The study began by tracing ancient remains through the analysis of architectural decoration, with an initial focus on the survey of sporadic architectural elements that had been reused in medieval buildings or preserved in museum collections. At the current stage, research is concentrated on the Erechtheion, for which new surveys have been carried out to produce an updated 3D model. The objective is not to shed light on the Classical building itself, but rather on the subsequent restoration phases: those undertaken after the major fire of the first century B.C., as well as the less conspicuous interventions of the second and third centuries A.D.
Bibliography
W. Dörpfeld, Erechtheion, Berlin 1942.
A. L. Lesk, A Diachronic Examination of the Erechteion and its Reception, Cincinnati 2005 (PhD diss., University of Cincinnati) Ann Arbor.
F. Mallouchou-Tufano, From Castle to Monument: Metamorphoses of the Acropolis from the 19th to the 21st century, Athens 2023.
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G.P. Stevens, P. Gorham, L. D. Caskey, Lacey Davis; H. N. Fowler, J.M. Paton, James Morton, T. W. Heermance, The Erechtheum, measured, drawn and restored, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard university press 1927.
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PEOPLE
- Leonardo Fuduli (Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia – USP) – CV
Principal Investigator - Massimo Limoncelli (Università di Palermo – Italy) – CV
Associate Researcher - Marco Cangemi (Università di Palermo – Italy)
Associate Researcher - Claudia Gradim (Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia – USP)
Associate Researcher - Stylianos Katakis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) – CV
Associate Researcher - Laura Schepis (Università di Palermo – Italy)
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