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by Jukka Jokilehto
2002, 368 pp.
Jokilehto, a senior program advisor to ICCROM, has compiled the first overview of the history and theory of architectural conservation. This volume is a scholarly work and provides insights into conservation trends in Europe, Japan, India, Iran, and the U.S. It expands knowledge about the conservation of ancient architectural sites, including the development of basic concepts of conservation from Antiquity through the Renaissance and within the current European context. Interestingly, it addresses the approach to conservation in todays multi-cultural society, and within the framework of changing cultural influences through the ages. Hardback.
