Professor Camerlenghi's interests include early Christian and medieval architecture with a particular focus on the city of Rome; the diffusion and cultural significance of domes in the area around the medieval Mediterranean; the interplay between nature and architecture. He is particularly invested in approaching these topics through digital tools, such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, GIS Mapping, 3D Modeling, Photogrammetry and Laser Scanning.
Nick Camerlenghi teaches seminars and topic courses on medieval architecture around the Mediterranean and the department's foreign study program in Rome.
St. Paul’s Outside the Walls: A Roman Basilica, from Antiquity to the Modern Era, Cambridge University Press, 2018.
reviewed:
Olof Brandt, Rivista di Archeologia Cristiana 95 (2019), 475-481.
Michele Luigi Vescovi, Journal of the British Archaeological Association 172 (2019) - Issue 1.
Kordula Wolf, Kunstforum 20 (2019), No. 9.
Julian Gardner, Burlington Magazine, vol. 161, num. 1399 (2019), 877-878.
Hugo Brandenburg, Römischische Quartlaschrift, vol. 114, n. 3/4 (2020), 248-274.
William Tronzo, Speculum, vol. 95, n. 3 (2020), 810-811.
Joseph Connors, Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 73, n. 1 (2020), 219-220.
Dale Kinney, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 80, n.4 (2021), 478-480.
Virtual Nolli 2.0 (Funded in part by the Neukom Institute, Dartmouth College)
"The Millennial Gap in Dome Construction in Rome," in Gesta 58, no. 2 (2019): 103-35.
“Just How Long are the Lives of Medieval Buildings? Framing Spatio-temporalities in the Study of the Built World” in The Long Lives of Medieval Art and Architecture, ed. Jennifer Feltman and Sarah Thompson (New York: Routledge Press, 2019), 17-30.
reviewed:
Elizabeth Carson Pastan, The Medieval Review, 21.09.12
Upcoming Talks:
Keynote speaker at 6th International Society for Intermedial Studies Conference, "Virtual Presence. Between and Beyond Medieval Artistic Media," Trinity College, Dublin (September 1-3, 2022)
"New Affordances of Digital Visualization and Simulation in the Arts of Italy" at Renaissance Society of America Conference (Dublin), Co-organizer and respondent. December, 2022.
Recent Talks:
"The Pedagogic Potentials of Digital Approaches to Medieval Art and Architecture," Digital Pedagogy Talk sponsored by the International Center of Medieval Art, May 24th, 12PM ET
Mark Sponenburgh Lecturer, "Sculpture at the Basilica of St. Paul in Rome: A Digital Approach to 1,600 Years of History," Department of the History of Art and Architecture, University of Oregon, May 17, 2022
"Mapping the Skyline of Medieval Rome," ISA Lecture, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Accademia di Architettura, April 27, 2022
"The Interactive Nolli Map of Rome 2.0," (with Mapping Rome Team), Mapping Cultural Heritage: Exploring Spaces Conference, École française d'Athènes, April 8, 2022
Online book launch for Alison Perchuk, The Medieval Monastery of Saint Elijah: A History in Paint and Stone. Friday Feb. 25 at 2PM ET
"The Virtual Basilica of St. Paul in Rome as a Humanistic Tool," at Visualising Digital Humanities Conference @ STUDIOTEC, September 7, 2021.
"Riflessioni sulle Ricostruzioni Digitali nello Studio di Storia dell'Arte Medievale: Il Caso della Basilica di San Paolo," Università La Sapienza, Roma, June 10, 2021.
"Mapping Medieval Rome," Research Seminar, BIbliotheca Hertziana, Rome, May 27, 2021.
"The Intermediality of Virtual Reality and its Application to Visualization and Analysis: Case Studies from the Architecture of Rome" at (Italian) Media Studies Today" Conference, The Ohio State University, May 6-7, 2021.
"Towering over Rome: 3D Mapping the City’s Network of Surveillance and Power" in "Digital Approaches to Mapping and 3D Modelling of Medieval and Renaissance Urban Environments in the Mediterranean Area" session & Participant in "Linking projects: Beyond LOD – Interconnections of Digital Projects with Digital Infrastructure" Roundtable session, Renaissance Society of America Conference, Dublin, April 15 & 20, 2021.
Conversazioni/Conversations "The City of Rome: Urban Infrastructure and Urban Form from Medieval to Early Modern Times." with Pamela O. Long, American Academy in Rome, April 13, 2021.
"Visualizing Complexities: Practices and Heuristics of Digital Models in Art History," Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome, Dec 10-11, 2020. (Co-organizer and speaker)
Towering over Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Rome: 3D Mapping the City’s Network of Surveillance and Power (Digital Humanities Fellow, Villa I Tatti, Florence, January-June 2021)
The Virtual Basilica Project, 2.0 (an annotated, diachronic and dynamic VR experience of the Basilica of St. Paul in Rome before the fire of 1823) (Funded by an NEH-Mellon Fellowships for Digital Publication). Version 1.0 available here.
Research Collaborator for Corpus Cosmatorum: The Churches of the City or Rome in the Middle Ages, 1050-1300. Project based at Università della Svizzera Italiana and Universität Zürich.
Augmented Dartmouth and Eyenotes (Download AR interface for culture objects on campus) (Funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Office of the Provost, and the Leslie Center of Dartmouth College)
“A Framework for the Study of Early Medieval Domes in Italy.”
"Visualizing Complexities: Practices and Heuristics of Digital Models in Art History," co-editor of a digital conference proceedings, through the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome
