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Principles, dilemmas and uncomfortable truths
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By
Alison Richmond, Conservation Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Alison Bracker, Bracker Fiske Consultants, UK
Audience
Professional conservators, conservation scientists, conservation educators, museum registrars, collectors, collections curators (public
and private), art historians, museum studies educators, students (undergraduate and postgraduate) of conservation and museum/heritage
studies.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introductory section:
Intro 1: What Are Principles? What Are Ethics? A Philosopher?s View
Intro 2: What Are Principles?
What Are Ethics? A Conservator?s View
Section I – Probing the Idea of Conservation Principles
Chapter 1: Historical Development (Critical
Evaluation?) of Values in Western Art and Artefacts
Chapter 2: Historical Development of Values in Non-Western Cultures
Chapter 3: Historical
Development of Conservation Principles in Non-Western Cultures
Chapter 4: Historical Development of Principles in Western cultures
Chapter
5: Cesare Brandi Revisited
Section 2 - Current Conservation Principles
Chapter 6: Reversibility/Retreatability/Recoverability
Chapter
7: Minimum Intervention
Chapter 8: Integrity of the Object & Authenticity
Chapter 9: Conservation Treatment as A Response to the Ethos
of Its Time
Section 3 - Culture and Heritage
Chapter 10: Buildings, Monuments, and Sites
Chapter 11: Standing Archaeological Remains
Chapter 12: Historic Buildings
Chapter 13: Public Engagement with Conservation
Section 4 - Intangible Heritage; Intangible Values
Chapter
14: Sacred/Religious Objects
Chapter 15: Human Remains
Chapter 16: Conserving Intangible Heritage: Local Traditions, Local Rites
Section
5 - Contemporary Art
Chapter 17: Translation Ethics & Contemporary Art Conservation
Chapter 18: Documentation and Artists? Certificates:
Guarantees of Integrity?
Chapter 19: Artists? Intent
Chapter 20: Artists? Imprimatur
Chapter 21: Artists? Involvement in Conservation
Treatment
Section 6 - The future
Chapter 22: From One Generation to the Next
Chapter 23: Teaching Conservation Principles
Chapter 24:
Considerations for the Future
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e-Book, 256 pages, publication date: JUN-2009
ISBN-13: 978-0-08-094171-4
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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