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Gli affreschi e le tele
2023
The pictorial decoration of the church of Santa Maria La Porta in Geraci Siculo. Critical historical analysis of the canvases and frescoes. Iconographic readings, stylistic analysis and attributions
Catacomba di Villagrazia di Carini. Il cubicolo X20. Ricerche 2008-2013
2014
Il X20 è uno dei cubicoli più rilevanti della galleria X. Consiste in una camera funeraria quadrangolare di m 8 (E-O) x 5 (N-S), preceduta da un dromos quadrato di m 1,80 x 1,80 e derivata da un preesistente arcosolio bisomo. La camera accoglie in tutto ventinove sepolture: dodici arcosoli sia per adulti che per bambini, una tomba a nicchia, due tombe a cassa e quattordici formae. I dati archeologici e gli esiti dell’analisi strutturale hanno permesso di accertare che l’attuale aspetto del cubicolo è il risultato di quattro fasi costruttive. Nella prima fase (IV.a) l’ambiente è a pianta quadrata (m 3,56 x 3,56), con arcosoli per bambini nel dromos e sulla parete nord; una decorazione ad aff…
Preliminary Study of the Mural Paintings of Sotterra Church in Paola (Cosenza, Italy)
2022
A multi-analytical approach was employed to study wall paintings located in the Sotterra church at Paola, in the province of Cosenza, Italy. The site is an underground church (hence the name of Sotterra, which means “under the earth”) rediscovered in the second half of the 19th century, during the building works of the Madonna del Carmine church on the same area. This underground church preserves valuable mural paintings having different styles. The construction’s dating and overlapped modifications made until the site was abandoned is also debated. A wall painting, depicting “The Virgin” as part of the “Annunciation and the Archangel Gabriel” prese…
VIRTUAL RESTORATION 2. THE FRESCOES OF THE ROCK-CUT CHURCH OF LAMA D’ANTICO NEAR FASANO (ITALY)
2020
This volume is the second in the series of books dedicated to Virtual Restoration and represents the natural continuation of the previous volume published in 2017: Virtual restoration 1. Paintings and Mosaics. The first volume presented the general topic of virtual restoration as applied to pictorial surfaces and mosaics via 38 case studies that illustrated specific issues: from the survey to the representation of the surfaces, from the mapping of decay to the analysis of colour, from the treatment of the gaps to the virtual reconstruction, as well as the diagnostic analyses of the surfaces. This second volume illustrates all the applications that can be used for virtual pictorial restorati…