Naslov
One Museum-Several Crisis

Autori
Jembrih, Zvjezdana ; Božičević, Ana

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
Solidarity in Culture: Heritage protection under conditions of crisis / - , 2021, 68-68

Skup
International Conference Solidarity in Culture: Heritage Protection Under Conditions of Crisis

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 18.03.2021. - 20.03.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Podatak o recenziji nije dostupan

Ključne riječi
Dijecezanski muzej, potres, polava, konzerviranje i restaurianje, hitne intervencije
(Diocesan museum, earthquake, flood, conservation and restoration, emergency interventions)

Sažetak
The Diocesan Museum in Zagreb was founded in 1942 to gather in one place the many works of sacral art from the area of north-western Croatia that were no longer in liturgical function and would therefore be lost. With its rich collection of sacral themes, it is among the most important institutions in Croatia. However, it does not actually exist! It functioned as an open institution until 1971 when it lost its exhibition space due to unfortunate circumstances. Its exhibits have since been displaced to various locations, most often in inappropriate conditions. Far from the eyes of the profession and the public, unvalued and superficially documented, these works of art have been left to decay and oblivion for decades. The Department of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art of the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb, joined in the efforts to document and save the threatened collection. Since 2008, more than 50 wooden sculptures have been saved, researched, preserved, restored and presented at the exhibition Un/Cured Saints in 2016 in Zagreb. In January 2017, a disaster struck as one of the museum’s storage facilities suffered flooding due to a burst pipe. Sculptures housed there, inadequately placed on the floor, laid in water for more than 24 hours.With an emergency intervention of the Department’s professors and students, the sculptures were rescued, subjected to ionising radiation to suppress the fungi that had developed, and raised layers of polychromy were preventively consolidated. In the devastating earthquake on 22 March 2020, some of the sculptures on display in the corridor of the Archbishop’s Palace, which were improperly secured, fell from their pedestals and were severely damaged due to falling debris. One of these was the sculpture of St. Joseph, which was previously preserved and restored at the Department in 2015. Will this disaster-prone, non-existent museum with its extremely valuable holdings ever see better days?

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Povijest umjetnosti, Likovne umjetnosti, Interdisciplinarno umjetničko polje

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