Art restoration aesthetic

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revelation to saint pius v by the victory of the holy league at lepanto

The working method Struth devised for The Restorers, one of his first portraits, would become his standard procedure: photographing only subjects he could get to know over an extended period and collaborate with on how they wished to be seen

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Last 1st of August we had the honor of being invited by Roma Experience to take part into the innovative “Restoring Caravaggio” tour in Rome, which allows visitors to get privileged access to a prestigious restoration laboratory where expert restorers concretely show their activities and tell about their stunning experience in restoring precious paintings, including Caravaggio’s masterpieces.

Deaccessioning old works can be a complicated and fraught process. But even museums have to spring-clean now and then.

Monumental tapestries are cleaned and conserved.

Conservator Yana van Dyke explains how the use of lead white pigment in the illustrations of medieval manuscripts, such the Winchester Bible, has implications on the conservation and preservation of such works today.