Securing the Past : Conservation in Art, Architecture and Literature

Name: Securing the Past
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521725910
Price: 7950 KES
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ISBN: 9780521725910

by Paul Eggert

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0521725917

ISBN-13 9780521725910

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jan 15th, 2009

Print length 304 Pages

Weight 458 grams

Dimensions 15.20 x 22.70 x 1.40 cms

Product Classification: Conservation, restoration & care of artworks Conservation, restoration and care of artworks Literary studies: general

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The concept and practice of restoration in all its forms are entangled in many contemporary theoretical debates and problems. This book is the first concerted effort to examine together the linked philosophies of the different arts of preserving and uncovering the past.

We all have a stake in the past and in its tangible preservation, and we trust professionals to preserve our cultural heritage for the future. However, restoration in all its forms is entangled in many contemporary theoretical debates and problems. This book is the first concerted effort to examine together the linked philosophies of the different arts of preserving and uncovering the past: the restoration of buildings, conservation of works of art, and editing of literary works to retrieve their original or intended texts. By investigating a series of recent crises in each of these areas, Securing the Past shows how their underlying justifications relate closely to one another. Paul Eggert shows how they have been philosophically undermined by postmodern theories and charts another, richer way forward to a new future for the past.

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