Securing the past: conservation in art, architecture and literature / by Paul Eggert

By:

Eggert, Paul

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Cambridge:Description: xi, 290 pISBN:

9780521725910

Subject(s):

Conservation

DDC classification:

363.69 EGG-S

Contents:

1. Introduction-- 2. The witness of historic buildings and the restoration of the churches-- 3. The new Ruskinians and the new aesthetes-- 4. Forgery and authenticity: historical documents, literary works and paintings-- 5. Conservators and agency: their role in the work-- 6. Subtilising authorship: Rembrandt, scientific evidence and modern connoisseurship-- 7. Materialist, performance or literary Shakespeare?-- 8. Modes of editing literary works: conflicts in theory and practice-- 9. Readers and editors: new directions in scholarly editing-- 10. The editorial gaze and the nature of the work; Bibliography.

Summary: The concept and practice of restoration in all its forms are entangled in many contemporary theoretical debates and problems. This book is the first concerted effort to examine together the linked philosophies of the different arts of preserving and uncovering the past.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB F-2	Non Fiction	363.69 EGG-S (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		006210

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1. Introduction--
2. The witness of historic buildings and the restoration of the churches--
3. The new Ruskinians and the new aesthetes--
4. Forgery and authenticity: historical documents, literary works and paintings--
5. Conservators and agency: their role in the work--
6. Subtilising authorship: Rembrandt, scientific evidence and modern connoisseurship--
7. Materialist, performance or literary Shakespeare?--
8. Modes of editing literary works: conflicts in theory and practice--
9. Readers and editors: new directions in scholarly editing--
10. The editorial gaze and the nature of the work; Bibliography.

The concept and practice of restoration in all its forms are entangled in many contemporary theoretical debates and problems. This book is the first concerted effort to examine together the linked philosophies of the different arts of preserving and uncovering the past.

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