Historical and philosophical issues in the conservation of cultural heritage : txt
edited by Nicholas Stanley Price, M. Kirby Talley, Jr., Alessandra Melucco Vaccaro.
- xvii, 500 p. ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. book
- Readings in conservation .
Include Index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-471) and index.
Contents : Part I The Eye’s Caress: Looking, Appreciation, and Connoisseurship I -- Introduction to Part I 2 -- 1 John Ruskin | The Lamp of Memory, I 42 -- 2 Bernard Berenson | Aesthetics and History in the Visual Arts 44 -- 3 Clive Bell | Art 47 -- 4 Kenneth Clark | Looking at Pictures 56 -- 5 Erwin Panofsky | The History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline 60 -- 6 Alois Riegl | The Modern Cult of Monuments: Its Essence and Its Development 69 -- 7 Heinrich Wölfflin | Principles of Art History 84 -- 8 Bernard Berenson |Italian Painters of the Renaissance 100 -- 9 Umberto Morra | Conversations with Berenson 106 -- 10 John Ruskin | Fundamental Laws of Sculpture 108 -- 11 E. H. | From Light into Paint 110 -- 12 John Ruskin | Of Turnerian Mystery: Secondly, Willful 129 -- 13 Bernard Berenson | Rudiments of Connoisseurship 131 -- 14 Max J. Friedländer | On Art and Connoisseurship 139 -- 15 John Pope Hennessy | Connoisseurship 154 -- 16 John Ruskin | The Nature of Gothic 158 -- Part II The Original Intent of the Artist 161 -- Introduction to Part II 162 -- 17 Albert Albano | Art in Transition 176 -- 18 John Richardson | Crimes against the Cubists 185 -- 19 Ernst van de Wetering | The Autonomy of Restoration: Ethical Considerations in Relation to Artistic Concepts 193 -- Part III The Emergence of Modern Conservation Theory 201 -- Introduction to Part III 202 -- Reading 20 Marguerite Yourcenar | That Mighty Sculptor, Time 212 -- 21 Paul Philippot | Restoration from the Perspective of the Humanities 216 -- 22 Cesare Brandi | Theory of Restoration, I 230 -- 23 Giovanni Carbonara | The Integration of the Image: Problem in the Restoration of Monuments 236 -- 24 Albert France Lanord |Knowing How to “Question” the Object before Restoring It 244 -- 25 Marie Berducou | Introduction to Archaeological Conservation 248 -- Part IV Historical Perspective 261 -- Introduction to Part IV 262 -- 26 Paul Philippot |Historic Preservation: Philosophy, Criteria, Guidelines, I 268 -- 27 R. H. Marijnissen |Degradation, Conservation, and Restoration of Works of Art: Historical Overview 275 -- 28 Sheldon Keck |Further Materials for a History of Conservation 281 -- 29 Orietta Rossi Pinelli |The Surgery of Memory: Ancient Sculpture and Historical Restorations 288 -- Part V Restoration and Anti Restoration 307 -- Introduction to Part V 308 -- 30 Eugene Emmanuel Viollet le Duc | Restoration 314 -- 31 William Morris | Manifesto of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings 319 -- 32 John Ruskin | The Lamp of Memory, II 322 -- Part VI Reintegration of Losses 325 -- Introduction to Part VI 326 -- Reading 33 Max J Friedländer | On Restoration 332 -- 34 Albert Philippot and Paul Philippot | The Problem of the Integration of Lacunae in the Restoration of Paintings 335 -- 35 Cesare Brandi | Theory of Restoration, II 339 -- 36 Paolo Mora, Laura Mora, And Paul Philippot | Problems of Presentation 343 -- 37 Umberto Baldini | Theory of Restoration and Methodological Unity 355 -- 38 Paul Philippot | Historic Preservation: Philosophy, Criteria, Guidelines, II 358 -- Part VII The Idea of Patina 365 -- Introduction of Part VII 366 -- Reading 39 Paul Philippot |The Idea of Patina and the Cleaning of Paintings 372 -- 40 Cesare Brandi |Theory of Restoration, III 377 -- 41 Cesare Brandi |The Cleaning of Pictures in Relation to Patina, Varnish, and Glazes 380 -- 42 Phoebe Dent Weil |A Review of the History and Practice of Patination 394 -- 43 Ernst van de Wetering |The Surface of Objects and Museum Style 415 -- Part VIII The Role of Science And Technology 423 -- Introduction of Part VIII 424 -- Reading 44 Paul Coremans |Scientific Research and the Restoration of Paintings 432 -- 45 Giorgio Torraca |The Scientist’s Role in Historic Preservation with Particular Reference to Stone Conservation 439 -- 46 Giovanni Urbani |The Science and Art of Conservation of Cultural Property 445 -- Annotated Bibliography 451 -- About the Authors 472 -- Illustration Credits 483 -- Index 486 --