Historical and philosophical issues in the conservation of cultural heritage / edited by Nicholas Stanley Price, M. Kirby Talley, Jr., Alessandra Melucco Vaccaro

Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-471) and index

-- Contents Foreword Preface Note to the Reader Pt. I The Eye's Caress: Looking, Appreciation, and Connoisseurship 1 The Lamp of Memory, I / John Ruskin 2 Aesthetics and History in the Visual Arts / Bernard Berenson 3 Art / Clive Bell 4 Looking at Pictures / Kenneth Clark 5 The History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline / Erwin Panofsky 6 The Modern Cult of Monuments: Its Essence and Its Development / Alois Reigl 7 Principles of Art History / Heinrich Wolfflin 8 Italian Painters of the Renaissance / Bernard Berenson 9 Conversations with Berenson / Umberto Morra 10 Fundamental Laws of Sculpture / John Ruskin 11 From Light into Paint / E. H. Gombrich 12 Of Turnerian Mystery: Secondly, Willful / John Ruskin 13 Rudiments of Connoisseurship / Bernard Berenson 14 On Art and Connoisseurship / Max J. Freidlander 15 Connoisseurship / John Pope-Hennessy 16 The Nature of Gothic / John Ruskin Pt. II The Original Intent of the Artist 17 Art in Transition / Albert Albano 18 Crimes against the Cubists / John Richardson 19 The Autonomy of Restoration: Ethical Considerations in Relation to Artistic Concepts / Ernst van de Wetering Pt. III The Emergence of Modern Conservation Theory 20 That Mighty Sculptor, Time / Marguerite Yourcenar 21 Restoration from the Perspective of the Humanities / Paul Philippot 22 Theory of Restoration, I / Cesar Brandi 23 The Integration of the Image: Problems in the Restoration of Monuments / Giovanni Carbonara 24 Knowing How to "Question" the Object before Restoring It / Albert France-Lanord 25 Introduction to Archaeological Conservation / Marie Berducou Pt. IV Historical Perspective 26 Historic Preservation: Philosophy, Criteria, Guidelines, I / Paul Philippot 27 Degradation, Conservation, and Restoration of Works of Art: Historical Overview / R. H. Marijnissen 28 Further Materials for a History of Conservation / Sheldon Keck 29 The Surgery of Memory: Ancient Sculpture and Historical Restorations / Orietta Rossi Pinelli Pt. V Restoration and Anti-Restoration 30 Restoration / Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc 31 Manifesto of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings / William Morris 32 The Lamp of Memory, II / John Ruskin Pt. VI Reintegration of Losses 33 On Restorations / Max J. Friedlander 34 The Problem of the Integration of Lacunae in the Restoration of Paintings / Albert Philippot, Paul Philippot 35 Theory of Restoration, II / Cesare Brandi 36 Problems of Presentation / Paolo Mora, Laura Mora, Paul Philippot 37 Theory of Restoration and Methodological Unity / Umberto Baldini 38 Historic Preservation: Philosophy Criteria, Guidelines, II / Paul Philippot Pt. VII The Idea of Patina 39 The Idea of Patina and the Cleaning of Paintings / Paul Philippot 40 Theory of Restoration, III / Cesare Brandi 41 The Cleaning of Pictures in Relation to Patina, Varnish, and Glazes / Cesare Brandi 42 A Review of the History and Practice of Patination / Phoebe Dent Weil 43 The Surface of Objects and Museum Style / Ernst van de Wetering Pt. VIII The Role of Science and Technology 44 Scientific Research and the Restoration of Paintings / Paul Coremans 45 The Scientist's Role in Historic Preservation with Particular Reference to Stone Conservation / Giorgio Torraca 46 The Science and Art of Conservation of Cultural Property / Giovanni Urbani Annotated Bibliography About the Authors Illustration Credits Index=520 \\ 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