restoration

November 11, 2014
Conserving Tullio Lombardo’s Adam: Time-Lapse | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

September 26, 2014
On 26 September 1997, a series of earthquakes shook central Italy and caused part of the Basilica of Saint Francis at Assisi to collapse.

April 26, 2014
The cleaning of Bernini’s colonnade at Piazza St. Pietro was completed in time for Easter celebrations after almost five and a half years of work and about 14 million euros to pay for it.

April 5, 2014
Bulgari has offered €1.5m to restore the Spanish Steps in Rome in response to the Italian government’s appeal for help.

March 28, 2014
medievalistsnet : Kickstarter campaign to restore St. Francis of Assisi’s home in Rome The Franciscan order hopes to raise $125 000 to restore a convent in Rome which was the home of St. Francis of Assisi.

January 16, 2014
Prada will provide financial assistance for the cleaning of Giorgio Vasari’s Last Supper

January 4, 2014
November 1966: Giorgio Vasari’s Painting of the Last Supper Under Water for Twelve Hours.

November 27, 2013
Recently restored frescoes in the Catacombs of Priscilla have stirred the debate about whether women were leaders in the early Christian church.

October 23, 2013
gettypubs : Getty Publications is excited to announce that The Restoration of Ancient Bronzes: Naples and Beyond is now available online for free!

August 12, 2013
Carlo Avvisati and Ermanno Rivetti report in The Art Newspaper about conservators using laser technology to clean the delicate murals in the Villa of Mysteries at Pompeii.