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Fluent in Italian and French, Berman earned a B.A. in French literature from Cornell University but went on to the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania to receive an M.B.A...
Last week a further vote of confidence came from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, a long-established nonprofit organization concerned with the care and preservation of Italian art. Six of the world's leading conservators of Italian painting (including John Brealey and David Bull, the head painting conservators at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art and Washington's National Gallery of Art), having inspected the frescoes at the foundation's behest, reported in an open letter that the "new freshness of the colors and the clarity of the forms on the Sistine ceiling, totally in keeping with 16th...
...himself. James Beck cites a phrase in an account by Ascanio Condivi, a Renaissance biographer, about Michelangelo applying "so to speak, the ultima mano" (final touches) to the mighty fresco cycle; but Condivi did not say what medium these touches were in. Giorgio Vasari (1511-74), whose Lives of Italian artists is a fundamental source on the Sistine, describes how "Michelangelo desired to retouch some parts a secco, painting backgrounds, draperies and skies in ultramarine, and ornaments in gold." But he was prevented by Julius II, who wanted his chapel finished on All Saints Day, Nov. 1, 1512, at which...
Giulio Carlo Argan, doyen of Italian art critics, believes Michelangelo took the Sistine as an opportunity of asserting the power of what his rival could not do: "Michelangelo, who was always in competition with Leonardo, wanted to reaffirm the traditional buon fresco technique. The Sistine is that affirmation." True fresco did not include the use of glue sizing and dark washes a secco. "No other fresco painter applied such a glue," says Head Restorer Colalucci, "so why should Michelangelo have done so? He knew very well that the final result could not have lasted long. To suggest that he gave...
...INCROCIO MAZONI Some winemakers are hoping to cover their bases by launching hybrids of already-popular varieties. These aren't necessarily new. One of the most promising is the Italian Incrocio Manzoni (incrocio means "cross"). Created in the 1930s by vintner Luigi Manzoni, but not produced in any great quantities until recently, it's a cross between fruity Riesling Renano and fragrant Pinot Bianco. An elegant wine, with characteristic notes of nectarine and apple, Incrocio Manzoni goes well with delicate risottos and fish dishes. To buy a case, contact Veneto's Rechsteiner winery...