Comparative study of historical and scientific documentation of the paintings in the Querciola Tomb in Tarquinia.
• First comparative study of historical and modern documents of the Etruscan Querciola tomb. • Ancient drawings dated back to the end 19th and the early 20th centuries. • Prototypal laser scanner for 3D colour digitalisation of the tomb. • Creation of a documentation archive for conservative monitor...
| Published in: | Journal of Cultural Heritage Vol. 61; pp. 229 - 238 |
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Elsevier B.V.
May2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=164260523&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 164260523 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 12962074 KK8 jtl: Journal of Cultural Heritage issn: 12962074 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2023 vid: 61 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. artinfo: ui: 164260523 10.1016/j.culher.2023.05.002 ppf: 229 ppct: 9 formats: tig: atl: Comparative study of historical and scientific documentation of the paintings in the Querciola Tomb in Tarquinia. aug: au: Ceccarelli, S. Francucci, M. Ferri De Collibus, M. Ciaffi, M. Fantoni, R. Carmagnola, R. Adinolfi, G. Guarneri, M. affil: CNR ISPC, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00010 Montelibretti, Rome, Italy ENEA, Frascati Research Center, Via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy ENEA guest, Frascati Research Center, Via Enrico Fermi 45, 00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy Amici delle Tombe Dipinte di Tarquinia, No-profit Association, Via della Salute 8-12, 01016 Tarquinia, Viterbo, Italy su: Optical scanners Preservation of painting Historical source material Tombs Documentation Readability (Literary style) Educational films sug: subj: Optical scanners Preservation of painting Historical source material Tombs Documentation Readability (Literary style) Educational films keyword: 3D model Etruscan tomb Historical drawings Laser scanning Paintings recovery ab: • First comparative study of historical and modern documents of the Etruscan Querciola tomb. • Ancient drawings dated back to the end 19th and the early 20th centuries. • Prototypal laser scanner for 3D colour digitalisation of the tomb. • Creation of a documentation archive for conservative monitoring purposes. This paper presents the preliminary results of an ongoing multidisciplinary study carried out in the Etruscan tomb called Querciola with a twofold aim: on one hand, the comprehension of the storytelling of its unique paintings, on the other, the collection and analyses of documentation for monitoring the state of preservation of the tomb and the paintings over the years. The investigations were carried out by studying historical and archival sources, ancient hand drawings and acquiring 3D-coloured models obtained by using a high-definition 3D laser scanner prototype. The ancient drawings were made with different techniques (pencil, tempera , watercolours) by several artists from 1831 to 1935 as a means of documentation, also by drawing on paper on a scale of 1:1. However, the reliability of graphic and colour transpositions is not entirely certain, raising art-historical doubts about the original appearance of the paintings and the presence of personal contributions of individual artists in each drawing. For this reason, the 3D model acquired by the laser scanner constitutes a very useful tool for scientific and reliable documentation, which can be also considered as a starting point for long-term monitoring. The acquired 3D models provided the accurate digitalisation of the entire tomb, collecting both colorimetric and structural information, without the influence of the environmental illuminating conditions, for conservative, scientific and educational purposes. The post-processing of the images permitted the analysis of the state of health of the site and of its paintings, as well as improving the readability of some elements of the pictorial cycle of the tomb that are now barely visible. The preliminary results of this study demonstrated the importance of using multidisciplinary resources and the cooperation between scholars coming from different fields, for the comprehension and the recovery of partially lost paintings, improving the possibility to better understand iconography of the Etruscan art. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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