RETHINKING MAIURI: ENHANCEMENT OF STUCCO FINDINGS FROM THE HERCULANEUM ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARKq

Filippo Edoardo Capasso


Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera (Italy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7258-1703

Francesca Castiello


Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera (Italy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6075-5224

Simona Dichiara


Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera (Italy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4375-2742

Manuel Giandomenico


Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera (Italy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6994-0453

Natalie Iacopino


Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera (Italy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6531-6426

Erika Maddalena


Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera (Italy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-2121

Camilla Mauri


Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera (Italy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6415-3426

Sokol Muca


Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera (Italy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6715-5969

Mariagiulia Roscigno


Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera (Italy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8047-5222

Sofia Schiattone


Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera (Italy)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9026-344X

Abstract

The subject of this study is a group of ninety stucco fragments from the Herculaneum Archeological Park, which were part of the decoration of the Tetrapylon’s barrel vault located in the Decumanus Maximus. The archaeologist Amedeo Maiuri, former superintendent of the site, had been displaying them in a cabinet within a nearby domus, as part of his project of an open air museum, while other parts of the stucco decoration were repositioned in situ, with large lacunas. Our project’s aim has been to develop a new exhibition solution, pursuing an accurate recovery of the overall volume of the decoration, meeting the requirements of reversibility and stability of conservation-restoration treatments, while allowing further updates through new findings. Considering the wide range of methods at our disposal, the most effective technical support in matching the fragments, and acquiring accurately the shape has shown to be the 3D scanning and modeling.


Keywords:

Stucco fragments, Hercolaneum, Roman architecture, Amedeo Maiuri, 3D acquisition, reconstruction proposal, integration

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2019-12-20

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Capasso, F. E. ., Castiello, F., Dichiara, S., Giandomenico, M., Iacopino, N., Maddalena, E., … Schiattone, S. (2019). RETHINKING MAIURI: ENHANCEMENT OF STUCCO FINDINGS FROM THE HERCULANEUM ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARKq. Protection of Cultural Heritage, (8), 53–64. https://doi.org/10.35784/odk.1043

Authors

Filippo Edoardo Capasso 

Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7258-1703

Authors

Francesca Castiello 

Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6075-5224

Authors

Simona Dichiara 

Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4375-2742

Authors

Manuel Giandomenico 

Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6994-0453

Authors

Natalie Iacopino 

Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6531-6426

Authors

Erika Maddalena 

Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0507-2121

Authors

Camilla Mauri 

Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6415-3426

Authors

Sokol Muca 

Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6715-5969

Authors

Mariagiulia Roscigno 

Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8047-5222

Authors

Sofia Schiattone 

Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage in Matera Italy
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9026-344X

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