Paolo Verzone (1902-1982) A Journey in Time and Space |
Archeology-5: Archive
The body of material collected by during the course of his career forms the Verzone Fund which is preserved in the Town-Housing Department of Torino Polytechnic.
The Fund consists of: photographic negatives and prints, surveys, sketches of architecture and decorative details, manuscripts, writings and preparatory notes; the background working material on which the scholar’s scientific output is based, used to tackle his research and synthesis on the Romanesque architecture of northern Italy, in the early years of his scientific productivity, and ancient and late-ancient architecture, from the start of his constant sojourns in Turkey.
The collection contains:
- Over two thousand pictures in black and white (photographic glass plate negatives and positives, film negatives) mostly of Romanesque architecture in Piedmont and Liguria, and Ravennate architecture; much of this material dates back to between the mid-1920’s, when Verzone was completing his university studies, to the early 1950’s, when he was teaching in Turkey.This collection, which also includes teaching material, is preserved in the Laboratory of History and Cultural Wealth. In addition, the laboratory also has numerous architectonic surveys of mostly medieval religious and public buildings in Italy.
- Over thirteen thousand negatives, the majority of black and white film, that mostly deal with the Hellenistic-Roman and Byzantine architecture of Asia Minor; monumental complexes, architectonic structures and elements of architectonic decoration of the major archeological sites found in modern Turkey are represented photographically as portraits, scenes of everyday life, aspects of a simple, rural civilization.
The material dates back to between 1952, when Verzone began teaching at Istanbul Technical University, and 1981, his final year as director of Hierapolis. Closely connected with the photographic material are the numerous surveys and sketches of ancient and medieval monumental buildings of Asia Minor.
The photographic data is mostly in the form of black and white film negatives, mostly 6 x 6 cm, organized in geographic (162 sites visited) and chronological order; this collection is preserved in the archives of the the Archeological Mission in Hierapolis, Phrygia.
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Aphrodisias, Odeon, 1963.
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Aphrodisias, Stadium, 1963.
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Aphrodisias, Therme (hammam), 1963.
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Aphrodisias, Therme (hammam), 2002.
Photo: O. Musso
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Aphrodisias, Therme (hammam), 2002.
Photo: O. Musso
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