(March 6, 2017) After the first event dedicated to the Fabriano paper, continues the series of conferences organized by the Italian Institute of Culture in Lisbon dedicated to the preservation and restoration of cultural heritage. The second meeting, to be held on Thursday, March 9 at 18:30 in the Auditorium of the National Library of Lisbon, Portugal and Italy will be compared in the field of paper restoration and photography with the lectures “The restoration of the paper and photography: between material culture and conservation principles “, curated by Barbara Cattaneo and Federica Delia, and “digital playback and cold storage, trends in the preservation of photographs in Portugal “, organized by Luís Pavão. Barbara Cattaneo graduated in Science of Cultural Heritage at the University of Florence and has a diploma in Paper Restoration. From 1999 she worked at the National Library in the restoration laboratory in Florence, where she worked on preventive conservation, planning and restoration of paper materials, parchment, photos. Federica Delia is a restorer of archive and library heritage, a degree in conservation and restoration at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, and specialized in restoration of photography through professional courses organized in Italy and abroad by various institutions. She has deepened the knowledge of oriental arts by attending workshops on Japanese tradition of paper and silk restoration and manufacture of various Oriental papers in Europe and Asia. Luís Pavão has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Instituto Superior Técnico (1981). Since 1979 he is a photographer free lancer in the field of architectural photography and ethnography, with works in panoramic photography and photo printing with alternative processes. (PO / Red)
