TopogArt

British amateur topographical art and landscape in NW Italy 1835-1915 is a research project funded by the Leverhulme Trust.

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Dr Pietro Piana will speak at at @ClimateExp0, taking place 17-21 May. The first conference from #COP26Universities and RUS, a fusion of #science and #policy ahead of @COP26.Learn more and register your place via https://t.co/2fSHyyXjyZ

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Field survey in Monte Maggio above #Savignone, @parcoantola, comparing the current terrain with an oil painting by Serafin De Avendaño (c. 1870) @LeverhulmeTrust

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@ParcoBeigua Comparison of 1924 Forestry Commission photograph and present day landscape @LeverhulmeTrust

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Sant’Andrea di Foggia above #rapallo and upper slopes of Mount Manico del Lume (800 m asl) in 1900 (Alfred Sells) and today; some areas still uncovered with trees.

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Walter Tyndale’s watercolours of #Noli in #WesternRiviera (1914) indicate that parts of the town are remarkably unchanged

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Topographical art and historical geography: amateur english representations of ligurian landscape in the early nineteenth century https://t.co/Joggvg5LB6

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The Palm Landscapes of the Riviera, new paper published in Landscapes, eprints at
https://t.co/HysdAhXPQj
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Fieldwork in Monte Gazzo, depicted by Alfred Sells in 1900; today the top of the mountain is covered with holm oak woods, Aleppo and maritime pines and introduced cypresses.

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Professor Watkins and Dr Piana presenting the @LeverhulmeTrust funded project on Topographical Art and Landscape at the opening of the 'Paesaggi di Carta' exhibition with the staff of Museo Archeologico of Isola del Cantone and @segalda , president of @parcoantola @UoNGeography

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#Sciarborasca near #Cogoleto @ParcoBeigua @TurismoLiguria successful identification of viewpoint of Club Alpino Italiano @CAILigure photograph taken on 26 March 1899

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Opening of the ‘Paesaggi di Carta’ exhibition in the small mountain town of Isola del Cantone. 150 guests attended the lectures @parcoantola @busallainforma @LeverhulmeTrust @UoNGeography @robertocosta_ge

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#Savignone, the site of a famous nineteenth-century hydrotherapy establishment, seen from Monte Maggio, Valle Scrivia ⁦@parcoantola⁩

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Simona Caleca (Museo Archeologico Alta Valle Scrivia) Nadia Campana (Soprintendenza Archeologica), Daniela Segale (President of @parcoantola) and Pietro Piana presenting the exhibition Paesaggi di Carta at the Sala Trasparenza of Regione Liguria in Genoa, @LiguriaOnLine

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Paesaggi di Carta, an exhibition on topographical art and landscape of the #Scrivia Valley, opening on 26th Jan. It is part of the @Leverhulme funded grant on Topographic Art and Landscape in NW Italy @parcoantola @UoNGeography @UoNHumanities @BalzarettiRoss

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Eleganza Sabauda, Piazza San Carlo, #Torino

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Alfred Sells, near #Cornigliano, 1900. The view shows the quarries of #MonteGazzo above #SestriPonente. The area has been exploited for the extraction of limestone and dolomite rock since the Middle Ages

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Doors open at 11am for our latest exhibition #Sylva @LakesideArts - here's the academic curator Prof Charles Watkins, Professor of Rural Geography @UoNGeography with more:

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In the mountains of #Turin, between the #ValdiSusa, #ValChisone and #ValGermanasca: historical and current landscapes of the #CottianAlps, new blog https://t.co/cyYecJMa6y
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#Balsiglia, in the #Waldenses valley of #ValGermanasca, #Piedmont (William Brockedon, 1838). The area was explored, described and depicted by English alpinists and travellers in the nineteenth century. @Valchisone2 @CAITorino

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The San Giusto cathedral at #Susa, #Piemonte, along the #MontCenis road