Flora Artefacta. Historia, Tecnología y Conservación de la Colección de Modelos Botánicos Brendel en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Abstract

The Complutense University of Madrid has an extraordinary collection of Brendel models made of papier-mâché and/our gelatin. In 2020, our research group carried out the exhibition project IMAGINARY HERBARIA. Between Art and Science, in the c-arte-c room of the Complutense Art Center, which provided the opportunity to restore a selection of 19 sculptures. The article offers a historiographic and epistemological overview of these unique objects to understand how their uses and functions established close connections between the history of science and artistic production. In a second part, the conservation-restoration methodologies that were adopted are presented, highlighting the contribution of 3D digital techniques in decision making by enabling an exhaustive knowledge of the object and helping to minimize the risks of direct manipulation.

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