The Restoration Notebooks 2020 (IX)

Abstract

The 2020 issue of The Restoration Notebooks was structured around a theme that combines both the analysis of case studies and reflection on the specific challenges of interventions on cultural heritage: Heritage Between Intervention and the Pressure of Time. The editorial approach aimed to highlight the inherent tension between the necessity of conservation and intervention on works of art and the constraints generated by deadlines, material resources, and legislative limitations.

Although the theme had been established prior to the outbreak of the pandemic, the public health context further emphasized its relevance, introducing additional difficulties and unpredictable working conditions that tested the adaptability of professionals in the field.

Within this framework, the journal reaffirmed the importance of professional cohesion, the continuity of activities dedicated to heritage preservation, and the need to make intervention practices and results more visible. It also emphasized the importance of training new generations of specialists and of effective communication with the wider public, in order to strengthen a culture of heritage protection.

The publication continues to assume its role as a platform for the dissemination of knowledge, aiming to include in future issues contributions relevant to informing and supporting the field of tangible cultural heritage conservation. Each issue is developed through the contributions of specialists, encouraging the active involvement of the professional community in shaping the editorial content.

Cuprins:

• The hospital-historical monument between conservation and the pressure of functional requirements, Ramona Ungureanu, Alina Marinescu, Alexandra Hajnšek

• American masonry in the interwar period and improvementof energetic performance of modernist buildings, Raluca Zaharia                    

• Construction mortars based on Natural Hydraulic Lime – NHL: differences, role of pre-dosed mortars, Rareș Brădeanu                  

• Distemper-paint – terminology issues in the identificationof mural painting techniques in Romanian wooden churches, Andreea Darida                   

• Analysis of the conservation state in terms of biodeteriorationat the Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary in Ocnele Mari (Vâlcea county), Ioana Gomoiu, Maria Dumbrăvician, Mădălina Ciurea, Ioana Olteanu                      

• Unedited details of the murals from “St. Nicholas” Church in Rădăuți, Georgiana Zahariea, Oliviu Boldura                 

• Highlight on lithic elements and mural painting from the portals in the church of Bogdana Monastery, Ionel Gemanar, Dănilă-Sandu Gheorghiță,  Anca Luca                 

• Mural painting from “The Trinity” Church in Florești, Prahova county – Cantacuzene foundation. Aspects regarding the conservation-restoration interventions, Gabriela Ștefăniță                               

• Historical repainting interventions at The Holy Archangels wooden church of Jercălăi monastery, Prahova, Pavel Rodica, Darida Ioan, Postolache Luminița-Dana                  

• Interventions on the iconostasis of Scaune church, Nechita Laurențiu                               

• Restoration of the “Ascension of the Lord” icon. A restoration based on the principle of minimum intervention, Anca Necşoi                         

• The ”Trista Unitione”. The portrait of Lucrezia Crivelli by Leonardo da Vinci, Maurizio Ziveri, Andrea Rossi                          

• Deterioration of two Oriental Paintings and the specific conservation treatment, Andreia Teodorescu                         

• Triangle. Sculpture – Architecture – Agriculture, Andrei Tache, Alexandra Mihailciuc                               

• General historical study – instrument to protect the cultural landscape of rural localities, Diana-Maria Miclăuș, Elena-Cristina Pelmuș, Laura-Elena Tucan               

• Unedited historical evidence from Land of Chioar, Maramureș: The church from Buteasa, Laura Zaharia                      

• Restoration works estimates for artistic components in historical monuments, Liliana Rusu                          

• Certification of specialists and experts in the field of protection of historic monuments. Aspects regarding the conservation/restoration of artistic components, Anca Filip                              

• Useful at the Beginning of the Journey: Where Do We Study to Become Conservators of Artistic Heritage?, Maria-Magdalena Drobotă

• On projects and collaborations. Basic rules, Elena Vasilica Martin                          

• Tereza Sinigalia, Doctor Honoris Causa, In Dialogue with Anca Dină                        

• Book review / bibliographic recommendations, Ileana Kisilewicz