Authenticity and conservation state of art works: the market and auction houses & Presentation of the historical-technical Journal “Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage"

The title Authenticity and conservation state of art works: The market and auction houses mirrors the particular status of confusion and instability in which the auction houses – find themselves – nowadays. It is an international situation of existential and economic crisis in which humanity appears to be excited and schizophrenic. This lecture is part of a series all dedicated to various aspects of art, with a particular focus on the great Italian artist Giorgio Morandi. A good selection of his works is currently displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Giorgio Morandi conceived art as a “practice of silence”, where his “still life” functioned as a filter to observe the world outside his small cloistered art studio. By emphasizing the importance of weight and gravity with grace and attention, this artist can therefore teach us how important it is to judge a piece of art not only subjectively – giving greatest relevance to the satisfaction of individual aesthetical standards – but also objectively – where the techniques and the materials utilized assume the greatest significance. This allows the estimator to estimate correctly their economic and financial value. The second part of the lecture consists in the presentation of the historical-technical journal Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage. It represents an emblematic gathering of experts, symbolizing therefore a necessary encounter among people with different cultural backgrounds, experiences and skills. They meet to address and discuss issues related to their common field of study, the Cultural Heritage sector. This jolts, as it can be imagined, American art critics. They often lack social criticism showing them to be too focused on aesthetics and elegance of form. The consequent question arises: is this really true

Critical Heritage in Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Interdisciplinarity, Internationalization and Social Media in Cultural Heritage: Some Case Studies

Initially the holistic value of art work and the synergy between art and science have been highlighted. The second part is dedicated to dealing with some emblematic case studies, which represent the result of historical-artistic and technical-experimental competences

La qualità della formazione: il corso di Alta Formazione in "Conservazione, gestione e catalogazione delle raccolte e collezioni in archivi, biblioteche, musei"

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Le copie ovvero le versioni de “La Gioconda” a confronto: valutazione storico-artistica e diagnostico-analitica

The historical-artistic and technical-analytical study, concerning and taking up again the “Mona Lisa”, covered the comparison of some art works executed by different au- thors at different times. In relation to this, it is necessary to distinguish two versions of the “Mona Lisa” of Isleworth and the Louvre, both executed by Leonardo in different periods, from the copies of one version or the other or a combination of both.Lo studio storico-artistico e tecnico-analitico ha riguardato il confronto di alcune opere d’arte eseguite da diversi autori nel corso degli anni, il cui soggetto si riferisce e riprende la “Monna Lisa” di Leonardo. Al riguardo è necessario distinguere le due versioni di “Monna Lisa” di Isleworth e di “Monna Lisa” del Louvre, entrambe opere di Leonardo da lui eseguite in periodi diversi, dalle copie di una o dell’altra versione o di una combinazione di entrambe