"In recent years, interest in old photographs has grown significantly among a broad public, from collectors, conservators, and archivists to amateurs seeking to preserve precious family albums. Although the medium of photography is barely 150 years old, its relatively brief hist…
An exploration of the concept of preserving heritage. It presents the conservation profession's code of ethics and discusses four significant contexts of museum conservation practice: science, professionalization, museum practice, and the relationship between museums and First N…
![The restauration [i.e. restoration] of paintings](https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/isbn/3895089222-M.jpg?default=false)
Describes steps necessary for the preservation of paintings, including the supports, paint layer, and varnish layer. Outlines both traditional and contemporary techniques.
"Far from being mere antiquarian or sentimental curiosities, the rebuilt or reused fortresses of the Rhine reflect major changes in Germany and Europe during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Taylor begins The Castles of the Rhine with a synopsis of the major politic…
Far from being mere antiquarian or sentimental curiosities, the rebuilt or reused fortresses of the Rhine reflect major changes in Germany and Europe during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Taylor begins The Castles of the Rhine with a synopsis of the major politica…
In his new text, Fred Scott brings together ideas of what might constitute a theory of interior, or interventional design.
Cursor Mundi is a publication series of inter and multidisciplinary studies of the medieval and early modern world, viewed broadly as the period between late antiquity and the Enlightenment. Like its companion, the journal Viator, Cursor Mundi brings together outstanding work by…
