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Conserving Bronze: The Lamp with Erotes from Vani

In the summer of 2007, four bronze lamps were discovered in a rock-cut pit near the walls of ancient Vani. Much ancient bronzework is lost to us, so the discovery of these remarkable objects in such a well-preserved condition is of immense value. Two of these lamps were recently conserved at the Getty Villa in collaboration with the Georgian National Museum. Watch conservators use a range of approaches to study and clean the Lamp with Erotes from Vani in this short film from the Getty Museum.
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  • @melodychest9020
    @melodychest90202 ай бұрын

    Stunning work for 2000 years ago! Imagine .. they were pretty sophisticated.

  • @delusionsofgrandeur1330
    @delusionsofgrandeur13305 жыл бұрын

    How absolutely stunning!! I’m always filled with a strange interspective feeling when I am confronted with such amazing ancient relics & can’t help but think of the people who made and enjoyed them... Also: I could watch these videos and listen to that voice for hours!

  • @devonvergiels5185
    @devonvergiels518529 күн бұрын

    So, there's this guy who calls himself a bronze restorer. He has a You Tube channel. He DESTROYS every thing he touches. He starts with an angle grinder or something equally as horrid. He grinds, he files, he ends with what he calls a perfectly finished statue, all shiny. And people say to him, oh wow, that's wonderful. I have made a couple comments about the way he's reducing everything he touches to scrap. I wish he would see what professionals do, Thanks for putting the right way out there.

  • @merryxmaswarisover
    @merryxmaswarisover6 жыл бұрын

    So lo lovely. Thank you for your hard work and preservation.

  • @serhatkarakaya4116
    @serhatkarakaya41168 жыл бұрын

    Well done. Abrasion method sounds scary but it depends how carefully you applied. Ultrasonic cavitation method would have chosen instead to have more control. Looking forward to see more metal project videos to be able to notice what kind of treatments you carry on for metal artifacts.

  • @dojufitz
    @dojufitz8 жыл бұрын

    I want a bronze copy of it.

  • @nathanielscreativecollecti6392
    @nathanielscreativecollecti63926 жыл бұрын

    That is beautiful.

  • @exvoto100
    @exvoto10013 жыл бұрын

    Très intéressant, merci, beau reportage..!!

  • @dalehargreaves966
    @dalehargreaves9666 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful work! Congratulations!

  • @perisssss
    @perisssss6 жыл бұрын

    extremely carefully work.

  • @shintaayums7392
    @shintaayums73925 жыл бұрын

    in this search it is very good because it uses several ways to clean this invention

  • @tedwatson9929
    @tedwatson99295 жыл бұрын

    Awesome!

  • @hackneysaregreat
    @hackneysaregreat11 жыл бұрын

    amazing piece

  • @nazaxprime
    @nazaxprime11 жыл бұрын

    I miss having my radographer certs current. ;( Amazing work, everyone, thank you!

  • @Venceremos1960
    @Venceremos19606 жыл бұрын

    Qué LUCERNA más HERMOSA... Su tamaño es extraordinario. Qué afortunados son los Arqueólogos, pues tienen el PRIVILEGIO de BUSCAR y HALLAR y poder TOCAR y RESTAURAR... VOLVER a la LUZ todos estos elementos materiales que fueron elaborados en tiempos pasados por manos humanas. La MAGIA de la arqueología, es rescatar para los actuales humanos objetos que fueron de uso místico-ritual-mágico... ofrendas, entierros y tumbas repletas de ARTE y de elementos también de uso práctico y funcional, como es el caso de estos bellísimos objetos de bronce. Esta lámpara de tres mechas, ¿de qué época proviene?... . GRACIAS por el video.

  • @hsequeira7767
    @hsequeira77673 жыл бұрын

    "hails in roman proud"

  • @kimpulsipher647
    @kimpulsipher6474 жыл бұрын

    The last picture looked like the cleaning was not finished. Am I wrong in assuming they would also clean the inside of the piece?

  • @harpodjangorose9696
    @harpodjangorose96966 жыл бұрын

    Where does the light bulb go?

  • @morganolfursson2560

    @morganolfursson2560

    6 жыл бұрын

    You can't be serious ?!! It was made 2000 years ago , it's an oil lamp .

  • @morganolfursson2560

    @morganolfursson2560

    6 жыл бұрын

    I really hope that Django guy was being sarcastic , otherwise that's alarming . But then again once when landing at Narita airport Japan a lady next to me asked me why they built a temple so close to the airport , as it must be very noisy . I honestly didn't know what to answer regarding this 1200 years old temple built so close to the airport !

  • @harpodjangorose9696

    @harpodjangorose9696

    6 жыл бұрын

    Taylor and Morgan--- whooosh! Right over your heads.

  • @morganolfursson2560

    @morganolfursson2560

    6 жыл бұрын

    Glad to read that Django.

  • @TheKirkby

    @TheKirkby

    5 жыл бұрын

    Guessing no one can take a joke..

  • @clownfromclowntown
    @clownfromclowntown3 жыл бұрын

    Oh boy that’s a THICK laptop

  • @robinhoodwasasocialist.1401
    @robinhoodwasasocialist.14016 жыл бұрын

    Can't they use lasers for this?

  • @Elldeeve

    @Elldeeve

    3 жыл бұрын

    No, they strip back to shiny metal. The green colour is valuable

  • @linkdude64
    @linkdude644 жыл бұрын

    "air-brasion" - you mean sandblasting? lol

  • @RobKoelman

    @RobKoelman

    Жыл бұрын

    You can abrase / blast with all kind of particles, including ones that are only slightly abrasive (if I remember well, blasting with small pieces of walnut-shell is one of the options).

  • @phonotical
    @phonotical5 жыл бұрын

    Blue green is not "patina", pTina is dirt from oils accumulated through use, that is Verdegris, corrosion/rust from the copper content,something alluded to in the spectographoc example, but clearly not the narration

  • @koppesnoppe

    @koppesnoppe

    5 жыл бұрын

    ... and that is what we call patina? I’m in the roofing business and the coatings or oxidations of different metals is called patina.

  • @vickysustaita9

    @vickysustaita9

    5 жыл бұрын

    not always, for example in other countries the layer that is formed by oxidation is often called "corrosion" or "oxidation" however the patina we usually use it as more for accumulation of dust or dirt, but from a personal point of view I think that That depends on each country, in this case I speak of the Spanish speakers, greetings

  • @LondonPower
    @LondonPower6 жыл бұрын

    Georgia was Greek colony too many Greek cities in the coast of black sea !

  • @georgiangeorgian1056

    @georgiangeorgian1056

    Жыл бұрын

    Its not period of Greek colony...Its is period of poverful ruling of Kolkhida...Local state

  • @kingjeremysircornwell7847
    @kingjeremysircornwell78475 жыл бұрын

    Thrown in a hole by crusaders one day, studied by crusaders one day.

  • @phonotical
    @phonotical5 жыл бұрын

    The video also features ZERO conservation.

  • @lucaortolani2059
    @lucaortolani20595 жыл бұрын

    Give Italy back its statue

  • @giorgossket1118

    @giorgossket1118

    5 жыл бұрын

    its greek

  • @Frankowillo

    @Frankowillo

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fuck Italy! You let Mussolini build a boulevard over ancient sites.

  • @geoberaia6007

    @geoberaia6007

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@giorgossket1118 Its not greek and its not italian its Georgian

  • @AMR_k400

    @AMR_k400

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Frankowillo the allies destroyed many italian ancient monuments fighting the nazis some times deliberately so stop acting all high and mighty the allies were no better and this statue belongs to italy

  • @krisen-manager8996
    @krisen-manager89966 жыл бұрын

    Its Roman not Greek.

  • @georgiangeorgian1056

    @georgiangeorgian1056

    Жыл бұрын

    its not Roman it prom Elin period but Colkhian kulture

  • @jbuckley2546
    @jbuckley25465 жыл бұрын

    Don't give it em back.

  • @georgiangeorgian1056

    @georgiangeorgian1056

    Жыл бұрын

    What do you mean?