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Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage
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- Book Synopsis
- The first comprehensive collection of texts on the conservation of art and architecture to be published in the English language. The book consists of forty-six texts, some never before in English and many originally published only in obscure or foreign journals.The thirty major art historians and scholars represented raise questions such as when to restore, what to preserve, and how to maintain aesthetic character. Excerpts have been selected from the following books and essays: John Ruskin,**xA0;The Seven**xA0;Lamps of Architecture; Bernard Berenson,**xA0;Aesthetics and**xA0;History in the Visual Arts; Clive Bell,**xA0;The Aesthetic Hypothesis; Cesare Brandi,**xA0;Theory of Restoration;**xA0;Kenneth Clark,**xA0;Looking at Pictures; Erwin Panofsky,**xA0;The History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline; E. H. Gombrich,**xA0;Art and Illusion;**xA0;Marie Cl. Berducou,**xA0;The Conservation of Archaeology; and**xA0;Paul Philippot,**xA0;Restoration from the Perspective of the Social Sciences.**xA0;The fully illustrated book also contains an anannotated bibliography and an index.
- About The Author
- Nicholas Stanley Price is an independent consultant in cultural heritage preservation. M. Kirby Talley Jr. is project coordinator for Conservation and Restoration at the Directorate for the Management of National Cultural Property in Amsterdam. Alessandra Melucco Vaccaro is affiliated with the Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali in Rome.
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- ISBN
- 9780892363988
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Getty Conservation Institute, (31 March 2006)
- Number of Pages
- 520
- Weight
- 1420 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 254 x 178 x 30 mm
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