Science & Cultural Heritage: From Michelangelo to Maya Blue

Science & Cultural Heritage: From Michelangelo to Maya Blue

A fascinating lecture about how scientific expertise can be used to analyze and preserve ancient and valuable treasures. Join AARP Virginia and attendees from across the U.S. for a free virtual event on Friday, October 29, 2021 at 1:30 p.m. ET - AARP membership not required.

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Giacomo Chiari works at the nexus of science, art, history, and culture. It has taken him around the world to explore and preserve some of its most important cultural artifacts, from inside newly discovered pyramids in Mexico, to the intimacy of the Sistine Chapel Last Judgment.

Giacomo Chiari retired as Chief Scientist at the Getty Conservation Institute in 2013. Over his ten years at the Getty Museum, he pioneered new ways to use scientific instrumentation in cultural conservation, including non-invasive techniques to obtain information from an art object. Prior to his appointment at the Getty, Chiari had a 35-year career as Professor at the University of Turin, Italy, where he analyzed a large number of cultural heritage objects, including the censor panels of the Last Judgment by Michelangelo.

Join AARP Virginia for engaging, free lectures by national experts offered by the Lifelong Learning Institute at Virginia Tech. LLI at VT provides intellectual, cultural, and social experiences for curious adults 50 and older in the New River Valley and beyond. AARP Virginia is excited to collaborate with them to provide a sampling of their Fall offerings to AARP members!

 If you register but miss the lecture, you can watch the recording at a later time.

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