Documentation in the field of Restoration-Conservation

Focusing on the cases in Italy

Abstract

This paper focuses on the documentation of restored arts in Italy and verifis how an act of restoration is connected to a field of documentation. Although Marco Antonio Michiel carried out documentation of restored crafts in 16th century and an art critic Pietro Edwards also tried to attach importance to documentation in a field of restoration in 18th century, Italy has traditionally treated a restoration skill as "secrecy" and documentation of intervention has been hardly done. This paper shows how the Italian restoration method overcame this tendency and experiences a striking way of documentation of restored arts in these days.