Magyar Műemlékvédelem (Országos Műemléki Felügyelőség Kiadványai 14. Budapest, 2007)

ÉPÜLETEK HOMLOKZATI FELÜLETKÉPZÉSÉNEK ÉS SZÍNESSÉGÉNEK TÖRTÉNETISÉGE. KONFERENCIA (BUDAPEST, 2005. NOVEMBER 17-18.) - D. MEZEY ALICE: Előszó, avagy vázlatos helyzetkép

A laboratóriumi vizsgálatokat Tóth Mária geofizikus (MTA-GKI) végezte. A helyreállítás hitelességének érdekében velünk együttműködő műemléki felügyelő - részben talán emiatt is - egzisztenciális válságba sodródott. PROLOGUE OR OUTLINED SITUATION REPORT BY ALICE D. MEZEY Nearly 3 years ago, May 2004 I was commissioned to discourse on colouring the monuments in an International Conference on Dynamics of Colours in Visegrád owning to pressure of work on my scholar colleagues. I did not think that I possessed the necessary knowledge but I thought I saw clearly that there was an urge to do something in this field.The decision led me to a lecture with an only aim: to prove that the facade of the monuments appearing after the reconstruction represents a question of facts; mainly the guestion of investigation, restorer investigation and restoration-conservation. Supposing no traces of the original façade remain, the planning and finally aesthetic ideas can occur strictly relying on the gradually increasing results of the investigations. My lecture, titled 'Picturesqueness of monuments from the ancient times until Bauhaus', summed up the subject with the help of research experiences gained exclusively on the spot and of restoration examples whilst focusing on introducing Hungarian case-studies. My approach to the question had no reflections but it created little stir especially among the experts examining the question in practical aspect. With regard to the conference and the numerous questions of current concern and arising during the everyday work to be discussed and solved we organized a series of lectures within the Office with the participation of the colleagues between September 2004 and June 2005. A summarizing conference of wider spectrum, closing the series was held at the end of the year, since the lectures classified into periods of style were followed with constant and expansive interest. The lectures of the closing conference are being published nowadays. The examination of the question in historical approach is emphasized on the one hand and the 'surface formation' replacing the 'surface treatment' is used following and translating 'Wandbehandlung'the German term of boarder sense on the other hand. It is directing attention to the unbelievable variety of the surface formation, pointing beyond the question of colouring and being typical especially of the buildings of the 1920th centuries contrasted with the modest, unimaginative prosaism of the present days tending to standardize.