Monday, 31 January 2011

Pompei - Fitto: tra un mese fondi e progetti per gli Scavi

Pompei - Fitto: tra un mese fondi e progetti per gli Scavi
L’UE: pronti a velocizzare le procedure per i finanziamenti. Bondi: si investe poco in cultura.
Si difende il ministro della Cultura, Sandro Bondi (nella foto) all’indomani della “querelle” sugli Scavi con la commissione dell’Ue. «È verissimo - dice - che l’Italia spende meno degli altri paesi europei, e questo è uno scandalo. Ma è una responsabilità delle classi dirigenti del paese che hanno sottovalutato il ruolo che la cultura può avere». Secondo l’analisi del ministro dal 2002 ad oggi c’erano nelle casse di Pompei circa 50 milioni di euro da poter spendere, mentre i soli biglietti rendono 22 milioni di euro all’anno. Intanto, il ministro per gli Affari Regionali e la coesione territoriale, Raffaele Fitto assicura: «L’esecutivo avanzerà le proposte relative a Pompei entro il prossimo mese di febbraio, dopo aver verificato con le Regioni lo stato di attuazione dei programmi. In tal modo raccogliendo l’invito del commissario europeo alle politiche regionali, Johannes Hahn». Poi, da parte del ministero arriva l’ulteriore precisazione: «La possibilità di intervenire concretamente sul patrimonio archeologico nazionale ed in particolare su Pompei, come ricordato anche oggi dal ministro Bondi nel corso del suo intervento alla Camera, è frutto dell’azione di razionalizzazione e riprogrammazione delle risorse destinate al Mezzogiorno avviata a luglio dello scorso anno dal Governo». Da parte della Commissione Ue c’è la disponibilità nel velocizzare tutte le procedure affinché i fondi europei possano essere utilizzati per gli interventi sul patrimonio archeologico italiano, ma spetta all’Italia presentare delle proposte. 

Street fountain model!

Anyone got a birthday coming up? Fancy one of these?

Faithful and accurate Reconstruction of an Ancient Roman Town Street Fountain with 7 different original Ancient Roman Fountain Sculpted Heads and 2 different sets of Stone Textures. [Pompeii Type] [Block 2.2]
In the Package you will find:
A- 1 typical Roman Town Street Fountain [Pompeii Type] [1]
B- 7 typical Roman Town Fountain Sculpted Heads to build up to 7 different Roman Fountains [2]
C- 2 different Sets of Stone Textures [GrayLight, GrayDark] [3]
D- 9 Hi-DEF Photoreal textures [2048x1430, 1554x2048, 1100x1100, 812x812, 512x512] [4]
E- 2 Hi-DEF textures Templates for weathering and to customize the models [5]
F- Formats available: Cinema4D, 3DS, OBJ, VUE.
All the Models are prepared Low-Polygon, Hi-DEF and Photoreal, perfect for any type of Rendering and specially for Medium and Long-Shot Range!
The Quality of Model and Textures make the model useful also for many types of close-up renderings.
Models Polygons and Vertices [VUE and 3DS] for C4D and OBJ Polygons are [ca /2]:
Roman Town Fountain Bld-02.002 without Head [13414;9401]
Roman Town Fountain Bld-02.002 with Head [58414;32394]
Fountain Head 1 [3450;2437]
Fountain Head 2 [4494;3111]
Fountain Head 3 [22514;12888]
Fountain Head 4 [22514;12468]
Fountain Head 5 [22514;12249]
Fountain Head 6 [47514;24876]
Fountain Head 7 [2550;1971]
These models are useful for many types of sceneries, ancient sceneries but also modern ones, as for Roman re-enactment.
The Archaeo.Sys 3D series is developing high-fidelity 3D reconstruction of Objects, Architecture and Scenes from Classical Greek and Roman Antiquity.

Video: Pompeii deconstructed

Just came across this video on the History Channel. I'm not sure if it's old or new, but I haven't seen it before. It has some interesting graphics (the text is a bit dodgy, however). I particularly liked (well, not 'liked') seeing Naples be destroyed.

Nicolas Cage offered the lead in Treasure of Pompeii

This has been all over the internet this weekend:
Nicolas Cage offered the lead in Treasure of Pompeii
From Cemetery Man director Michele Soavi
Nicolas Cage has been offered the chance to star in family adventure Treasure of Pompeii.
The film isn't actually the third installment in Cage's National Treasure franchise, despite sounding quite similar.
Pompeii is described as being close to The Goonies in tone, with the plot centring on "some boys’ adventures in Pompeii, the dead Roman city near the Vesuvius volcano, while searching for a hidden treasure."
There's no word on what role Cage is up for, so he could be playing a concerned dad, a pesky villain, or something altogether different.
Hopefully the film will be closer to the boisterous adventuring of The Goonies than the forgettable code-cracking of the National Treasures.
Read the full article here.

Friday, 28 January 2011

Conference: Conservare Pompei

UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II
CENTRO INTERDIPARTIMENTALE DI INGEGNERIA PER I BENI CULTURALI (CIBeC)

LA PRESENTAZIONE DEL 6° CORSO DI PERFEZIONAMENTO IN INGEGNERIA PER I BENI CULTURALI AVRÀ LUOGO

MARTEDÌ 01 FEBBRAIO 2011 ore 16.00

FACOLTÀ DI INGEGNERIA, AULA BOBBIO

CON LA CONFERENZA INAUGURALE DEL PROF. PIERO GIOVANNI GUZZO SUL TEMA

CONSERVARE POMPEI

INTRODURRÀ LA DR.SSA GIULIANA TOCCO

COME AL SOLITO, GLI INTERESSATI SONO INVITATI A PARTECIPARE

Thursday, 27 January 2011

Article: Culture minister survives confidence vote over Pompeii collapses

From Adnkronos:
Culture minister survives confidence vote over Pompeii collapses
Italy's culture minister Sandro Bondi survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote late on Wednesday aimed removing him from office over the recent collapses at the 2,000-year-old ancient Roman city of Pompeii.
After a four-hour debate in the parliament, 292 deputies , mainly from the opposition and centrist parties, voted against Bondi, while 314 voted in favour and two abstained.
The survival of Bondi, a long-term Berlusconi loyalist, underlined the difficulty Italy's divided opposition has had in mustering the numbers to defeat the conservative coalition. The government has narrowly survived two confidence votes in the past four months and is struggling to deal with a prostitution scandal that has engulfed the 74-year-old premier.
The opposition Democratic Party presented the motion against Bondi, who they blame for the run-down state of Pompeii, a UNESCO heritage site and one of the world's most famous historical sites.
Following heavy rains, Pompeii was hit by three cave-ins in less than a month. The collapse in November of part of its frescoed House of the Gladiator and a wall at the site of the House of the Moralist shocked the world.
The collapses were followed by another cave-in at an ancient house in Pompeii in early December. The opposition blamed Bondi and said neglect and a cut in funding for the fragile archaeological site had caused the tragedy
The minister denied the accusations, saying his government had done its best to preserve and restore Italy's artistic heritage, and rejected calls for his resignation.
Following the Pompeii collapses, Bondi launched a special foundation to preserve the site.
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