Analysis of hundreds of art works from the period provides insights into forgotten landscapes and hidden geographies.After the Napoleonic wars many wealthy British women and men settled along the coast in Liguria and travelled in Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta in search of warmth and health. They established English-speaking colonies of retired clerics, colonial officials, aristocrats and industrialists at places such as Alassio, Bordighera, Sanremo and Portofino. Many were keen artists.This book assesses hundreds of topographical drawings, paintings and photographs of north-west Italy produced by these British visitors and residents in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Through the identification and analysis of these works, scattered today in private and public collections in Italy and Britain, it provides insights into the way Italian landscapes were understood and appreciated. Considered in conjunction with historical photography, maps, archives and fieldwork, they deepen our knowledge of past land management traditions and recover how the contemporary landscape looked. The artists are placed in their intellectual and geographical contexts; and interconnections between British and Italian artists and between topographical art and photography are explored. Different chapters assess the main subjects depicted, including mountains, seascapes, rivers, agriculture, trees and woodland, castles, churches, villages, industries and landscapes of luxury.anagement traditions and recover how the contemporary landscape looked. The artists are placed in their intellectual and geographical contexts; and interconnections between British and Italian artists and between topographical art and photography are explored. Different chapters assess the main subjects depicted, including mountains, seascapes, rivers, agriculture, trees and woodland, castles, churches, villages, industries and landscapes of luxury.anagement traditions and recover how the contemporary landscape looked. The artists are placed in their intellectual and geographical contexts; and interconnections between British and Italian artists and between topographical art and photography are explored. Different chapters assess the main subjects depicted, including mountains, seascapes, rivers, agriculture, trees and woodland, castles, churches, villages, industries and landscapes of luxury.anagement traditions and recover how the contemporary landscape looked. The artists are placed in their intellectual and geographical contexts; and interconnections between British and Italian artists and between topographical art and photography are explored. Different chapters assess the main subjects depicted, including mountains, seascapes, rivers, agriculture, trees and woodland, castles, churches, villages, industries and landscapes of luxury.

Nella tradizione degli studi italiani sui paesaggi archeologici è praticamente assenta la ricognizione aerea condotta direttamente da archeologi che tramite aeroplani da turismo documentano le emergenze con la fotografia obliqua. La causa principale di questa lacuna è da attribuire alla legislazione del 1939. Con la fine del 2000 anche gli archeologi italiani dispongono dell’opportunità di utilizzare questa metodologia di ricerca di cui è ben nota l’efficacia in tutta l’Europa centro settentrionale. Il presente volume, In volo nel passato, rappresenta il primo manuale italiano nel quale sono esposti i concetti di base, le metodologie e le applicazioni della ricognizione aerea esplorativa. Terminati capitoli dedicati al volo il volume affronta centrali quali il processo di interpretazione e di restituzione grafica delle evidenze in traccia. Uno spazio consistente è lasciato alla presentazione di una rassegna di esempi italiani allo scopo di illustrare potenzialità e metodi della ricognizione aerea e della fotografia obliqua. Il lavoro si conclude con una selezione di articoli presentati a Siena nella primavera del 2001 che affrontano le nuove metodologie di telerilevamento che gli autori ritengono saranno protagoniste dei prossimi anni.