Watch the conservation of a Michelangelo drawing on loan from Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford, in preparation for the exhibition Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer. Marjorie Shelley, Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge of Paper Conservation, takes us through the complex and delicate process of restoring this beautiful architectural drawing.
Conserving Michelangelo
6 min. watch
Contributors
Director: Kate Farrell
Editor: Sarah Cowan
Producer: Melissa Bell
Camera: Wayne de la Roche, Sarah Cowan, Dia Felix
Lighting: Dia Felix
Production Coordinator: Kaelan Burkett
Production Assistants: Bryan Martin, Stephanie Wuertz
Original Music: Austin Fisher
Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
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