Historical Perspectives in the Conservation of Works of Art on Paper
ISBN: 9781606064320 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the seventh in the Readings in Conservation series, which gathers and publishes texts that have been influential in the development of thinking about the conservation of cultural heritage. The present volume provides a selection of more than ninety-five texts tracing the development of the conservation of works of art on paper. Comprehensive and thorough, the book relates how paper conservation has responded to the changing place of prints and drawings in society. The readings include a remarkable range of historical selections from texts such as Renaissance printmaker Ugo da...
This book is the seventh in the Readings in Conservation series, which gathers and publishes texts that have been influential in the development of th...
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328,23 zł |
Environmental Management for Collections: Alternative Conservation Strategies for Hot and Humid Climates
ISBN: 9781606064344 / Angielski / Miękka / 435 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In recent years more cultural institutions in hot and humid climates have been installing air-conditioning systems to protect their collections and provide comfort for both employees and visitors. This practice, however, can pose complications, including problems of installation and maintenance as well as structural damage to buildings, while failing to provide collections with a viable conservation environment. This volume offers hands-on guidance to the specific challenges involved in conserving cultural heritage in hot and humid climates. Initial chapters present scientific and geographic...
In recent years more cultural institutions in hot and humid climates have been installing air-conditioning systems to protect their collections and pr...
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300,88 zł |
Intangible Natural Heritage: New Perspectives on Natural Objects
ISBN: 9781138825215 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The topic of intangible natural heritage is new, recently emerging as an important subject of inquiry. It describes the untouchable elements of the environment that combine to create natural objects, and help define our relationship to them. These elements can be sensory, like auditory landscapes, or processes like natural selection. As a concept, intangible natural heritage is growing in prominence, as museums are increasingly charged safeguarding and interpreting the milieux from which their objects originate. This book is a significant advance on the subject of intangible... The topic of intangible natural heritage is new, recently emerging as an important subject of inquiry. It describes the untouchable elements of the... |
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280,58 zł |
Cultural Heritage Ethics: Between Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9781783740673 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Theory without practice is empty, practice without theory is blind, to adapt a phrase from Immanuel Kant. The sentiment could not be truer of cultural heritage ethics. This intra-disciplinary book bridges the gap between theory and practice by bringing together a stellar cast of academics, activists, consultants, journalists, lawyers, and museum practitioners, each contributing their own expertise to the wider debate of what cultural heritage means in the twenty-first century. Cultural Heritage Ethics provides cutting-edge arguments built on case studies of cultural heritage and its...
Theory without practice is empty, practice without theory is blind, to adapt a phrase from Immanuel Kant. The sentiment could not be truer of cultural...
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173,58 zł |
Cultural Heritage Ethics: Between Theory and Practice
ISBN: 9781783740680 / Angielski / Twarda / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Theory without practice is empty, practice without theory is blind, to adapt a phrase from Immanuel Kant. The sentiment could not be truer of cultural heritage ethics. This intra-disciplinary book bridges the gap between theory and practice by bringing together a stellar cast of academics, activists, consultants, journalists, lawyers, and museum practitioners, each contributing their own expertise to the wider debate of what cultural heritage means in the twenty-first century. Cultural Heritage Ethics provides cutting-edge arguments built on case studies of cultural heritage and its...
Theory without practice is empty, practice without theory is blind, to adapt a phrase from Immanuel Kant. The sentiment could not be truer of cultural...
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306,87 zł |
The Picture So Far: 50 Years of Painting Conservation
ISBN: 9781909492240 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Following on from the success of the British Association of Paintings Conservator-Restorers (BAPCR) conference, The Picture So Far: 50 Years of Painting Conservation post-print texts from the conference are to be published. The Picture So Far examined and celebrated the aspirations and achievements of early conservation pioneers through lectures, posters, and a discussion session. Invited speakers explored conservation practice, philosophy, teaching, technology and professional organisation over the last half century leading the audience to examine the fundamental principles of our profession...
Following on from the success of the British Association of Paintings Conservator-Restorers (BAPCR) conference, The Picture So Far: 50 Years of Painti...
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180,75 zł |
Polychrome Sculpture: Meaning, Form, Conservation
ISBN: 9781606064337 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Polychrome sculpture has come to be widely regarded as a watershed text on the making and meaning of European medieval and Baroque painted wood sculpture. The author played a pioneering role in combining the rigorous scientific analysis of materials with a fuller understanding of form and function.
Polychrome sculpture has come to be widely regarded as a watershed text on the making and meaning of European medieval and Baroque painted wood sculpt...
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273,53 zł |
Wall Memorials and Heritage: The Heritage Industry of Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie
ISBN: 9781138782938 / Angielski / Twarda / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Originally published in German as Der Mauer um die Wette gedenken: Die Formation einer Heritage-Industrie am Berliner Checkpoint Charlie" -- Title page verso.
"Originally published in German as Der Mauer um die Wette gedenken: Die Formation einer Heritage-Industrie am Berliner Checkpoint Charlie" -- Title pa...
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779,55 zł |
From Dust to Digital: Ten Years of the Endangered Archives Programme
ISBN: 9781783740628 / Angielski / Miękka / 722 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Much of world's documentary heritage rests in vulnerable, little-known and often inaccessible archives. Many of these archives preserve information that may cast new light on historical phenomena and lead to their reinterpretation. But these rich collections are often at risk of being lost before the history they capture is recorded. This volume celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library, established to document and publish online neglected and formerly inaccessible archives from across the globe. From Dust to Digital showcases the historical...
Much of world's documentary heritage rests in vulnerable, little-known and often inaccessible archives. Many of these archives preserve information th...
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266,30 zł |
From Dust to Digital: Ten Years of the Endangered Archives Programme
ISBN: 9781783740635 / Angielski / Twarda / 722 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Much of world's documentary heritage rests in vulnerable, little-known and often inaccessible archives. Many of these archives preserve information that may cast new light on historical phenomena and lead to their reinterpretation. But these rich collections are often at risk of being lost before the history they capture is recorded. This volume celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Endangered Archives Programme at the British Library, established to document and publish online neglected and formerly inaccessible archives from across the globe. From Dust to Digital showcases the historical...
Much of world's documentary heritage rests in vulnerable, little-known and often inaccessible archives. Many of these archives preserve information th...
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405,39 zł |
A Perfect Ground: Preparatory Layers for Oil Paintings 1550-1900
ISBN: 9781909492356 / Angielski / Twarda / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Preparatory layers influence the texture of a painting, the color has an impact on tonality of the picture and their absorbency influences painting technique chemistrycomposition and the degradation of materials are particularly importantThe influence of preparatory layers on the stability of oil paintings is a subject that has occupied the minds of many authors of artists' manuals, recipe books, and related historical sources. Depending on their location in time and space, artists have had different views on the subject and have selected different materials and techniques to prepare their...
Preparatory layers influence the texture of a painting, the color has an impact on tonality of the picture and their absorbency influences painting te...
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520,79 zł |
Peace Of The Blue Sea Adult Coloring Book: Color The Peace Of The Ocean
ISBN: 9781515273080 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A relaxing, stress relieving adult coloring book of the Blue Ocean Peace underwater world. Take a moment and immerse yourself...
A relaxing, stress relieving adult coloring book of the Blue Ocean Peace underwater world. Take a moment and immerse yourself...
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paintings of catastrophic environmental change
ISBN: 9781517653262 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Large paintings of coming catastrophic environmental changes. Warming, colliding tectonic plates, flooding, toxic brews in rivers and streams, oil spills, pollution of the atmosphere, the great Pacific garbage patch, earthquake and tsunami.
Large paintings of coming catastrophic environmental changes. Warming, colliding tectonic plates, flooding, toxic brews in rivers and streams, oil spi...
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68,63 zł |
Conservation of Featherwork from Central and South America
ISBN: 9781909492394 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. - This book contains case studies of conservation treatments from students working in UCLA getty- Includes over 200 images in full color The influence of preparatory layers on the stability of oil paintings is a subject that has occupied the minds of many authors of artist's manuals, recipe books and related historical sources. Depending on their location in time and space, artists have had different views on the subject and have selected different materials and techniques to prepare their support for painting. Preparatory layers influence the texture of a painting, the colour has an impact...
- This book contains case studies of conservation treatments from students working in UCLA getty- Includes over 200 images in full color The influence...
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180,75 zł |
Volatile Organic Compounds and the Conservation of Inorganic Materials
ISBN: 9781909492400 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Identification, treatment and prevention of Volatile Organic Compounds in museums and galleries Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are carbon-based molecules which, in museums and galleries, are often found as indoor pollutants. The result of off-gassing of materials used in the construction of show cases, storage cabinets and containers, and also resulting from methods of exhibit preparation and cleaning, VOCs not only present possible health hazards but can also affect objects in collections. This book focuses on acetic and formic acid often present in wood and wood products, adhesives,...
Identification, treatment and prevention of Volatile Organic Compounds in museums and galleries Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are carbon-based mol...
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153,17 zł |
Film Restoration: The Culture and Science of Audiovisual Heritage
ISBN: 9781349311439 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first monograph-length work intended to enable readers with a humanities background and the general public to understand what the processes and techniques of film restoration do and do not involve, attempting to integrate systematically a discussion about related technological and cultural issues.
This is the first monograph-length work intended to enable readers with a humanities background and the general public to understand what the processe...
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501,19 zł |
Care and Conservation of Manuscripts 12
ISBN: 9788763537742 / Angielski / Miękka / 355 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Prähistorische Pfahlbauten im Alpenraum : Erschließung und Vermittlung eines Welterbes
ISBN: 9783110416701 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 247 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die 2011 von der UNESCO anerkannte serielle Welterbestatte vereinigt Fundorte in Deutschland, Frankreich, Italien, Osterreich, der Schweiz und Slowenien. Die Pfahlbauten dokumentieren die Lebensverhaltnisse jungsteinzeitlicher und metallzeitlicher Siedelgemeinschaften zwischen 5000 und 600 v. Chr. Obertagig nicht sichtbar, liegen sie verborgen in den Ufer- und Flachwasserbereichen der Alpenrandseen oder unter Moorbedeckung. Unter Luftabschluss haben sich organische Materialien wie Holz, Textil und Nahrungsreste in sensationeller Weise erhalten. Doch bedrohen moderne Nutzung und veranderte... Die 2011 von der UNESCO anerkannte serielle Welterbestatte vereinigt Fundorte in Deutschland, Frankreich, Italien, Osterreich, der Schweiz und Slow... |
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Patrimonio del mas alla: Introduccion al conocimiento del patrimonio funerario
ISBN: 9781536850864 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Un libro guia introductorio para los profesionales que trabajan con el patrimonio cultural, natural o intangible, museologos, guias de turismo, arquitectos, escultores y todos aquellos que desean trabajar en la conservacion y difusion del patrimonio historico."
Un libro guia introductorio para los profesionales que trabajan con el patrimonio cultural, natural o intangible, museologos, guias de turismo, arquit...
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160,14 zł |
When Galleries Shake: Earthquake Damage Mitigation for Museum Collections
ISBN: 9781606065228 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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273,53 zł |