The frescoes of Casa Vasari in Florence: An interdisciplinary approach to understanding, conserving, exploiting and promoting

by Umberto Baldini, Pietro Alessandro Vigato

This work is the result of a common effort carried out between scientists and enterprises: it is a significant example of what should be done all over the world when we deal with Cultural Heritage artefacts. The chapters of this book represent the various aspects of the work carried out on the mural paintings of Casa Vasari and show how accurately and precisely an artefact can be analyzed. Many scientists gave an important contribute to this work: from a chemical approach to a managerial one. An interdisciplinary work to understand, conserve and promote the frescoes of the great hall of Casa Vasari. Contributors: Baldini U., Becherini F., Bernardi A., Bianchin S., Bonaduce I., Botticelli G., Botticelli S., Calicchia P., Campani E., Cannelli G. B., Capitani D., Cappellini V., Casellato U., Casoli A., Chiavari G., Colombini M.P., Del Mastio A., De Rosa A., Nozzoli A., Prati S., Presciutti F., Proietti N., Rosina E., Rossi E., Segre A. L., Vigato P. A. English text.

208 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 2006