Prof. Dario Del Bufalo
Specialist in stone sculpture , colored marbles , glyptics , restoration and Geoarchaeology
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‘BUFALE ARCHEOLOGICHE’ in Il Giornale dell’Arte, December 2014 “Il Valzer degli spatinatori”
New column of Archaeological Commentary: ‘BUFALA ARCHEOLOGICA’ – Column in Il Giornale dell’Arte – December 2014 The waltz of the patina removers What is the antique patina in works of art? It is not dirt. It is not a paint applied to the surface. It is not dust or earth. For marble and stone objects, patina...
“BUFALE ARCHEOLOGICHE” Column in Il Giornale dell’Arte – November 2014
Bank suppositories Have you ever wondered how many masterpieces are hidden away in bank vaults? There are hundreds, works of art delivered for safe-keeping by private individuals for security against theft but also, and perhaps more, works of art owned by the banks themselves or bank foundations who have acquired them for investment, as many...
“BUFALE ARCHEOLOGICHE” Column in Il Giornale dell’Arte – October 2014
I was decontaminated for those back-sides To entice the (Italian) public to visit museums thousands of strategies are adopted, including opening on public holidays and night openings or free entries several times a year: it is called «valorization», which should not prevent «conservation». But when does conservation prevent valorization? To visit the Riace Bronzes this...
Presentation of the volume “Porphyry” at BVLGARI New York
On 23rd October at 6pm the volume Porphyry (Allemandi) will be presented in New York in collaboration with The Art Newspaper in the events area at BVLGARI on 5th Avenue, with the Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art who will introduce a conference given by Prof. Dario Del Bufalo.
The architect has a heart of stone
“Dario Del Bufalo, one of the most important authorities on antique marbles and who now collaborates with curator, Andrea G. De Marchi, on an exhibition on the Santarelli and Zeri stone Collections, has renovated the Castle of Cecchignola to create the headquarters of the Università dei Marmorari: “I began as a child to swap fragments...
Porphyry, Red Imperial Porphyry Power and Religion
This monograph examines the stone material par excellence used throughout the Roman Empire and the most costly of Diocletian’s Edict: Egyptian Red Porphyry. The fortunate circumstances of knowing Professor Raniero Gnoli, who wrote the introduction to this book, and the research and travel carried out with him, have allowed the author to present a large amount of information...
Scultures of The Santarelli and Zeri collection
Scultura, materia e mercato / Dario Del Bufalo (905 Kb) Lo studio dello scultore / Dario Del Bufalo (451 Kb)
Marmorari Magistri Romani
...the Roman Magistri developed a language that was appropriate to the new liturgical values of the Christian religion. Like this, the divine word remained camouflaged in the fractal geometry of Arabic mathematics...
Places of art : the feats of memory
The Spada Chapel, built in the 1600’s in the Church of San Girolamo della Carità, evokes the history of the Roman family’s ancestors through the magnificence of the marble sculptures…
Notvlae thebaicae
An 18th century altarpiece, almost three metres high, by Antoniazzo Romano situated in the sacristy of the Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Rome is framed by two beautiful twin granite columns, the granite being the same as the Column of Flagellation...
The colors of Rome
Prized and colourful marbles marked the grandeur and pomp of Imperial power… Download PDF (in italian, 692 Kb)
Hands of Eros
“Hands of Eros’ illuminates the sensuous and private world of Milton Hebald, master sculptor, whose hands have molded the human spirit from terracotta into bronze for over eighty years. This film reveals the private thoughts and skills of a man who, even at 94, enlivens his sculptures with beauty and innate eroticism. This non-linear short...
Dario Del Bufalo, fanatique d’antiques
“Ancient antiquarie devenu spécialiste des marbres, Dario Del Bufalo vit au sud de Rome dans une maison entièrement envahie par des bustes polychromes, des fragments de marbres antiques et des pierres dures. Portrait d’un collectionneur globe-trotter …” Download PDF (820 Kb)
Stories of stone : from Egypt to Ancient Rome , sculptures , fragments , pieces of marble and granite create a precious collection
“… Not only for the beauty, not only for curiosity, … but for the pleasure of placing each piece as a milestone in one’s own memory, one’s own passion for knowledge…” Download PDF (in italian, 1,2 MB)
Marble Fables
The eclectic and visionary virtuosity of Benedetto Boschetti, a mid-19th century artist from Rome…
