9th WORKSHOP
MOSAIC: ARCHAEOMETRY, TECHNOLOGY AND
CONSERVATION
Science: big chance for the mosaic art
24th-25th November 2016, ISIA, Faenza
Palazzo Mazzolani, Aula Magna ISIA
Corso Mazzini 93
Faenza (RA)
Info workshop2016@istec.cnr.it
Michele Macchiarola tel. +390546699773 - Sabrina Gualtieri tel. +390546699772
PROGRAMME
24th November
9.00 – 9.45 Registration of the participants
9.45 – 10.00 Welcome and presentation of the Workshop
1st Session. Chairperson: Michele Macchiarola, CNR-ISTEC, Faenza
10.00 – 10.30 Reusing and recycling in ancient mosaics. Case studies from
Aquileia, House “Delle Bestie ferite”
C. Boschetti, Department of Cultural Heritage. Archaeology, History of
Art, Cinema and Music, University of Padua, Italy
10.30 – 11.00 Mosaics of Faenza: some examples of study, restoration and
musealization
C. Guarnieri, Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio di
Bologna, Ferrara, Modena e Reggio Emilia
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
2nd Session. Chairperson: Lina Damiani, Lina Mosaics, Tirana,
Albania
11.30 - 12.00 The Mosaic jewels from the Czech Republic. Restoration of
the mosaic decoration of the vault in Pfeiffer and Král tomb Jablonec nad Nisou
M. Kracík Štorkánová, O. Panyushkina, C. Irene, G. Bastieri, S. Cimarolli,
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Art in craft MOZAIKA z.s., Czech Republic.
Accademia di Belle Arti di Ravenna, Italy. Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna.
Accademia di Belle Arti di Verona.
12.00 – 12.30 Conservation of ancient and contemporary mosaics in Ukraine.
Case Studies
N. Kukovalska, Kievan Sophia National Historical and Cultural Reserve,
Kiev, Ukraine
12.30 – 13.00 Naples metro: contemporary mosaics in “art station”
G. Cassese, M. Corbi, R. Fasanaro, M. Oliva, M. Titomanlio, ISIA, Faenza
(RA), Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. Art Stations Naples - ANM SpA. MN
Metropolitana di Napoli SpA. Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna. Accademia di
Belle Arti di Napoli e L’Aquila
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.10 Presentation Poster
Chairperson: Manlio Titomanlio, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli e
L’Aquila
16.10 – 16.30 Tea break
16.30 – 18.00 Round Table Chairperson: Giovanna Cassese,
ISIA, Faenza
“Materials and innovative solutions for the contemporary mosaic”
19.45 Social dinner (Cantina del Bonsignore, Brisighella, RA, 25,00
euros)
25th November
3rd Session. Chairperson: Moh’d Abu Aysheh, Green
Restoration, Madaba, Jordan
9.00 – 9.30 Manual manufacture of light supports for mosaic
T. Pasíes Oviedo, H. Fayos Bou, J.L. Regidor Ros, P. Soriano Sancho,
Museo de Prehistoria de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. Instituto de Restauración del
Patrimonio, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
9.30 – 10.00 From Slovenian Coast to Inland– Comprehensive Preservation
and Presentation of Roman Mosaics
M. Lesar Kikelj, S. Kramar, Institute for the Protection of Cultural
Heritage of Slovenia, Restoration Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Slovenian
National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
10.00 – 10.30 The mosaics of the Trajan’s Schola in Ostia Antica.
Preservation, restoration, and development between the past and present
G. Bandini, P. Germoni, M. Talani, E. Del Fiacco, (Ex) Soprintendenza
Speciale per il Colosseo, il Museo Nazionale Romano e l’Area Archeologica di
Roma - Rome, Italy. ARCHIRES s.r.l. - Rome, Italy. Architect freelance, Rome,
Italy.
10.30 – 11.00 Use of geopolymeric composites for the restoration of a
Roman mosaic fragment
S. Rindi, E. Soragni, S. Gualtieri, R. Fontanelli, M. Macchiarola, Centro
di Restauro della Soprintendenza Archeologica per le Belle Arti e il Paesaggio
per la città metropolitana di Firenze e le provincie di Prato e Pistoia,
Florence. CNR-ISTEC, Faenza, Italy
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Round Table. Chairperson: Giorgio Bonsanti,
MIBACT-MIUR (technical committee for Italian university restoration courses)
“Movable supports for the conservation of mosaic fragments: materials and
innovative techniques”
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
4th Session. Chairperson: Rosanna Fattorini, Musiwa, Florence,
Italy
14.30 – 15.00 Abstract forms, made from stone, pebble. Their figurative
expression
T. Dubovskaya, Mosaic artist, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
15.00 – 15.30 The stone was here before us. It will be well after my hand
have moved it in space
B. Serre, Béatrice Serre – Mosaique et Creations, Paris, Paris
15.30 – 16.00 Tea break
5th Session. Chairperson: Michele Macchiarola, CNR-ISTEC, Faenza
16.00 – 16.30 Experience of restoration worksite on mosaic surface in the
Nativity Church of Bethlehem. Conservation of a unique artefact never restored
G. Piacenti, M. Piacenti, S. Starinieri, G. Inguì, Piacenti SpA – Centro
Restauri, Prato, Italy
16.30 – 17.00 The Royal Project for Restoration Mosaics in Al-Aqsa Mosque
and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
M. Abu Aysheh, Green Restoration, Madaba, Jordan
17.00 -17.20 Proposals for future enterprises
17.20 – 17.30 Closing of the workshop
POSTERS
1. Cartoni: procedural value of contact in the context of mosaic
restoration.
G. Alecci, Fine Arts Academy of Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy
2. Five centuries of mosaic making in Aquileia. Technical analysis of two
case studies from domus delle Bestie ferite
C. Boschetti, S. Dilaria, C. Mazzoli, M. Salvadori, Department of
Cultural Heritage. Archaeology, History of Art, Cinema and Music, University of
Padua, Italy. Department of Geosciences, University of Padua, Italy
3. The exhibition of mosaics with Christological scenes detached of
Sant'Apollinare Nuovo (National Museum of Ravenna, 1957): For a first critical
historical survey
M. Buccoleri , L. Ciancabilla, School of Arts, Humanities, and Cultural
Heritage, University of Bologna, Ravenna
4. Restoration of floor in mosaic of oratory Sommariva Tremezzo, Como
M. Caldara, Department of Restoration, Academy of Fine Arts Aldo Galli, Como,
Italy
5. Execution of ‘self-supporting’ supports suitable to maintain the
surface irregularities of mosaic floors detached from the original site
R. Cassio, Laboratorio restauro mosaici, Musei Vaticani, Vatican City
State
6. The table with fruit
L. Damiani, Lina Mosaics, Tirana, Albania
7. The short history of mosaic in Russia
T. Dubovskaya, Mosaic artist, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
8. “Pictor Imaginarius” Contest. Nazzano: contemporary mosaic village
A. Lugari, Pictor Imaginarius Mosaic School, Nazzano, Rome, Italy
9. “Mosaici dipinti. I cartoni pittorici di Libera Musiani”
C. Pausini, CIDM – Centro Internazionale di Documentazione sul Mosaico,
Museo d’Arte della Città, Ravenna, Italy
10. An Architect’s Dream
J. Smith, Juliemosaics, Amble, Northumberland, England
11. The restoration of the stone inlays of the St. Erasmus’s Cathedral
crypt in Gaeta
A. Sorrentino, Restorer, Naples, Italy