M.A. and Certificate in Conservation, 1990, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
Research interests:
Conservation and technical art history of medieval sculpture; decoration
of late medieval German sculpture, in particular the works of Tilman Riemenschneider;
conservation of modern sculpture
Sample courses:
Conservation of Stone Sculpture, Monuments and Buildings; Introduction
to Objects Conservation; Polychromy and Monochromy: Treatment of Medieval
Wooden Sculpture
Recent Public Lectures:
“Blink Twice: Making Mistakes in Conservation,” General Session, Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation, Milwaukee WI, May 13, 2010.
“Understanding Medieval Polychrome Sculpture: Technical Studies of Twelfth-Century Italian and Spanish Crucifixes,” Villa La Pietra Graduate Studies Seminar, February 16, 2010, Florence, Italy.
"The Cloisters' Spanish Romanesque Crucifix (not) from Astudillo," Fulda
Crucifix Conference, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 17-18, 2008.
"Issues in Conservation: Guiding Principles in Conservation Practice at
Villa la Pietra," Italian Art at Villa La Pietra, NYU-Florence, March
17-19, 2008.
"Introductory Remarks: Cognitive Error and Conservation," Art of the Matter:
Doing Technical Art History, Smith College, October 26-27, 2007.
"Brandi in America: Thoughts towards a History," Brandi Oggi, Istituto
Centrale di Restauro, Rome, May 26, 2007.
Recent Symposia Organized:
Preserving Destruction: ANAGPIC Professional Day Talks, April 19, 2008,
Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.
Conservation Legacies of L'Alluvione: A Symposium Commemorating the 40th
Anniversary of the Florence Flood, November 10-11, 2006, NYU-Florence,
Villa la Pietra, Florence, Italy.
Cesare Brandi, October 4, 2006, Italian Cultural Institute, NY.
Selected publications:
Chapuis, Julien und Michele Marincola, "Bemerkungen zum
Meister der Biberacher Sippe und zu einem hl. Rochus in The Cloisters," in Nicht die Bibliothek, sondern das Auge: Westeuropäische Skulptur und Malerei
an der Wende zur Neuzeit, 66-75.Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2008.
"Brandi in America: Further Thoughts towards a
History."In Cesare Brandi
Oggi, Prime ricognizioni (Atti del Convegno, May-June 2007), 251-258.Rome: Istituto Centrale di Restauro, 2008.
"Riemenschneider's Use of the Decorative
Punch."In Tilman
Riemenschneider, c. 1460-1531. Studies in
the History of Art, 65. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 2004.
"Polychromy." In Encyclopedia of Sculpture.Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2003.
"A Technical Investigation of the Dumbarton Oaks Virgin
and Child by Tilman Riemenschneider." The Sculpture Journal IV (2000): 24-34.
"The Surfaces of Riemenschneider's
Sculpture."In Tilman
Riemenschneider: Master Sculptor of the Late Middle Ages, 100-116.Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1999.
"A Standing Virgin in The Cloisters: The Conservation
and Restoration of a Medieval Alabaster." The Metropolitan Museum of
Art Bulletin (Winter 1997/98): 38-45.
Stein, R., J. Kimmel, F. Klemm, M. Marincola.
"Observations on Cyclododecane as a Temporary Consolidant for Stone." Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 39, no. 3 (Spring 2001): 355-369.
Ellen Pearlstein, Ellen and Michele Marincola, eds.Loss Compensation: Technical and
Philosophical Issues, Proceedings of the Objects Specialty Group Session.Washington, D. C.: American Institute for Conservation , 1994.
Selected honors:
Professional Associate, American Institute for Conservation Co-Chair,
Objects Specialty Group, American Institute for Conservation, 1993-95
Professional Study Grant, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Use of Purple
Fluorite as an Artists' Pigment in the Middle Ages, 1997 Panel Reviewer,
Institute of Museum and Library Services, Conservation Project Support,
1997, 2002