Conservation & Preservation

In 2019 Yale University, with the support of the Getty Foundation, held an international conference, where nearly four hundred attendees from more than twenty countries gathered to discuss a vital topic: how best to conserve paintings on canvas. It was...

Experimental Design and Scientific Data Analysis provides accessible information about the research process from start to finish as applied to conservation to enable readers to successfully plan and carry out research and share findings effectively with...

This is a detailed and informative overview of the latest research and development in stone conservation. Petra, Angkor, Copan, Venice, Lascaux, Easter Island - all are examples of irreplaceable cultural heritage built in stone and now slowly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957402048Author Nichole DoubFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Society for Historical ArchaeologyPublisher Society for Historical...

This open access book investigates whether and how theoretical findings and insights in contemporary art conservation can be translated into the daily work practices of conservators or, vice versa, whether and how the problems and dilemmas encountered in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782503609744Author Cathleen HoenigerFormat HardbackPage Count 4160Imprint Brepols PublishersPublisher Brepols PublishersWeight(grams) 1610g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789090369020Author Gaby WijersFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint LimaPublisher LimaWeight(grams) 204g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620065006Author Michael BartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Sunbury Press, Inc.Publisher Sunbury Press, Inc.Weight(grams) 295g

The book Locus Fratrum is the first attempt at a systematic analysis of the architecture and building practice of the last major medieval monastic order. The core of the book lies in chapters monitoring the history and building development of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262549240Author Gabriella GiannachiFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 369g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353339449Author Sid SanghviFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Rupa Publications India Pvt. LtdPublisher Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788196832209Author Sam LorayFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Spectra EnterprisePublisher Spectra EnterpriseWeight(grams) 177g

In the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen incident, Yin Jiagi has emerged as a leading Chinese dissident and theorist of the Democracy Movement. This collection of essays documents his views on a range of subjects, crucial to China's future.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692602591Author Tom JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Tom JohnsonPublisher Tom JohnsonWeight(grams) 245g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781775314295Author Andrew VealeFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Andrew VealePublisher Andrew VealeWeight(grams) 195g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788196716349Author Rafeal MechloreFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Uniek EnterprisesPublisher Uniek EnterprisesWeight(grams) 159g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788882713003Author Guido CorminiFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Edizioni Musei VaticaniPublisher Edizioni Musei Vaticani

Since the adoption of the World Heritage Convention in 1972, the notion that cultural and natural heritage need to be protected and properly utilized has gained popularity. Over time, however, such utilization concepts were less focused on ideas of...

This book describes the methods of conservation, preservation and restoration of the thousands of artefacts contained within the buildings that house the museums, which also require constant care and attention. The Vatican Museums are enormous, nearly 4...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941792377Author Peter N MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Bard Graduate CenterPublisher Bard Graduate Center

This is the definitive account of the ground-breaking conservation project to conserve the cave paintings of the Mogao Grottoes in China. The Mogao Grottoes, a World Heritage Site in northwestern China, are located along the ancient caravan routes,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783954984169Author Valerie KobiFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Sandstein Kommunikation GmbHPublisher Sandstein Kommunikation GmbH

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782930054346Author Dominique DeneffeFormat HardbackPage Count 377Imprint Brepols PublishersPublisher Brepols PublishersWeight(grams) 1769g

Earthquakes pose myriad dangers to heritage collections worldwide. This book provides an accessible introduction to these dangers and to the methodologies developed at the Getty and other museums internationally for mitigating seismic vulnerability. ...

This title explores the issues surrounding the study and conservation of earthen architecture. Earthen architecture constitutes one of the most diverse forms of cultural heritage and one of the most challenging to preserve. It dates from all periods and...

Light allows us not only to see the works of art, but also to take care of them and preserve them for future generations, through diagnosis of the degradation and deterioration phenomena, conservation treatments, and monitoring based on light-material...

The topic of intangible natural heritage is new, recently emerging as an important subject of inquiry. It describes the untouchable elements of the environment that combine to create natural objects, and help define our relationship to them. These...

Engagingly written and profusely illustrated, this book offers readers a close-up "view from the scaffolding" of some of the greatest Renaissance wall paintings at the Vatican. Beginning in the late 1400s, the greatest artists of Renaissance Italy were...

1. The author explains how cultural heritage organizations, such as museums, libraries, archives and historic sites, can forgo the "best" in favor of "good" and "better" approaches to collections care. Giving examples of...

Close technical examinations of the techniques and materials of Edward Steichen, Mark Rothko, Jules Olitski, Jasper Johns, and others are accompanied by essays that probe issues of conserving contemporary art Volume 5 of the National Gallery of Art's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941792322Author Peter N. MillerFormat HardbackImprint Bard Graduate CenterPublisher Bard Graduate CenterWeight(grams) 6g

An exploration of heritage practice in Turkey at the intersection of academia, policy, and practice. The papers published in this volume were among those presented at the 14th International ANAMED Annual Symposium (IAAS), held at Istanbul's Koc...

Conservators and other museum professionals face a large number of issues involving the mechanical behavior of materials, including questions on craquelure, restoring physically damaged objects, art in transport, or the selection of adhesives. However,...

Eggshells, flowers, onion peels, sponge cake, dried bread, breast milk-these are just a few of the biological materials that some contemporary artists have used to make art. But how can works made from such perishable ingredients be preserved? And what...

The art and science of audiovisual preservation and access has evolved at breakneck speed in the digital age. The Joint Technical Symposium (JTS) is organized by the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations and brings experts from around...

Teaching and learning involve more than just language. The teachers' use of gestures, the classroom spaces they occupy and the movements they make, as well as the tools they use, work together with language as a multimodal ensemble of meanings. Embodied...

Within archaeological studies, land tenure has been mainly studied from the viewpoint of ownership. A host of studies has argued about land ownership on the basis of the simple co-existence of artefacts on the landscape; other studies have tended to...

Caring for Plastics in Collections presents basic knowledge of plastics in an accessible way and empowers readers to determine the best approach for care, taking into account the resources at their institution and the needs of their specific collection.

This book presents the first material study of the celebrated contemporary Chinese artist, Cai Guo-Qiang, known worldwide for his subversive use of unusual materials, particularly gunpowder.

Two centuries after Napoleon Bonaparte's death, this edited volume brings together a diverse group of historians, art historians, and museum professionals to critically examine the enduring power of visual and material culture in the making of Napoleonic...