San Gemini Preservation Studies

Module 3

Cleaning Mural Painitngs

March 15 – April 9, 2027 (4 weeks)

Module 3 - Field work/ Workshops:

Cleaning Mural Paintings

San Giovanni Battista

· Cleaning murals - Inner façade Piazzetta SG

· Cleaning fresco fragments - Inner facade12th Century

La Maddalena

· Start cleaning procedures at frescos in old USL spaces

Palazzo Vecchio

· Start cleaning procedures on Strappo

Module 3 – Theory class 1

Cleaning Murals: materials and methods

The nature of Dirt

• Dust

• Suit

• Black crusts

• Wax

• Burns

• Mineral encrustations

• Biological depositions

• Overpainting

• Old varnishes

Cleaning procedures and materials

• Chemistry – of dirt

• Chemistry of cleaning materials and solvents

• Procedures

• Tools

Module 3 Theory Class 2

Restoration Theory and Issues in Italy

• What to restore what not to restore

• Types of restoration

• Authenticity and transparency

  Treatment of Lacunae

  Treatment of context

• Context as a cultural object

Mural Painting Conservation Program

San Gemini, Italy - January 4 to May14, 2027

Our programs & projects

San Gemini Book & Paper

Mural Painting Conservation

Restoration

SGPS Summer

Research

SG Historic Archives