The subject of this book is Roman wall-painting from northern Italy, with a focus on materials not yet collected and analysed comprehensively. The general poor preservation of the evidence is a strong limit for archaeological researches, as paintings are commonly found in small fragments, understudied, partially published and usually kept in storage by Soprintendenze and museums. Starting from these premises, TECT project -from the term tectorium (plaster)is generated by the close connections between Padua and Bologna universities, with the aim of creating a database for recording systematically the evidence of wall-painting from Cisalpine Gaul. This will allow, in the future, to manage efficiently a constantly growing evidence. The digital resource, allowing to file and systematize the huge number of occurrences from the region, is the necessary premise for starting a phase of interpretation. This second phase will have the potential to yield important considerations on different art historian, social and cultural aspects linked to Roman wall-painting in Cisalpine Gaul. The book illustrates the philosophy of TECT database, structured in opened and closed descriptive fields, completed by photos, drawings and plans. Follows the presentation, to the scientific community, of an attempt to normalize the technical lexicon, experienced to implement TECT database, completed by a proposal of visual glossary, hoping to raise a discussion for laying the foundations of a future common sharing.
Il volume è dedicato alle testimonianze pittoriche di età romana rinvenute in Italia settentrionale, non ancora sottoposte ad una raccolta sistematica e analitica. La ricerca archeologica si scontra infatti con i limiti imposti dallo stato di conservazione e dalla scarsa accessibilità dei reperti: normalmente si tratta di frammenti di piccole dimensioni, sottovalutati nello studio e nella pubblicazione degli scavi archeologici, il più delle volte conservati nei magazzini delle Soprintendenze e dei Musei. Sulla base di questi dati ha preso l'avvio il progetto TECT - nome derivato dall'abbreviazione del termine tectorium (intonaco) - nato dalla sinergia di un gruppo di ricerca delle Università di Padova e Bologna, che si propone di creare una banca dati della documentazione pittorica dell'area della Cisalpina, che consenta attraverso un approccio sistematico la gestione di testimonianze che diventano nel tempo sempre più ampie. La possibilità offerta dall'informatica di raccogliere e mettere in sistema le numerose attestazioni pittoriche rinvenute nel territorio in esame costituisce il presupposto indispensabile per passare ad una fase interpretativa.
Helg, R., Malgieri, A., Didonè A., Salvo G. (2015). Il database TECT. Padova : Padova University Press.
Il database TECT
HELG, RICCARDO;MALGIERI, ANGELALEA;
2015
Abstract
The subject of this book is Roman wall-painting from northern Italy, with a focus on materials not yet collected and analysed comprehensively. The general poor preservation of the evidence is a strong limit for archaeological researches, as paintings are commonly found in small fragments, understudied, partially published and usually kept in storage by Soprintendenze and museums. Starting from these premises, TECT project -from the term tectorium (plaster)is generated by the close connections between Padua and Bologna universities, with the aim of creating a database for recording systematically the evidence of wall-painting from Cisalpine Gaul. This will allow, in the future, to manage efficiently a constantly growing evidence. The digital resource, allowing to file and systematize the huge number of occurrences from the region, is the necessary premise for starting a phase of interpretation. This second phase will have the potential to yield important considerations on different art historian, social and cultural aspects linked to Roman wall-painting in Cisalpine Gaul. The book illustrates the philosophy of TECT database, structured in opened and closed descriptive fields, completed by photos, drawings and plans. Follows the presentation, to the scientific community, of an attempt to normalize the technical lexicon, experienced to implement TECT database, completed by a proposal of visual glossary, hoping to raise a discussion for laying the foundations of a future common sharing.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
