Dear colleagues, The Getty Conservation Institute is pleased to announce that the premier volume of its Readings in Conservation series, "Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage," is now available as an e-book.
Originally published in 1996, this volume is the first comprehensive collection of texts on the conservation of art and architecture to be published in the English language. Designed for students of art history as well as conservation, the book consists of forty-six texts, some never before translated into English and many originally published only in obscure or foreign journals. The thirty major art historians and scholars represented raise questions such as when to restore, what to preserve, and how to maintain aesthetic character. Excerpts have been selected from the following books and essays: John Ruskin, "The Seven Lamps of Architecture"; Bernard Berenson, "Aesthetics and History in the Visual Arts"; Clive Bell, "The Aesthetic Hypothesis"; Cesare Brandi, "Theory of Restoration"; Kenneth Clark, "Looking at Pictures"; Erwin Panofsky, "The History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline"; E. H. Gombrich, "Art and Illusion"; Marie Cl. Berducou, "The Conservation of Archaeology"; and Paul Philippot, "Restoration from the Perspective of the Social Sciences." The fully illustrated book also contains an annotated bibliography and an index. Normally listed at $19.95, the e-book is now available from Amazon or Google for $9.99, or from Barnes & Noble for $11.99: http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/books/issues_in_conservation_cultural_heritage.html Anna Duer Research Associate The Getty Conservation Institute 1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 700 Los Angeles CA 90049-1684 310-440-6710 ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Archives through August 2016 at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/ Archives from September 2016 onward at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
