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Pictorial restoration

Max Friedlànder (1867-1958) argues that the art historian – for whom the work of art is a document – can fully oppose any restoration that goes beyond conservation and removal …

Ultraviolet fluorescence

By projecting a beam of UV rays on the surface of a painting we will be able to observe how some parts of it light up while others remain dark. This is due to the phenomenon of …

Pictorial inpainting methods

The pictorial reintegration restoration of a pictorial surface is aimed at recreating a chromatic and formal connection between …

In-filling

The stucco is a mixture consisting of a binder and a powdery or granular charge, generally gypsum and animal glue (but also slaked lime, marble dust, sand, etc.) dissolved in …