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Art Work Conserving and Restoring Contemporary Art
ISBN: PB: 9788831729451, DAP, Marsilio Editori, February 2019
304 pp., 20.3x15.2 cm, 107 colour illus.
Not for sale in Estonia! To speak of "restoration" in relation to contemporary art seems almost oxymoronic. On the one hand, it is commonly assumed that the art produced in our own time is still too new to need conservation. On the other hand, with...
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Central Collecting Point in Munich A New Beginning for the Restitution and Protection of Art
ISBN: HB: 9781606065822, Getty Publications, January 2019
304 pp., 24.7x16.8 cm, 238 black&white illus.
At the end of World War II, the US Office of Military Government for Germany and Bavaria, through its Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives division, was responsible for the repatriation of most of the tens of thousands of artworks looted by the Nazis i...
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Concrete Case Studies in Conservation Practice
ISBN: PB: 9781606065761, Getty Publications, January 2019
236 pp., 26.7x21.6 cm, 176 colour illus., 2 line drawings
This timely volume brings together fourteen case studies that address the challenges of conserving the twentieth century's most ubiquitous building material-concrete. Following a meeting of international heritage conservation professionals in 2013, t...
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National Gallery Technical Bulletin, Volume 39 Giovanni Bellini's Painting Technique
ISBN: PB: 9781857096408, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2018
136 pp., 29.9x21 cm, 180 colour and black&white illus.
Giovanni Bellini (active c. 1459; died 1516) was one of the most innovative and influential painters of the Venetian Renaissance and was among the first Italian artists to paint in oil, rather than the more traditional medium of egg tempera. This spe...
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Keep it Moving? Conserving Kinetic Art
ISBN: PB: 9781606065389, Getty Publications, May 2018
208 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.
Kinetic art not only includes movement but often depends on it to produce an intended effect and therefore fully realize its nature as art. It can take a multiplicity of forms and include a wide range of motion, from motorized and electrically driven...
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National Gallery Technical Bulletin, Volume 38
ISBN: PB: 9781857096231, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, February 2018
112 pp., 29.9x21 cm, 175 colour and black&white illus.
This latest volume of the National Gallery's "Technical Bulletin" series features a range of studies, reflecting its commitment to the scientific research and conservation of paintings in its care. Articles include the recent conservation of Rosso Fi...
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Facture: Conservation, Science, Art History Volume 3: Degas
ISBN: PB: 9780300230116, Yale University Press, October 2017
196 pp., 27.9x20.3 cm, 162 colour illus.
This volume of "Facture", a biennial journal that presents the latest conservation research on works of art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, focuses exclusively on conservation treatment, technical art history, and scientific research rela...
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Conservation and Presentation of Mosaics: At What Cost? Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the INTL Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics
ISBN: HB: 9781606065334, Getty Publications, September 2017
422 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.
In recent years, funding for the conservation of cultural heritage has become increasingly difficult to obtain, and this trend shows no sign of changing significantly in the foreseeable future. The twelfth triennial meeting of the International Commi...
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Refashioning and Redressing Conserving and Displaying Dress
ISBN: PB: 9781606065112, Getty Publications, February 2017
200 pp., 25x15 cm
This volume explores the conservation and presentation of dress in museums and beyond as a complex, collaborative process. Recognizing this process as a dynamic interaction of investigation, interpretation, intervention, re-creation, and display, "Re...
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National Gallery Technical Bulletin, Volume 37
ISBN: PB: 9781857096101, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, January 2017
104 pp., 29.9x21 cm, 155 colour illus.
This volume continues the National Gallery's acclaimed series of Technical Bulletins with a selection of studies across the range of the collection, jointly authored by experts in the field of conservation and the scientific examination of paintings....
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