Genoa december 2-4 2004

The workshop will be supported by the Italian Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC). It is promoted by Istituto Centrale per il Restauro (ICR), Opificio delle Pietre Dure e Laboratori di Restauro di Firenze (OPD), Soprintendenza Regionale per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (BAC) of Liguria, Soprintendenza per il Patrimonio Storico Artistico e Demoetnoantropologico (PSAD) of Liguria, the Genoa Branch of the Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR) of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) and by the Direzione Musei of Genoa Municipality. The workshop proposal rise from a collaboration among CNR, ICR, Soprintendenza PSAD and Direzione Musei of Genoa Municipality for the “Pilot Project on the Quarto Monument - Field testing of protective coatings for outdoor bronze monuments in marine environment”. The meeting will be held in the mainframe of Genoa2004-European Capital of Culture, and it is intended to draw the state of the art concerning outdoor bronze monuments management in Europe and to stimulate co-operation for future developments among the different professionals involved in this field.

The workshop aims at offering a meeting opportunity in order to exchange ideas and experiences on outdoor bronze cultural heritage conservation at European level. The proposed task is to focus on the different experiences and knowledge acquired, in order to promote a multidisciplinary approach to the management of a peculiar kind of cultural heritage –such as outdoor monuments – which play a relevant role in the city landscape. To this end participation at the workshop is proposed to researchers, restorers, curators, owners and technical staffs:
 

• To enlighten the state of the art about management, analysis, restoration and maintenance of outdoor bronze monuments (statues, doors, bells, etc.)
• To focus on the knowledge gathered and on the tasks to be developed in the future
• To help in promoting best practise guidelines for bronze conservation at European level and to take care of their diffusion

The program foresees three days of plenary sessions. Each day is specially devoted to a peculiar perspective. The first one will address legislative aspects and the historical-artistic point of view. The second day will focus on the technical-scientific tools available to support characterisation, cleaning, protection and maintenance for conservation purposes. The third day will be devoted to a survey of practical experiences in different European countries, described according common guidelines:

• Description of the monument and its role in the city

• Description of decision makers involved and applicable laws

• Characterisation tools and analysis

• Problems and methodology adopted for restoration

• Maintenance program

• Founding of the several steps in intervention

Along with the plenary lectures, a poster session will be available the entire workshop long, in order to show the widest overview available concerning the activities in this field. Each day will be closed with a round table, which aims at discussing the common accepted statements and the open questions; hopefully future collaborative work will be set up. 

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