Talks

Revealing the Early Renaissance: Stories and Secrets in Florentine Art Symposium

Giotto di Bondone, Italian, about 1266 – 1337, The Peruzzi Altarpiece

Giotto di Bondone, Italian, about 1266 – 1337, The Peruzzi Altarpiece. Tempera and gold leaf on panel, 105.7 x 250.2 cm. The North Carolina Museum of Art.

Talks

Revealing the Early Renaissance: Stories and Secrets in Florentine Art Symposium

March 23, 2013
Baillie Court, Art Gallery of Ontario

Join leading international experts – curators, art historians, scientists and conservators – to learn how art history and science come together to give a fresh understanding of the artists who gave birth to the Renaissance, one of the most important periods in Western art history. Hear about new conservation research and scientific analyses that shed light on artists’ techniques and workshop practices of the times.

Presenters include:

George Bisacca, Paintings Conservator, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York  
Cecilia Frosinini, Opificio delle Pietre Dure e Laboratori di Restauro, Florence
Bryan Keene, Curatorial Assistant, Manuscripts Department, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Hayden Maginnis, Art Historian, Hamilton 
Catherine Schmidt Patterson, Assistant Scientist, The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles     
Carl Strehlke, Adjunct Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Yvonne Szafran, Senior Conservator, Head, Paintings Conservation, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Karen Trentelman, Senior Scientist, The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles    
Nancy Turner, Conservator, Paper Conservation, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

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