Os Restauradores

by Camillo Boito, Beatriz Mugayar Kühl (Translator), Paulo Mugayar Kühl (Translator)

A obra Os Restauradores , escrita por Camillo Boito em 1884, é de grande relevância, pois nela seu autor sintetizou experiências e conceitos que se acumularam no decorrer do tempo, reformulando-os de maneira crítica. Algumas propostas de Boito se consolidaram no século XX, como por exemplo a ênfase dada ao valor documental dos monumentos históricos, procurando-se preservar como válidas as suas várias fases e apreciar seu aspecto de vetustez, e o destaque conferido à distinguibilidade da intervenção. Certos princípios por ele enunciados permanecem até os dias de atuais e constituem importantes alicerces para a teoria contemporânea de restauração de bens culturais.

64 pages, Paperback

First published June 7, 1884

About the author

He was an Italian architect and engineer, and a noted art critic, art historian and novelist.
As a novelist Boito wrote several collections of short stories, including a psychological horror short story titled "A Christmas Eve", a tale of incestuous obsession and necrophilia, which bears a striking similarity to Edgar Allan Poe's "Berenice." A short film adaptation is due for release in 2011.
Around 1882 he wrote his most famous novella, Senso, a disturbing tale of sexual decadence. In 1954, Senso was memorably adapted for the screen by Italian director Luchino Visconti and then, later, in 2002 into a more sexually disturbing adaptation by Tinto Brass.
Another story, "Un Corpo" (also dealing with themes of sexual decadence and necrophilia), has recently been adapted into an opera by the Greek composer Kharálampos Goyós.