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A Manifesto to Save Leonardo

On November 7, 2005 By ArtWatch

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Uffizi Announces Plans to Restore Leonardo da Vinci’s Adoration of the Magi

On April 1, 2002 By ArtWatch

The Uffizi Gallery in Florence has announced its plans to restore Leonardo da Vinci’s Adoration of the Magi. It is to be the final phase in the restoration of the triad of the master’s works in the museum: the Baptism of Christ, a painting produced by Andrea del Verrocchio’s workshop with contributions by Leonardo, was cleaned in 1999, followed by the Annunciation in [...]
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Uffizi halts plans to restore Leonardo’s Adoration of the Magi

On February 1, 2002 By ArtWatch

We are happy to announce that Leonardo da Vinci’s Adoration of the the restorer’s knife and the restorer’s brush. It has to be regarded as a “”first.”" A letter to the Florentine authorities (see the other material on this website), sponsored by ArtWatch International and signed by 45 distinguished art historians from the United States, the UK, France, Germany, Japan and Italy, [...]
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A critique of the practice of removing old restorations on paintings

On June 1, 2001 By ArtWatch

One of the least defensible and intellectually questionable concepts raised in the often vitriolic debates surrounding art restoration practice over the past few decades is that of “readability.” A a vague and shifting goal, it continues to be advocated, especially by the museums and state officials around the world. Apparently readability rests at the foundation of French restoration policy. For example, M. Jean-Pierre [...]
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A Manifesto to Save Leonardo

Uffizi Announces Plans to Restore Leonardo da Vinci’s Adoration of the Magi

Uffizi halts plans to restore Leonardo’s Adoration of the Magi

A critique of the practice of removing old restorations on paintings

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