Academy of Fine Arts and Treasure of San Gennaro: meeting 'Unseen Treasures: Restorations for an Exhibition'.
The School of Restoration of the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples meets the Treasure of San Gennaro during an afternoon of studies dedicated to the restoration work carried out on the occasion of the exhibition “Tesori Mai Visti” curated by Laura Giusti.
Appointment Wednesday 18 January at 16 pm at the Aula Magna of the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples.
After the greetings of Renato Lori, Director of the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, the following speakers will be: Francesca Ummarino, Director of the Museum of the Treasure of San Gennaro, Laura Giusti, curator of the exhibition “Tesori mai visto” and scientific curator of the Museum of the Treasure of San Gennaro, Paola Fiore, Professor of Restoration, coordinator of PFP2, Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, Gianfranco Gargiulo, Professor of Restoration, Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, Gianluca Tartaglia, Professor of Restoration, Academy of Fine Arts of Naples, Federica Cristiani, Maria Marinelli and Serena Metozzi, Artes Napoli. Introduced and moderated by Giovanna Cassese, Art Historian, Coordinator of the School of Restoration, Academy of Fine Arts of Naples.
During the meeting, the work carried out on the two sections into which the exhibition is divided will be explored in depth: on the one hand, the conservation interventions that the Restoration School of the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples has been carrying out since 2015 with a highly educational and scientific project on sixteen “gilded and mixed” wooden doors owned by the Deputation; on the other, the restoration of the festive and weekday altar hangings, carried out by ARTES, which involved part of the vast liturgical collection of the Chapel of the Treasure of San Gennaro. Ordinarily, metal alloy candlesticks and crosses were placed on the altars, and only on the most important holidays (Christmas, Easter and the three anniversaries in which the blood of San Gennaro is liquefied) were the altars set up with silver hangings.
The exhibition “Tesori Mai Visti” at the Museum of the Treasure of San Gennaro can be visited until January 31, 2023.
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Academy of Fine Arts and Treasure of San Gennaro: meeting 'Unseen Treasures: Restorations for an Exhibition'.
- Appointment Wednesday 18 January at 16 pm at the Aula Magna of the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples.
- Introduced and moderated by Giovanna Cassese, Art Historian and Coordinator of the School of Restoration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples.
- During the meeting, the work conducted on the two sections of the exhibition will be explored in depth: on the one hand, the…
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Introduced and moderated by Giovanna Cassese, Art Historian and Coordinator of the School of Restoration at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples.
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