Articles by Simone Piazza

Preface to the section Networks and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology and Art History: Essays from the Venice Symposium (5-6 December 2024)

The ‘Sacra Absentia’ project, led by Simone Piazza (PI) with Giulia Anna Bianca Bordi (research fellow), is part of the PNRR (2022-2025) within the CHANGES program, Spoke 8, at University Ca' Foscari Venice. This study examines medieval and early modern pilgrims’ accounts of Venice’s religious heritage, informing the cataloguing and spatial reconstruction of lost or recontextualized liturgical furnishings. An online database georeferences these objects using contemporary maps and Jacopo de’ Barbari’s 1500 Venice view. A case study on Sant’Agnese, integrating published and unpublished sources, demonstrates the methodology’s effectiveness in uncovering new historical insights.