Giovanni Carbonara arquitecto, historiador, teórico

Abstract

[EN] The paper aims to remember the scientific and human contributions of Giovanni Carbonara. He was a professor emeritus of Restoration, and the director of the School of Specialisation in Restoration of Monuments (now, Architectural and Landscape Heritage), in which he lavished his high intellectual and human value with courage and respect. His students have taken up his teachings in various activities, from teaching to research, and professional works. Since the Seventies of the 20th Century, his research has touched many fields of conservation, analytical study, protection, education, and management of cultural heritage. He was an intellectual also involved in various institutional fields for conservation. He was concerned with looking at the teachings of the past with an eye focused on the updates and new developments in the restoration s thought. He was a promoter of the critical-conservative line of restoration.

[ES] Este texto pretende contribuir a la memoria de la figura y de la aportación científica y humana de Giovanni Carbonara. Profesor emérito de Restauración, fue director de la Scuola di Specializzazione in Restauro di Monumenti (actual Scuola di specializzazione in Beni architettonici e del Paesaggio), donde consagró su elevado valor intelectual y humano con valentía y respeto. Sus discípulos y alumnos han asimilado sus enseñanzas en múltiples actividades en la docencia, la investigación o la praxis. Desde los años setenta sus investigaciones han abordado distintos campos de la conservación, el estudio analítico, la tutela, la enseñanza y la gestión del patrimonio cultural. Intelectual ocupado además en diversos ámbitos institucionales competentes de la tutela patrimonial y preocupado por examinar las enseñanzas del pasado con la mirada puesta en las actualizaciones y novedades del pensamiento sobre la restauración, ha sido promotor de la corriente restauradora crítico-conservativa