Second day of the Medici Symposium on the occasion of the Metropolitan Museum exhibition: “The Medici Portraits and Politics -1512-1570”
- Wednesday, October 13 -10:30AM / Noon
The Art of Restoration
Moderator: Carlo Falciani Academy of Fine Art Firenze
Greeting and Introduction: Andrea Bayer, Deputy Director for Collections and Administration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Speakers:
Ludovica Nicolai – Restorer of Cellini bust at the Museo del Bargello (MET Exhibition “The Medici Portraits and Politics -1512-1570”)
Lucia Dori -Restorer of Bronzino‘s Laura Battiferri’s portrait. MET Exhibition: “The Medici Portraits and Politics -1512-1570”)
Marco Grassi – Painting Conservator at Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence, and in Rome, Zurich and New York.
Topics: in addition to a history of art, is there also a history of restoration? What are the risks and dilemmas of restoration? What are the relationships between art and science with respect to restoration, and what possibilities bring the new technologies?
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