art conservation and restoration: Media

Videos

Inside the ongoing preservation of the Vatican
Learn about the restoration of tiles in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Discover how the cornice of Chicago's Marquette Building was restored
Learn about restoring the crowning glory of Holabird & Roche's Marquette Building...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
The mystery and preservation of Angkor's temple complex
Overview of Angkor Wat, a temple complex in Angkor, Cambodia.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
How graffiti can be removed from a masterpiece painting
The chemistry of graffiti removal.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Learn how pollution from industrialization in Europe damaged the limestone of Cologne Cathedral
Repairing acid rain damage to Cologne Cathedral.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Learn how curators and scientists worked together to colorize a black-and-white photograph of Henri Matisse's “Bathers by a River” taken in 1913
Curators and scientists collaborating to colourize a black-and-white photograph,...
Video: Courtesy of Northwestern University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Images

gargoyles on the Notre-Dame Cathedral
Gargoyles on the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, added by restoration architect...
© Michalakis Ppalis/Dreamstime.com
restored Capitol in Williamsburg
The restored Capitol, Williamsburg, Virginia.
Arthur Griffin/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
A museum interpreter demonstrating the 18th-century art of wig making at the King's...
© Richard T. Nowitz
Parthenon
The Parthenon, Athens.
© Goodshoot/Jupiterimages
Winchester Cathedral: ceiling vaults
Ceiling vaults in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
Katherine Young/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.