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Editorial for Special Issue “Fine Art Pattern Extraction and Recognition”
2021
Cultural heritage, especially the fine arts, plays an invaluable role in the cultural, historical, and economic growth of our societies [...]
The Creation of Ethnicity: National Costume as Reconstruction or Construct?
2015
Since its development at the end of 19th century, Latvian national costume has become a symbol of national identity. The task of this article is to trace how the publications of ethnographers during the 20th century shaped the view of Latvian national costume. The appearance of national costume was influenced by the growing knowledge of the national cultural heritage. Although national costume resembling ethnographic examples was recognized as highly authentic, in reality it was a reconstruction created by museum staff and other ethnographic researchers. The public demand for practical publications which could be of use in making national costume hindered more profound research into the his…
Theatrical virtual acoustic rendering with head movement interaction
2019
AbstractNowadays, the use of virtual reality/virtual acoustics (VR/VA) in archaeology for rendering lost buildings is an important topic in the cultural heritage field. Moreover, the addition of additional senses apart from the sight increases the feeling of immersion in virtual environments. The aim of this paper is to show the interaction work developed in a VA system, based on Unity and FMOD, the graphical and acoustical reconstruction of an ancient building and the development of a VR goggles with headphones to render 3D audio and video interactively. This system has been implemented to render auralizations in a binaural system and has been applied to the renderization of an old and los…
The safety of an industrial archaeological heritage
2013
The present paper analyses an underground and inactive quarry of calcarenite, which belong to a localised area called Cave di calcarenite in Contrada Cuccidenna that has been recognised as a typical example of industrial archaeological heritage. The study of this typical quarry is finalised to the preservation and safe fruition of this site, which represents the history of manufacturing technologies of rocky ashlars. Rock samples from the pillars have been collected and, at first, a petrographic characterisation has been performed. The strength parameters have been estimated by means of triaxial and isotropic compression tests. Through a finite element analysis, the mechanical characterizat…
La cartoteca de la Universitat de València. 20 años de gestión del patrimonio cartográfico
2023
La Cartoteca de la Universitat de València gestiona desde 2002 una parte muy importante del patrimonio cartográfico de dicha universidad, hasta entonces disperso en diversas instancias. Partiendo de los criterios de antigüedad, rareza y valor cultural, entendido como la vinculación de los mapas con las circunstancias históricas de su producción, se describen brevemente sus principales colecciones. Posteriormente se detallan las acciones realizadas para su conservación y difusión. La Cartoteca ha sido un instrumento útil para la identificación y puesta en valor del patrimonio cartográfico de la Universitat de València, mucho más rico y variado de lo que se pensaba
Geophysics and cultural heritage. A living field of research for Italian geophysicists
2015
If one reads the World Heritage List 2002/2003, (http:// whc.unesco.org/archive/WHList02-ENG.pdf), a datum comes out with evidence: 12 countries have 253 World Heritage Sites (WHS) and all the 125 member countries have 586 WHS. Within these 12 countries Italy has 35 WHS corresponding to about 6% of the whole, followed by Spain, 5.8%, France, 4.6%, and the tenth has less than 2% of WHS. Cultural heritage is one of the greatest riches of Italy. Europe, with China, is the land which has the most stratified history in the world, and Italy is likely to still have undiscovered settlements dating from the prehistoric age to the 18th century. Some areas are totally unexplored, others have been only…
Hablantes de herencia del español en Estados Unidos: implicaciones para el entrenamiento de instructores en el nivel universitario
2013
Este estudio investiga las necesidades pedagógicas de los estudiantes de español como lengua de herencia (LH) en el nivel universitario. Basado en un análisis del perfil del hablante de herencia del español en el contexto de Estados Unidos y en un estudio del Departamento de Lenguas y Literaturas Modernas de la Universidad de Nebraska-Lincoln como caso ilustrativo, esta investigación busca explorar argumentos que apoyen la necesidad de proporcionar un entrenamiento a instructores de español del nivel universitario que responda a las necesidades pedagógicas específicas de los hablantes de herencia. This study researches the pedagogical needs of learners of Spanish as a Heritage Language (HL)…
Determining the selective impregnation of waterlogged archaeological woods with poly(ethylene) glycols mixtures by differential scanning calorimetry
2012
The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) technique was demonstrated to be a reliable and fast tool for the investigation of the selective impregnation of archaeological woods with poly(ethylene) glycols (PEGs) mixtures. To this aim, waterlogged archaeological woods were impregnated by using aqueous mixtures of PEG 4000 and PEG 400 as well as mixtures of these polymers in the melt state. The efficiency of the treatments was also estimated by determining the total consolidant content entrapped into the cavities of degraded wood by means of DSC and thermogravimetry.
Costruzione della Sicilian Experience. Il caso di Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School
2020
La Sicilia è storicamente oggetto di narrative di stampo marcatamente edonistico, anche di recente casi rispecchiate e alimentate da casi editoriali di grande successo. Con l’imporsi di nuovi trend turistici improntati alla scoperta di specialità gastronomiche e vinicole locali, il settore turistico dell'isola gode di un ciclo particolarmente positivo. Le strutture di produzione e distribuzione agroalimentare e le realtà ricettive del territorio si stanno evolvendo per assecondare questo nuovo tipo di domanda, con effetti prevedibili di patrimonializzazione e ricostruzione semiotica della cultura alimentare tipica. Tra le realtà più in vista, nel settore, c’è la scuola di cucina Anna Tasca …
Colección Fortuny. Patrimonio textil en la subasta Drouot de 1875
2018
La colección de tejidos antiguos de Mariano Fortuny Marsal (1838-1874) salió a la venta en la subasta del Hôtel Drouot de París, pocos meses después de la temprana muerte del pintor. El estudio de varios catálogos manuscritos nos ha servido para conocer los precios y compradores de cada una de las referencias. Estos datos nos han permitido realizar un estudio comparativo entre diferentes categorías. Se ha realizado un análisis de la tipología de las piezas, según su valoración en el mercado, para establecer los aspectos que influyeron en la cotización de las mismas. The collection of antique fabrics of Mariano Fortuny Marsal (1838-1874) went on sale at the auction of the Hôtel Drouot in Par…