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Still Life
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 a fading photograph eternal—or should you attempt it at all? These are some of the questions that conservators, curators, registrars, and exhibition designers dealing with contemporary art face on a daily basis. In Still Life, Fernando Domínguez Rubio delves into one of the most important museums of the world, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, to explore the day-to-day dilemmas that museum workers face when the immortal artworks that we see in the exhibition room reveal themselves to be slowly unfolding disasters. Still Life offers ...
The Sustainable Museum
The Sustainable Museum is the first book to outline a coherent strategy for the direction of museums, as it relates to sustainability in the museum and heritage sector. Arguing that museums must place sustainability at the centre of all their activities, if they are to become key actors with a clear societal role, Garthe considers the issues that museums will likely face as they take on their new roles. Presenting case studies from a wide range of museums around the world, the book considers different ways of implementing sustainability in different types and sizes of institutions. Whilst the book clearly outlines the need for change, it also provides guidance about how to change. Garthe doe...
On Canvas
The first truly comprehensive analysis of the history, practice, and conservation of painting on canvas. Throughout its long history in Western art, canvas has played an influential role in the creative process. From the Renaissance development of oil painting on canvas to the present day—through Impressionism, Abstract Expressionism, and other art historical movements—the use of canvas has enhanced the scale of painting, freedom of brushwork, and spontaneity in technique. This book recounts some of that rich history in relation to corresponding developments in conservation practice. Rather than concentrating on the familiar concerns of cleaning and varnish removal, this volume considers...
Addressing the Climate in Modern Age's Construction History
This book sheds light on environmental control in buildings from the 17th century onwards. Even before building services became a hallmark of buildings, in order to address increasing sanitary and comfort needs, pioneering experiences had contributed to improve design skills of professionals. After long being determined by passive features, indoor climate became influenced by installations and plants, representing the most significant shift of paradigm in the modern age’s construction history. This change was not without consequences, and the book presents contributions showing the deep connection between architectural design, comfort requirements and environmental awareness throughout the...
Oxford Guide to the Languages of the Central Andes
This volume presents the most comprehensive overview in English of the languages of the Central Andes, spoken primarily in Peru and Bolivia. Efforts to describe and document Central Andean languages, as well as philological research into colonial documentation and texts, have blossomed in recent decades; here, the major protagonists and drivers of these exciting developments are given the opportunity to showcase their research achievements in one volume. Following an introductory part providing background information on the region and its cultural and linguistic diversity, chapters in Part II provide extensive descriptions of individual languages that not only reflect current knowledge, but ...
CoMa 2013
This book presents the proceedings of the “CoMa 2013: Safeguarding Image Collections” international conference held in Brussels, on 31 October 2013, and offers the reader not only a wide variety of subjects relating to the preservation of image collections, but also an overview of the different professions and practices involved in the preservation of photographic heritage. The proceedings contain some practical examples illustrating how CEN regulations and generally accepted standards can be translated into daily management. Moreover, they transcend a purely scientific debate by also questioning the value and meaning of image collections, and by offering a base for anyone dealing with p...
Die Alte Pinakothek
Was eint Pferdekutschen, Mangangehalt, Leuchtstoffröhren und Ölkrisen? Sie sind wenig bekannte Facetten der reichen Baugeschichte der Alten Pinakothek, die in der Architekturtheorie als Prototyp einer Gemäldegalerie gilt. Ausgehend von der Prämisse aus der Geschichte für die Zukunft zu lernen, betrachtet Melanie Eibl die Entwicklung der Umgebungsbedingungen im Museum und ihre Auswirkungen auf den Erhaltungszustand von Kunstwerken. Dabei kann sie bislang unbekannte Archivalien einbeziehen, die neues Licht auf den technischen und konservatorischen Kontext, aber auch die gesellschaftlichen Funktionen der Münchner Pinakothek werfen. Mit ihrer Methodik, Quellenstudien und Simulationsverfahren zu verknüpfen, macht sie die Klima- und Lichtverhältnisse sowie den Energiebedarf der letzten beiden Jahrhunderte erfahrbar. Dies eröffnet einen neuen Ansatz der Präventiven Konservierung, bei dem das Museum als Gebäudehülle mit seiner Schutzfunktion gegenüber den Kunstwerken in den Mittelpunkt einer ganzheitlichen Erhaltungsstrategie rückt.
Der Kampf um die Kunst
Am 19. Juli 1937 öffnet in München zeitgleich mit der Ausstellung »Entartete Kunst« das Reichsinstitut für Maltechnik seine Pforten. Es ist heute fast ebenso vergessen wie sein Auftrag. Ein sensationeller Fund aller Akten des »Dritten Reichs« erlaubt nun die Rekonstruktion seiner Geschichte und seines Gründers. Wie kam es zur Gründung? Welche Rolle spielte Max Doerner? Wer waren die Personen um Doerner und was taten sie? Andreas Burmester vermittelt einen umfassenden Einblick in den Mikrokosmos einer einzigartigen Einrichtung, die der Reichskammer der bildenden Künste und somit dem Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda direkt unterstellt war. Er beleuchtet alltägl...
