Restoration as Fabrication of Origins: A Material and Political History of Italian Renaissance Art

book: Restoration as Fabrication of Origins

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2023

Restoration as Fabrication of Origins

A Material and Political History of Italian Renaissance Art

Edited by: Henri de Riedmatten , Fabio Gaffo and Mathilde Jaccard

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111072739

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The aim of this publication is to clarify the relationships between material restoration and politics in Italian Renaissance art. The focus of this research is on the question of origin as a foothold for political, patrimonial, and cultural identity. These claims were enacted within a system which, rather than restoring the initial forms and meanings of existing objects, remodeled the past according to new identity requirements: spaces were reorganized, and works of art invested with new meanings. Their material and aesthetic reality was thus transformed and redefined. The aim is therefore to analyze the potential physical modifications of these artefacts in light of their symbolic recoding.

With contributions by Kathleen W. Christian, Caroline S. Hillard, Mateusz Kapustka, Jérémie Koering, Victor Lopes, Florian Métral, Arnold Nesselrath, Neville Rowley, Beat Wyss.

Restoration practices in Italian Renaissance art
Reassessing the concept of Renaissance
Recoding of ancient works for political purposes

Author / Editor information

Henri de Riedmatten, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) Professor at the Department of Art History, University of Geneva, since 2018 leading the SNSF research project "Restoration as Fabrication of Origins: A Material and Political History of Italian Renaissance Art". His current research is devoted to issues of iconoclasm and restoration in Renaissance Italy

Fabio Gaffo, PhD candidate in the SNSF research project "Restoration as Fabrication of Origins: A Material and Political History of Italian Renaissance Art," University of Geneva, Switzerland

Mathilde Jaccard, PhD candidate in the SNSF research project "Restoration as Fabrication of Origins: A Material and Political History of Italian Renaissance Art," University of Geneva, Switzerland

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
CONTENTS / TABLE DES MATIÈRES Publicly Available Download PDF	5
FOREWORD Henri de Riedmatten, Fabio Gaffo and Mathilde Jaccard Open Access Download PDF	7
AVANT-PROPOS Henri de Riedmatten, Fabio Gaffo and Mathilde Jaccard Open Access Download PDF	11
ON THE NOTION OF RESTORATION / DE LA NOTION DE RESTAURATION
TRANSLATIO AND RESTAURATIO Text and Image in Renaissance Rome Kathleen W. Christian Open Access Download PDF	17
THE REASON OF DISTANCE Iconoclasm and Antiquarianism in the 16th Century Mateusz Kapustka Open Access Download PDF	37
EX UNO LAPIDE Arnold Nesselrath Open Access Download PDF	61
OF SPACES AND PLACES. D’ESPACES ET DE LIEUX
RAFFAELE MAFFEI AND THE DISCOVERY OF AN ETRUSCAN TOMB IN 1508 Caroline S. Hillard Open Access Download PDF	81
Une poétique de l’archaïque Sur la Loggia de Raphaël (1516–1519) Florian Métral Open Access Download PDF	99
TEMPS MÊLÉS La Galleria dei Mesi au palais ducal de Mantoue comme restauration artistique et politique Jérémie Koering Open Access Download PDF	119
RECENT RESTORATION PRACTICES PRATIQUES RÉCENTES DE LA RESTAURATION
TRANSPARENCE OU OPACITÉ Restaurer la Renaissance italienne (XX^e–XXI^e siècles) Neville Rowley Open Access Download PDF	137
LA MISE AU TOMBEAU DE VÉRONÈSE Traces, histoire matérielle et restauration Victor Lopes Open Access Download PDF	157
A COLONIAL RENAISSANCE? UNE RENAISSANCE COLONIALE ?
NOVA ATLANTIS The Colonial Renaissance Beat Wyss Open Access Download PDF	171
Acknowledgments / Remerciements Open Access Download PDF	187
CREDITS Open Access Download PDF	188

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Languages: English, French
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: scholars in Art History, Cultural Studies, History, restorers
Pages
- Main content: 190
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 92
Keywords: Renaissance Italy; reception of Antiquity; restoration; art 15th and 16th centuries; Rome; Florence; Raphael; Veronese; Raffaello Maffei; Galleria dei Mesi; art and politics

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Published: July 24, 2023
ISBN: 9783111072739

Paperback

Published: July 24, 2023
ISBN: 9783111072272