Giotto
Subtitle: il restauro del Polittico di Badia
By: a cura di Angelo Tartuferi = Giotto : the restoration of the Badia Polyptych / edited by Angelo Tartuferi
Contributors: Tartuferi, Angelo; Galleria degli Uffizi
Series: Il pomario nuovo -- 1; Pomario nuovo -- 1.
Publisher: Mandragora
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Firenze
Language: ita; eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9788874611744
Subjects: Panel painting; Italian Panel painting; Polyptychs; Conservation and restoration
Other titles: Giotto :; Restauro del Polittico di Badia; Restoration of the Badia Polyptych
Description: The book documents the complex restoration work done on Giotto's Badia Polyptych, now at the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. The polyptych, completed by Giotto between 1295 and 1300, depicts the Madonna and Child with saints Nicholas of Bari, John the Evangelist, Peter and Benedict; the tondo in the central gable portrays the Blessing Christ, and angels are represented in the other four. Greatly damaged by the passage of time - like many other works by Giotto - the Badia Polyptych was restored using the latest methods, which are completely non-invasive, in order to restore the work's original splendour without altering any of its original characteristics. The use of these state-of-the-art technologies marks a watershed in the restoration of ancient works of art.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-198).

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