Architecture of the rock necropolis at Sovana (Grosseto - Italy)
This book offers a view of extraordinary scope, both in terms of space and time, about the use an... more This book offers a view of extraordinary scope, both in terms of space and time, about the use and re-use of marble. The area is the Mediterranean between the 7th and the 15th-16th centuries, and this study considers not only the two parts which were heirs to the Roman Empire and to classical civilisation, but also the various cultures of Islam down to the Mamluks and the Ottoman Empire.
Jutta Dresken Weiland, I mosaici di Ravenna. Immagine e significato, Milano , 2017
prefazione
VIII Congresso di Topografia Antica - in memoria di Giovanni Uggeri14 – 15 – 16 Giugno 2023, 2023
Profile of Prof. Ferdinando Castagnoli
Le necropoli Vaticane, 2020
27 giugno 2012 ore 16,30, Sala del Carroccio di Palazzo Senatorio in piazza del Campidoglio a Roma, 2012
Atti del workshop (Frascati, Scuderie Aldobrandini, 13-14 dicembre 2010) Horti Hesperidum. Studi ... more Atti del workshop (Frascati, Scuderie Aldobrandini, 13-14 dicembre 2010) Horti Hesperidum. Studi di storia del collezionismo e della storiografia artistica, II, 2012, 1 (ISBN: 8865072868)
Convegno internazionale: Entre dioses y hombres. Esculturas clásicas del Albertinum de Dresde y el Museo del Prado (a cura di S. Schröder, Madrid, 12-13 gennaio 2009), 2009
Conferenza per i 160 anni del MAAM (Grosseto, 26/09/2020)
Appia Antica. La Regina Viarum in Lucania, dall’Ofanto al Bradan, 2019
the history of the coastal Latium with a focus on the territopry of the Vicus Augustanus in the P... more the history of the coastal Latium with a focus on the territopry of the Vicus Augustanus in the Presidential estate of Castel Portiano from the Iron age to the early Middleages
Emergenza Cultura - conferenza stampa 8-2-2018
La riforma Franceschini dei Beni Culturali pretende di realizzare una approccio "olistico" ma nel... more La riforma Franceschini dei Beni Culturali pretende di realizzare una approccio "olistico" ma nella neolingua ministeriale si può tradurre con termine meno nobile ma più comprensibile: la tutela è ridotta a spezzatino
V. Emiliani, Lo sfascio del Belpaese, 2017 (Solfanelli ed.) presentazione Roma - Associazione Gio... more V. Emiliani, Lo sfascio del Belpaese, 2017 (Solfanelli ed.)
presentazione Roma - Associazione Giornalisti 10/04/2017
Emergenza Cultura - Convegno
Impatto negativo della riforma Franceschini sulla ricerca
Roars, 2020
infortuni della bibliometria Scopus
Roars, 2020
Assurdità e opacità dellì'ANVUR durante l'emergenza Coronavirus
Il Sole 24 Ore, 2017
Review of the catalogue of the Wilshere collection at the Ashmolean Museum
Misuse of the archaeological remains on the Palatine Hill close to S. Sebastiano Church for a Roc... more Misuse of the archaeological remains on the Palatine Hill close to S. Sebastiano Church for a Rock Concert
Ferrara 31 maggio - 2 giugno 2018
Papers of the British School at Rome, 2019
The Papers of the British School at Rome, 2018
P. Fleury – S. Madeleine, Topographie et urbanisme de la Rome antique (Actes du colloque organisé à Caen, 11-13 décembre 2019), Caen , 2022
Kristian Göransson (ed.), Classical Archaeology in the Digital Age – The AIAC Presidential Panel, Panel 12.1, Archaeology and Economy in the Ancient World 51, Heidelberg, Propylaeum , 2021
Comparison among 3D images created in the last twenty years with different criteria, ends, and me... more Comparison among 3D images created in the last twenty years with different criteria, ends, and means, illustrating the Roman Forum as examples for a comparative approach and some methodological considerations about the issue of the virtual 3D reconstruction of ancient monuments.
O. LOVINO, S. MIGALEDDU, G. PESCARMONA (a cura di), Per un’altra Firenze. Voci sul futuro del nostro patrimonio, 2020
Conclusioni dei tre webinar del dipartimento SAGAS dell'Università di Firenze sul futuro dei beni... more Conclusioni dei tre webinar del dipartimento SAGAS dell'Università di Firenze sul futuro dei beni culturali di Firenze dopo la pandemia
K. HERBERS – M. SIMPERL (a cura di), Das Buch der Päpste – Liber Pontificalis, Ein Schlüsseldokument europäischer Geschichte, RömQSchr Supplementband 67, Freiburg – Basel -Wien 2020, ISBN 978-3-451-38867-5, 2020
German edition of my article of 2019 on Athenaeum about the list of donations to Pope Silvester b... more German edition of my article of 2019 on Athenaeum about the list of donations to Pope Silvester by Constantine
Art 2014. 11th International Conference on Non – Destructive Investigations and Microanalysis for the Diagnostics and Conservation of Cultural and Environmental Heritage. Madrid, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, June 11th – June 13th, 2014, 2014
This work is a new step in the research about "Monochromes on marbles", twelve painted marble sla... more This work is a new step in the research about "Monochromes on marbles", twelve painted marble slabs. Among them, ten are from Pompeii and Herculaneum, and two are probably from Rome. The ten slabs from Pompeii and Herculaneum are now preserved in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples and the other two in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. These marble pinakes were set in walls of roman buildings with iron clamps, in altars for domestic cults, or probably in gardens of rich private houses. The scenes represent different subjects spanning from mythological to athletic ones. Their name, Monochromes, was chosen in the 18 th century due to the red colour visible on the surface, but actually the slabs show also green, yellow, brown and black colours, still visible to the naked eye. The paper presents the results obtained in an in-situ analytical campaign carried out on the ten slabs of the National Archaeological Museum in Naples by using a set of portable, non-invasive techniques. The techniques used can be divided in two groups: 1) special photographic techniques (Ultraviolet reflected photography, Ultraviolet fluorescence photography, Ultraviolet false colour, Near Infrared photography, Infrared false colour, Visible Induced Luminescence) and 2) single spot analyses (X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, Fibre Optics Reflectance Spectroscopy in VIS). Portable Optical Microscopy was used for the documentation of each single spot analysed. Crossing the results obtained with both imaging techniques and single spot analyses some new information about drawings, pigments and conservation history have been provided, contributing to deepen the knowledge of this rare kind of archaeological objects.
In collaborazione con l'Università di Foggia e il comune di Pietramontecorvino si propone la seco... more In collaborazione con l'Università di Foggia e il comune di Pietramontecorvino si propone la seconda edizione del convegno Landscape: una sintesi di elementi diacronici.
Il tema del convegno sarà: Crisi e resilienza nel mondo antico.
La resilienza come capacità di conservare “il potenziale” per ristabilire le condizioni iniziali a seguito di una fase di crisi, in sintesi: come capacità di rinnovarsi. La seconda edizione di Landscape si propone di indagare quest’argomento proiettandolo nel campo dell’archeologia e del mondo antico. Le trasformazioni del paesaggio saranno il focus principale del convegno, l'obiettivo sarà quello di fornire una panoramica di ampio respiro sul concetto di resilienza nelle società antiche.
Il convegno avrà luogo a Foggia e a Pietramontecorvino dal 26-28 febbraio 2021, ma qualora le disposizioni governative lo imponessero, potrebbe svolgersi attraverso una piattaforma digitale.
La deadline per la presentazione di un poster o di un paper è fissata al 31.12.2020.
Call for paper, 2021
How can we undertake multidisciplinary research in large, archaeologically complex and intensely ... more How can we undertake multidisciplinary research in large, archaeologically complex and intensely urbanised settings in an effective way? How can we successfully manage the acquisition, processing, and integration of BIG data derived from multiple research methodologies? Finally, how can we offer the scientific community a transparent, open access and multivocal process of data discussion and interpretation on urban scale projects? Started in October 2019, the ERC-funded Rome Transformed project aims at understanding the transformation of South Eastern Rome in 1-8 centuries CE. The project develops multidisciplinary research on a scale and complexity never attempted before on ancient and early medieval Rome, bringing together data derived from the recording (3D scanning, SFM, photogrammetry) and the archaeological reassessment of historical excavations, archival research, geophysical survey (single and multi-antenna GPR, ERT) and borehole analysis, covering a surface of 69 hectares. This conference aims to review these methods and their results as part of an inter-disciplinary debate on approaches to non-intrusive methodologies, to studying and safeguarding the historic environment, to advancing research into urban development, and to blending and integrating different streams of data as part of large area projects. We welcome papers that examine innovative methodologies for large bodies of data capture, integration and dissemination in complex, large scale urban settings and that discuss projects in an advanced state or at a reasonable level of completion.
Webinar - Réseau - ERA Ecologia Roma Antica - ÉRA - Écologie Rome Ancienne (23 -10- 2020) - WEBEX