Conservation, Restoration & Care of Artworks

Before the 1970s, most information concerning the conservation and restoration of paintings, wood, and archaeological artefacts were focused on the...

Il-Fond għal Kawżi Soċjali nieda l-pubblikazzjoni ‘Conserving Art: a selection of good causes’. Din hi l-ewwel pubblikazzjoni dwar proġetti ta’ res...

Paulus Potter darf als einer der bekanntesten Tiermaler der niederländischen Malerei gelten. Bei ihm sind erstmals die Tiere die Protagonisten, de...

One of the major achievements of modern art has been the depiction of people. Italian artists developed new strategies in drawing to visualize peop...

A selection of 120 drawings from the holdings of the Graphic Art Collection of Augsburg’s Art Collections and Museums provides a comprehensive over...

A colourful illustrated history of the buildings in Vancouver’s Chinatown, celebrating the richness, diversity, and vibrancy of the Chinese communi...

The book Locus Fratrum is the first attempt at a systematic analysis of the architecture and building practice of the last major medieval monastic ...

A Closer Look is the new series title for the updated and refreshed National Gallery Pocket Guide range. The series has been enhanced with a strong...

An authoritative annual record of scientific research and conservation carried out at the National Gallery, London  The National Gallery Technical ...

A global reconsideration and broadening of the definition of art conservation through the lenses of theory, ethics, culture, and history Thought-pr...

A technical examination of artists’ workshops and studios across history and media, told through the collections of the National Gallery of Art   V...

This book presents the surprising collection of Venetian glass donated by spouses Carla Nasci and Ferruccio Franzoia to the Carlo Rizzarda Modern A...

Conservators and other museum professionals face a large number of issues involving the mechanical behavior of materials, including questions on cr...

Accompanies a successful BBC series ‘Hidden Treaures of the National Trust’, on its 3rd season. Episodes average over 2m viewers. Explores unseen ...

From Cape Town to Bristol and Richmond, statues have become sites of resistance and contestation of our imperial past and postcolonial present. The...

The destruction of ancient monuments and artworks by the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has shocked observers world...

The Conservator’s Cookbook is a collection of practical, step-by-step guides outlining how to prepare various solutions, adhesives, gels, and other...

At times controversial and uncompromising, always intellectually honest, Alessandro Conti’s book is - astonishingly – the only attempt to comprehen...

Offers an overview of the analysis of art and archaeological materials using techniques based on mass spectrometry Illustrates basic principles, p...

This book mostly contains contributions by the invited lecturers at the 7th International Conference on Non-Destructive Testing and Micro-Analysis ...

Analysing the transformation of Berlin’s former Allied border control point, "Checkpoint Charlie," into a global heritage industry, this volume pro...

Analysing the transformation of Berlin’s former Allied border control point, "Checkpoint Charlie," into a global heritage industry, this volume pro...

Innovative Technology in Art Conservation provides one of the first ever critical assessments of innovation in conservation science and questions w...

The Museum Environment is in two parts; Part I: intended for conservators and museum curators and describes the principles and techniques of contro...

Working with Conservation Data provides a practical, step-by-step guide that describes how to approach the issue of documentation in a professional...

Working with Conservation Data provides a practical, step-by-step guide that describes how to approach the issue of documentation in a professional...

The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Destruction presents a comprehensive view on the destruction of cultural heritage and offers insights into this ...

Like the ancient Roman Pantheon, the U.S. Capitol was designed by its political and aesthetic arbiters to memorialize the virtues, events, and pers...

The Conservator’s Cookbook is a collection of practical, step-by-step guides outlining how to prepare various solutions, adhesives, gels, and other...

The Hermitage Musuem in St Petersburg is possibly the greatest museum in the world. It began as a showcase for the art treasures of the Tsars and r...

With the inception of cinema, discussions relating to the preservation of film emerged in countries around the globe. Early motion picture collecto...

With the inception of cinema, discussions relating to the preservation of film emerged in countries around the globe. Early motion picture collecto...

This book considers how art market stakeholders, including art dealers, collectors and agents, have shaped museum collections and affected exhibiti...

Benjamin West's "The Death of the Stag", a tour de force of pictorial theatre and his own unique Scottish masterpiece, has been the focus of high d...