Dear All,

The Cappella degli Scrovegni, previously closed for renovations, will be
reopened officially by the Italian president, On. Ciampi, on the 18th of
March. According to the well-written article by Arturo Carlo Quintavalle in
the Corriere della Sera (12 feb 2002, p. 33), the restorations have
revealed how Giotto worked. In actuality, there are no real surprises, as
the technique -- as discussed by Quintavalle -- is a "textbook" version of
Trecento Italian fresco technique, as described by Mora, Mora, and
Philippot, Conservation of Wall Paintings, trans. Elisabeth Schwarzbaum
and Harold Plenderleith, London: Butterworths, 1983.

For those who read Italian, Corriere della Sera has a web page:
http://www.corriere.it

For those wishing more information about opening hours and reservations:
both the following web sites lead to the same pages,
http://www.comune.padova.it (a fairly
reliable model for the web sites for
Italian cities) and http://www.padovanet.it

-On the left, under "Vivere Padova," chose "Musei Civici"
-On this screen, you may chose English by clicking on the English flag, or
may continue in Italian, as follows
-On the right, click on "musei"
-At the bottom of the page, click on "Cappella degli Scrovegni"
-At the bottom of the page, click on "Informazione"

Hope this is of help and interest, best regards,

Star Meyer
starleen.meyerfastwebnet.it
P.S., please forgive cross-postings