Oggetto: Roma - Veduta del complesso dei Fori Imperiali nel X secolo ?

mgconde · #1 (**permalink**) 12-September-2006

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Da:: MARTIN G CONDE <mgconde@yahoo.com>
Data:: Mar 12 Set 2006 3:29 am
Oggetto:: Roma - Veduta del complesso dei Fori Imperiali nel X sccolo ?

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"...Stavo domandandosi se chiunque anche interessato dentro o il
familiare con le indagini archeologica recenti alla zona delle fori
imperiali di Roma potesse potere dire a se questa nuova ultima immagine
delle Fori imperiali pubblicate nell'articolo da R. Hodges è una
versione modificata dell'immagine originale da Inklink o da una
versione precedente?..."
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Per le immagini supplementari del Fori Imperiali ed il Visitor Center
Fori Imperiali (c.2005) =

http://www.flickr.com/photos/imperial_fora_of_rome/sets/72157594250936517/detail/

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Several months ago the English language Art & Archaeology Magazine
MINERVA
(London, UK) published the following article:

Richard Hodges, Resurrecting Ruins: The Art of Archaeological
Reconstruction.
Vol. 17, No. 3. May / June 2006. =

http://minervamagazine.com/issue1703/index.html

The article discussed the work of the Italian artists affiliated with
the
Italian firm of INKLINK of Florence, Italy.

http://www.inklink.it/inklink/archivio.php?toc=144#

This firm is particularly noted for creation of numerous highly
detailed three
dimensional educational / informational panels now located throughout
the
Crypta Balbi Museum of Medieval Archaeology of Rome.

On exhibit at the Crypta Balbi Museum is an informational panel
entitled:
"I Fori [Imperiali] nell' alto medievo - La Vita nei Fori / the
[Imperial]
Fora in the early Middle Ages." =

http://it.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/romaeterna/photos/view/9a34?b=2&m=f&o=0
Photo = personal collection of Martin G. Conde, c. 2004.

The actual image of the three dimensional reconstruction of the "I
Fori
[Imperiali]" was originally available online on the Internet site of
Inklink c.
2002 [no longer available]. =

http://it.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/romaeterna/photos/view/9a34?b=3&m=f&o=0

This image of the Fori Imperiali has also been published in several
recently published works by the Italian archaeologists R. Meneghini
(Forum of
Trajan) and R. S. Valenzani (Forum of Caesar & Forum / Temple of Peace)
who have
been responsible for the archaeological excavations in these sectors of
the Fora
since the late 1990s until the present. =

R. M / R. S. V - Roma Nell' Altomedievo (Roma 2004) = p. 187 / fig.
178:
Veduta ricostruttiva dei Fori Imperiali nel X secolo (da Roma 2001).

M. S. Arena (edt.), Roma dall'antichità al medioevo: archeologia e
storia nel
Museo Nazionale Romano, Crypta Balbi. Vol. 1 (Roma 2001) = p. 39 / fig.
7:
Veduta del complesso dei Fori Imperiali nel X secolo (designo Inklink).

Note: A modified version of this image which only showed the Forum and
Markets
of Trajan was also originally on display at the first Visitor Center of
the
Imperial Fora c. 2001 (personal communication and image courtesy of
Prof. James
E. Packer, Northwestern University, Ill. USA. Sept. 2001).

For this image see: H. Cancik / H. Schneider (edt.) - Rom: § III.
Kaiserfora.
Der Neue Pauly (Pac -Sch) 15.2 (2002: 892-904) = section: 857-859 /
[fig.] abb.
8: Mutmasslicher Zustand des Trajansforums in 10. Jahrhundert.

In the latest article by R. Hodges, MINERVA (MAY/JUNE) 2006, the image
of the
reconstruction of the Imperial Fora in the Early Middle Ages by
(Inklink) =

http://it.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/romaeterna/photos/view/9a34?b=4&m=f&o=0

When comparing this image from the recent article by (Hodges 2006) with
the earlier one of the Imperial Fora by (Inklink 2002) = (Meneghini
2004 = Arena 2001) I noticed several different features not shown in
the original version of the photo i.e., the latest image shows, to name
a few:

1. The ruins of the Temple of Venus Genitrix.

2. The ruins of the Curia (Senate House) with the construction of
medieval structures at the base of the left wall.

3. The ruins of the Forum / Temple of Peace covered over with orchards.

I was wondering if anyone also interested in or familiar with the
recent
archaeological investigations in the area of the Imperial Fora of Rome
could be
able to tell if this new latest image of the Imperial Fora published in
the
article by R. Hodges is an revised version of the original image by
Inklink or a
former version?

Thank you
Martin G Conde
Washington DC, USA
mgconde@yahoo.com