- Hardcover: 454 pages
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press; 1st Edition edition (9 April 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0226504271
- ISBN-13: 978-0226504278
- Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 5.1 x 29.5 cm
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"This massive volume testifies to a great love of both Leonardo's crumbling masterpieces and the meticulous craft of art restoration. . . . Although this most recent and ambitious restoration is controversial, the results-------exhaustively photographed here, in full-scale as well as reductions--are impressive, with lines emerging as simultaneously more subtle and more forceful, and the shadows, particularly in the striking figure of Philip, as more mysterious and tender."--Laura Miller, "Salon"--Laura Miller "Salon "
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This is the official record of the restoration of Leonardo's painting "The Last Supper". It documents the cleaning and removal of the overpainting performed in other attempts at restoration, then looks at the watercolour additions of Barcilon, which were based on Leonardo's preparatory drawings, early copies of the painting and contemporary textual descriptions. The book details the reproduction process and distinguishes from the fresco Leonardo's hand from that of the restorers. Barcilon documents the technical aspects of the restoration, while art historian, Pietro C. Marani focuses on the history of the fresco, from conception through to restoration.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
definitive and exquisite!
2 Mar 2001
Format:Hardcover
The focus of this book is the controversial restoration of Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper, an icon of Renaissance art and a fresco that was in trouble from the time Leonardo painted it using nontraditional fresco techniques. The difficulty of the restoration just completed lay in the problems of the original, which began to flake and and self-destruct soon after its completion. A number of attempts at restoration over the past several hundred years resulted in the destruction and/or replacement of a good deal of the original, and the contemporary restoration was an attempt to undo past mistakes and reveal as much as possible of the remaining original while preserving the piece. The extraordinary color images in this book depict virtually every square inch of the fresco before, during, and after the just-completed restoration. It is the best documentation we will ever have of a remarkable work and the struggle to keep it from vanishing.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Superb effort
9 Mar 2001
Format:Hardcover
For those who are interested in the highly controversial world of art conservation/restoration, this book is a must. For the first time in English, we have an in-depth account of the 20-plus year intervention on Leonardo's masterpiece, the Last Supper. The project, applauded by some and decried by many, is documented here with hundreds of color illustrations and an essay by the chief conservator of the project. This is largely the Italians' point of view, which is highly controversial. But as the English-language editors say in their preface, it is important that all informed voices be heard in the debate as to the originality of Leonardo's hand and just what sort of intervention was appropriate to this situation.
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23 Oct 2011
Format:Hardcover
This book is exquisite in that, it provides absolutely stunning close ups of the painting. The quality of every photo is unmatched in art books I have seen.
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