Conservation : principles, dilemmas and uncomfortable truths / edited by Alison Richmond and Alison Bracker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bracker, Alison Lee.

Richmond, Alison

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Protection.

Cultural property.

Historic preservation.

Art objects--Conservation and restoration.

Art objects.

Architecture--Conservation and restoration.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Conservation: Principles, Dilemmas, and Uncomfortable Truths' presents multi-perspective critical analyses of the ethics and principles that guide the conservation of works of art and design, archaeological artefacts, buildings, monuments, and heritage sites on behalf of society. Contributors from the fields of philosophy, sociology, history, art and design history, museology, conservation, architecture, and planning and public policy address a wide range of conservation principles, practices, and theories from the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, encouraging the reader to ma

Contents:

Cover; Conservation Principles, Dilemmas and Uncomfortable Truths; Copyright; Contents; Contributors' biographies; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Auto-Icons; 2 The Basis of Conservation Ethics; 3 The Aims of Conservation; 4 The Reconstruction of Ruins: Principles and Practice; 5 Minimal Intervention Revisited; 6 Practical Ethics v2.0; 7 Conservation Principles in the International Context; 8 The Concept of Authenticity Expressed in theTreatment of Wall Paintings in Denmark; 9 The Development of Principles in Paintings Conservation: Case Studies from the Restoration of Raphael's Art

10 A Critical Reflection on Czechoslovak Conservation-Restoration: Its Theory and Methodological Approach11 The Problem of Patina: Thoughts on Changing Attitudes to Old and New Things; 12 Archaeological Conservation: Scientific Practice or Social Process?; 13 Conservation and Cultural Significance; 14 The Cultural Dynamics of Conservation Principles in Reported Practice; 15 Why Do We Conserve? Developing Understanding of Conservation as a Cultural Construct; 16 Heritage, Values, and Sustainability; 17 Ethics and Practice: Australian and New Zealand Conservation Contexts

18 Conservation, Access and Use in a Museum of Living Cultures19 The Challenge of Installation Art; 20 Contemporary Museums of Contemporary Art; 21 White Walls: Installations, Absence, Iteration and Difference; Index

Notes:

"Published in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum London."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-44168-9

1-136-44169-7

1-282-55823-4

9786612558238

0-08-094171-0

9780080941714

OCLC:

635293756