Spaces & Systems

Map showing Nazi labor camps categorized by type of labor. Image Credit: Antonio LoPiano.

Mapping German Construction

February 16, 2021March 23, 2021
Scale, Spaces & Systems

Few eras in Art History are as famous for their buildings as Weimar Germany (1918-1933) and none is more notorious than the Nazi period (1933-1945).… Read More »Mapping German Construction

Model of a medieval Portuguese fortress with its historical documentation in the background. Image Credit: Book of Fotresses project team.

Book of Fortresses

February 16, 2021March 23, 2021
Scale, Spaces & Systems

The aim of the Book of Fortresses project is to spatially reconstruct an exceptional architectural source from early modern Portugal called the Livro das Fortalezas… Read More »Book of Fortresses

Image of a vaulted ceiling showing stereotomy in the stonework. Image credit: Sara Galletti

Mapping Stereotomy

February 16, 2021March 23, 2021
Scale, Spaces & Systems

Mapping Stereotomy is on hold while Professor Galletti is on leave. Mapping Stereotomy is a database dedicated to stereotomy, the art of cutting stones into… Read More »Mapping Stereotomy

Panorama of the Duke Chapel. Image credit: Luca Vascon

Building Duke

February 16, 2021October 15, 2021
Objects, Spaces & Systems

Building Duke is on hold while Professor Galletti is on leave. Building Duke is a three-year initiative that will be implemented in three phases: data… Read More »Building Duke

Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg, Aerial view of Paris in the Civitates orbis terrarum (Cologne, 1572). Image credit: Rubenstein Library at Duke University, https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4h41rn8z.

Paris of Waters

February 16, 2021March 23, 2021
Spaces & Systems

Paris of Waters is on hold while Professor Galletti is on leave. Paris of Waters is a research project that focuses on the impact of… Read More »Paris of Waters

Death, burial and commemoration in Athens

February 16, 2021March 9, 2021
Spaces & Systems

This research project is a multi-faceted, diachronic study of the commemoration of the dead in Athens, which explores the shifting locations of burial, the findspots… Read More »Death, burial and commemoration in Athens

Still from a 3D parallax animation using historic imagery to show Venetian boats entering and exiting the city.

Senses of Venice

February 16, 2021March 23, 2021
Objects, Spaces & Systems

This project brings to life the first accurate map of Venice produced in 1729 by Ludovico Ughi. Printed in sections, it included sixteen vignettes of… Read More »Senses of Venice

Dictionary of Art Historians

February 16, 2021October 15, 2021
Objects, Scale, Spaces & Systems

The Dictionary of Art Historians was a long-standing private research tool which joined the Wired! Lab in 2017. As an open-source public database, it holds… Read More »Dictionary of Art Historians

Images of the J. B. Duke statue on West Campus. Image Credit: The Duke Chronicle; Duke University Libraries.

Statues Speak

February 16, 2021March 25, 2022
Objects, Spaces & Systems

Statues are all around us, but we often walk past them without reflecting on who or what they represent. Once shiny new landmarks in the… Read More »Statues Speak

Archaeological plan of ancient Athens with statuary modeled in 3D on top of the plan. Image Credit: Sheila Dillon

Digital Athens

February 16, 2021March 23, 2021
Spaces & Systems

The Digital Athens project began in the fall of 2014. The initial aim of this project was to produce a comprehensive digital map in ArcGIS… Read More »Digital Athens