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CESARE BRANDI
RESTORATION. THEORY AND PRACTICE
Edited by Giuseppe Basile
ISBN 978-88-98957-01-9
Digital edition
© 2013 F. Provenzani & C. Editore S.r.l. - Palermo - www.provenzanieditore.it
© 2013 Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro (ISCR) – Rome (photos)
© 2015 Associazione Internazionale per la storia e l'attualità del restauro – per Cesare Brandi
(AISAR – Palermo – www.aisarweb.com
Cover: Malta, Chapel of Italy: Caravaggio, St. Jerome reading (after restoration)
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COVER AND TEXT LAYOUT:
Dara Jokilehto
Francesco Provenzani
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INDICE
Who’s afraid of Cesare Brandi?
Giuseppe Basile ……………………….……………................
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GENERAL ISSUES AND PRINCIPLES
Restoration ……...……………………………….................….
Restoration Today ……………………………............…........
Restoration and Scientific Investigations ……........……..…
Investigations and Reversibility of Restoration ……......…..
Sicilian Archaeology ………………………….….............…..
The New on the Old …………………….…….............……...
The protection of the traditional figurative values
of the Italian landscape …………………..……............……..
OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCES
The Icon of the Madonna della Clemenza ………...…..........
The Restoration of the Madonna del Bordone by Coppo
di Marcovaldo in the Chiesa dei Servi in Siena ….....…....
The Restoration of the Basilica Superiore of
S. Francesco in Assisi ……………………….................…..
The Maestà by Duccio di Buoninsegna ………......…....…..
Restorations of Piero della Francesca ………........……..…..
The Crowning of the Virgin Mary by Giovanni Bellini
at the Museo di Pesaro ………………………............……..
The reconstruction of the frescoes of Lorenzo
da Viterbo ………………………………….......………...
The Annunciation by Antonello da Messina …......…....…..
The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist by Caravaggio
in St John's Co-Cathedral of Valletta, Malta …...…..........
The Burial of Santa Lucia by Caravaggio ….…..…….........
Saint Sophie of Ohrid ….…..…......................................…..
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REFLECTIONS AND EVALUATIONS
Note on the marbles of the Parthenon ….…..……..........…..
More on the marbles of the Parthenon ….…..…….........…..
Regarding the Plasters of the Parthenon ….…….................
The proposal of reconstruction of the Temple of Zeus
in Selinunte ….……………………………….......................
The Recovery of the Zisa in Palermo ….…....................…..
Restoration in Florence ………………..…...........................
The Restoration of the “Adoration of the Mystic Lamb”
by Van Eyck ….……………………………...............……....
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APPENDIX
Regio Istituto Centrale del Restauro ….…........………...…..
The Institute as an organisational unit ….…........……...…..
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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