REPRODUCTION OF WORK OF ART BY AWJ: FLOOR OF THE SAINT MARK BASILICA

摘要

This article describes step by step, the history of the reproduction of a work of art, that is a marble floor of the Saint Mark Basilica in Venice, Italy. A photograph of the floor has been used as a model and its reproduction served for the confection of a circular table surface. With this, a cooperation work between University and Private Sector begins and the cited table was born. For the reproduction of the constituent parts with high precision, the advanced technology of abrasive water jet cut of the University of Sao Paulo was used, where ceramic paving-tiles had been cut imitating the original workmanship. Laborious work of meeting these parts was followed and its glue for the confection of the cover table, elaborated by artists of the Raposo Atelier, that was crowned of success.