Dipartimento di Studi Storici

 

The primary objective of my research project is to deepen the knowledge of the conservation history of art artifacts of the modern age in the Piedmont area, particularly focusing the research on the pictorial genre of portrait. It’s planned to focus, first of all, on paintings created between the 17th and the first half of the 18th century, time period in which court art in Piedmont reached its peak. Through the analysis of publications, archival papers, and photographic documents, an attempt will be made to gather as much information as possible regarding the exhibition histories, changes in location, restorations - and any damage suffered in the past - related to the artifacts examined, to reconstruct their conservation history and critical reception, aspects sometimes somewhat neglected by studies.

The final part of the work will be related to the digitization of the results and data collected, or part of them: such an operation appears to be extremely relevant not only in order to optimize the data storage, but also from the point of view of wide dissemination of the data, among specialists in the field but also – and, perhaps, above all – among laymen: the accessibility of information regarding preservation and the effective communication of activities related to it are indeed indispensable aspects of preservation, as they make the public participatory in the activities of safeguarding the heritage that belongs to them.

 

PhD T4C Courses - Basic Training

The journey of prosopographic data from annotation to visualization: a case study - Prof. Stefano De Martino, Prof. Rossana Damiano

Biological materials: characterisation, biodeterioration, biocontrol and biorestoration. A multidisciplinary approach - Prof. Beatrice Demarchi, Prof. Cynthianne Spiteri, Prof. Enrica Pessione, Prof. Samuele Voyron

Transdisciplinarity and applied digital sciencies - Prof. Vincenzo Lombardo

A multidisciplinary and integrated learning experience about and in front of a bronze sculpture: condition assessment, analytical protocol and preservation strategies - Prof. Dominique Scalarone, Prof. Sergio Favero Longo, Prof. Beatrice Demarchi

Joint efforts towards the understanding of glass production and circulation in pre-Islamic Babylonia - Prof. Vito Messina, Prof. Monica Gulmini

Coloured and colouring materials: detection of dyes and pigments through non-invasive approaches - Prof. Monica Gulmini, Prof. Maurizio Aceto

Scientific investigation of pottery and ceramics - Prof. Monica Gulmini, Prof. Marco Giardino, Prof. Evdokia Tema

From China to chinoiserie - Prof. Eliano Diana

Humans-nature interactions: from landforms to landscapes, from rocks to stones - Prof. Marco Giardino, Prof. Vito Messina, Prof. Guido Stefano Mariani

 G. Novero, catalogue entries no. 3.9, 3.10, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6 in A. M. Bava, A. Morandotti, G. Spione, S. Villano (edited by), Come parla un ritratto. Dipinti poco noti dalle collezioni reali, catalogue of the exhibition (Torino, Galleria Sabauda, July, 8 – November, 7, 2021), Torino 2021, pp. 44-45; 59-60.

G. Novero, catalogue entries no. 1.1, 1.3, in L. Santa (edited by), Donne celebri nel Gabinetto delle Miniature del Palazzo Reale di Torino, Torino 2023, pp. 24-25.