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| Paper: |
The Palazzo della Ragione in Padua:
Representation and Communication of Art, Architecture, and Astrology
of a Civic Monument |
| Volume: |
441, The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena VI |
| Page: |
131 |
| Authors: |
Borgherini, M.; Garbin, E. |
| Abstract: |
Eight centuries of the history of art and of Padua's scientific and
technological culture deposited on the stones and frescoes of its
Palace of Law (“Palazzo della Ragione”) make this great work of
urban architecture a part of the city's collective identity. This
“palimpsest”, legible only to a restricted circle of specialists,
should be accessible to a vaster public interested in understanding
this object symbol of local culture. The project planned for
interactive exploration on the web is a series of digital models,
employing tomographic-endoscopic visualizations and, in future,
multi-resolution images. The various models devised allow the visitor
to superimpose the Palace's current conditions on the various
transformations undergone over the centuries. Similarly, comparisons
can be made between the astrological fresco cycle with maps of the
heavens, cosmological hypotheses, ancient and contemporary
astrological treatises, and the related exchange of knowledge between
the Orient and the Occident. |
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