The conservation of decorated surfaces on earthen architecture : proceedings from the international colloquium organized by the Getty Conservation Institute and the National Park Service, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA, September 22-25, 2004 / edited by Leslie Rainer and Angelyn Bass Rivera.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rainer, Leslie, 1960-

Rivera, Angelyn Bass.

Series:

Getty Conservation Institute symposium proceedings series

Proceedings

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mural painting and decoration, Ancient--Conservation and restoration--Congresses.

Mural painting and decoration, Ancient.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Conservation and restoration--Congresses.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.

Earth construction--Congresses.

Earth construction.

Architecture, Ancient--Congresses.

Architecture, Ancient.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Conservation and restoration.

Mural painting and decoration, Ancient--Conservation and restoration.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xv, 191 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Getty Conservation Instititute, [2006]

Contents:

Part 1 Archaeological Sites

Abbasid Earth Architecture and Decoration at Samarra, Iraq / Alastair Northedge 5

The Taharqo Wall Painting Rescue at Qasr Ibrim, Egypt / David Singleton, Eric Miller, Pamela Rose 15

Archaeological Site Conservation at Mesa Verde National Park

Part I. Surface Finish Preservation: A Summary of Current Work for the Archeological Site Conservation Program of Mesa Verde National Park / Rebecca J. Carr 24

Part II. Surface Finishes, Decoration, and Social Organization at Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park / Larry V. Nordby 36

Part 2 Museum Practice

Out of Their Native Earth: The History of Excavation and Conservation of Ancient Hopi Murals from Awatovi and Kawaika-a / Angelyn Bass Rivera, Leslie Rainer, Lydia Vagts 53

Paradise: To Intervene or Not? A Review of Some Past Conservation Approaches for the Treatment of Clay-Based Chinese Wall Paintings and a Set of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Gate Panels / Kathleen M. Garland, Joe C. Rogers 66

The Nebamun Wall Paintings of the British Museum / Eric Miller 76

Part 3 Historic Buildings

Theory into Practice: Establishing Compatibility in Earth-Based Repair Materials / Lisa Shekede, Stephen Rickerby 89

Choice of Materials for the Conservation of Wall Paintings on Earthen Supports in China / Jun Zheng 99

The Preservation of Earth Wall Surface Finishes in Historic Buildings of Northern Nigeria: A Case Study of Babban Gwani, Bauchi, Nigeria / Ishanlosen Odiaua 110

Part 4 Living Traditions

Change and Continuity in Ndebele Earthen Architecture: Toward a Model for Conservation of Meaning in Architectural Decoration / Karel A. Bakker, Chris J. van Vuuren 123

Asante Shrines, Ghana: Revival of the Bas-Relief Decoration Techniques / Sebastien Moriset 136

Community Building and Continuity of Tradition: The Decoration of Mud-Brick Surfaces in the Hadhramaut Region of Yemen / Pamela Jerome 144

Conservation of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Cathedral and Safeguarding the Tradition of Decoration of the Nankani Women

Part I. Preservation of the Nankani Tradition of Wall Decoration / Gisele Taxil 152

Part II. Analytical Research on Nankani Polychrome Decoration / Ann Bourges 160

Closing Dedication / Michael Kabotie/Lomawywesa 164.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-183).

ISBN:

9780892368501

0892368500

OCLC:

62134791

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