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Personal Viewpoints
Mark . Ed(S): Leonard
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Description for Personal Viewpoints
Paperback. Bringing innovative scientific techniques to an aesthetic endeavour, conservators face countless decisions as they implement a course of treatment for each picture in their care. The papers in this book explore the values, assumptions and goals that shape the work of paintings conservators. Editor(s): Leonard, Mark. Num Pages: 128 pages, 53 colour illustrations, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABC; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 440.
Bringing innovative scientific techniques to an aesthetic endeavour, paintings conservators face countless decisions as they implement a course of treatment for each picture in their care. The papers in this book, originally presented at a recent seminar organized by the Getty Museum, explore the values, assumptions and goals that shape the work of paintings conservators. Six conservators, three curators, and a conservation scientist candidly reflect on the challenges in approaching specific works of art. Each conservator describes a successful conservation effort, as well as a project that, in hindsight, might have been approached differently. Their insights, the responses of the ... Read more
Bringing innovative scientific techniques to an aesthetic endeavour, paintings conservators face countless decisions as they implement a course of treatment for each picture in their care. The papers in this book, originally presented at a recent seminar organized by the Getty Museum, explore the values, assumptions and goals that shape the work of paintings conservators. Six conservators, three curators, and a conservation scientist candidly reflect on the challenges in approaching specific works of art. Each conservator describes a successful conservation effort, as well as a project that, in hindsight, might have been approached differently. Their insights, the responses of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Los Angeles, United States
ISBN
9780892366989
SKU
V9780892366989
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Ref
99-15
About Mark . Ed(S): Leonard
Mark Leonard is conservator of paintings at the Getty Museum. Contributors include David Bomford, senior restorer of paintings at the National Gallery, London; Philip Conisbee, senior curator of European paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Carol Mancusi-Ungaro, director of conservation at the Whitney Museum of American Art; Andrea Rothe, senior conservator for special projects at the Getty ... Read more
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