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Cuneiform: Ancient Scripts by Irving Finkel 9781606064474
RRP: £18.95Booksplease Price: £18.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606064474Author Irving FinkelFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint -
Infrared Spectroscopy in Conservation Science by . Derrick 9780892364695
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £55.42A practical manual for the microscopic analysis of paint, coatings, fibres and adhesives - materials found in works of art.Book InformationISBN 9780892364695Author . DerrickFormat PaperbackPage Count -
Mortality Immortality? - The Legacy of 20th-Century Art by Miguel Angel Corzo 9780892365289
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £31.54Contains 34 essays by professionals from various disciplines, from a conference on the preservation of contemporary art. This volume attempts to identify the objects which will define the art of the... -
Inert Gases in the Control of Museum Insect Pests by Charles Selwitz 9780892365029
Booksplease Price: £28.92This work details the use of inert gases in the control of museum insect pests. Successful insect eradication procedures using a process known as anoxia are described, and instructions for building... -
The Conservation of Archaeological Sites in the Mediterranean Region by Marta De La Torre 9780892364862
RRP: £48.00Booksplease Price: £34.82The balance between conserving fragile ancient cultural sites and making them available to increasing numbers of visitors is one of the main themes of this book. Topics discussed include site... -
Issues in the Conservation of Paintings by Mark Leonard 9780892366569
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £13.82This volume on paintings conservation includes more than seventy texts ranging from the fifteenth century to the present day. Some are classic and highly influential writings; others, although little... -
Conservation and Seismic Strengthening of Byzantine Churches in Macedonia by Pedrag Gavrilovic 9780892367771
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £35.10Between the ninth and fourteenth century, hundreds of architecturally exquisite Byzantine churches, many of them adorned with beautiful frescoes, were built in the area now known as the Republic of... -
The Classical Cookbook - Revised Edition by . Dalby
Booksplease Price: £21.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorAndrew Dalby is a classics scholar, linguist, and food historian. He is the author of Venus: A Biography... -
Issues in the Conservation of Paintings . Bomford 9780892367818
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £35.60This volume on paintings conservation includes more than seventy texts ranging from the fifteenth century to the present day. Some are classic and highly influential writings; others, although little... -
Changing Views of Textile Conservation . Brooks 9781606060483
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £52.65This title offers an insightful collection of critically important readings on the concepts and practices of textile conservation. This fourth volume in "The Readings in Conservation series" aims to... -
Lessons Learned - Reflecting on the Theory and Practice of Mosaic Conservation by Aicha Ben Abed 9780892369201
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £56.72In 2005, the Institut National du Patrimoine of Tunisia played host to the ninth Triennial meeting of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM). The meeting focused on... -
Solvent Gels for the Cleaning of Works of Art - The Residue Question . Stulik 9780892367597
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £31.04In art conservation, the cleaning of a work of art often involves removing not only dirt and grime but also unwanted layers of varnish, gilding, and paint from the work's surface. The challenge for... -
Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage . Price 9780892363988
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £39.67This first volume of the Getty Conservation Institute's "Readings in Conservation" series presents a comprehensive collection of texts on the conservation of art and architecture. Designed for... -
Conserving Contemporary Art - Issues, Methods, Materials, and Research . Chiantore 9781606061046
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £39.17This is a thorough investigation of the material and philosophical aspects of conserving contemporary art. Since the advent of the avant-garde in the early 20th century, visual artists have adopted... -
Conservation of Granite in Cultural Heritage Jose Delgado Rodrigues 9781606069516
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £63.24The field of stone conservation has long needed a holistic perspective that embraces the needs of conservation professionals and provides scientific support to enable them to better analyze ... -
Looking at Glass by Catherine Hess 9780892367504
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £13.39This publication in the popular 'Looking At' series deals with glass terminology. The often arcane technical terms relating to the production and decoration of glass, as well as names of special... -
Plant Biology for Cultural Heritage - Biodeterioration and Conservation . Caneva 9780892369393
Booksplease Price: £64.65This title brings together a wide-ranging collection of works relating to the biodeterioration and conservation of art, architecture, and archaeological sites around the world. This volume presents... -
Photographs of the Past - Process and Preservation . Lavedrine 9780892369577
RRP: £45.00Booksplease Price: £39.67This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the techniques, methods, and processes of photographic conservation and preservation available today. In recent years, interest in old... -
Renaissance Secrets: A Lifetime Working with Wall Paintings by Michelangelo, Raphael, and Others at the Vatican by Maurizio De Luca 9781606067994
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £26.68Engagingly 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... -
Refashioning and Redressing - Conserving and Displaying Dress Mary Brooks 9781606065112
RRP: £55.00Booksplease Price: £49.86Recognizing this process as a dynamic interaction of investigation, interpretation, intervention, re-creation, and display, Refashioning and Redress: Conserving and Displaying Dress examines the ways... -
Terra 2022: Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage Leslie Rainer 9781606069158
RRP: £85.00Booksplease Price: £71.37Earthen architecture is one of the oldest forms of construction and is evidenced around the globe. This volume gathers the research and presentations from Terra 2022: 13th World Congress on Earthen... -
Cai Guo-Qiang: The Artist's Materials Rachel Rivenc 9781606069493
Booksplease Price: £35.12Cai Guo-Qiang (China b. 1957) is among the most prominent contemporary artists active today. His prolific, diverse creative practice-which includes gunpowder drawings and paintings,... -
Rock Art: The Changing Landscape of Conservation and Management Neville Agnew 9798887120034
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £63.24Painted and engraved marks and images on rock surfaces represent the oldest and most widespread form of human expression. Found globally in its original landscapes, with some images dating... -
Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Art: An International Conference Held in Mexico City, June 3-5, 2019 Rachel Rivenc 9781606066874
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £51.35Eggshells, 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... -
Properties of Plastics: A Guide for Conservators by Thea B. van Oosten
Booksplease Price: £61.35Almost every museum in the world is confronted with plastics in their collections. Research initiatives and knowledge concerning the conservation of heritage objects made of plastics have... -
Inventories and Surveys for Heritage Management: Lessons for the Digital Age David Myers 9781606068816
RRP: £50.00Booksplease Price: £49.18A critical first step in the conservation of cultural heritage is to identify and understand the places we want to protect. Inventories and related data-collection activities such as surveys are... -
The Artist's Materials Corina E. Rogge 9781606067642
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £30.74Although Franz Kline was one of the seminal figures of the American Abstract Expressionist movement, he is less well known than contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. This is... -
New Building in Old Cities: Writings by Gustavo Giovannoni on Architectural and Urban Conservation Gustavo Giovannoni 9781606068755
RRP: £65.00Booksplease Price: £63.24The Italian architect, historian, and restorer Gustavo Giovannoni (1873-1947) was a key figure in the fields of architecture, urbanism, and conservation during the first half of the twentieth century...