From January 17 to March 6 in Cremona, a series of scientific conferences entitled “Cotto in Cremona. Knowledge, Research, Recovery” aimed at exploring issues related to cotto, with a particular focus on its history, art and restoration techniques. Also among the speakers will be our conservator Valentina Mazzotti, who on Feb. 21 will cover the topic of “Faenza’s Outdoor Exhibited Terracotta Heritage.”
Calendar
January 17
Conservation restoration: motives and strategies
Prof. Anna Maramotti
January 31
Terracotta architectures: serial production and dissemination of old-fashioned models in the Lombard 1400s
Prof. Jessica Gritti (Politecnico di Milano)
February 21
The terracotta heritage exhibited in the open air of the city of Faenza
Curator Valentina Mazzotti (International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza)
Conservation and restoration of contemporary terracotta exposed outdoors: the case of Domenico Matteucci’s Wind Wall in Faenza, Italy
Restorer Serena Spadavecchia
March 6
Histories, investigations and restorations of the terracotta frieze of Fodri Palace
Prof. Angelo Giuseppe Landi (Politecnico di Milano)
March 20
Decorative terracotta from Cremona in the clay collection of the Museum of Ancient Art of the Castello Sforzesco in Milan, Italy
Prof. Alessandro Barbieri (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan and Curator of the Civic Museum of Crema and the Cremasque)
April 3
Archaeometric investigations of architectural terracottas: from material study to object history.
Prof. Maria Pia Riccardi, DSTA University of Pavia.
April 17
The conservation intervention of the terracotta facings of the Torrazzo di Cremona from 2001-2003: technical aspects and theoretical reflections
Elisabetta Bondioni (Architect) and Anna Maramotti (Architect)
May 8
Terracotta in the Po Valley area: studies and conservation. The role of the superintendence
Gabriele Barucca (director of the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti E Paesaggio for the provinces of Cremona, Mantova and Lodi)
Training credits will be issued through the Architects’ Association of Cremona to all members registered with the Association. Certificates of participation are issued.
The meetings will be held at 5:30 p.m.
