Archaeometric analyses of white marbles from Hadrian's Villa (Tivoli, Italy) and the use of Pentelic and Dokymaean marbles in the statuary of the so-called Canopus

• Patrizio Pensabene ^[1] ; Fabrizio Antonelli ^[2] ; Lorenzo Lazzarini ^[2] ; Stefano Cancelliere ^[2]
  1. [1] Università de Roma La Sapienza

     Università de Roma La Sapienza

     Roma Capitale, Italia

     
  2. [2] Università Iuav di Venezia

     Università Iuav di Venezia

     Venezia, Italia

     
• Localización: Interdisciplinary studies on ancient stone: proceedings of the IX Association for the Study of Marbles and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA) Conference (Tarragona 2009) / coord. por Anna Gutiérrez García-Moreno, María Pilar Lapuente Mercadal, Isabel Rodà de Llanza, 2012, ISBN 978-84-939033-8-1, págs. 104-108
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The results of a minero-petrographic and isotopic study carried out on the marbles of statues and architectural elements belonging to several buildings on the Villa Adriana site (the Canopus, the Peristyle Pool Building, the Hall with Doric pillars and the Serapeum) are presented here as part of an ongoing project which considers all the marble decorations of the Villa complex. Analytical data indicate the prevailing presence of marmor lunense and the use of Pentelic and Thasian marbles of architectural elements in a few areas of the Hall with Doric pillars, the Peristyle pool building and the Serapeum. Analysis of sculptures from the Canopus indicated that those of the Tiber and Nile gods were made of Parian marble, the Caryatids and Telamons of Pentelic marble and the Amazons of the white Dokymaean marble