NYT WORLD: When Visiting Michelangelo’s David, She Brings a Duster
By Elisabetta Povoledo
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: November 28, 2022 at 02:00AM
The revered statue in Italy is not going to dust itself. That’s where Eleonora Pucci comes in.How do you clean a revered colossal statue in Florence , Italy? She grabs a brush and a vacuum, and a climbs a scaffold tower.
Credit...All of the artworks were given a recent checkup when the museum underwent a substantial refurbishment “to bring it into the 21st century,” said the Galleria’s director, Cecilie Hollberg. The renovation coincided with the 2020 pandemic lockdown, allowing a large-scale overhaul of the museum’s air-conditioning, electrical and lighting systems to be carried out without inconveniencing the public. It also avoided having the work done at night, as had originally been planned.
The opening in September of the plaster-cast collection of models by the 19th-century sculptorMs. Pucci spends most of her days ensuring that the museum’s entire collection, including its paintings, is in good shape.A short walk away, past Florence’s famed Renaissance cathedral to the Piazza della Signoria, the city’s main square, restorers this month were giving a more complete cleansing to a copy of the David that was installed in 1910.
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By Elisabetta Povoledo
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: November 28, 2022 at 02:00AM
The revered statue in Italy is not going to dust itself. That’s where Eleonora Pucci comes in.How do you clean a revered colossal statue in Florence , Italy? She grabs a brush and a vacuum, and a climbs a scaffold tower.
Credit...All of the artworks were given a recent checkup when the museum underwent a substantial refurbishment “to bring it into the 21st century,” said the Galleria’s director, Cecilie Hollberg. The renovation coincided with the 2020 pandemic lockdown, allowing a large-scale overhaul of the museum’s air-conditioning, electrical and lighting systems to be carried out without inconveniencing the public. It also avoided having the work done at night, as had originally been planned.
The opening in September of the plaster-cast collection of models by the 19th-century sculptorMs. Pucci spends most of her days ensuring that the museum’s entire collection, including its paintings, is in good shape.A short walk away, past Florence’s famed Renaissance cathedral to the Piazza della Signoria, the city’s main square, restorers this month were giving a more complete cleansing to a copy of the David that was installed in 1910.
Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/world/europe/italy-michelangelo-david.html
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