Engagingly written and profusely illustrated, this book offers readers a close-up "view from the scaffolding" of some of the greatest Renaissance wall paintings at the Vatican. Beginning in the late 1400s, the greatest artists of Renaissance Italy were summoned to Rome, where they decorated the walls and ceilings of the Vatican. Expert restorer Maurizio De Luca spent his forty-year career in the Vatican Museums, including fifteen years as head restorer of the Painting Restoration Laboratory. He...
This groundbreaking book examines the role of museums in collecting contemporary art and craft. The central focus is the Special Collection Scheme, run by the Contemporary Art Society in the UK and funded by the Arts Council Lottery, which allowed fifteen museums to revitalise their collecting and to grow and respond to twenty-first century life. Since 1998, the scheme has enabled the acquisition of more than 600 works by 313 different artists and makers. Lavishly illustrated throughout, it fea...
10,000 Years of Art is a compact guide to world art, offering a fresh perspective on the whole of art history from 8,000 BC to the present day. Organized in chronological order, the 500 works of art presented here cover all cultures (not just western) and represent the finest examples of fine and decorative art from 10,000 years of human history. Each work is illustrated in colour and accompanied by a concise, informative text. A companion title to Phaidon’s groundbreaking 30,000 Years of Art, t...
[Dehio - Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmaler / Bayern, Band 1-5]
Preservation of Digital Art: Theory and Practice
Were you born digital? This could be the ultimate, decisive question in the future when it comes to preserving and making the art of our time accessible for future generations. The book presents the results of the digital art conservation project that was conceived at the ZKM - Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe in 2010. It includes text contributions by major theorists, restaurators, programmers and artists as well as case studies and series of picture material. It is designed to foster the int...
Eat Sleep Restore Gift Notebook for Art Restorer, Medium Ruled Journal
by Useful Books
This beautiful publication highlights a treasured painting in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts—Rounded Flower Bed (Corbeille de fleurs) by Claude Monet (1840–1926). The canvas was painted while Monet lived in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil from late 1871 to early 1878, during which time Monet banded with other painters to form the group now known as the Impressionists. Monet: Framing Life brings Rounded Flower Bed (Corbeille de fleurs) together with other canvases, by both Monet...
This far-ranging collection of essays-the first book-length scholarly exploration of Orsanmichele since 1996-marks the conclusion of a decades-long campaign to restore the magnificent medieval church and its art, most notably Orsanmichele's celebrated niche sculptures. Originally commissioned by Florence's trade guilds acting in competition with one another, the sculptures represent work by some of the greatest artists of the day-including Donatello, Filippo Brunelleschi, Andrea Pisano, Nanni di...
While cultural heritage practitioners and caretakers are often intimidated by "best practices", Practical Approaches to Collections Care helps to alleviate those concerns, offering a stepped approach to preservation encompassing a variety of collections care programs. The author, drawing on over a decade of experience working in libraries, museums, archives, and other historic sites, and specifically building off of her work as a Preservation Specialist at the Conservation Center for Art & Hist...
Accompanying a BBC2 series looking for the buildings most deserving of preservation and saving one for posterity, this volume paints a complete portrait of the United Kingdom's architectural heritage and offers an introduction to the buildings of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Every style of building is featured - from crofts to castles, swimming baths to chapels - dating from medieval times right up to the 20th century. Illustrated with photographs taken for the series, "Restoration" bot...
Ahnen, Göttinnen und Helden
Beschützen, heilen oder bestrafen – diese Kräfte schrieben Menschen verschiedener Zeiten und Herkünfte den Bildwerken zu, die hier zum ersten Mal gemeinsam vorgestellt werden: sei es die Skulptur des Mangaaka aus der heutigen Republik Kongo, die Schutzgöttin Mahamayuri aus China oder die Maria auf der Weltkugel aus Süddeutschland. 45 Objekte aus zwei Berliner Museen, entstanden zwischen dem 4. und 19. Jahrhundert, vermitteln ein lebendiges Zeugnis der allgegenwärtigen Bedürfnisse nach Schutz und...
Bollettino d'Arte. 2020. Serie VII-Fascicolo N. 45
by L'Erma Di Bretschneider
Repairing and Restoring Antique Furniture
by John Rodd and V.J. Taylor
First published in 1954 as "The Repair and Restoration of Antique Furniture", this work has been revised, expanded and reillustrated by V.J. Taylor, and is aimed at woodworkers, owners of traditionally crafted furniture, and antiques enthusiasts. It explains to the layman the professionals' techniques for repairing damaged furniture and restoring it authentically to prime condition. It describes systematically the six basic steps - dismantling, cleaning joints, restoring components, gluing up, l...
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