Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage (Readings in Conservation) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0892363983 ISBN 13: 9780892363988

Publisher: Getty Conservation Institute, 1996

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, The Seven Lamps of Architecture; Bernard Berenson, Aesthetics and History in the Visual Arts; Clive Bell, The Aesthetic Hypothesis; Cesare Brandi, Theory of Restoration; Kenneth Clark, Looking at Pictures; Erwin Panofsky, The History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline; E. H. Gombrich, Art and Illusion; Marie Cl. Berducou, The Conservation of Archaeology; and Paul Philippot, Restoration from the Perspective of the Social Sciences. The fully illustrated book also contains an anannotated bibliography and an index.

About this title

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.

Reviews

Before compiling these 46 diverse articles, the Getty Conservation team considered more than 300 documents. The result is a scholarly collection that attempts to show the relationship of art history to art conservation. The readings, many of which might not be readily found in common sources, are invaluable not only to students?the group targeted by the editors?but also to art historians, archaeologists, and conservators already engaged in the trade. The opening essays on art appreciation?written by notables such as Clive Bell and Kenneth Clark?have been included to show the relationship between connoisseurship and the need to preserve the past. Subsequent readings discuss past restoration practices and analyze procedures used today, and the texts can be difficult. Still, this is essential for art and academic libraries.?Margarete Gross, Chicago P.L.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Getty Conservation Institute
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0892363983
• ISBN 13: 9780892363988
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 520
• Editor: Price Nicholas, Talley Jr. M. Kirby, Vaccaro Alessandra Melucco