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Historical and philosophical issues in the conservation of cultural heritage / edited by Nicholas Stanley Price, M. Kirby Talley, Jr., Alessandra Melucco Vaccaro - xvii, 500 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm - Readings in conservation . - Readings in conservation. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-471) and index

This is the first comprehensive collection of texts on the conservation of art and architecture to be published in the English language. Designed for students of art history as well as conservation, the book consists of forty-five texts, some never before translated into 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 -- Contents Foreword Preface Note to the Reader Pt. I The Eye's Caress: Looking, Appreciation, and Connoisseurship 1 The Lamp of Memory, I 2 Aesthetics and History in the Visual Arts 3 Art 4 Looking at Pictures 5 The History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline 6 The Modern Cult of Monuments: Its Essence and Its Development 7 Principles of Art History 8 Italian Painters of the Renaissance 9 Conversations with Berenson 10 Fundamental Laws of Sculpture 11 From Light into Paint 12 Of Turnerian Mystery: Secondly, Willful 13 Rudiments of Connoisseurship 14 On Art and Connoisseurship 15 Connoisseurship 16 The Nature of Gothic Pt. II The Original Intent of the Artist 17 Art in Transition 18 Crimes against the Cubists 19 The Autonomy of Restoration: Ethical Considerations in Relation to Artistic Concepts Pt. III The Emergence of Modern Conservation Theory 20 That Mighty Sculptor, Time 21 Restoration from the Perspective of the Humanities 22 Theory of Restoration, I 23 The Integration of the Image: Problems in the Restoration of Monuments 24 Knowing How to "Question" the Object before Restoring It 25 Introduction to Archaeological Conservation Pt. IV Historical Perspective 26 Historic Preservation: Philosophy, Criteria, Guidelines, I 27 Degradation, Conservation, and Restoration of Works of Art: Historical Overview 28 Further Materials for a History of Conservation 29 The Surgery of Memory: Ancient Sculpture and Historical Restorations Pt. V Restoration and Anti-Restoration 30 Restoration 31 Manifesto of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings 32 The Lamp of Memory, II Pt. VI Reintegration of Losses 33 On Restorations 34 The Problem of the Integration of Lacunae in the Restoration of Paintings 35 Theory of Restoration, II 36 Problems of Presentation 37 Theory of Restoration and Methodological Unity 38 Historic Preservation: Philosophy Criteria, Guidelines, II Pt. VII The Idea of Patina 39 The Idea of Patina and the Cleaning of Paintings 40 Theory of Restoration, III 41 The Cleaning of Pictures in Relation to Patina, Varnish, and Glazes 42 A Review of the History and Practice of Patination 43 The Surface of Objects and Museum Style Pt. VIII The Role of Science and Technology 44 Scientific Research and the Restoration of Paintings 45 The Scientist's Role in Historic Preservation with Particular Reference to Stone Conservation 46 The Science and Art of Conservation of Cultural Property Annotated Bibliography About the Authors Illustration Credits Index=520 \\ / John Ruskin / Bernard Berenson / Clive Bell / Kenneth Clark / Erwin Panofsky / Alois Reigl / Heinrich Wolfflin / Bernard Berenson / Umberto Morra / John Ruskin / E. H. Gombrich / John Ruskin / Bernard Berenson / Max J. Freidlander / John Pope-Hennessy / John Ruskin / Albert Albano / John Richardson / Ernst van de Wetering / Marguerite Yourcenar / Paul Philippot / Cesar Brandi / Giovanni Carbonara / Albert France-Lanord / Marie Berducou / Paul Philippot / R. H. Marijnissen / Sheldon Keck / Orietta Rossi Pinelli / Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc / William Morris / John Ruskin / Max J. Friedlander / Albert Philippot, Paul Philippot / Cesare Brandi / Paolo Mora, Laura Mora, Paul Philippot / Umberto Baldini / Paul Philippot / Paul Philippot / Cesare Brandi / Cesare Brandi / Phoebe Dent Weil / Ernst van de Wetering / Paul Coremans / Giorgio Torraca / Giovanni Urbani

ISBN: 0892362502 9780892362509 0892363983 9780892363988

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Art--Conservation and restoration
Architecture--Conservation and restoration

LC Class. No.: N8555 / .H57 1996

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