Michelangelo and I: Facts, People, Surprises, Discoveries in the Restoration of the Cistine Chapel
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Michelangelo and I: Facts, People, Surprises, Discoveries in the Restoration of the Cistine Chapel Details
About the Author Born in Rome and qualified as a restorer under Cesare Brandi at the Istituto Centrale del Restauro, Gianluigi Colalucci began his career in Palermo, where he worked for seven years on restorations for the Superintendency of Sicilian Galleries. He entered the Vatican Museums' restoration department in 1960, became its chief restorer in 1979 and personally executed the restoration of the Michelangelo frescoes in the Sistine Chapel from 1980 to 1994. Still active today, he has restored works of every kind and era, from Minoan frescoes on Crete to medieval Roman Madonnas and the frieze by Sartorio in Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome. Works by painters like Giotto, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titian, Mantegna, Dosso Dossi, Lotto, Lucas Cranach, Guido Reni, Caravaggio, Perin del Vaga, Pellegrino Tibaldi, Giorgio Morandi and Ferruccio Ferrazzi have all passed through his hands. Read more
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