Thesaurus Florentinus is a project for the acquisition and reconstruction of the images of the mural paintings in the
Cupola
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The word derives, via Ital ...
of
Santa Maria del Fiore
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in
Florence
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and a computer system to manage the hundreds of thousand pieces of information gathered during the restoration campaign ended in 1995. The project was conceived by Arch. Riccardo Dalla Negra and realised by Lapo Bertini, Silvia Brotini, Auro Pampaloni, Marco Menichetti, Lara Calosi and Arianna Sacchetti with the technological support of
IBM
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and
Eastman Kodak
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and the financial support of the ''Ministero dei Beni Culturali'' of Italy and
Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze. The project started in 1992 and ended in 2000.
References
Library of Congress permalink*{{cite book, title=Cupola di Santa Maria del Fiore: architettura, pittura, restauro , last=Acidini Luchinat , first=Cristina , author2=Dalla Negra, Riccardo , publisher=Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (Roma), year=1996, isbn=88-240-3839-5}
Library of Congress permalinkThesaurus Florentinus project page (in Italian)
''Soprintendenza ai Beni Architettonici e Paesaggisitici di Firenze, Ministero dei Beni Culturali''
External links
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WaybackmachineViaggio attorno alla Cupola (in Italian)
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Digital library projects
Conservation and restoration of paintings