Retouching and surroundings: tips and tricks for conservation students

  • Francesca Tonini Universidad Urbino y Universidad Bologna
DOI: https://doi.org/10.37558/gec.v18i1.824
Keywords: Inpainting, environment, light, materials, health, habits, best practice

Abstract

Since the publication of the “Teoria del restauro” by Cesare Brandi in 1963, the question of retouching still raises theoretical debates among the stakeholders. Deliberately focusing on the practical context in which retouching is performed, and relaying on personal experience as a professional restorer and professor, here are some useful tools to best accomplish this phase of intervention: the setting up of the work space, the choice of light, the care of clothing, the implementation of procedures for the protection of health and personal and environmental safety.

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Author Biography

Francesca Tonini, Universidad Urbino y Universidad Bologna

Francesca Tonini is graduated in Restoration of Easel paintings and Wooden sculpture, and in Conservation of Cultural Heritage with a thesis on baroque wooden sculpture. She is a member of ICOM-cc and of the Working group Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decorations. She cooperated as Consulting Advisor at the Projecto Retablos - Conservation of Wooden Polychromed Altarpieces with the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles and the Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Historico in Seville. She is also a component of the RECH Scientific Committee - Retouching of Cultural Heritage. She has taken part in various international conferences, seminars and workshops as a speaker. As an editor she has written many essays and articles on the study and restoration of wooden sculpture. In 2015 she published the handbook “La scultura lignea. Tecniche e restauro. Manuale per allievi restauratori”. She is currently Adjunct Professor of Restoration at the School of Restoration in Urbino, Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, Alma Mater Studiorum University in Bologna.

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Published
2020-12-10
How to Cite
Tonini, F. (2020). Retouching and surroundings: tips and tricks for conservation students. Ge-Conservacion, 18, 216-220. https://doi.org/10.37558/gec.v18i1.824
Issue
Vol. 18 (2020): Ge-conservación Nº18
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Suplemento
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