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- Conservation of Cultural Heritage, History of Conservation and Restoration, Legislation of Cultural Heritage, XIX Century Rome and Athens, Museum Studies, Art History, and 32 moreArchaeology, History of Archaeology, Art and Art History, Museology, Restoration of Ancient Sculpture, Cultural Heritage Conservation, History of Museums, Restauration and Conservation, Science for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Cultural Heritage, History of Collections, STORIA DELL'ARTE, Storia E Teoria Del Restauro, Heritage Management, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Beni Culturali, History and Theory of Modern Architecture, Restoration and Heritage Conservation, Conservazione Dei Beni Culturali, Legislazione dei beni culturali, Conservazione e restauro, Classical Archaeology, Landscape Archaeology, History of Law, Restoration and Conservation of Ancient and Historic Buildings and Structures, History of Art, Musei Vaticani, Musei Capitolini, Nineteenth Century Studies, History of the Papacy, Papal States, and Tutela del patrimonio culturaleedit
- Tenured Lecturer and Research in "Museology and art critique, history and theory of restoration" at the University of... moreTenured Lecturer and Research in "Museology and art critique, history and theory of restoration" at the University of Basilicata, Matera (2022).
Ricercatrice di tipo B (Rtd-B) in “Museologia e critica artistica, storia e teoria del restauro” presso l’Università della Basilicata, Dipartimento delle Culture Europee e del Mediterraneo, Matera (dal 2022).
P. I. Horizon 2020 – Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia: “LawLove. The origins of the heritage legal protection in 15th- to 18th-century Europe” (n. 837857, 2019-22).
Ph.D. in Art History presso l’Università di Auckland in Nuova Zelanda (2013-17).
Membro del Collegio dei Docenti nel corso di Dottorato: “Cities and Landscapes: Architecture, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage, History and Resources”, Università della Basilicata.
Insegna "Storia del restauro" e "Museologia" nel corso di LT in Operatore dei Beni Culturali e nella LM Internazionale in Archeologia e Storia dell'Arte (EPHE Parigi), e "Museologia" nella Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni Archeologici - Università della Basilicata.
Interessi di ricerca: storia e tecnica del restauro, museologia, storia della tutela del patrimonio in Italia e in Europa.edit
The edicts on the antiquities and artworks issued in the Papal States and Greece in the early 19th century were the first comprehensive legislation for the protection of heritage in Europe. In this volume, such laws are analysed from a... more
The edicts on the antiquities and artworks issued in the Papal States and Greece in the early 19th century were the first comprehensive legislation for the protection of heritage in Europe. In this volume, such laws are analysed from a cultural, juridical and art-historical perspective in order to understand how both legal and artistic scholarship affected the guardianship of artefacts, fluctuations in the art market and the establishment of innovative systems for heritage administration in Rome and Athens. The analysis of the origins of these laws, discussed in comparison to earlier edicts (5th-18th century), and of their cultural consequences also sheds light on the development of new definitions of “art”, “artwork” or “monument” which are fundamental to contemporary approaches to heritage protection in Europe.
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This volume collects the outcomes of the conference Art – Law – Restoration, that was held at the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice in July 2021. Through the studies outlined by several international scholars, crucial aspects of the... more
This volume collects the outcomes of the conference Art – Law – Restoration, that was held at the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice in July 2021. Through the studies outlined by several international scholars, crucial aspects of the history of heritage protection and restoration in sixteenth- to nineteenth-century Europe are reconsidered, combining different disciplines and geographical contexts into a comparative perspective. The systems elaborated in the early modern States to preserve artefacts, monuments, and antiquities are evaluated following multifarious approaches – including archaeology, art history, history of law, social history, and the history of museums. Particular consideration is given to the practices established in the Kingdom of Naples, Spain, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Greece, Prussia, the Papal States, Portugal, and the Scandinavian Countries to protect what they thought of as ‘heritage’ respectively. The project LawLove and the publication of this volume are supported by the European Commission (Marie Skłodowska-Curie project no. 837857).
Research Interests: European History, Cultural Studies, Art History, Cultural Heritage, Legal History, and 7 moreHistory of Archaeology, STORIA DELL'ARTE, History of Collecting and Antiquarianism, Cultural history of the Ancient world, Storia moderna, Storia E Teoria Del Restauro, and Storia Del Diritto Medievale E Moderno
In the early modern centuries, several European states issued pioneering regulations to protect what they thought of as “heritage” – that is, antiquities, monuments, and paintings considered important for their country’s splendour. These... more
In the early modern centuries, several European states issued pioneering regulations to protect what they thought of as “heritage” – that is, antiquities, monuments, and paintings considered important for their country’s splendour. These early protocols have had a substantial impact on the development of legal and aesthetic approaches to heritage protection in recent times.
In this volume, legislation is explored from both a legal and art-historical perspective in order to understand how cultural, political, and social factors influenced the introduction of the first systems for safeguarding “precious artefacts” in early modern Europe. By comparing concepts and practices developed in different states, the narrative tracks down the origins of legislation for heritage protection, shedding light on the gradual development of new definitions of “antiquity”, “artwork”, and “monument” in the laws issued between the 1400s and 1700s.
In the second part, the transcriptions of these regulations are presented together with their English translations: the original texts were in early modern Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, German, and Latin. Such a systematic apparatus offers a robust research instrument to scholars and academics worldwide, also constituting a fascinating read for broader audiences interested in the history of heritage protection.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 837857 – “LawLove. The origins of the legal protection of heritage. Legislation on the safeguard of monuments and artworks issued in 15th- to 18th-century Europe”.
In this volume, legislation is explored from both a legal and art-historical perspective in order to understand how cultural, political, and social factors influenced the introduction of the first systems for safeguarding “precious artefacts” in early modern Europe. By comparing concepts and practices developed in different states, the narrative tracks down the origins of legislation for heritage protection, shedding light on the gradual development of new definitions of “antiquity”, “artwork”, and “monument” in the laws issued between the 1400s and 1700s.
In the second part, the transcriptions of these regulations are presented together with their English translations: the original texts were in early modern Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, German, and Latin. Such a systematic apparatus offers a robust research instrument to scholars and academics worldwide, also constituting a fascinating read for broader audiences interested in the history of heritage protection.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 837857 – “LawLove. The origins of the legal protection of heritage. Legislation on the safeguard of monuments and artworks issued in 15th- to 18th-century Europe”.
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ed. by Josipa Alviž, Dragan Damjanović, Jasmina Nestić, Jeremy F. Walton
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In the early 19th century, classical antiquities took on growing significance in European scholarship and art collection whilst also assuming a symbolic value for the developing Greek national identity. During the wars of liberation from... more
In the early 19th century, classical antiquities took on growing significance in European scholarship and art collection whilst also assuming a symbolic value for the developing Greek national identity. During the wars of liberation from the Ottoman Empire, the laws issued in Greece to protect heritage, in conjunction with other additional initiatives aimed at its rescue, were mainly intended to preserve antiquities and monuments of the classical period. Nevertheless, it is clear that Greece’s history also embraced other epochs and remains, alongside the classical ones, which ultimately characterised the country’s diverse cultural landscape. Medieval and Byzantine monuments are but a few examples of the various historical relics scattered all over Greece in the early 19th century.
This essay evaluates the gradual acceptance of Medieval and Byzantine artefacts within the practices of heritage protection introduced in Greece from the mid-19th century onwards. The different approaches towards such artefacts and antiquities will be shown in their connection with the political conflicts arisen at that time between the Bavarian rulers and Greek nationalists. The analysis will involve several regulations presented by the Bavarians to safeguard the Greek heritage in 1834 and 1837, together with their conceptual ambiguities on both antiquities and medieval artworks derived from Neoclassic and Romantic aesthetics. Examples will concern the city of Athens specifically, focusing on the restoration works carried out in selected archaeological sites, such as the Acropolis, and the plans designed to save local Byzantine churches, such as Panagia Kapnikarea. As will emerge in the discussion, the conflicting perceptions on classical antiquities – on the one hand – and both Medieval and Byzantine artefacts – on the other – will gradually promote the expansion of scholarship and the practices of heritage protection, bringing about the establishment of the first Christian Archaeological Society in Greece in 1884.
This essay evaluates the gradual acceptance of Medieval and Byzantine artefacts within the practices of heritage protection introduced in Greece from the mid-19th century onwards. The different approaches towards such artefacts and antiquities will be shown in their connection with the political conflicts arisen at that time between the Bavarian rulers and Greek nationalists. The analysis will involve several regulations presented by the Bavarians to safeguard the Greek heritage in 1834 and 1837, together with their conceptual ambiguities on both antiquities and medieval artworks derived from Neoclassic and Romantic aesthetics. Examples will concern the city of Athens specifically, focusing on the restoration works carried out in selected archaeological sites, such as the Acropolis, and the plans designed to save local Byzantine churches, such as Panagia Kapnikarea. As will emerge in the discussion, the conflicting perceptions on classical antiquities – on the one hand – and both Medieval and Byzantine artefacts – on the other – will gradually promote the expansion of scholarship and the practices of heritage protection, bringing about the establishment of the first Christian Archaeological Society in Greece in 1884.
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Questo volume pone in dialogo discipline e contesti geografici diversi con lo scopo di confrontare pratiche e teorie della storia della tutela e del restauro tra il XVI e il XIX secolo in una nuova prospettiva europea. Gli strumenti messi... more
Questo volume pone in dialogo discipline e contesti geografici diversi con lo scopo di confrontare pratiche e teorie della storia della tutela e del restauro tra il XVI e il XIX secolo in una nuova prospettiva europea. Gli strumenti messi in campo in età moderna per la salvaguardia del patrimonio sono indagati secondo molteplici punti di vista – storico-artistico, giuridico, museografico, archeologico e sociale – per riflettere su attività e modelli elaborati in Europa nei diversi Stati, tra cui Regno di Napoli, Spagna, Gran Ducato di Toscana, Grecia, Prussia, Stato Pontificio, Portogallo e Paesi Scandinavi. Il progetto di ricerca LawLove e questa pubblicazione hanno ricevuto il supporto della Commissione Europea (Marie Skłodowska-Curie project n. 837857).
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In the early modern centuries, a number of countries in Europe established pioneering laws dedicated to the protection of what they thought of as ‘heritage’. These early forms of safeguarding reflected aesthetic perceptions, cultural... more
In the early modern centuries, a number of countries in Europe established pioneering laws dedicated to the protection of what they thought of as ‘heritage’. These early forms of safeguarding reflected aesthetic perceptions, cultural backgrounds, political interests, as well as economic and religious concerns of each relevant place. This study analyses the most significant of these early decrees from a comparative perspective, aiming to understand the development of the first concepts and instruments elaborated to protect antiquities and artefacts in fifteenth- to eighteenth-century Europe. As will be argued, some of these early constructs prove to be still valid and fully effective at the present time.
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Biografia e analisi critica dell'opera dello scultore restauratore Gaspare Sibilla.
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This essay offers an interpretation of the events that caused the explosion in the Parthenon in the 1680s. It specifically focuses on the works of restoration carried out on this temple in the 1800s and 1900s.
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Il presente contributo propone una lettura comparata delle vicende che hanno legato la Svezia allo Stato Pontificio in relazione allo sviluppo di un primo sistema di tutela del patrimonio scandinavo durante il 1600. Nell’intento di porre... more
Il presente contributo propone una lettura comparata delle vicende che hanno legato la Svezia allo Stato Pontificio in relazione allo sviluppo di un primo sistema di tutela del patrimonio scandinavo durante il 1600. Nell’intento di porre in dialogo la scena politica e propriamente culturale della Svezia con questioni storiche quali la Guerra dei Trent’anni, le tensioni tra cattolici e protestanti, e la necessità di costruire un’identità nazionale per il popolo svedese, viene recuperato un brano riguardante la nascita della tutela del patrimonio in Europa rimasto sostanzialmente escluso dagli interessi della più recente storiografia artistica. Posto in relazione con le esperienze della Roma pontificia, il cosiddetto Placat per la protezione dei beni scandinavi assume un significato specifico: non più editto di tutela “più antico del mondo”, come ritenuto nella tradizione svedese, esso diviene iniziatore di uno dei primi istituti per la catalogazione e la ricerca archeologica in Europa.
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The analysis of the restoration carried out on the Acropolis of Athens between 1834 and 1875 offers the opportunity to evaluate the inferences of law and artistic taste on the reconstruction of one of the most famous monuments in the... more
The analysis of the restoration carried out on the Acropolis of Athens between 1834 and 1875 offers the opportunity to evaluate the inferences of law and artistic taste on the reconstruction of one of the most famous monuments in the world. The ethical and aesthetic ambiguities of this early work are outlined through the study of Leo von Klenze’s memoranda on the refurbishment of the Acropolis temples, and the first laws on the protection of the Greek heritage issued by the Bavarian rulers in 1834 and 1837. In particular, the discussion will consider Klenze’s guidelines in relation to his conceptual inconsistencies about Romanticism and Neoclassicism, and within the implications – both juridical and aesthetic – of the edicts issued on the safeguard of antiquity in Greece. As will be argued, this early restoration not only would transform the Acropolis historical profile, but also affect the later refurbishment completed on the site in the twentieth century.
Research Interests: Cultural Heritage, Legal History, Cultural Heritage Conservation, Greek Archaeology, Patrimonio Cultural, and 6 moreSTORIA DELL'ARTE, Conservation and Restoration, History of Conservation and Restoration, Archeologia Greca E Romana, Storia E Teoria Del Restauro, and Conservazione E Restauro Dei Beni Culturali
The edicts relating to the protection of antiquities and works of art published in the Papal States and in Greece in the nineteenth century were the first inclusive regulations in the world on the management and supervision of cultural... more
The edicts relating to the protection of antiquities and works of art published in the Papal States and in Greece in the nineteenth century were the first inclusive regulations in the world on the management and supervision of cultural heritage. Their aim was to control and reduce the massive exportation of artefacts that had despoiled both countries. However, the continuing stream of exports that followed the issuing of these regulations shows that their impact was limited. Questions of taste and aesthetics were introduced that allowed the disposal of the ‘insignificant’, ‘useless’, ‘multiple’ and ‘ordinary’ pieces considered unworthy of protection. Analysis of several such cases approved for export from Rome and Athens identifies a number of legal loopholes and artistic formulae that were adduced in order to circumvent the edicts, and contributes to an understanding of the impact of new approaches to art history scholarship on both the law and the nineteenth-century art market.
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The debate on the anastylosis, which is still alive nowadays, met fundamental points within the Athens Charter of Restoration of 1931 and the Venice Charter of Restoration of 1964. However, the earlier use of this term in connection to... more
The debate on the anastylosis, which is still alive nowadays, met fundamental points within the Athens Charter of Restoration of 1931 and the Venice Charter of Restoration of 1964. However, the earlier use of this term in connection to restoration is to be found in the late Nineteenth century. In this study the origin of the concept and the practice of anastylosis is contextualized within the discussions that arose on the restoration of the Parthenon of Athens between 1890 and 1905. The conflicts on the works to carry out on the ancient temple are connected to the conceptual ambiguities, the misinterpretations and the inconsistent uses of ‘restoration’, ‘reconstruction’ and ‘anastylosis’ within the international debate. The earlier equivocal understanding of these terms is explained in relation to their different understanding by scholars with diverse background and provenance in Europe.
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The reconstruction of the history and the events that involve the collections in the Capitoline Museums shows a substantial gap in the years between 1820s and the election of Rome as the capital of Italy in the early 1870s. In the... more
The reconstruction of the history and the events that involve the collections in the Capitoline Museums shows a substantial gap in the years between 1820s and the election of Rome as the capital of Italy in the early 1870s. In the perspective to bridge such a historiographical gap, this paper offers an interpretation of the campaigns of restoration and conservation that were carried out on the sculptures of the museum in these years, through the analysis of the documents which are kept in the Capitoline Archive, files Presidencies and Deputations and Archeological Municipal Commission. In this context, the investigation of the original records will demonstrate, on the one hand, the presence of several people working in the museum, from the president to the restorers and the stonecutters, as well as, on the other hand, the gradual emerging of new standards both in the restoration of sculpture and the approach to the understanding of the history of ancient Rome.
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The illegal sale of Raphael’s Madonna Colonna to the king of Prussia in 1827, and the subsequent approval of Leo XII to its export from Rome, establish the context to reassess the mutual implications of the protection of the artistic... more
The illegal sale of Raphael’s Madonna Colonna to the king of Prussia in 1827, and the subsequent approval of Leo XII to its export from Rome, establish the context to reassess the mutual implications of the protection of the artistic heritage and the diplomatic relationships of the Papal States after the Restoration. Analysis of further cases of artworks which were either exported, or interdicted from trading and confiscated, together with examples related to the tightening of the penalties after the issuing of the Edict Pacca, allows to define the significant difference that existed between the exports approved for works which were believed “worthless”, the exports pursued by infringing the law, and the exports granted for reasons of State. In this framework, the artistic heritage acquires a new strategic and diplomatic value in relation to the neat international policy of the Papacy in the third decade of 1800s.
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This essay shade light on the establishment of the first General Catalogue of "heritage" in the Papal States (1820s).
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Even though Clemente XII entrusted the Capitoline Museum to the Conservators of the City of Rome in 1734, in the early 19th century the Museum returned under the influence of the Steward of the Vatican Apostolic Palace. The dispute that... more
Even though Clemente XII entrusted the Capitoline Museum to the Conservators of the City of Rome in 1734, in the early 19th century the Museum returned under the influence of the Steward of the Vatican Apostolic Palace. The dispute that followed, opposing the Capitol and the Vatican, was based on the fact that the Conservators continued to support a collection that was not under their control. An agreement was found in 1838, when Gregorio XVI returned the institute to the City of Rome and the Conservators elected Giuseppe Melchiorri as President of the Capitoline Museum. At the same time, the Motu Proprio of Gregorio XVI established that all the Egyptian sculptures in the Capitoline galleries had to pass to the Vatican galleries, in order to create the new Gregorian-Egyptian Museum; on the other hand, some sculptures selected in the Vatican had to pass to the Capitol. In this context, Melchiorri was the leader who managed both the transferring of artworks between the two collections and the remodelling of the Capitoline Museum after the new pieces were acquired.
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This essay offers a brief introduction to the restorations of antiquities in Rome between 1815 and the 1830s.
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This essay offers an overview on the restorations of antiquities carried out in the Capitoline Museums in Rome between 1805 and the 1830s.
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Research Interests: Art History, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Heritage Conservation, STORIA DELL'ARTE, Beni Culturali, and 5 moreHistory and Theory of Modern Architecture, Restoration and Heritage Conservation, Conservazione e restauro, Legislazione dei beni culturali, Storia E Teoria Del Restauro, and Conservazione Dei Beni Culturali
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Giornata di studio organizzata dall'Istituto ellenico di studi bizantini e postbizantini di Venezia e dal Comitato per le celebrazioni dei 400 anni della nascita di Francesco Morosini.
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Evento in presenza e online. Per link Zoom e codici d’accesso: conferenza.venezia.2021@gmail.com L’incontro intende far dialogare discipline e contesti geografici diversi con lo scopo di confrontare pratiche e teorie della storia della... more
Evento in presenza e online. Per link Zoom e codici d’accesso: conferenza.venezia.2021@gmail.com
L’incontro intende far dialogare discipline e contesti geografici diversi con lo scopo di confrontare pratiche e teorie della storia della tutela e del restauro tra il XVI e il XIX secolo in una nuova prospettiva europea. Gli strumenti messi in campo per la salvaguardia del patrimonio saranno indagati secondo molteplici punti di vista – storico-artistico, legale, museografico, archeologico e politico – per confrontare modelli e attività elaborati in Europa nei diversi Stati, tra cui Regno di Napoli, Spagna, Gran Ducato di Toscana, Grecia, Prussia, Stato Pontificio, Francia e Paesi Scandinavi.
L’incontro intende far dialogare discipline e contesti geografici diversi con lo scopo di confrontare pratiche e teorie della storia della tutela e del restauro tra il XVI e il XIX secolo in una nuova prospettiva europea. Gli strumenti messi in campo per la salvaguardia del patrimonio saranno indagati secondo molteplici punti di vista – storico-artistico, legale, museografico, archeologico e politico – per confrontare modelli e attività elaborati in Europa nei diversi Stati, tra cui Regno di Napoli, Spagna, Gran Ducato di Toscana, Grecia, Prussia, Stato Pontificio, Francia e Paesi Scandinavi.