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This page details the historic development of Art conservation in Europe and the United States. ==Important dates in the history of art conservation== Some key dates in the history of conservation in Europe and the United States include: *1565, Restoration of the Sistine Chapel frescoes began (years after the ceilings were painted ). *1726, First attempt was made to restore Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper by Michelangelo Bellotti. *1729, First recorded transfer had been carried out by Domenico Michelini in Venice for a Titian painting (Ulisse Forni, Manuale del pittore restauratore, 1866, p. 106). The profession of restoration becomes more visible in the following years. In the 18th century, painting restoration became a separate profession in France. *1735 to 1820, Restoration of paintings in the Spanish royal collections following a 1734 fire. Hundreds of important paintings were methodically treated in a specially constructed studio; materials used have been documented by Zahira Véliz. (Zahira Véliz "The Restoration of Paintings in the Spanish Royal Collections, 1734-1820," Studies in the History of Painting Restoration, ed. Christine Sitwell and Sarah Staniforth, Archetype Publications, 1998, pp. 43–62.) *1777, 1785, Pietro Edwards, Director of the Restoration of the Public Pictures of Venice and the Rialto, published on basic concepts of preventive conservation, original vices of painters’ materials, respect for the artist’s original intent, and reversibility. *1794, Charles Willson Peale recorded in his memo book using wax to impregnate paintings. By the middle of the 19th century, paintings were being wax lined; Rembrandt’s Night Watch was wax-lined in 1851. (precedent above with glue; first there was impregnation with an adhesive and some years later, lining. Analogous to the 20th-century use of PVA/EVA etc. ) *1809, Count Chaptal of Napoleon’s court filed a report regarding pigments used in Pompeii. (analysis of artists’ materials appears and increases in the 19th century. ) *1815, Pigment studies by Sir Humphry Davy (he had a small portable chemical laboratory and 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of dates in the history of conservation and restoration」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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