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Conserving the Painted Past: Developing Approaches to Wall
Painting Conservation
Proceedings of a conference held by English Heritage in London, UK, 2-4
December 1999.
From an international
perspective, English wall paintings offer much diversity in both history and
production and are linked with the wider European artistic tradition. They
range from delicate frescoes in Roman villa ruins to larger decorative and
figurative schemes in both churches and cathedrals, as well as in domestic
buildings. These vulnerable works of art now suffer not only from
environmental changes but also from the well-meaning but often irreversible
treatments of the past.
This conference was called specifically to take stock of recent developments
in the field and to plan the way ahead regarding standards and practice for
the future. Among other topics, this volume covers such issues as
documentation and recording both in terms of setting a baseline for future
treatments and for evaluating condition changes, standards of current
conservation practice, visitor management, and strategies of risk assessment.
Paperback.
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Item #
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BK-223
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Conserving the Painted Past
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$60.00
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