Aci Sant’Antonio, Sicily, it’s my hometown. Anybody visiting me, after a little traveling around in the area, would eventually ask; Aci Sant’Antonio, Acireale, Aci Trezza, Aci Castello, Aci San Filippo…What all those Aci means? The story is told by the Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso (43 BC – AD 18), known as Ovid. He wrote
Contributed by Samantha Stout Antonino Cosentino has been a valuable reference for my Ph.D. research, which I am completing within the Center of Interdisciplinary Science in Art, Architecture, and Archaeology (CISA3) at the University of California, San Diego. My base for field research is in Florence, Italy and it was easy to make
I just got a Kolor Panogear panoramic head to be tested for Panoramic Infrared Reflectography. I definitely welcome companies to send me their products for evaluation for the specific tasks of art examination. Panoramic photography can be performed using an automatic panoramic head, which can be programmed to rotate the camera around the entrance pupil of the
Samantha Stout is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of California, San Diego. She is undertaking part of her PhD research in Sicily, and I’m helping out so she may have access to various Sicilian Cultural Heritage sites. I like to volunteer a bit of my time to have scholars come to Sicily and do scientific
Samantha Stout is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of California, San Diego. She is in the Materials Science and Engineering program and conducts research on scientific methods for cultural heritage analysis, both in San Diego, and Florence, Italy. Lately, she has been a contributor to this blog and I have been discussing with her