21 results on '"Alberghina M. F."'
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2. Non-invasive characterization of the pigment’s palette used on the painted tomb slabs at Paestum archaeological site
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Alberghina, M. F., primary, Germinario, C., additional, Bartolozzi, G., additional, Bracci, S., additional, Grifa, C., additional, Izzo, F., additional, La Russa, M.F., additional, Magrini, D., additional, Massa, E., additional, Mercurio, M., additional, Mollica Nardo, V., additional, Oddo, M.E., additional, Pagnotta, S. M., additional, Pelagotti, A., additional, Ponterio, R. C., additional, Ricci, P., additional, Rovella, N., additional, Ruffolo, S. A., additional, Schiavone, S., additional, Spagnuolo, A., additional, Vetromile, C., additional, Zuchtriegel, G., additional, and Lubritto, C., additional
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- 2020
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3. Forensic Imaging for Art Diagnostics. What Evidence Should We Trust?
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Pelagotti, A, primary, Piva, A, additional, Uccheddu, F, additional, Shullani, D, additional, Alberghina, M F, additional, Schiavone, S, additional, Massa, E, additional, and Menchetti, C M, additional
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- 2020
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4. Results of diagnostic campaign promoted by AIAr in the deposits of the Archaeological Museum of Paestum
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Oddo, M, Ricci, P, Angelici, D, Fantino, F, Sibilia, E, Alberghina, M, Schiavone, S, Grifa, C, Mercurio, M, Germinario, C, Izzo, F, Langella, A, Massa, E, Bracci, S, Magrini, D, Costa, R, Pelagotti, A, Zuchtriegel, G, Lubritto, C, Oddo, M. E, Ricci, P., Angelici, D., Fantino, F., Sibilia, E., Alberghina, M. F, Schiavone, S., Grifa, C., Mercurio, M., Germinario, C., Izzo, F., Langella, A., Massa, E., Bracci, S., Magrini, D., Costa, R., Pelagotti, A., Zuchtriegel, G., Lubritto, C., Oddo, M, Ricci, P, Angelici, D, Fantino, F, Sibilia, E, Alberghina, M, Schiavone, S, Grifa, C, Mercurio, M, Germinario, C, Izzo, F, Langella, A, Massa, E, Bracci, S, Magrini, D, Costa, R, Pelagotti, A, Zuchtriegel, G, Lubritto, C, Oddo, M. E, Ricci, P., Angelici, D., Fantino, F., Sibilia, E., Alberghina, M. F, Schiavone, S., Grifa, C., Mercurio, M., Germinario, C., Izzo, F., Langella, A., Massa, E., Bracci, S., Magrini, D., Costa, R., Pelagotti, A., Zuchtriegel, G., and Lubritto, C.
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Thirty artefacts from the Archaeological Park of Paestum were investigated by means of scientific techniques on the occasion of the 2016 exhibition 'Possessione. Trafugamenti e falsi di antichita a Paestum'. The multi-analytic diagnostic campaign was aimed at identifying forgeries. Results provided a deeper understanding of both ancient technology and contemporary forgery techniques.
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- 2018
5. Results of diagnostic campaign promoted by AIAr in the deposits of the Archaeological Museum of Paestum
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Oddo, M. E, primary, Ricci, P., additional, Angelici, D., additional, Fantino, F., additional, Sibilia, E., additional, Alberghina, M. F, additional, Schiavone, S., additional, Grifa, C., additional, Mercurio, M., additional, Germinario, C., additional, Izzo, F., additional, Langella, A., additional, Massa, E., additional, Bracci, S., additional, Magrini, D., additional, Costa, R., additional, Pelagotti, A., additional, Zuchtriegel, G., additional, and Lubritto, C., additional
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- 2018
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6. Conservation of a colosal statue of Zeus from Soluntum (Sicily, Italy): Scientific and historical remarks about previous restorations
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Alberghina, M. F., Álvarez de Buergo, Mónica, Martínez-Ramírez, S., Milazzo, G., Schiavone, S., and Spatafora, F.
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V Conferencia Internacional YOCOCU (Youth in conservation of cultural heritage), Madrid, 21-23 de septiembre, 2016, During the first decades of 19th century, the Commission for the Antiquities and Fine Arts supervised many excavations and restorations in the major archaeological sites of Sicily, discovering many important finds around the island. Several of them belong to the archaeological collection of Museo Archeologico Regionale (Regional Archaeological Museum) ¿A. Salinas¿ of Palermo. One of the most important finds from this site is the colossal statue of Zeus enthroned, a pseudo acrolithic statue, dated to the 2nd century B.C. and it is one of the few examples of large size statue in Sicily. The statue was discovered in 1825 in the site of the ancient city of Soluntum that is certainly one of the main important archaeological sites in Sicily, not so far from the modern town of Palermo (Sicily). In 1826, the neoclassical sculptor Valerio Villareale restored the colossal statue of Zeus that was found in fragments, for completing the missing parts with stucco. At the beginning, the state of conservation did not allow to distinguish the original matter from that one of the Villareale completing. The recent conservation gave the opportunity to investigate and to study the statue during each of the stages of the work. Thanks to a scientific approach, it was possible to investigate the history and to respect the original matter. The conservative activities were aimed to investigate also the restoration matter as a fundamental requirement for a suitable conservation. Several chemical and structural diagnostic analyses were carried out, both in situ and in laboratory, to deepen into the knowledge of restoration materials, their degradation state and the overlapping with the original surface. In particular, the Ultraviolet Induced Fluorescence imaging, Infrared termography, cover meter relief, X-Ray Fluorescence analysis, UV and Vis optical microscope were carried out in situ to mapping the different materials and to understand the junction method between the original parts and the restoration ones. Supported by the preliminary in situ information, the sampling was realized to deepen into the elemental and compositional characterization of the material used for each restoration stage documented over time. With this aim, optical microscopy (stereomicroscopy and polarizing optical microscopy) scanning electron microscopy (SEM-EDS), FTIR-RAMAN spectroscopy and cross section UV light acquisition were carried out. The analytical results have given precious information to suggest the historical research for a better knowledge of the conservative history of the statue. This work permitted to increase the knowledge about the restoration process during the neoclassical period, in which it was fixed the basis for the modern process of conservation.
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- 2016
7. PRIN 2007: tecniche innovative per la definizione dello stato di degrado nei metali
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Alberghina, M. F., Barraco, R., Brai, M., Cesareo, R., Felici, Anna Candida, Gigante, Giovanni Ettore, Piacentini, Mario, Schillaci, T., and Tranchina, L.
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- 2010
8. Gilding and pigments of Renaissance marble of Abatellis Palace: non‐invasive investigation by XRF spectrometry
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Alberghina, M. F., primary, Barraco, R., additional, Brai, M., additional, Pellegrino, L., additional, Prestileo, F., additional, Schiavone, S., additional, and Tranchina, L., additional
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- 2012
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9. Comparison of LIBS and μ-XRF measurements on bronze alloys for monitoring plasma effects
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Alberghina, M F, primary, Barraco, R, additional, Brai, M, additional, Schillaci, T, additional, and Tranchina, L, additional
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- 2011
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10. Degradation study of XVIII century graffiti on the walls of Chiaramonte Palace (Palermo, Italy)
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Alberghina, M. F., primary, Barraco, R., additional, Brai, M., additional, Casaletto, M. P., additional, Ingo, G. M., additional, Marrale, M., additional, Policarpo, D., additional, Schillaci, T., additional, and Tranchina, L., additional
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- 2010
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11. X-ray CT imaging as a scientific tool to study the capillary water absorption in sedimentary rocks used in cultural heritages
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Alberghina, M. F., primary, Barraco, R., additional, Brai, M., additional, Lo Casto, A., additional, Mazzocchio, A., additional, and Schillaci, T., additional
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- 2009
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12. Gilding and pigments of Renaissance marble of Abatellis Palace: non-invasive investigation by XRF spectrometry.
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Alberghina, M. F., Barraco, R., Brai, M., Pellegrino, L., Prestileo, F., Schiavone, S., and Tranchina, L.
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Most of the artworks constituting the collection of Renaissance statuary of Abatellis Palace in Palermo (Sicily) show evidence of colour layers and fragments of gold foil that probably once covered the whole marble surface. The restoration of some of these statues has allowed to carry out archaeometric studies about the painting technique and to highlight the original materials and inclusion present on the precious marbles by two famous Italian sculptors of the Renaissance, Francesco Laurana and Antonello Gagini. The measurements have been performed in situ through the integrated use of two non-invasive techniques: visible fluorescence stimulated by ultraviolet light and X-ray fluorescence. The ultraviolet-induced fluorescence analysis has provided additional information on the conservation status of marble surfaces by differentiating the pictorial materials and highlighting the presence of gilding and pigment traces through their characteristic fluorescence response. The observation in ultraviolet light has been used as valuable guide for the identification of the significant points to be analysed by X-ray fluorescence to characterise the original materials. X-ray fluorescence measurements have cast light about their chemical composition and stratigraphical structure. Pictorial layers were identified: vermilion for red layers, blue pigment based on copper for blue layers and pure gold leaf for gilding layers. Principal component analysis of the data was capable of clustering the different painting materials, discriminating through their chemical content. The results represent an important scientific support both to the hypotheses about the original look of the artworks and to the resolution of restoration and conservation questions still open. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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13. A multi-analitycal approach to adress a sustanaible conservation of the main marble portal of the monreale cathedral
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Alberghina, M. F., Municchia, A. C., Germinario, G., Macchia, A., Matteini, M., Milazzo, G., Ruffolo, S., Sabbatini, L., Schiavone, S., Sodo, A., MICHELA RICCA, and La Russa, M. F.
14. The Tomb of the Diver and the frescoed tombs in Paestum (southern Italy): New insights from a comparative archaeometric study
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Carmine Lubritto, R. C. Ponterio, Emanuela Massa, Francesco Izzo, Salvatore Schiavone, Viviana Mollica Nardo, Mariano Mercurio, Silvestro Antonio Ruffolo, Celestino Grifa, Susanna Bracci, Maria Francesca Alberghina, Mauro Francesco La Russa, Antonio Spagnuolo, Anna Pelagotti, Paola Ricci, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Donata Magrini, Maria Emanuela Oddo, Carmela Vetromile, Giovanni Bartolozzi, Chiara Germinario, Stefano Maria Pagnotta, Natalia Rovella, Alberghina, M. F., Germinario, C., Bartolozzi, G., Bracci, S., Grifa, C., Izzo, F., la Russa, M. F., Magrini, D., Massa, E., Mercurio, M., Nardo, V. M., Oddo, M. E., Pagnotta, S. M., Pelagotti, A., Ponterio, R. C., Ricci, P., Rovella, N., Ruffolo, S. A., Schiavone, S., Spagnuolo, A., Vetromile, C., Zuchtriegel, G., Lubritto, C., Alberghina M. F., Germinario C., Bartolozzi G., Bracci S., Grifa C., Izzo F., la Russa M. F., Magrini D., Massa E., Mercurio M., Nardo V. M., Oddo M. E., Pagnotta S. M., Pelagotti A., Ponterio R. C., Ricci P., Rovella N., Ruffolo S. A., Schiavone S., Spagnuolo A., Vetromile C., Zuchtriegel G., and Lubritto C.
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Pigments ,History ,Light ,Raw Materials ,Social Sciences ,02 engineering and technology ,01 natural sciences ,archaeometric study ,Painting ,Paestum, archaeometry, the tomb of Diver ,Parallels ,Materials ,History, Ancient ,Minerals ,Multidisciplinary ,Physics ,Electromagnetic Radiation ,Calcite ,Historical Article ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Built Structures ,Mineralogy ,Chemistry ,Archaeology ,Italy ,paestum ,Physical Sciences ,Medicine ,Engineering and Technology ,0210 nano-technology ,Human ,Research Article ,Chemical Elements ,Visible Light ,Context (archaeology) ,Structural Engineering ,Science ,Materials Science ,Ancient history ,Research and Analysis Methods ,Humans ,Chemical Characterization ,tomb of the diver ,010401 analytical chemistry ,0104 chemical sciences ,Temperature Analysis ,Earth Sciences ,frescoed tombs ,Paintings - Abstract
The Tomb of the Diver has been subject for many decades of fierce debate among archaeologists and classicists. Since its discovery in 1968, some scholars have considered it a unique example of the lost tradition of Greek painting, others have emphasized Etruscan or Italic parallels. More recently, a possible local production has been suggested. With the aim of trying to solve the archaeological question, an archaeometric comparison among this well-known artwork and several frescoed tombs coming from Hellenistic and Lucan necropolis was carried out. The multi-analytical study was focused on the identification of peculiar features of executive techniques and raw materials since the first period of the archaeological site. The analytical investigation has been preliminary based on a non-destructive approach, performed in-situ by portable equipment including imaging diagnostics and compositional spectroscopic techniques for identifying pigments and the conservation state of original painted surface; subsequently, a further deepening by using destructive techniques was performed in-lab for the mortar-based supports characterization. Archaeometric study suggested that technological choices slightly changed in a time span of about two centuries, highlighting important markers that allow clustering the contemporary artistic productions. Moreover, a comparison with mortars from temples decorations was provided to better understand the whole artistic context. The archaeometric data showed that the Tomb of the Diver could be traced back to a local artisanal tradition and therefore is neither Etruscan nor Greek, but the first and foremost an expression of the local elite culture of Paestum.
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- 2020
15. RE-SEMIRTO project: An innovative network of wireless sensors for microclimate monitoring on the Royal Palace of Carditello
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Antonio Spagnuolo, Carmela Vetromile, Antonio Masiello, Maria Francesca Alberghina, Salvatore Schiavone, Maria Rosa di Cicco, Roberto Formato, Carmine Lubritto, Spagnuolo, A., Vetromile, C., Masiello, A., Alberghina, M. F., Schiavone, Salvatore, Di Cicco, M. R., Formato, R., and Lubritto, C.
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New innovative wireless sensors designed for specific needs of Cultural Heritage field have been developed and their effectiveness has been tested in the rooms of the Royal Palace of Carditello (San Tammaro, Caserta - Italy). The analyses are carried out in the context of the project “RE-SEMIRTO Network of wireless sensors for monitoring the microclimate on the Carditello Real site” funded by the Campania Region (FERS Operational Program Campania 2014-2020 – Axis III. Specific objective 3.3. Action 3.3.2.). The main goal of the ongoing project activities is to provide innovative and user-friendly methods for conservation and valorisation of Cultural Heritage, through simultaneously environmental and archaeometric analyses. Indeed, besides the evaluation e recording by remote system of the parameters related to temperature, moisture, air quality and mechanical vibrations and then the constant control and prevention of the degradation risk, also non-destructive investigations were carried out to identify original, restoration materials and/or degradation products for different kinds of works of art displayed in the monitored site. In particular, at this step, a XVII century oil painting, recently acquired by Italian Minister of Culture in favour of Royal Palace of Carditello, has been analysed and the results are here discussed. This simultaneous approach allows to assess the real conservation state under the current environmental conditions, highlighting which constituent materials (pigments, supports, etc.) of the analysed artwork are most sensitive to the recorded thermohygrometric variations or detected pollution. At last, the project also wants to underline how the scientific data appropriately presented and narrated can be collected into new multimedia tool aimed to visitors for an innovative valorisation of the whole historical site and its artworks.
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- 2022
16. The early porcelain kilns of Arita: Identification of raw materials and their use from the 17th to the 19th century
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Riccardo Montanari, Nobuyuki Murakami, Alberto De Bonis, Philippe Colomban, Maria Francesca Alberghina, Celestino Grifa, Francesco Izzo, Vincenzo Morra, Claudia Pelosi, Salvatore Schiavone, Montanari, R., Murakami, N., De Bonis, A., Colomban, P., Alberghina, M. F., Grifa, C., Izzo, F., Morra, V., Pelosi, C., and Schiavone, S.
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Biomaterials ,TP785-869 ,Ryumon ,Arita clay ,Materials Chemistry ,Ceramics and Composites ,Shirakawa ,Clay industries. Ceramics. Glass ,Izumiyama ,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ,Japanese porcelain - Abstract
Porcelain stone used at the early kilns of Arita, Japan, has never been identified due to the lack of written records. Ryumon and Shirakawa deposits are considered to have possibly been exploited before Izumiyama was discovered in the early 1630s, but there are no records or any previous scientific research aimed at resolving such crucial issue. This work presents the first systematic scientific study of clays from the three deposits and shards excavated at early kiln sites. Portable ED-XRF and SEM-EDS were used to identify the chemical compositions of bodies, glazes, and geochemical characteristics of clays. XRD, TG-DSC, and FTIR-ATR spectroscopy were also used for the mineralogical characterization of clay bodies. Results show that the earliest production was marked by the mineralogical characteristics of the available raw materials. A gradual improvement in material selection and processing will lead to the development of the nigoshide (milky-white) body in the mid-17th century.
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- 2022
17. Decay assessment of stone-built cultural heritage: The case study of the cosenza cathedral façade (south calabria, italy)
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Natalia Rovella, Michela Ricca, Nicola Ruggieri, Maria Francesca Alberghina, Maria Fabrizia Buongiorno, Antonio Donato, Matteo Collina, Antonio Costanzo, Salvatore Schiavone, Luciana Randazzo, Francesco Dodaro, Mauro Francesco La Russa, Donato A., Randazzo L., Ricca M., Rovella N., Collina M., Ruggieri N., Dodaro F., Costanzo A., Alberghina M.F., Schiavone S., Buongiorno M.F., La Russa M.F., Alberghina M. F., Buongiorno M. F., and La Russa M. F.
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nondestructive techniques ,microdestructive techniques ,stone deterioration ,damage indices ,Cosenza ,Italy ,Science ,Cosenza, Damage indices, Italy, Microdestructive techniques, Nondestructive techniques, Stone deterioration ,Cultural heritage ,Stone deterioration ,Geography ,Microdestructive technique ,Nondestructive technique ,Multidisciplinary approach ,Damage indice ,General Earth and Planetary Sciences ,Facade ,Environmental planning ,Settore GEO/09 -Georis. Miner.e Appl.Mineral.-Petrogr. per l'Ambi.ed i B.Cult - Abstract
This study aims to assess the different decay phenomena affecting the Cosenza Cathedral façade (Calabria, South Italy) through the evaluation of the relative damage indices. For this goal, a multidisciplinary approach was applied exploiting both nondestructive and microdestructive techniques. Such a combination enabled proposing an intervention priority scale that can be helpful to institutions when planning a prompt restoration intervention. The results suggest the efficiency of this approach to obtain a multidisciplinary diagnostic and conservation system for the management and valorization of the Cultural Heritage also in terms of monitoring, maintenance, and selection of the most suitable restoration procedures over time.
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- 2021
18. The Contribution of Microchemical Analyses and Diagnostic Imaging to the Conservation and Identification of the Degraded Surfaces of Hellenistic-Roman Wall Paintings from Solunto (Sicily)
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Elia Fiorenza, Michela Ricca, Salvatore Schiavone, Luciana Randazzo, Natalia Rovella, Giuseppe Milazzo, Mauro Francesco La Russa, Francesca Spatafora, Maria Alberghina, Alberghina M. F., Milazzo G., Schiavone S., Randazzo L., Ricca M., Rovella N., Spatafora F., Fiorenza E., and La Russa M. F.
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Painting ,060102 archaeology ,Roman pigment ,media_common.quotation_subject ,010401 analytical chemistry ,conservation ,06 humanities and the arts ,Art ,01 natural sciences ,Archaeology ,cinnabar blackening, conservation, Egyptian blue, Mural painting, Pompeian style, Roman pigments, Solunto ,0104 chemical sciences ,cinnabar blackening ,Mural painting ,Egyptian blue ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Solunto ,chemistry ,0601 history and archaeology ,Identification (biology) ,Settore GEO/09 -Georis. Miner.e Appl.Mineral.-Petrogr. per l'Ambi.ed i B.Cult ,Pompeian style ,media_common - Abstract
The Archaeological Museum of Palermo (Sicily) has recently presented the results of the restoration of three wall paintings from the House of the Masks of Solunto archaeological site. These significant paintings, dating back to the first century BCE, are the most significant examples of Pompeian style discovered in Sicily to date. The cycle of frescoes unearthed is the best preserved and most complete example of wall painting dating to the Republican Roman period in Sicily. This house was a luxurious private residence built on two floors and centred around a peristyle. This fresco cycle embellished the walls of a banquet room (oecus) discovered during an archaeological excavation carried out by Giovanni Patricolo in 1869. The House of the Masks definition was suggested by Salemi Pace in 1872 when he published the discovery of frescoes with colourful garlands and theatrical masks. In 1874, five panels were detached from the walls and moved to the National Museum of Palermo for conservation purposes. The recent careful cleaning of the pictorial surfaces and the new archaeological and archaeometric research revealed unusual details about the pictorial technique and newly painted subjects. The scientific investigation was preliminarily based on a non-destructive approach, performed in situ using portable equipment and subsequently, the further examination of a micro fragment using micro-destructive investigation. X-ray fluorescence analysis was carried out to identify the original pictorial palette, and electron microprobe analyses coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy to define the alteration products. Finally, infrared imaging provided new data about the pictorial technique and iconography. The new archaeometric evidence sheds light on these rare examples of Roman wall painting in the Sicilian Roman province, which until today have not been systematically studied from the point of view of materials and execution techniques, confirming the dating and connections with contemporary workshops active in other Roman provinces.
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- 2020
19. A Combined Non-Destructive and Micro-Destructive Approach to Solving the Forensic Problems in the Field of Cultural Heritage: Two Case Studies
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Salvatore Schiavone, M. P. Albanese, Luciana Randazzo, M. F. La Russa, A. Donato, Michela Ricca, Maria Alberghina, Ricca M., Alberghina M. F., Randazzo L., Schiavone S., Donato A., Albanese M. P., and La Russa M. F.
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Technology ,Diagnostic information ,QH301-705.5 ,Computer science ,forensic sciences ,QC1-999 ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,cultural heritage ,non-destructive analysis ,micro-destructive analysis ,Infrared reflectography ,Non destructive ,General Materials Science ,Instrumentation (computer programming) ,Biology (General) ,QD1-999 ,Instrumentation ,Settore GEO/09 -Georis. Miner.e Appl.Mineral.-Petrogr. per l'Ambi.ed i B.Cult ,Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes ,Physics ,Process Chemistry and Technology ,General Engineering ,Limiting ,Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Data science ,Cultural heritage, Forensic sciences, Micro-destructive analysis, Non-destructive analysis ,Field (geography) ,0104 chemical sciences ,Computer Science Applications ,Cultural heritage ,Chemistry ,Data quality ,TA1-2040 ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
The present paper discusses the importance of non-destructive and micro-destructive technology in forensic investigations in the field of cultural heritage. Recent technological developments and the wide availability of modern analytical instrumentation are creating new possibilities for performing scientific measurements and acquiring data directly on-site—thereby limiting, where possible, sampling activity—as well as learning about the technologies and materials that were employed in the past to create cultural assets. Information on periods, chemical composition, manufacturing techniques, etc., can be gathered more easily. Overall, the benefits of on-site forensic investigations are multiple, including the potential to increase substantially the speed and efficacy of the criminal justice system. However, such benefits are only realized when data quality is guaranteed and findings can be used as forensic evidence in court. The present paper shows data from the non-destructive and micro-destructive analysis of different artworks and objects provided by the Cosenza Carabinieri Unit for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and Anti-Counterfeiting (Calabria, Italy). In particular, two oil paintings on canvas depicting cherubs (Italian: putti), recovered as fragments of larger religious artworks, and two bronze belt and helmet fragments were investigated. In the first case, the research aimed to define the original pictorial layer, identify any reconstruction pictorial areas or pictorial retouching, assess the state of conservation, reconstruct the previous conservation treatments, and provide indications about the chronology of the artworks. In the second case, analysis was performed both to define the bronze chemical composition and the origin of the soil (earth) found within the objects during their recovery. For these purposes, the analytical approach involved the use of non-destructive and micro-destructive analysis as follows: infrared reflectography (IRR), ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence (UV), X-ray fluorescence analysis (XRF), digital optical microscopy (DOM), scanning electron microscopy equipped with EDX microanalysis (SEM-EDX), and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). The results made it possible to collect valuable diagnostic information and answer questions posed by the institutions for the resolution of various doubts about forensic science and cases concerning the seizure, recovery, or return of archaeological or historical-artistic objects of cultural interest.
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- 2021
20. Climate and Cultural Heritage: The Case Study of 'Real Sito di Carditello'
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Salvatore Schiavone, Antonio Spagnuolo, Maria Francesca Alberghina, Antonio Masiello, Carmine Lubritto, Carmela Vetromile, Spagnuolo, A., Vetromile, C., Masiello, A., Alberghina, M. F., Schiavone, S., and Lubritto, C.
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Archeology ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Materials Science (miscellaneous) ,Environmental pollution ,Context (language use) ,Atmospheric pollution ,02 engineering and technology ,Conservation ,01 natural sciences ,Environmental data ,Mural painting ,Environmental monitoring ,Degradation proce ,lcsh:CC1-960 ,Air quality index ,mural paintings ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,degradation process ,business.industry ,non-invasive analyses ,Environmental resource management ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Cultural heritage ,Geography ,Monitoring data ,lcsh:Archaeology ,indoor/outdoor monitoring ,environmental pollution ,0210 nano-technology ,business - Abstract
A monitoring campaign performed on the Real Site of Carditello (found in the commune of San Tammaro, province of Caserta, Italy) was aimed to evaluate the parameters related to air quality and then to control and prevent the degradation risk. The analyses were carried out in the context of the project &ldquo, Innovative methods and technologies for the conservation, valorisation and use of cultural heritage: environmental and archaeological analyses&rdquo, within the CULTURA CREA-MIBAC program, which aims to provide innovative methods for conservation and enhancement of cultural heritage through environmental and archaeometric analyses. Preliminarily, using field equipment, non-destructive investigations were carried out to identify constituent, restoration, and/or degradation materials belonging to the wall paintings on the main floor and to assess their conservation state under the current environmental conditions. Environmental monitoring was performed both outdoor (to assess the effects of atmospheric pollution and changes in the climate of the structure) and indoor the rooms of the site (to evaluate the conditions of conservation and fruition). The collected data are reported in a web platform, where one can check the real time monitoring data. The platform integrates both environmental data and information regarding the "health status" of site in order to provide a detailed analysis useful for its protection.
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- 2019
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21. Results of diagnostic campaign promoted by AIAr in the deposits of the Archaeological Museum of Paestum
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D. Angelici, G. Zuchtriegel, Susanna Bracci, Anna Pelagotti, Emanuela Sibilia, Salvatore Schiavone, Alessio Langella, Celestino Grifa, M. E. Oddo, Francesco Izzo, Donata Magrini, R. Costa, Mariano Mercurio, Chiara Germinario, F. Fantino, Maria Francesca Alberghina, Carmine Lubritto, Emanuela Massa, Paola Ricci, Oddo, M. E., Ricci, P., Angelici, D., Fantino, F., Sibilia, E., Alberghina, M. F., Schiavone, S., Grifa, C., Mercurio, M., Germinario, C., Izzo, F., Langella, A., Massa, E., Bracci, S., Magrini, D., Costa, R., Pelagotti, A., Zuchtriegel, G., Lubritto, C., Oddo, M, Ricci, P, Angelici, D, Fantino, F, Sibilia, E, Alberghina, M, Schiavone, S, Grifa, C, Mercurio, M, Germinario, C, Izzo, F, Langella, A, Massa, E, Bracci, S, Magrini, D, Costa, R, Pelagotti, A, Zuchtriegel, G, and Lubritto, C
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FORS ,Engineering (all) ,VIL imaging techniques ,media_common.quotation_subject ,XRF ,Materials Science (all) ,Art ,TR-FTIR ,Thermoluminescence dating ,Raman ,Archaeology ,Ancient technologies, Paestum ,media_common - Abstract
Thirty artefacts from the Archaeological Park of Paestum were investigated by means of scientific techniques on the occasion of the 2016 exhibition 'Possessione. Trafugamenti e falsi di antichita a Paestum'. The multi-analytic diagnostic campaign was aimed at identifying forgeries. Results provided a deeper understanding of both ancient technology and contemporary forgery techniques.
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- 2018
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