Umbria (Italy)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
[San Giovanni Battista presso San Giovanni Profiamma, (Foligno, Italy). Altar and crypt. XI-XIII century], 1910-1940
Photographic Materials
Dates:
1910-1940
[San Giustino alla Colombella, (Perugia, Italy). Photographs of the Apse and restoration drawing], 1910-1940
Photographic Materials
Dates:
1910-1940
[Santa Maria Infraportas, (Foligno, Italy). Romanesque School, frescos: the good thief who was crucified with Christ, Christ with St. Peter and St. Paul. XII century], 1910-1940
Photographic Materials
Dates:
1910-1940
Van Deman Notes, 1907 - 1929
Collection
Identifier: PA.AAR.VD.N.
Abstract
Esther Van Deman's work focuses on building materials, working to establish a chronology of construction for the ancient sites. In 1907, while attending a lecture in the Atrium Vestae in Rome, Van Deman noticed that the bricks blocking up a doorway differed from those of the structure itself. Such differences in building materials provided a key to discovering the chronology of ancient structures. Van Deman's basic methodology, with few modifications, became the standard procedure in Roman...
Dates:
1907-1929