Conservation Skills

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.

ISBN	0415188814	Pages	256
ISBN13	9780415188814 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd	Weight (grammes)	504
Imprint	Routledge	Published in	London
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	246
Publication date	21 Sep 2000	Width (mm)	174
Library of Congress	00032183	Spine width (mm)	12
DEWEY	930.1028	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY edition	DC21

	List of figures
	Acknowledgements
1	Perception, judgment and learning	1
2	Reasons for preserving the past	12
3	The nature of conservation	29
4	History of conservation	46
5	Conservation ethics	59
6	Objects: Their recording and investigation	70
7	Cleaning	90
8	Stabilization	106
9	Restoration	119
10	In working condition	140
11	Preventive conservation	152
12	Decisions	170
13	Responsibilities	182
14	Conclusion	200
	Bibliography	207
	Index	223

"This especially valuable, clearly written, and well-documented overview considers major cognitive issues that confront conservators of historic and artistic works...Superb examples range from Paleolithic cave art to cathedral mosaics, shrunkenheads to Spitfire aircraft, and the Statue of Liberty to the Portland Vase."-C.C. Kolb, CHOICE, May 2001

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