Art Hospital
You might wonder why the topic or title of this lense sound funny. Hospital is place for people who are sick or dying but in this case it has nothing to do with that. It refers to an art that is dying and needs repair and restoration.
Welcome to "Opificio delle Pietra Dure" which is situated in the heart of Florence, Italy. It was founded in 1588 by Grand Duke Ferdinando de' Medici, a passionate patron of arts and a preserver of cultural heritage.
Arts and Cultural Heritage Center
Opificio is the only center specializing in the repair and restoration of works of art from the Trecento period through to the Renaissance. It has become one of the most important restoration centers in the world, comprising a cutting-edge on scientific laboratory, a museum, a library full of rare text on restoration and a school which offers training at the highest level.
The Professionals who work within the Opificio are all masters of their respective crafts,and they include 156 restorers, 36 art historians, an archaeologist, four photographers and seven scientists.
Some of the Restoration work
At the Opificio, the restorer or the professional are working hard to restored back the original masterpiece into its place and the secret tools used by the restorer to maintain the structure and state of arts.
Some of the work that still in progress are "Donatello crucifix",circa 1400-1410, in Florence's Santa church, a giant painted cross from the church of the Ognissanti is carefully being check using microscope to determine the best method of restoration.Restoration of Micheangelo's David includes a 'pedicure' and the famous statue a new coat of paint.
Link information to "Opificio" ( World Cultural Heritage)
- Opificio delle Pietre Dure - Firenze
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- Translation opificio in Italian-English dictionary
- opificio , ci sm (ant) factory, works pl. ... Search "opificio" on: Wikipedia. "Collins Italian Dictionary 2nd Edition 2005 © HarperCollins Publishers 2006" ...
- Opificio delle Pietre Dure - Firenze
- On other occasions, works of art from foreign museums have been directly sent to the Opificio for conservation. Such is the case for a table top from the ...
- Opificio delle Pietre Dure Museum Florence Italy
- The Museum annexed to the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, currently a modern centre specialising in conservation,
- Museum of Semi-Precious Stone Inlays Florence Italy
- This grand ducal institution, which remained active for Down three centuries, was the core of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, established at the end of the ...
- Opificio delle Pietre Dure - Firenze
- A long and laborious task is still ahead of the Opificio, since the laser works by means of a punctiform beam, and the surface to be cleaned is both ...
- Opificio delle Pietre Dure - Firenze
- the cycle of conservation interventions on the outdoor marble statues of Orsanmichele, undertaken and directed by the Opificio between 1986 and 1996, ...
- Opificio delle Pietre Dure - Firenze
- University of Ferrara, Nub lab. Modelling Architectural Surveying and Research. Opificio Pietre Dure e Laboratori di Restauro - Firenze.
- FIAC | Current Projects
- The Opificio delle Pietre Dure ["Semiprecious Stone Works"] is an ... The Opificio's long history, still evoked today in the name it bears and in the Museum ...
- Lorenzo Ghiberti
- Image courtesy of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence. A conservator uses a laser to clean the doorframe of Ghiberti's Gates of. Paradise. ...
- NPR : Restoring Michelangelo's David
- Marble and stone from all over the Mediterranean and Asia sit in the courtyard of the Opificio, where they will be used for "spare parts" in restored art ...
- Now in Florence
- The Province of Florence, jointly with the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, is staging another great cultural event of international stature. ...
- Florence Art Guide - Academy Gallery
- The Grand Duke also decided to include music (the Cherubini Conservatory of today) and restoration (the Opificio delle Pietre Dure) among the arts. ...
Field of Restoration
- Tapestries and carpets
- Archaeology
- Bronzes and ancient crews
- Paintings you furnish
- Paintings wall them
- Cartacei and pergamenacei materials
- Lapidei materials
- Mosaic and hard stones
- Oreficeria
- Lignea sculpture
- Terracotta
- You weave them
Statues that need to be "Restore and Clean"
A group of statues waiting to be restored in the offices of the Opificio Delle Pietre Dure
"site from Badotti.com"Plans to clean Michelangelo's David have many in the art world up in arms. The famous statue is housed in the museum Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence, Italy.
Restoration of Michaelangelo's David
Restoration of Michaelangelo's David includes a 'pedicure' and giving the famous statue a new coat of paint
Painting At "Opificio delle Pietra Dure"
Paintings that have been restored to original
Works of Art, Brilliant
"Innovatore Gentile"
"Agnolo Bronzino's Cristo" Painting in limbo from Santa Croce Opificio and Beautiful Arts Photos
Michelangelo
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Michelangelo's David...
Deel 6...
Michelangelo Buonarr...
Plaster cast of Mich...
Michelangelo Slave 2...
Vocatio Sancti Matth...
Paper Scarab: Eyes
Paper Scarab: Unfold...
Restoration Work
Every master piece is analyzed and scrutinized carefully before restoration works begin
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Trecento Wiki
The Trecento (Italian for 300, or from "mille trecento," 1300) refers to the 14th century in Italian cultural history.
Commonly the Trecento is considered to be the beginning of the Renaissance in art history. Painters of the Trecento included Giotto di Bondone, as well as painters of the Sienese School, which became the most important in Italy during the century, including Duccio, Simone Martini, Lippo Memmi, Ambrogio Lorenzetti and his brother Pietro. Important sculptors included two pupils of Giovanni Pisano: Arnolfo di Cambio and Tino di Camaino, and Bonino da Campione.
The Trecento was also famous as a time of heightened literary activity, with writers working in the vernacular instead of Latin. Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio were the leading writers of the age. Dante produced his famous La divina commedia (The Divine Comedy), a summation of the medieval worldview, and Petrarch wrote verse in a lyrical style influenced by the Provençal poetry of the troubadours.
In music, the Trecento was a time of vigorous activity in Italy, as it was in France, with which there was a frequent interchange of musicians and influences. Distinguishing the period from the preceding century was an emphasis on secular song, especially love lyrics; much of the surviving music is polyphonic, but the influence of the troubadours who came to Italy, fleeing the Albigensian Crusade in the early 13th century, is evident. Musicians and composers of the Trecento included the renowned Francesco Landini, as well as Gherardello da Firenze, Andrea da Firenze, Giovanni da Firenze, Paolo da Firenze (Paolo Tenorista), Donato da Cascia, Niccolò da Perugia, Maestro Piero, Bartolino da Padova, Giovanni da Cascia, and Vincenzo da Rimini.
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