May 2006
May 2006, in Rome, Italy

Casa del Cinema, Largo Marcello Mastroianni, Villa Borghese, Rome (map)

SMATCH sponsored a presentation by Dr. Barbara Wolanin, the Curator for the Architect of the Capitol in Washington DC, and Christiana Cunningham-Adams, Restorer, on the art of Constantino Brumidi and the art conservation and restoration program at the U.S. Capitol. James Ehrman of SMATCH USA also participated.

Left to Right: Tonino Tosto, Loredana Mancuso, Maurizio Bartolucci, Sylvana Ehrman, Dr. Wolanin, Phillip Brown, Sauro Rossini, James Ehrman

• Click here for a short essay on Brumidi's art and Capitol conservation by Dr. Wolanin.
• Click here for a biography of Dr. Wolanin.
• Click here to go to a page on the web site of the Architect of the U.S. Capitol on Brumidi's Apotheosis of Washington in the eye of the Capitol Dome.
• Click here to go to a page on the web site of the Architect of the U.S. Capitol on the Brumidi Corridors in the U.S. Capitol.