Conservation, Restoration & Care of Artworks

The baptismal font in the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Siena is a masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance. It was created between 1416 and 1434 by ...

Frans Hals (1582/83-1666) is rightfully considered one of the most important seventeenth-century Dutch painters. His portraits are admired for thei...

An inspirational look book for conceiving, planning, and building an accessory dwelling unit (ADU), a small house that is on the same property as t...

The debate about the return of cultural assets to former colonial territories is highly topical and at the same time much older than most assume. ...

Digital technologies have opened up new possibilities for the cultural sector. Many museums are represented on the internet with various materials....

Francis Bacons portrait of his first partner Peter Lacy is somehow simultaneously attractive and repulsive. The monumental portrait dating from 196...

This book presents a detailed account of authenticity in the visual arts from the Paleolithic to the postmodern. The restoration of works of art ca...

In response to systemic racism and institutions implications in histories of colonialism, nationalism, and exclusion, museum curators have embrace...

Glimmering glass beads can be threaded onto thin wire and shaped into flowers a historical handicraft, rooted in Venice and its famous Murano glas...

This book traces the development of scientific conservation and technical art history. It takes as its starting point the final years of the ninete...

Developing an art-historically relevant and innovative question based on a key object is a complex matter. Each focused examination not only opens ...

Über die berühmten Stichfolgen des im Jahre 1700 in Augsburg geborenen und 1761 in Wien verstorbenen Vedutenzeichners und Kupferstechers Salomon Kl...

A Japanese teahouse, an audio installation with Nigerian sounds, and a bronze flagpole divided in two: In the extensive areas of the Humboldt Forum...

Deutsch-englische AusgabeJean Dubuffet veränderte den Kunstbegriff des 20. Jahrhunderts als Künstler und ebenso als Theoretiker und Sammler der Art...

Francis La Flesche (18571932) lebte zwischen zwei Welten: Als Umoho (Omaha) kämpfte er für deren Rechte, als Wissenschaftler erforschte er seine ei...

The Man with the Slouch Hat by Frans Hals is one of the best-known masterpieces of Kassels Picture Gallery. During his visit in 1907 Lovis Corinth...

Nominated for the 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in non-fiction This volume examines peace museums, a small and important (but often overlooked) ...

What does a sanctuary for Hawaiian crows have in common with a troop of robots programmed to perform the Mori haka, or recreations of World Heritag...

The Staffordshire Hoard: An Anglo-Saxon Treasure tells the story of the Staffordshire Hoards discovery and acquisition, and the six-year research ...

This new edition titled Adhesives, Coatings and Consolidants discusses the chemical, physical, and optical properties that influence the selection ...