Resumen de From Boito to Giovannoni: a dificult legacy
A well-established opinion points out that Gustavo Giovannoni is an ideaI follower of Camillo Boito in the eld of preservation and restoration of monuments. Giovannoni himself wrote about this legacy, introducing Boito as the rst theorist of an “intermediate way” in restoration, positioned somewhere between Viollet-Ie-Duc and Ruskin. Many differences, however, mark the personalities of Boito and Giovannoni, from their personal biographies to the cultural milieu that surrounded each of them. But, at given moment, it is possible to con rm a kind of relationship which includes a similar approach to the history of architecture and a common interest in the training of architects. Above all, two issues seem more critical in their different approaches to restoration: the problem of contemporary additions to monuments and an interest in the historic fabric of the city.
