A Closer Look is the new series title for the updated and refreshed National Gallery
Pocket Guide range. The series has been enhanced with a stronger format, attractive design, new photography, and additional information. The philosophy of modern conservation is ...
A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art presents a comprehensive collection of original essays exploring key
concepts, critical discourses, and theories that shape the discipline of ancient Egyptian art. • Winner of the 2016 PROSE Award for Single Volume Reference in the ...
Norway and Russia have been closely related through the ages, both geographically and historically, and
have experienced similar problems relating to climate, building maintenance and national wooden architecture. As a result, the parallel study of architectural conservation and restoration theories ...
• This volume contains papers from the NeCCAR 2014 conference Authenticity in Transition. The papers
debate the various ways that changing artistic practices affect our interpretation, conservation, and curation of contemporary art, with a special reference to the shifting concepts ...
The paintings we see today in museums, galleries, churches and temples are often much altered
by the centuries. Pictures can split, rot, be eaten by woodworm, warp, blister, crack, cup, flake, darken, blanch, discolor, become too translucent and disappear under ...
Conservation Science is a rather innovative application of instrumental analysis with steadily increasing importance. Although
the first attempts for preserving material from the cultural heritage on a scientific basis are found in the 19th century pioneer chemistry years, only the ...
Eaglemania celebrates Boston College’s mascot, a monumental Japanese bronze eagle, following its recent conservation and
return to view. Donated in the 1950s by the estate of diplomat and collector Larz Anderson (1866–1937) and his wife, Isabel (1876–1948), the eagle recently ...
This volume deals with policy, methods and techniques for the stewardship of our land and
our cultural assets. The focus is on interpretation and presentation of heritage themes, and the papers should be of interest to those concerned with school ...