Issues in the Conservation of Paintings

Informationen zum Autor David Bomford is senior restorer of paintings at the National Gallery, London. Mark Leonard is conservator of paintings at the Getty Museum. Klappentext This 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 known when first published, in retrospect reflect important themes and issues in the history of the field. Many appear here in English for the first time, including translations of D. Vicente Polero y Toledo's 1855 essay "Arte de la Restauración" (The Art of Restoration), and Victor Bauer-Bolton's treatise from 1914, "Sollen fehlende Stellen bei Gemälden ergänzt werden?" (Should Missing Areas of Paintings Be Made Good?). The book is divided into six sections: An Historical MiscellanyHistory of the ProfessionStudy of Artists' Materials and TechniquesStructural InterventionsPhilosophical and Practical Approaches to Cleaning and RestorationCleaning Controversies This is the second volume to appear in the Getty Conservation Institute's Readings in Conservation series, which publishes texts considered fundamental to an understanding of the history, philosophies, and methodologies of conservation.

Product details

• Authors: Bomford, . Bomford, .. Bomford, David Bomford, David (EDT)/ Leonard Bomford, Mark Leonard
• Assisted by: David Bomford (Editor), Mark Leonard (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues_US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2005
• EAN: 9780892367818
• ISBN: 978-0-89236-781-8
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 253 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Readings in Conservation S.; Reading in Conservation Series; Readings in Conservation; Reading in Conservation Series; BIBLIOTHECA PAEDIATRICA REF KARGER; Getty Publications - (Yale); Getty Publications –
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques