会议时间：3月21-22日

报告嘉宾：ASENSI AMOROS Maria Victoria

报告摘要：

In the second half of the Eighteenth century, between 1751 and 1772, was published in France the famous Encyclopédie, edited by Diderot and d'Alembert. The purpose of this encyclopedia was to gather knowledge and expertise in all areas, but also to popularize the latest advances in science and technology. In this context appeared in 1774 “The Art of cabinetmaker” (L’Art du menuisier ébéniste), written by the master carpenter André Jacob Roubo. Because of its quality, this book was for a long time a reference for carpenters and cabinetmakers. We can recognize some of the species recorded in that book (but without the Latin binome, which was only known at that time by few naturalists) and today endangered. 

Speaker Biography

Dr. ASENSI AMOROS Maria Victoria, Scientific Director, Xylodata

Egyptologist and wood anatomist, Dr. M. Victoria Asensi Amorós works with International Museums and Archaeological teams in order to identify wood artist artifacts’ made by different civilizations. At the moment she is involved in archaeological programs in Egypt (identifications of woods came from the first Arab installation in Cairo or some excavations from pharaonic and byzantine Period), in France with the Louvre Museum or the Quai Branly Museum (African an Oceanian Objects) as an example, or with the Vatican Museums in Italy. Actually she is based in Paris (France) as a scientific director of a company involved in wood anatomy identifications (Xylodata) and se is a officeholder of a IUFRO Organization (5.10.01, Wood Culture). She is the author of numerous publications in Egyptian and African artifacts and a co-director in several PhD thesis in archaeological wood.

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