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...followed in giot-to's footsteps were wowed by his ability to depict human emotions in actual settings. Leonardo da Vinci said Giotto "not only surpassed the masters of his own time, but all those of many preceding centuries." The latest restoration of Giotto's frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua - revealed last week after 10 months of meticulous work - provides fresh proof of da Vinci's words...
...chapel was built by Enrico Scrovegni to atone for the crimes of his father, a notorious usurer, and in 1303 Giotto was commissioned to decorate it. He covered the interior with a fresco narrative of the lives of Jesus and his mother, adding figures of the Virtues and Vices and a Last Judgment. "Giotto was a genius," says Professor Giuseppe Basile of Rome's Central Restoration Institute, who oversaw the restoration. "He planned the location of scenes to fit the chapel's architecture precisely. He developed a form of perspective. His figures had natural movements and expressions. The stories themselves...
...seven centuries after the frescoes' completion, their jewel-box colors faded and in some places fell off, salts rose to the surface and gilding tarnished. But the chapel's masterpieces also face modern threats. Air pollution has become a serious problem. And only eight years after the last restoration, finished in 1963, it became obvious that it had done more harm than good. Neglecting to test his materials first, restorer Leonetto Tintori used synthetic resins to fix the painted layer to the plaster. As the resins aged, they hardened and the wall could no longer "breathe." Without further treatment...
...made Basile a natural choice to direct the Scrovegni restorations. Like Giotto, who organized assistants into a production line preparing plaster layers, grinding colors and transferring sketches, Basile assembled his team. As well as Institute graduates, he recruited Gianluigi Colalucci, who was responsible for restoring the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, and Pinin Brambilla Barcilon, restoration overseer for Da Vinci's Last Supper...
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