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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. Readings come from the work of such writers as Ruskin, Berenson, Clive Bell, Cesare Brandi, Kenneth Clark, Erwin Panofsky, E.H. Gombrich, Marie Cl. Berducou, and Paul Philippot. The fully illustrated book also contains references, a glossary of terms, 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.

Summary

This volume provides a collection of texts on the conservation of art and architecture. Aimed at students of art history as well as conservation, the book consists of 46 texts in which art historians raise questions such as when to restore, what to preserve and how to maintain aesthetic character.

Product details

• Authors: Alessandra Melucco Vaccaro, . Price, .. Price, N P Stanley Price, n s talley Price, Nicholas Stanley-Price, Mansfield Kirby Talley
• Assisted by: etc. (Editor), N. P. Stanley Price (Editor), Nicholas Price (Editor), Nicholas S. Price (Editor), Nicholas Stanley Price (Editor), M Kirby Talley (Editor), M. Kirby Talley (Editor), M. Kirby Talley Jr (Editor), Alessandra Melucco Vaccaro (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues_US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.1996
• EAN: 9780892363988
• ISBN: 978-0-89236-398-8
• Dimensions: 177 mm x 253 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Readings in Conservation S.; Readings in Conservation; Readings in Conservation S.; Readings in Conservation; Getty Publications - (Yale); Getty Publications -
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques