Conserver ou restaurer?

by Camillo Boito (Auther), Françoise Choay (Introduction), Jean-Marc Mandosio (Translator & notes & postface)

Paperback. 13,50 / 21,00 cm. In Turkish. 192 p. Camillo Boito bir binanin eski kisimlariyla yeni kisimlarinin açik seçik ayirt edilmesine dayanan bir düsünce gelistirdi. Bu düsünce müdahalenin her asamasinda bir seçim yapilmasini da beraberinde getirdi. Hiç degismeyen ilkeyse, bir binanin tarihindeki bütün katmanlara gereken sayginin gösterilmesiydi. "Günümüz sanatçisi anitin önünde ne kadar egilir, ne kadar dize gelir, ne kadar silinirse o kadar iyi yapar ödevini. Yeniden dikilip, basini kaldirdigi ve ‘Ben de varim!' diye haykirdigi gün, iste o gün titrer eski bina." "Yapilan modern restorasyonlar kötüyse, yeniden düzgün biçimde yapilmalarini isteyin, ama kalkip da bunlarin üzerini örtmek için hatali restorasyon çalismalariyla birlikte eski eseri de utanilacak bir bulanikliga mahkûm etmeyin."

163 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1893

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.

Reviews

[St-Loup · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed immensely this thought-provoking book, though the last piece, "La destruction des oeuvres d'art à l'ère du tourisme de masse (divagations sur Camillo Boito)" by Jean-Marc Mandosio makes me angry when I think of it - the beautiful cautiousness and intelligent relativism of Boito all melted down to a prevarication against contemporary tourism and mass culture, such a shame. At least it's thought-provoking too.

[Mafalda Cardeira · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book on art conservation. The end of the road for Ruskin and Viollet le Duc is indeed Boito. A great bridge to charts and modern art conservation theories.