Dr. C.B.M. (Chiara) Piccoli
Research Fellow and Data Scientist
Faculty of Humanities
Capaciteitsgroep Archeologie
Visiting address
- Kloveniersburgwal 48
Postal address
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Postbus 94203
1090 GE Amsterdam
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Profile
Chiara Piccoli is Research Fellow and Data Scientist at the 4D Research Lab (Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam). Her research interests focus on urban and domestic contexts and on the application of 3D modelling and GIS mapping for the visualization, analysis and communication of historical data.
In 2018-2022, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Amsterdam in the NWO-funded project 'Virtual Interiors as Interfaces for Big Historical Data'. During this project, she researched seventeenth-century Amsterdam houses and created 3D reconstructions of their interiors to investigate how domestic spaces were used and experienced. She is currently preparing a monograph on the private library of the Amsterdam patrician and VOC director Pieter de Graeff (Brill, accepted for publication).
Between 2010 and 2015, she was appointed researcher in the FP7 European project CEEDS - The Collective Experience of Empathic Data Systems. The project's overarching goal was to develop innovative tools that would exploit implicit human responses to guide users in discovering patterns and meaning within large datasets.
In her PhD thesis (Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, 2018) Chiara explored the contribution of 3D procedural modelling and GIS for the analysis and visualization of past cityscapes.
She holds a MA degree in Greek and Roman Archaeology (University of Siena, 2008) and a MA degree in Book and Digital Media Studies (Leiden University, 2010) for which she was awarded the Tiele-Stichting thesis prize in 2011 for the best thesis in the field of Book Studies in the Netherlands.
Project portfolio at https://visualpasts.eu/
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Publications
- refereed (14)
- academic (3)
- professional (2)
- conference contributions (2)
- recognitions (7)
- datasets (5)
2024
- Piccoli, C. B. M. (2024). Pieter de Graeff (1638-1707) and his treffelyke bibliotheek: Exploring and reconstructing an early modern private library as a book collection and as a physical space. (The Library of the Written Word). Brill.
- Piccoli, C. B. M. (2024). A Peek Behind the Façade. The Virtual Interiors approach to visualise Herengracht 573 in the 17th century. Storia Urbana, 79-98. https://doi.org/10.3280/SU2022-173006
- Stellacci, S. (Ed.), Giglitto, D. (Ed.), & Piccoli, C. B. M. (in press). Advanced Research and Design Tools for Architectural Heritage: Unforeseen Paths. (Design and the Built Environment). Routledge.
2022
- Li, W., & Piccoli, C. (2022). Boedelinventarissen als hulpmiddel voor de reconstructies van interieurs. In M. Hell (Ed.), Alle Amsterdamse Akten: Ruzie, rouw en roddels bij de notaris, 1578-1915 (pp. 144-149, 202-203). (Jaarboek van het Genootschap Amstelodamum ; Vol. 114). Uitgeverij Virtùmedia. [details]
- Piccoli, C. (2022). [Review of: M. Forte, H. Murteira (2020) Digital Cities : Between History and Archaeology]. TMA: tijdschrift voor mediterrane archeologie, 33(66), 45-47. https://www.academia.edu/77788275 [details]
- van den Heuvel, C., van Tussenbroek, G., Noordegraaf, J., Piccoli, C., & Li, W. (2022). Virtual Interiors en de gelaagde stad: Een inkijk in een digitaal lab voor een ruimtelijke geschiedenis van Amsterdam. Stadsgeschiedenis, 17(2), 116-149. [details]
2021
Huurdeman, H., & Piccoli, C. (2021). 3D Reconstructions as Research Hubs: Geospatial Interfaces for Real-Time Data Exploration of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam Domestic Interiors. Open Archaeology, 7, 314-336. https://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0142 [details]
2020
- Huurdeman, H. C., & Piccoli, C. (2020). "More than just a Picture" - The Importance of Context in Search User Interfaces for Three-Dimensional Content. In CHIIR '20: proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval : March 14-18, 2020, Vancouver, BC, Canada (pp. 338-342). The Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3343413.3377994 [details]
2018
- Piccoli, C. (2018). Visualizing cityscapes of classical antiquity: From early modern reconstruction drawings to digital 3D models: With a case study from the ancient town of Koroneia in Boeotia, Greece. In Visualizing cityscapes of Classical antiquity: from early modern reconstruction drawings to digital 3D models With a case study from the ancient town of Koroneia in Boeotia, Greece (pp. 1-314). Archaeopress. https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/Products/9781784918897
2017
- Piccoli, C. (2017). Visualizing antiquity before the digital age: Early and late modern reconstructions of Greek and Roman cityscapes. Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia, 47, 225-257.
2016
- Kamermans, H., de Neef, W., Piccoli, C., Posluschny, A. G., & Scopigno, R. (2016). The three dimensions of archaeology: Proceedings of the XVII UISPP world congress (1-7 September, Burgos, Spain). Volume 7/sessions A4b and A12. Archaeopress.
- Piccoli, C. (2016). Enhancing GIS urban data with the 3rd dimension: A procedural modelling approach. In CAA2015. Keep The Revolution Going: Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (pp. 815-824). Archaeopress.
2014
- Piccoli, C. B. M. (2014). 3D reconstruction techniques as research tools in archaeology: the case study of Koroneia, Greece. TMA: tijdschrift voor mediterrane archeologie, 54, 1-6.
2013
- Piccoli, C. (2013). Publishing in the Republic of Letters:Behind the Scenes of Pieter van der Aa's Thesaurus antiquitatum et historiarum Italiae (Leiden, 1704-25)*. Quaerendo, 43(1), 61-82. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700690-12341263
2021
- Piccoli, C. (Author), & Li, W. (Author). (2021). Dealing with multidimensional uncertainty: The house of the painter Gillis van Coninxloo. Web publication or website, Virtual Interiors. https://www.virtualinteriorsproject.nl/2021/08/19/dealing-with-multidimensional-uncertainty-the-house-of-the-painter-gillis-van-coninxloo/ [details]
2020
- Piccoli, C. (Author). (2020). Private libraries as a microcosmos of knowledge: Travelling through time and space with Pieter de Graeff’s book collection. Web publication or website, Virtual Interiors. https://virtualinteriorsproject.nl/2020/07/02/private-libraries-as-microcosmos-of-knowledge-travelling-through-time-and-space-with-pieter-de-graeffs-book-collection/ [details]
2013
- Bintliff, J., Noordervliet, B., van Zwienen, J., Wilkinson, K., Slapšak, B., Stissi, V., Piccoli, C., & Vionis, A. (2013). The Leiden-Ljubljana Ancient Cities of Boeotia Project, 2010-2012 Seasons. Pharos: journal of the Netherlands Institute in Athens, 19(2), 1-34. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310065233_The_Leiden-Ljubljana_Ancient_Cities_of_Boeotia_Project_2010-2012_Seasons [details]
2022
- Piccoli, C. (Author). (2022). The house of Gillis van Coninxloo at the Oude Turfmarkt: New insights. Web publication or website, Virtual Interiors. https://www.virtualinteriorsproject.nl/2022/11/23/the-house-of-gillis-van-coninxloo-at-the-oude-turfmarkt-new-insights/ [details]
2019
- Piccoli, C. (Author). (2019). Visualizing domestic interiors in 17th century Amsterdam: 3D/4D data integration and hypothesis testing platforms. Web publication or website, Virtual Interiors. https://virtualinteriorsproject.nl/2019/07/12/visualizing-domestic-interiors-in-17th-century-amsterdam-3d-4d-data-integration-and-hypothesis-testing-platforms/ [details]
2020
- Piccoli, C. B. M., & Huurdeman, H. C. (2020). Visualizing 17th Century Amsterdam Interiors: Towards a Methodological Framework for Creating and Publishing Annotated 3D Reconstructions. Abstract from Sharing Practices - Archaeological 3D Visualisation in the Netherlands, Amersfoort, Netherlands. http://www.3dvisualisationpractices.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Booklet-1.pdf
2019
- Li, W., Piccoli, C. B. M., & van den Heuvel, C. M. J. M. (2019). Embracing Complex Interfaces Linking Deep Maps and Virtual Interiors to Big Data of the Dutch Golden Age.. Abstract from Digital Humanities conference 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.34894/HTU5KI
Talk / presentation
- Piccoli, C. (invited speaker) (15-12-2022). Virtual Interiors: Archival research and 3D modelling to explore a 17th century house in Amsterdam, Tavola Ovale, Istituto Storico Italo-Germanico, Bruno Kessler
Foundation (ISIG-FBK), Trento. - Piccoli, C. (keynote speaker) (8-7-2021). Visualizing and experiencing past cities in 3D: Methods, opportunities and challenges, Summer School 3D Imaging and Modelling for Classics and Cultural Heritage, Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study University of London. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxREyuGYJkc
- Piccoli, C. (invited speaker) (11-6-2021). “Ons nieuwe huys op de Heeregracht” (“La nostra nuova casa sull’Herengracht”): Documentazione d’archivio e modellazione 3D per esplorare la casa dell’olandese Pieter de Graeff (1638-1707), Quarto Seminario Interdisciplinare: Economia e tecniche della costruzione, Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche e beni Culturali, University of Siena.
- Piccoli, C. (invited speaker) (16-4-2021). Visualizing Information: On the Digital Model as a Heuristic Tool, Seminar Reflections on the Digital Turn in the Humanities and the Sciences organized by Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte .
- Piccoli, C. (invited speaker) (18-3-2021). Visualizing 17th century Amsterdam interiors, Sunoikisis Digital Classics’ session on 3D modelling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO90Qjfff2Y
- Piccoli, C. (speaker) (24-10-2019). 3D ‘reconstructions’: more than pretty pictures?, Sunoikisis Digital Classics. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEmTyIj38mo
Others
- Stellacci, S. (organiser) & Piccoli, C. (organiser) (5-7-2022). Unforeseen paths: Transcending boundaries and Sharing critical approaches to Architectural Heritage (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://istar.iscte-iul.pt/unforeseen-paths/
2023
- Piccoli, C., Brouwer, J. & Reuvekamp, B. (3-1-2023). Transcription of fols. 425-477 from the probate inventory of the house of Pieter de Graeff (1638-1707), Lord of Zuid-Polsbroek, Purmerland and Ilpendam, and VOC director in the Amsterdam chamber, at Herengracht 573. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7501160
- Piccoli, C. (3-1-2023). 3D reconstruction hypothesis of the 17th century entrance hall ('voorhuis') of Herengracht 573, Amsterdam. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7501587
2022
- Piccoli, C. (23-11-2022). Schematic 3D reconstruction hypothesis of the house of the painter Gillis van Coninxloo at the Oude Turfmarkt and adjacent houses. Universiteit van Amsterdam. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7274567
2019
- Li, W., Piccoli, C. & van den Heuvel, C. (1-1-2019). Embracing Complex Interfaces Linking Deep Maps and Virtual Interiors to Big Data of the Dutch Golden Age.. DataverseNL. https://doi.org/10.34894/htu5ki
2018
- Piccoli, C. (2018). CityEngine rule set for GIS-driven symbology of survey finds and (late) Classical Greek architecture. GitHub. https://github.com/cpiccoli/rules
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Huurdeman, H., & Piccoli, C. (2021). 3D Reconstructions as Research Hubs: Geospatial Interfaces for Real-Time Data Exploration of Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam Domestic Interiors. Open Archaeology, 7, 314-336.