The Restoration Notebooks 2022 (XI)

Abstract

The 2022 issue of The Restoration Notebooks addressed the theme “Authentic and Functional” through a theoretical synthesis examining the ways in which the concept of authenticity has been defined in the major international charters concerning the conservation and restoration of monuments.

This analytical framework was complemented by relevant case studies illustrating both appropriate conservation practices and interventions that may lead to the degradation or loss of heritage values. The editorial approach also included examples of best practices, critical notes, analytical and applied research contributions, as well as the presentation of methodologies, discoveries, and strategies for the enhancement and valorization of built heritage.

Through this thematic focus, the issue contributed to ongoing professional debates regarding the balance between authenticity, functionality, and intervention in the conservation of cultural heritage.

Table of contents

• The Principle of Authenticity in Conservation-Restoration Charters and Operational Guideline, Anca Mihaela Gavril

• Pages from the chronicle of a failed restoration: The reconstruction of the medieval church in Suseni-Colţ, Hunedoara County, Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu

• Limits and legitimacy in the restoration of destroyed heritage. The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Ocnele Mari, Ioana Olteanu, Laura Hangiu, Maria Dumbrăvician

• The Restoration of the Mural Paintings at the Church of the Holy Emperors, Târgoviște, Maria-Magdalena Drobotă, Oliviu Boldura

• The Triumf Hotel in Bucharest. The former block of B.N.R. officials, Ruxandra Nemţeanu

• Authenticity and truth in the votive painting from Saint Elijah – Suceava, Bogdan Bratu, Gheorghiță Dănilă

• A Chronicle of the Restoration of the Votive Painting at the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Timișoara, Ioan Darida

• Stratigraphic Research: Between Recovering Authenticity and Preserving Historical Interventions — The Statues of the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Timișoara, Andreea Darida

• Pigment Deterioration in the Mural Ensembles of Hurezi Monastery, Vâlcea County, Oana Cristiana Gorea, Dumitru Gorea, Gheorghe Niculescu

• Arsenic-based pigments – Sola dosis facit venenum, Ilina Udrea, Constantin Măruțoiu, Olivia Florena Nemeș

• The Need for the Development of Cost Norm Indicators for Artistic Components and the Updating of Legislation, Liliana Rusu

• A (new) alarm signal regarding the protection of historic gardens, Alexandru Mexi

• Augustus’ Villa in Somma Vesuviana: Dionysus and Peplophoros, Giancarlo Napoli, Luigi Criscuolo, Sorin Pîrvulescu

• The Use of Volcanic Tuff in Buildings in Brașov. Recovering a Stage in the City’s History and Aesthetics, Dumitru Augustin Dumitrescu