Renovation, overpainting, inpainting: strategies of the painter-restorer in Portugal, from the 16th to 19th century. Ideological reasons for the iconoclast and the iconofylic practices, or the concept of «utilitarian restoration» versus «scientific restoration»

The study of Portuguese art during the Modern Age, and the very recurrent activity of «painting restoration», concludes that the dominant practice then referenced as «retoque» (inpainting), «repinte» (overpainting), «renovação» (renovation) and even «restauro» (restoration), herein designated as «co...

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Main Author: Vitor Serrão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Profissional de Conservadores - Restauradores de Portugal 2006-01-01
Series:Conservar Património
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.14568/cp3-4_5