In 1963, the publication of the Theory of Restoration by Cesare Brandi anticipated the 2 International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historic Monuments, which met in Venice from May 25th to 31st 1964.In his theory, Brandi referred to the text by John Dewey in his Art as Experience2:'A work of art, no matter how old or classic, is actually and not just potentially a work of art when it lives in some individualized experience.As a piece of parchment, of marble, of canvas, it remains (subject, however, to the ravages of time) self-identical throughout the ages.But as a work of art, it is recreated every time it is aesthetically experienced.
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