QUALIFICATION OF RESTORERS IN ITALY

QUALIFICATION OF RESTORERS

IN ITALY

Renato Grotto

Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape

QUALIFICATION OF THE RESTORER IN ITALYQUALIFICATION OF THE RESTORER IN ITALY

Cultural Heritage - DEFINITIONCultural Heritage - DEFINITION(Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape, art. 10)

1. Immovable and movable works of art publicly owned and no-profit private corporations, including ecclesiastical entities, who have artistic, historical, archaeological or ethno-anthropological interest.

2. Cultural Heritage include as well:a)collections of museums, art galleries, galleries of public propertyb) archives and single documents of public property;c) library collections of public property.


Cultural Heritage- DECLARATIONCultural Heritage- DECLARATION(Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape, art. 10)

3. Moreover are also intended as cultural heritage, according to the statement (...):

a) the immovable and movable goods with artistic, historical, archaeological or ethno-anthropological heritage of private property;

b) the archives and single documents, belonging to individuals, having a relevant historical interest;

c) book collections of outstanding cultural interest belonging to private individuals;

d) ) the immovable and movable goods, belonging to anyone, which are of particular interest because of their reference to the political, military, literature, art, science, technology, industry and culture in general or as evidence of identity and history of public institutions, or religious group;

e) collections or series of objects belonging to anyone, which are not rewards among those included in paragraph 2 and which, by tradition, reputation and particular environmental characteristics, or for artistic, historical, archaeological, numismatic or ethno-anthropological relevance, are of exceptional interest as a whole.


Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape (art. 10)

»... immovable and movable goods of artistic, historical, archaeological or ethno-anthropological interest …»:

•things regarding paleontology, prehistory and early civilizations;•things of numismatic interest:•manuscripts, autographs, letters, incunabula, and books, prints and engravings, with their respective plates•maps and sheet music;•photographs, with their negatives and matrices, films and audiovisual media in general;•villas, parks and gardens with artistic or historical interest;•public squares, streets, roads, and other urban open spaces of artistic or historical interest;•mining sites of historical or ethno-anthropological relevance;•ships and floating with artistic, historical or ethno-anthropological interest;•rural architectures having historical or ethno-anthropological concern.

Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape (art. 29, paragraph 6)

«…… maintenance and restoration of movable cultural and architectural heritage of decorated surfaces are performed exclusively

by those who are restorers of cultural property under the law».


The professionals in The professionals in RestorationRestoration

The D.M. May 26, 2009, n. 86 defines the competency profiles of the restorers and other technicians engaged in activities complementary to the restoration or conservation of cultural heritage. It identifies 3 profiles

•Restorer on Cultural Heritage•Technician for restoration («assistant conservator of cultural heritage»)

•Technician for the restoration of cultural heritage with specific responsibilities


Restorer on Cultural HeritageRestorer on Cultural Heritage(D.M. 26 may 2009, n. 86 - art. 1)

The restorer on Cultural Heritage is the professional who defines the state of conservation and implements a set of direct and indirect actions to limit the degradation processes of the constituent materials of the goods to preserve their condition thus maintaining their cultural value. To this end, as part of a coherent and coordinated program of conservation, the restorer analyzes the data relating to the constituent materials, to the technique of execution and to the state of conservation of the items and evaluate them; designs and supervises interventions for the part of his competence; performs directly preservation and restoration actions; directs and coordinates the other operators involved in activities complementary to the restoration. He carries out research, testing and teaching in the field of conservation.


Restorer on Cultural HeritageRestorer on Cultural Heritage(art. 29)

The qualification of restorer is obtained as a result of

a five-year course of study in schools of higher education set up under the Ministry of Heritage and Cultural Activities or through agreements between the ministry, regions and universities, that is by bodies recognized by the State;

a final exam qualifying for the profession, with the value of State examination;

the Academic qualification issued by these schools is equivalent to a five-year Advanced degree.


EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGIONALLY OR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF TRAINING OF RESTORERS

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGIONALLY OR NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF TRAINING OF RESTORERS

Technician for restoration on Technician for restoration on Cultural HeritageCultural Heritage

(D.M. 26 may 2009, n. 86 - art. 2)

Professional who cooperates with the restorer performing, with autonomous decision-making strictly relating to his technical skills, certain direct and indirect actions to limit the degradation processes and to preserve items, in such a way to guarantee for the correct execution according to methodological and operational indications and under the direction and control of the restorer. (....)


Technician for restoration on Technician for restoration on Cultural HeritageCultural Heritage

(Code of Cultural Heritage and Landscape, art. 29)

The qualification is obtained as a result of a

three-year course of study, in state or regional post-diploma training schools, or a

Three-year University Diploma in Technology for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, or a

Diploma in Restoration at the Academy of Fine Arts with at least three years of study.

The profile will be further defined by administrative measures, on a proposal of the Regions.


Technician for the restoration of Technician for the restoration of cultural heritage with specific cultural heritage with specific

responsibilitiesresponsibilities(D.M. 26 may 2009, n. 86 - art. 3)

They are technical-vocational or artisan professionals contributing to accomplish the interventions of conservation, performing various processing steps to support technical actions, with limited autonomous decision-making and under the direction and control of the restorer of cultural heritage.

The profile will be further defined by administrative measures, on a proposal of the Regions.


Thank you for your kind attention!

Renato Grotto


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