Falcucci, Claudio
Graduated in Nuclear Engineering at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", since 1993 he has been involving in the application of diagnostic techniques aimed at studying and conserving Cultural Heritage. In 2005 he founded the M.I.D.A. - Methodology of Investigation for Artistic Diagnostics, where he still carries out his professional activity for the knowledge and study of painting techniques. During his activity he made investigations and research on Michelangelo's Last Judgment frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, Raphael's Parnassus and School of Athens and on over 30 works realized by Caravaggio. In 2010 he curated the exhibition “Caravaggio. La bottega del genio” at Palazzo Venezia in Rome and in 2017 he was the scientific coordinator of the exhibition "Dentro Caravaggio", held at the Palazzo Reale in Milan.
In the archaeological field, he conducted the diagnostic campaign on Pompeii paintings, including that from the Villa of the Mysteries and the “Casa of Venere in conchiglia”, on bronze sculptures like the “Pugile a riposo” from the Museo Nazionale Romano in Rome, " and on the silver artworks, like the collection from Pompei “Casa del Menandro” now in the Archaeological Museum of Naples. Special attention was given to terracotta works, conducting in 2019 a systematic study on on the polychrome slabs of Cerveteri, recovered from the Arma of Carabinieri and exposed at the exhibition "I colori degli Etruschi" held at the Centrale Montemartini in Rome.
In 1996/97, 1999/2000, and continuously from the A.Y. 2002/03 to date he has been teaching diagnostics applied to Cultural Heritage at Specialization School in History of Art of Sapienza, University of Rome. Since 1996 he held courses of diagnostic for art, Archaeometry and Physics applied to cultural heritage at the University of Tuscia in Viterbo and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. Since 2018 he has also attending courses in Archaeometry and physics applied to Cultural Heritage at the Archaeological Specialization School of Sapienza, University of Rome.