Conservation of Wall Paintings
- 1st Edition - March 1, 2013
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Authors: Sharon Cather, Mauro Matteini
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 3 9 4 7 - 6
Virtually every aspect of conservation has been dramatically transformed in the last few decades. Conservation of Wall Paintings is a response to the need for a more informed and… Read more
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Request a sales quoteVirtually every aspect of conservation has been dramatically transformed in the last few decades. Conservation of Wall Paintings is a response to the need for a more informed and cautious approach to the task. It is the first book on the topic in twenty five years.
Cather and Matteini take the reader through each stage of the process of conservation, and show how to deal with the often complex issues of technical expertise, conflict of values and interdisciplinary collaboration. Case studies are used to illustrate the technological revolution which has occurred.
A CD Rom will accompany the book presenting essential images, images for sequences of operations and information such as environmental monitoring and graphic documentation.
Cather and Matteini take the reader through each stage of the process of conservation, and show how to deal with the often complex issues of technical expertise, conflict of values and interdisciplinary collaboration. Case studies are used to illustrate the technological revolution which has occurred.
A CD Rom will accompany the book presenting essential images, images for sequences of operations and information such as environmental monitoring and graphic documentation.
Presents the latest theories and most up to date technological developments
Deals with the process of conservation, not just the history of the technology
Authors very highly qualified to write on the subject
Deals with the process of conservation, not just the history of the technology
Authors very highly qualified to write on the subject
Conservators and conservation students, curators, private owners. Painting specialists and the conservation community as a whole.
Contents: Part 1: Contextualising - Historical Context; Physical Context; Professional Context; Administrative Context. Part 2: Assessing - Causes and Mechanisms of Deterioration; Examination and Recording; Diagnostic Investigations; Analysis and Testing. Part 3 : Intervening - Approaches; Protective and Emergency; Remedial; Maintenance and Monitoring. Appendices; Bibliographies; Guide to Information Services; References; Glossary; Index.
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 1, 2013
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- No. of pages: 288
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080939476
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Sharon Cather
She has written three books on the topic and many articles. She has also been co-ordinating and teaching on the three year post graduate course in the Conservation of Wall Painting at the Courtauld since 1985.
Affiliations and expertise
Deputy Director of the Conservation of Wall Painting Department, at the Courtauld Institute of Art.MM
Mauro Matteini
Affiliations and expertise
Was the Director of the Scientific Laboratory of the Opificio delle Dure of Florence. He has written more than 230 publications concerning science applied to conservation.