Modern Metals in Cultural Heritage - Understanding and Characterization
Regular price
€62.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Virginia Costa
aluminum
anodizing
Author_Virginia Costa
builders
care
Category=AB
Category=ABC
Category=GBC
Category=TDPM
Category=WCR
copper
corrosion
electroplating
eq_art-fashion-photography
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_tech-engineering
ferrous alloys
handbook
maintenance
plating on plastics
preservation
properties
reference
research
restoration
structure
surface coatings
testing
titanium
weathering
zinc
Product details
- ISBN 9781606066058
- Weight: 666g
- Dimensions: 150 x 250mm
- Publication Date: 17 Sep 2019
- Publisher: Getty Trust Publications
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
The proliferation of new metals-such as stainless steels, aluminium alloys and metallic coatings-in modern and contemporary art and architecture has made the need for professionals who can address their conservation more critical than ever. This volume seeks to bridge the gap between the vast technical literature on metals and the pressing needs of conservators, curators and other heritage professionals without a metallurgy background. It offers practical information in a simple and direct way, enabling curators, conservators and artists alike to understand and evaluate the objects under their care.
This invaluable reference reframes information formerly found only in specialised technical and industrial publications for the context of cultural heritage conservation. As the first book to address the properties, testing and maintenance issues of the hundreds of metals and alloys available since the beginning of the twentieth century, it is destined to become an essential resource for conservators, artists, fabricators, curators, collectors and anyone working with modern metals.
Virginia Costa is a freelance scientist with over twenty years of experience working with modern metals. She is based in Meudon, France.
