Paintings, objects, and mosaics
Genre - Form
- Subfile
Final number
- Number
- 10
Extent
- Number
- 270
- Unit of measurement
- slide
- Type and number of units
- Slide films stored in 15 archival slide storage sheets
Content
This subfiles showcases a variety of artworks, artifacts, and mosaics predominantly from archaeological sites in Cyprus, Italy, Turkey, and Tunisia documenting restoration techniques and archaeological excavations. There is a notable collection of slides that highlights the Paphos Archaeological Park in Cyprus taken in 1988, which includes the intricate mosaics from the House of Orpheus and House of Dionysus, emphasizing conservation efforts such as the detailed process of removal of mosaics from that site (e.g., dust removal, consolidation, application of glaze layer, undercutting, rolled mosaic, etc.) Other sites in which mosaic is highlighted include Ostia Antica, showing old restoration and decay of a mosaic; presence of weed killer, water damage, and cracked concrete base in Aquileia, Italy; detached mosaics on wall in Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul; rusting of reinforced concrete in Nora, Italy; before during and after restoration of opus tessellatum in Aphordisias, Turkey, amongst others. There are also images of Atacama mummy from Chile.
The collection also features a range of objects, including bronze artifacts, ceramics, and sculptures, all illustrating diverse conservation issues, such as corrosion, flaking surfaces, and deterioration due to environmental factors.
The locations and corresponding dates are listed below in alphabetical order by country:
Chile: San Pedro de Atacama: Atacama mummy (1984)
Columbia: Cementerio Parque Arqueológico, San Agustín (n/d)
Cyprus: Mosaic of Ktisis, Kourion (1990), Paphos Archaeological Park (1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992)
Greece: Agora, Athens (n/d)
Israel: Beit She'an (1994)
Italy: Agrigento (1984), Aquileia (n/d); Basilica Aemilia, Roman Forum (1981), Chieti Museum (1984), Morgantina, Sicily (1994), Nora (1986), Ostia Antica (1983, 1998), Museo Nazionale, Bronzi di Riace, Reggio Calabria (n/d), Palatine (1986), Tarquinia (n/d)
Tanzania: Oloduum Camp, Laetoli (1992)
Tunisia: Bardo Museum, Tunis (1990)
Turkey: Aphrodisias (1981, 1982); Aphrodisias Museum (n/a); Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul (1996)
UK: Aldborough Roman Site (1998), St. Botolph's Church, Hardham, Sussex (1998), National Gallery of Scotland (n/d)
USA: Mound City Group National Monument, Ohio (n/d), Paul J. Getty Museum, California (1986)
Reference code
- Reference code
- NSP-02-042 to NSP-02-056
Reproductions and copyright
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