Conservation Skills

Judgement, Method and Decision Making
1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-18881-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 1800 g

Conservation Skills provides an overview of the issues facing conservators of historic and artistic works. It not only describes the nature of conservation but also provides an ethical framework to which the conservation of objects can be related. Drawing on case studies of well-known objects such as the body of Lindow Man and the Statue of Liberty it addresses the following issues:

* perception, judgement and learning
* reasons for preserving the past
* the nature and history of conservation
* conservation ethics
* recording, investigating, cleaning objects
* stabilisation and restoration
* preventive conservation
* decision making and responsibilities.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Caple, Chris

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Gebäudemanagement, Gebäudeschäden
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie: Theorie und Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Perception, judgement and learning; Chapter 2 Reasons for preserving the past; Chapter 3 The nature of conservation; Chapter 4 History of conservation; Chapter 5 Conservation ethics; Chapter 6 Objects; Chapter 7 Cleaning; Chapter 8 Stabilization; Chapter 9 Restoration; Chapter 10 In working condition; Chapter 11 Preventive conservation; Chapter 12 Decisions; Chapter 13 Responsibilities; Chapter 14 Conclusion;

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Caple is Senior Lecturer in Archaeological Conservation and Archaeological Science and the Director of the Postgraduate Conservation Course at the University of Durham.