Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage

by Nicholas S. Price (Editor), M. Kirby Talley (Editor), Alessandra Melucco Vaccaro (Editor)

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 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.

Genres: Conservation, Art, Architecture, Cultural Heritage

520 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 26, 1996

Reviews

[Adam Chandler · Rating 5 out of 5]

A phenomenal book evaluating conservation issues across several different topics from numerous scholars within the past couple centuries. There is also range between the philosophies of how and why things should be done as well as the historical accounts of what has happened. It was interesting reading for me in addition to being useful for a masters thesis I was writing.

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