E'03: The Preservation and Restoration of Venetian Public Art: From the Completion of the Public Art Catalog to the Active Restoration Process

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Summary
After reading the report it is determined that the purpose of this project was to expand upon the existing public art catalog and originate a plan for an association, which would be dedicated to preserving and restoring the public art in Venice. The team accomplished a great amount with this project. The multimedia public art Catalog was updated/expanded and the Association for the Preservation of Venetian Public Art was created. Some highlights of this project’s work include the determination of dimensions, conditions, and locations of the monuments throughout Venice to complete the catalog. Which was then used to begin a principle list for the restoration of the artwork. The team also had to gather statistics, costs, and various other figures dealing with the restoration. It was said that the compiled information from the entire multimedia catalog was used to layout the plan for the organization.
This project included unique research of multiple forms of public art including sculptures, murals, and monuments. And the project team then found problems with Venetian public art, which included not receiving proper care, continuous deteriorating, risks of being vandalized or stolen, and being removed for renovations and not being replaced to the buildings’ structure. So overall this unique project attempted to solve these problems by completing the multimedia catalog (which was needed in order to make the most of the past collected information) through finalizing the lunette section, expanding the portali section, and completing the self-standing monument catalog. They then helped to catalyze the restoration of a piece of public art and created plan for a non-profit organization that would utilize the multimedia catalog to preserve and restore all forms of public art in Venice

Team
Mark Elbag
Adam Epstein
James Hannigan
Elizabeth Rosinha

Sponsor
Founded by Professor Fabio Carrera in 1988, the Venice Project Center @ WPI is an academic initiative designed to allow undergraduate engineering students to study abroad, to apply skills and knowledge to solve real-world problems, to further develop these skills, and to provide valuable assistance to a city endangered by environmental, socio-economic and man-made factors.