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Sacred Heart Cathedral Restored by LdM
Lorenzo de' Medici's international reputation for excellence in Restoration and Conservation continues to grow as a group of students accompany Lorenzo Casamenti of the Restoration Department to restore the main fresco of Christ and 12 Indian priests at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, near Gol Dak Khana, in India. Along with a group of LdM students from around the world (South Korea, Turkey and the United States), Casamenti worked to restore the fresco, painted by an unknown artist 75 years ago, to its original splendor.
"This isn't actually a true fresco," said Holly Hedberg, one of the LdM students working on the painting. "There are parts where the artist worked on dry plaster so that the paint would not seep in as should happen in a fresco." Casamenti confirmed this, as well: "The main figure of Christ is fresco, but not the apostles. In Europe, 80 percent of a fresco is on wet plaster, while in India, a lot of work is on dry plaster." Casamenti has been involved in more than 800 church restorations around the world, including India, Nepal, Italy and Chile. (Elements of this article have been provided thanks to The Indian Express, www.expressindia.com.) | ||||
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