augusta strong oversaw the building of this treasury starting in seventeen twenty three. one of its highlights is the throne of the grand mogul wrongs it started with close to six thousand diamonds. soon as i found explains the artworks importance to tourists from around the world. this year and its height it s like taking a trip through time from the renaissance through to the neil classical period and in this time in between the baroque period we can see the diversity of these gemstones during this era it s all about pomp magnificence and splendor lines. but the dresden state art collections do more than just display artworks they also help to preserve them. it s painstaking work restoring a single painting can take up to two years ten restorers are responsible for the
it s painstaking work restoring a single painting can take up to two years turn restorers are responsible for the works of the old and new masters alone. molly s kiba heads this department she says every picture poses new challenges it love it of us thought for restore the most important thing is to first familiarize yourself with the painting to examine it precisely from all sides in all kinds of light and you need to know its history understand the artist and the object in front of you as all of its materiality falls if it s the start of a great adventure that begins courses often toil visiting the museums is also like embarking on an adventure from treasures of the past you can move on to contemporary art including works by one of the world s most important living artists. but director general mario not come on is already looking to the future.
but the dresden state art collections do more than just display artworks they also help to preserve them. it s painstaking work restoring a single painting can take up to two years ten restorers are responsible for the works of the old and new masters alone. molly s kiba heads this department she says every picture poses new challenges it love it of us thought for restore the most important thing is to first familiarize yourself with the painting to examine it precisely from all sides in all kinds of light and you need to know its history understand the artist and the object in front of you as all of its materiality it s the start of a great adventure that begins courses often toil visiting the museums is also like
while going. to work so rough and damaged during transport like this huge beatles music by young the great overturned the glass shattered the beatles fell off what now and what kind of clothes the we re going to be restored but it would be a lot of work. a third of the surface would have to be removed to work on these parts and renew them. the insurance company examines about thirty damaged artworks pierre it usually decides to keep them because who knows whether it might make sense to restore them at a later date. because it s not always develops so does the artist what meanings as an artwork have often hard to see how has the nature of an artwork changed this can have an impact on its future value an artist s value might also develop or restorers might develop new techniques to salvage damaged works that could remove scratches on large format photos like this one by peter lindbergh for example. at
in one thousand museums. learn so much in museums and through the stories they tell someone isn t explaining things the most fascinating the story of his film director doug fire was granted a rare behind the scenes look at how researchers curators and restorers go about their work berlin s treasure trove goes on general release in german cinemas on may seventeenth. resurges are revealed the hidden contents of two pages from the diary of anne frank seventy years after the journal was first published the teenager pasted over the writing with brown paper making it illegible using modern image processing technology it was possible to uncover passages featuring risque jokes and candid musings on sense contraception and prostitution and frank wrote about coming of age during the second world war while hiding from the nazis in amsterdam in one nine hundred forty four she and her family were