Conservation, Restoration & Care of Artworks

Barbara Furlotti presents a dynamic interpretation of the early modern market for antiquities, relying on the innovative notion of archaeological f...

Throughout its long history in Western art, canvas has played an influential role in the creative process. From the Renaissance development of oil ...

Over the last fifty years, conservation professionals have confronted increasingly complex political, economic, and cultural dynamics. This volume,...

Once interred with mummified remains, nearly a thousand funerary portraits from Roman Egypt survive today in museums around the world, bringing vie...

Rene Magritte (1898-1967) is the most famous Belgian artist of the twentieth century and a celebrated representative of the Surrealist movement. Mu...

Technical innovation and hegemonic politics accelerated the growth process in silver mining regions during the 16th century. This resulted in the f...

This is the official record of the restoration of Leonardo's painting "The Last Supper". It documents the cleaning and removal of the overpainting ...

Walk into any European museum today and you will see the curated spoils of Empire. They sit behind plate glass: dignified, tastefully lit. Accompan...

How do you keep the cracks in Starry Night from spreading? How do you prevent artworks made of hugs or candies from disappearing? How do you render...

Hinges: Sakaki Hyakusen and the Birth of Nanga Painting is the first US exhibition focusing on the art of Sakaki Hyakusen (1697–1752), the founding...

Sidney Nolan (1917-1992) is renowned for an oeuvre ranging from views of Melbourne's seaside suburb St. Kilda to an iconic series on outlaw hero Ne...

Ten years after the first volume, this book highlights the important contribution Raman spectroscopy makes as a non-destructive method for characte...

“My husband Jan finished me on 17 June 1439. . . .  My age was 33 years.” So speaks Margaret van Eyck from the frame of her portrait. This painted ...

This important and first-of-its-kind collection addresses the emerging challenges in the field of media art preservation and exhibition, providing ...

'Almost hypnotically perfect prose' Kate Sawyer'A thoughtful, tender and delicate consideration of life's choices' Huma Qureshi 'Ashby handles her ...

Illustrated with contemporary case studies, Curating Design provides a history of and introduction to design curatorial practice both within and ou...

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 ...

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

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...

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