Uno sguardo sul restauro dagli anni Cinquanta a oggi.Una conversazione con Giorgio Torraca Bruno Zanardi Giorgio perché amico storico di Urbani – coetanei, furono ragazzi insieme a Roma – ma soprattutto perché si dovette a Urbani il suo incontro con il mondo del restauro, orientandone in tal modo per sempre la carriera. Una carriera legata…

Giovanni Urbani e la fondazione dellemoderne foderature dei dipinti su tela. Bruno Zanardi Incontro Walter Conti e Enzo Tassinari per parlare del lavoro di ricerca sulle foderature dei dipinti su tela, che condussero insieme a Giovanni Urbani1, tra la fine degli anni ’60 e gli inizi del decennio successivo, quindi già prima di quando, nel…

Le risorse culturalie il terremoto dell’Irpinia Giovanni Urbani After the terrible earthquake that struck Irpinia in 1980, killing more than 3000 people and destroyng whole villages or small towns, Giovanni Urbani published this text in which he started his reflection on the problem of protection of cultural heritage from natural disasters. In particular he was…

Su alcuni celebri restauri,il Marco Aurelio Giovanni Urbani In this essay, Giovanni Urbani discusses the restoration of the bronze equestrian statue representing the Roman emperor Marco Aurelio, located in Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome. His strong opposition to the removal of the statue was based on the convinction that with a due prevention, the original…

Strategia di un disastro Giovanni Urbani In this essay, Giovanni Urbani discusses the restoration of the bronze equestrian statue representing the Roman emperor Marco Aurelio, located in Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome. His strong opposition to the removal of the statue was based on the convinction that with a due prevention, the original bronze could…

Restauro, conservazionee tutela del patrimonio artistico.Conversazione tra Giovanni Urbanie Bruno Zanardi Giovanni Urbani Bruno Zanardi In this dialogue with Bruno Zanardi, Giovanni Urbani discusses his plans for a serious action for the restoration and preservation of cultural heritage. In criticizing the choices of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, he stresses the necessity of a…

Firenze restaura Cesare Brandi First published in «il Corriere della Sera» in 1972, this text is Giovanni Urbani’s review of the famous Florentine exhibition Firenze restaura. Brandi took the occasion to discuss the improvement of restoration techniques after the 1966 Arno flood in Florence.

La tutela e la storia dell’arte.Conversazione tra Bruno Zanardie Federico Zeri Bruno Zanardi Federico Zeri Bruno Zanardi’s dialogue with Federico Zeri, one of the most important connoisseurs of the twentieth century, is a brief but clear outline of the history of art history in Italy from Adolfo Venturi to Roberto Longhi up to its state…

Arte. Un patrimonio senza difesa Giuliano Briganti In this article, first published in «La Repubblica» in 1984, Giuliano Briganti describes the damages of the earthquake that shocked Umbria in 1984 and points out the lack of preventive measures.

Patrimonio artistico e territorio.Conversazione tra Bruno Zanardie Bruno Toscano Bruno Toscano In this interview, Bruno Toscano puts in relationship the Italian territory, natural landscape and cultural heritage with the whole administrative system of cultural heritage protection (Ministero dei Beni Culturali and Soprintendenze). Furthermore, Toscano discusses the quality of restoration courses in Italian universities.