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Historic Preservation Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks: Architecture)
This work aims to serve as a practical guide to understanding historic architecture and its preservation. It provides a method for looking at and evaluating historic buildings for the purpose of renovating existing buildings, and building new buildings in historic contexts.

International Directory of Museum Training: Programs and Practices of the Museum Profession (Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management S.)
Choosing the right museum training course may be one of the most important decisions a person makes in their career. Whether you are already working in a museum or are just beginning training you will need the most comprehensive and up-to-date information. The International Directory of Museum Training provides a list of museum training programmes worldwide with detailed information about each course. Every entry contains information about subjects offered, numbers of students, scholarship opportunities, and contact names and addresses.

Conservation Skills: Judgement, Method and Decision Making
Drawing on case studies of well-known objects such as the body of the Lindow Man, Michaelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes and the Statue of Liberty the author 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 The conservator has to fulfil a number of roles and make important decisions which are clearly defined in this comprehensive work drawing on Chris Caple's many years as a conservator and an archaeologist.

Practical Ceramic Conservation
Written by two leading conservators, it explains the various stages of the conservation process. Step-by-step instructions and examples show how staining may be removed, cracks stabilized, pieces rebonded, moulds taken, areas retouched, lustres applied and gilding restored. Reference information provides a usuful aid for anyone unsure about the different qualities of clay, solvents, adhesives, bulking agents, plaster, paints and varnishes. This handbook should be useful for anyone interested in the conservation of ceramics, whether their aim is to pursue a career in this field or to mend a favourite plate

Chemical Principles of Textile Conservation (Conservation & Museology S.)
'Chemical Principles of Textile Conservation' provides must-have knowledge for conservators who do not always have a scientific background. This vital book brings together from many sources the material science necessary to understand the properties, deterioration and investigation of textile artefacts. It also aids understanding of the chemical processes during various treatments, such as: cleaning; humidification; drying; disinfestation; disinfection; and the use of adhesives and consolidants in conservation of historical textiles. Textile conservators will now have ready access to the necessary knowledge to understand the chemistry of the objects they are asked to treat and to make informed decisions about how to preserve textiles

Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of Their History and Characteristics: Vol 3 (Artists' Pigments)
The third volume of this magisterial series contains articles on Egyptian blue, orpiment and realgar, indigo and woad, madder and alizarin, gamboge, Vandyke brown, Prussian blue, emerald green and Scheele's green, chromium oxide greens, and titanium dioxide whites

Radiation in Art Archeometry
This text covers a range of research in the fields of scientific conservation of art and archaeometry. The common thread is the use of radiation in these analyses, a term used here in its broadest context. The topics covered range from microwaves and x-rays to the use of particulate forms

Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments
The Pigment Compendium Dictionary is a comprehensive information source for scientists, art historians, conservators and forensic specialists. Drawn together from extensive analystical research into the physical and chemical properties of pigments, this essential reference to pigment names and synonyms describes the inter-relationship of different names and terms. The Dictionary covers the field worldwide from pre-history to the present day, from rock art to interior decoration, from ethnography to contemporary art. Drawing on hundreds of hard-to-obtain documentary sources as well as modern scientific data each term is discussed in detail, giving both its context and composition.

Conservation and Restoration of Ceramics (Conservation & Museology)
The Conservation and Restoration of Ceramics brings together the wide range of current information relevant to the practising conservator. The book opens with a discussion of the fundamental nature of the ceramic medium, information which is of primary importance when selecting treatments or considering preventive conservation measures

The Expert Versus the Object: Judging Fakes and False Attributions in the Visual Arts
The authenticity of art has always commanded the attention of experts, dealers, collectors and the art-minded public - especially those who relish the Robin Hoods of art forgery who deceive rich collectors and pompous experts. This book os essays, edited by a lawyer specializing in art law and authenticity, proposes to make the question of authenticity more easily understood. The mainpoints to be argues are (1) that the pereption of form in a work of art is not like other types of evidence accepted in courts of law; (2) that in determining authenticity, experts must adopt a careful, organized approach; (3) that all authentication should be based on the consensus of experts at arm's length from an object