LawLove · The origins of the legal protection of heritage. Legislation on the safeguard of monuments and artworks issued in 15th- to 18th-century Europe.

The origins of the legal protection of heritage. Legislation on the safeguard of monuments and artworks issued in 15th- to 18th-century Europe.

The project LawLove looked at the laws on the protection of artworks and monuments that were issued in the European countries between the early modern and the modern centuries (from early 15th to late 18th century). The overall objective was to develop a comparative analysis on this legislation within a legal, cultural, and art historical perspective, in order to understand the systems established in early-modern and modern Europe to administer, protect, supervise, maintain, restore, classify, and record what was thought of as “heritage” in different states. Research was carried out on original records related to legislation as well as first-hand references, including archival documents and old manuscripts, making these sources accessible to the wide European community by translating them to English from their respective original languages (Latin, early-modern Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, and Portuguese). LawLove established a new state-of-the-art in both legal history and art history, involving also fundamental outcomes for the interconnected disciplined of cultural history, history of restoration and conservation, comparative law, history of administration, history of art collections and museums. Thanks to several open-access publications, lectures, and conferences, as well as outreach activities, this project aimed to establish a history of legislation on the protection of the artifacts in Europe, spreading general awareness on the importance of respecting and protecting heritage. Furthermore, it supported basic questions related to European policy-making on the heritage preservation. In this 3-year project, the fellow acquired new skills thanks to an intense training-through-research: expertise in interdisciplinary areas of study; transferable skills; new research methodologies and lecturing proficiency; competencies in project and financial management; communication skills. She refined her maturity and independence as academic, obtaining the Tenured Position of Lecturer and Researcher in the field of “Museology, Art Critique, and History of Restoration” towards the end of her fellowship. The project was hosted at the University Ca' Foscari Venice, and lasted from September 2019 to June 2022.

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