Università Roma Tre

The course outlines diachronically the history of restoration from the 15th to the 21st century, with special emphasis on the 18th-20th centuries, through the analysis of the most significant steps and the personalities and institutions that have played a crucial role. Lectures devoted to current restoration methods and criteria will be accompanied by visits to restoration sites and laboratories and lectures given by the various professionals involved in restoration and conservation.

The topics covered will be:
- Restoration, reuse and maintenance in antiquity
- Restoration culture and the relationship with antiquity between the 15th and 18th centuries
- History of the culture of context
- Restoration of paintings and sculptures in the 19th century
- Restoration of monuments in the 19th century
- The culture of authenticity between the 19th and 21st centuries
- Main concepts of Brandi's Theory of Restoration
- Critical approach to the methodological proposals of Giovanni Urbani