Conservation
Conservation
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St. Martin's Polyptych, created by a master painter of Italian Renaissance Vittore Carpaccio for the Cathedral of St. Anastasia in Zadar, is an artwork of great importance for Croatian and world cultural heritage. Recent comprehensive conservation of the damaged polyptych undertaken at the Croatian Conservation Institute strived to restore the original value of the masterpiece.
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The wooden chapel of St. Martin in Stari Brod is a rare example of a traditional folk Baroque architecture with a completely preserved painted interior. Throughout the centuries, it had an important role in the everyday life of local villagers, not only as a gathering place for celebrating Mass, but also as an important symbol of centuries of survival despite wars and floods. In spite of the extremely dilapidated and ruinous state and the evacuation of its inventory, it remained opened until 2007, when construction started. The chapel was reopened and re-consecrated in 2015, after conservation and restoration was finished and all its traditional and historic characteristics preserved.
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Croatian Conservation Institute began in 2012 with the documenting, investigating and conservation trials on the stone sculpture in the interior of the presbytery and the main apse of St. James’s Cathedral in Šibenik. A major architectural achievement of the 15th and 16th century in Croatia, the Cathedral of Šibenik has won its global recognition in 2000, when it was entered in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Croatian Conservation Institute launched in 2010 a comprehensive programme of completing the renovation of the Gothic choir stalls from the Cathedral of St. Anastasia in Zadar. Richly decorated, originally painted in vivid colours and gilded, the stalls have throughout history been subject to numerous restorations and alterations according to the tastes of the time. The last treatment was initiated in 1969, at the then Conservation Institute of Croatia, but due to the lack of funding it was suspended as early as 1972, and the semi-restored parts were stored in a depot. The article brings results of the recent conservation research which provided information about the original appearance of the choir stalls, a review of previous treatments and a description of the works performed at the Croatian Conservation Institute in the last three years.