PROJECT
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European project
Cesare Brandi (1906-1988)
His thought and
the European debate
in the 20th century
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Progetto Europeo
Cesare Brandi (1906-1988)
Il suo pensiero e
il dibattito in Europa
nel XX secolo
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(2006-2007)
Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali -
Dipartimento per i Beni Culturali e Paesaggistici
Associazione Amici di Cesare Brandi
Associazione Giovanni Secco Suardo
Academy of Fine Arts Warsaw - Faculty of Conservation
and Restoration of Works of Art
Hochschule fur angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst
Hildeshiem/Holzminden/Gottingen
Institut Nationale du Patrimoine
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia - Departamento de
Conservaciòn y Restauraciòn de Bienes Culturales
Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa - Faculdade de
Arquitectura
Universitè Libre de Bruxelles, Facultè de Philosophie
et Lettres, Section d'Histoire de l'Art
Illustrative report
Context of the initiative
Cesare Brandi was born on the 8th
of April 1906 in Siena: 2006 will be the first centenary year of his
birth. On this occasion the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
(Italian Ministry for the Cultural Heritage) thanks to the Istituto
Centrale del Restauro, which Brandi founded and directed for more than
twenty years, obtained the creation of a National Committee responsible
for celebrations and cultural events in Italy, whose members are the most
eminent scholars and institutions that deal with Brandi’s thought and
work.
There is a long list of scheduled
activities, among them we quote the International Conference about
Brandi today, which aims at getting an overview of Brandi’s
multifarious activity and its modernity (paying particular attention to
the aspects of the aesthetic search, the restoration theory and procedure,
the history of art teaching methodology and didactics, the literary
production, the essay writing in the shape of travel journals reporting
the discovery of the most relevant artistic civilizations in the world);
the annotated version of his seminal work Theory of Restoration;
the re-edition of the four philosophical Dialogues dedicated to painting,
sculpture, architecture and poetry which make up the series titled
Elicona; the translation into other languages of his main works and in
particular of the seminal work Theory of Restoration, which up to
now has been translated into Spanish, French, Portuguese, Rumanian,
Bohemian, Greek, English, Japanese (the translation into German, Polish
and Chinese is in progress).
Aims of the project
- deepen and spread Brandi’s familiarity outside Italy,
highlighting the complexity and the eclectic quality of the different
roles he played simultaneously as art historian, founder of the ICR,
father of the modern restoration theory and procedure, uncompromising
defender of the safeguard of the Cultural Heritage, which was his life
lasting commitment.
- help the comparison of different approaches and
interpretations of Brandi’s thought in consideration of the most pressing
problems of conservation and restoration that today exhaust our society.
These problems do not have easy and common solutions, but the complexity
of Brandi’s theory and its practical experimentations can help in such a
difficult situation: they give practical answers to the challenges of
phenomena that are becoming more and more specific and differentiated (an
example is the fact that more than fifty years ago Brandi was the first
person who understood and theorized the importance of prevention for the
safety of the Cultural Heritage).
- continue the “monitoring” activity of
what concerns the modernity and the application of Brandi’s thought in
different countries and cultures, paying particular attention to the field
of conservation and restoration. The activity begun in 1998 during some
exchanges of views (specialized discussions or events opened to the public
opinion) in occasion of the dramatic problems caused by the earthquake of
26th September 1997, which destroyed a considerable part of Giotto’s and
Cimabue’s frescos in the Basilica Superiore di San Francesco (Upper
Basilica of St. Francis) in Assisi; and for the first time was seriously
taken into consideration in occasion of the European Cultural Affairs
Committee informal meeting that took place on 28th-30th
November 2003 in Assisi (Brandi outside Italy. The reception of
Brandi’s Theory of Restoration abroad: some examples; with the
contributions of the representatives of Belgium, Spain, Great Britain,
France, Netherlands, USA and Japan).
Activities
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Eight National Conferences (Munchen, Hildesheim,
Valencia, Lisbon, London, Warzaw, Bruxelles, Paris) about how Brandi’s
restoration theory and procedure may solve peculiar problems pointed out
by each country involved in the project, according to a scientific and
organizational structure that will be discussed and determined by the
Steering Committee of the project.
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A “touring” exhibition across the different countries
participating in the project to portray Brandi’s personality: his life,
his lesson, his theory, his writings, some examples of the many relevant
interventions he directed while he was responsible for the Istituto
Centrale del Restauro (1939-1960). Supported by the daily crosscheck with
the practical application he formulated his theory of restoration: on the
frescos of the Cappella Ovetari (Ovetari Chapel) by Andrea Mantegna in
Padua, which were destroyed during the war, on Duccio Buoninsegna’s Maestà
in the museum of the Siena Dome, on Giotto’s frescos in the Basilica di
San Francesco in Assisi.
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A “Brandi’s dictionary” in the different
Partners languages, to deepen the most important and complex
terms/concepts of his thought.
The project will last from the 1st November 2006 to the
31th October 2007.
The Steering Committee will meet in December 2006 and
June 2007.
Results to be achieved in the long-run
Methodological instruments approved by
all partners will be defined. They will be able to satisfy the most urgent
and differentiated needs of Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural
Heritage because they have their roots in the most specific European
cultural tradition, that is to say the one that attaches to each single
element of the Heritage an invaluable importance that must be sheltered in
the best way in order to hand it down to future generations as undamaged
as possible.
The European relevance
Brandi’s culture, which was incredibly
broad and sophisticated (from the figurative arts to poetry, music, dance,
theatre and cinema, both Italian and foreign), took inspiration from the
most illustrious tradition of the European culture, starting from the
Greek philosophy and the Kantian revolution up to the most original
expressions of the contemporary thought of his time in the field of
aesthetics, hermeneutics, linguistics, structuralism, psychology and art
perception: Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Arnheim, Jacobson,
Levy Strauss, Barthes, Gadamer, are just some examples. His theory of
restoration is his culture’s clearest and best result, and it must be
regarded as an irreplaceable way of confirming our common European
identity when we commit to the Preservation of our common past.
Recipients
Recipients of the project will be all
those who are directly or indirectly involved in the activity of
Preservation, Conservation and Restoration of the Cultural Heritage:
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students and scholars of history of art and restoration
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restorers
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educators in institutes and schools of history of art
and restoration
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museum managers
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people responsible for policies of Preservation and
Conservation
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journalists specialized in events concerning
Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage
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people interested in Art, Conservation and Restoration
I SESSION – Muenchen
(26 April 2007, 10.00-16.30)
Cesare Brandis "Teoria del restauro" und die Restaurierung in
Deutschland heute.
Lehrstuhl für Restaurierung, Kunsttechnologie und
Konservierungswissenschaft der TU München, Seminarraum des Lehrstuhls,
Oettingenstraße 15, 80538 München.
Ursula Schädler-Saub
Paolo D’Angelo
Francesca Capanna
Dörthe Jakobs
Erwin Emmerling
Kathrin Janis
Abschlussdiskussion
Moderation der Diskussion: Matthias Exner
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II SESSION – Hildesheim
(7 May 2007, 10.00-17.00)
Cesare Brandis „Teoria del restauro“ und die Restaurierung in
Deutschland heute.
Fachbereich Konservierung und Restaurierung der HAWK Hildesheim /
Holzminden / Göttingen, Hornemann Instituts, voraussichtlich Seminarraum
Bismarckplatz 19/11, 31135 Hildesheim.
Ursula Schädler-Saub
Dörthe Jakobs
Ivo Hammer
Thomas Danzl
Wanja Wedekinde
Francesca Valentini
Abschlussdiskussion
Moderation der Diskussion: Angela Weyer
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III SESSION – Valencia
(7 May 2007, 9.30-21.30)
Cesare Brandi, repercusión de su Teoría en la realidad española
Paraninfo de la Universidad politécnica de Valencia
D. Manuel Muñoz Ibañez
Pilar Roig Picazo
Gianluigi Colalucci
Ignacio Bosch Reig
José A. Madrid García
Vicente Guerola Blay
Salvador Muñoz Viñas
Pablo González Tornel
Vittorio Brandi Rubiu
Massimo Carboni
Debate. Moderatores: Pilar Roig Picazo, Salvador Garcia Fortes, Victor
Medina Florez
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IV SESSION – Lisboa
(28 May 2007, 9.30-18.30)
Brandi e o Conceito de Espaço. Teoria e Praxis no Restauro
Arquitectónico
Faculdade de arquitectura da universidade técnica de lisboa, espaço “o
cubo”, Rua Sá Nogueira - Pólo Universitário - Alto da Ajuda - 1349-055
Lisboa
Paolo Fancelli
José Aguiar
Delgado Rodrigues
Helena Charola
Ana Isabel Seruya
Paulo Pereira
Joaquim Caetano
Nuno Proença
João Santos
Nuno Lopes e Raimundo Mendes Da Silva
Aurora Carapinha
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V SESSION – London
(10 July 2007)
Cesare Brandi and the conservation of our Cultural Heritage
With the collaboration of The Hamilton Kerr Institute (University of
Cambrige), Courtauld Institute.
Courtauld Institute, Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre
Giuseppe Basile
Licia Borrelli-Vlad
Ian McClure
Jonathan Ashley-Smith
Phoebe Dent Weil
Dorothy Bell
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VI SESSION – Warzaw
(5 October 2007, 9.00-19.00)
Cesare Brandi: his thought and the heritage debate.
Art of conservation - restoration in Poland
Inter-Academy Institute of Conservation-Restoration of Works of Art:
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw - faculty of Conservation and Restoration
of Works of Art, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow - faculty of Conservation
and Restoration of Works of Art, Nicolas Copernicus University in Torun -
Institute for the Study, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural
Heritage. useum Palace at Wilanow.
Giuseppe Basile
Wojciech Kurpik
Dusan C. Stulik
Wladyslaw Zalewski
Janusz Krawczyk
Andrzej Tomaszewski
Iwona Szmelter
Bogumila Rouba
Monika Jadzinska
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VII SESSION – Bruxelles
(25 October 2007)
Cesare Brandi. Evolution de sa pensée dans la pratique de la
restauration
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Giuseppe Basile
Dominique Driesmans
Francoise Rosier
Chateline Perier D'Ieteren
Hélène Dubois
Van Grevenstein
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VIII SESSION – Paris
(26 October 2007, 9.30-18.-00)
Cesare Brandi et la France
Institut national du patrimoine – Auditorium Colbert
2 rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris
Geneviève Gallot
Giuseppe Basile
Après-midi sous la direction de Jean-Pierre Mohen:
Ségolène Bergeon-Langle
Nathalie Volle
Georges Brunel
Christine Mouterde
Matinée sous la présidence de Christiane Naffah:
Elisabeth Mognetti
Jacques Hourrière
Table ronde animée par Michel Laclotte.
Anthony Pontabry, Monique Pomey, Isabelle Pallot-Frossart, Patricia Vergez
LINK
Institut National du Patrimoine -Paris
http://www.inp.fr/
Università Politecnica di Valencia - Departamento de Conservaciòn y
Restauraciòn de Bienes Culturales
http://www.upv.es/irp/
Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa - Faculdade de Arquitectura
http://www.fa.utl.pt/
pagina con Brandi
http://mestrado-reabilitacao.fa.utl.pt/
Universitè Libre de Bruxelles, Facultè de Philosophie et Lettres,
Section d'Histoire de l'Art
Pagina con Brandi
http://www.ulb.ac.be/musees/cretap/index.html
http://www.ulb.ac.be/facs/philo
Academy of fine arts Warsaw
http://www.asp.waw.pl
Hochschule fur angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildeshiem/Holzminden/Gottingen
http://www.hawk-hhg.de/hawk/fb_konservierung/restaurierungkonservierung_146672.php
