Issues in the Conservation of Paintings

by David Bomford (Editor), Mark Leonard (Editor)

Overview

This volume on paintings conservation includes more than seventy texts ranging from the fifteenth century to the present day. Some are classic and highly influential writings; others, although little known when first published, in retrospect reflect important themes and issues in the history of the field.

Many appear here in English for the first time, including translations of D. Vicente Polero y Toledo's 1855 essay "Arte de la Restauración" (The Art of Restoration), and Victor Bauer-Bolton's treatise from 1914, "Sollen fehlende Stellen bei Gemälden ergänzt werden?" (Should Missing Areas of Paintings Be Made Good?).

The book is divided into six sections: 

• An Historical Miscellany
• History of the Profession
• Study of Artists' Materials and Techniques
• Structural Interventions
• Philosophical and Practical Approaches to Cleaning and Restoration
• Cleaning Controversies

This is the second volume to appear in the Getty Conservation Institute's Readings in Conservation series, which publishes texts considered fundamental to an understanding of the history, philosophies, and methodologies of conservation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780892367818
Publisher:	Getty Publications
Publication date:	02/07/2005
Series:	Readings in Conservation
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	600
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

David Bomford is senior restorer of paintings at the National Gallery, London. Mark Leonard is conservator of paintings at the Getty Museum.

Editorial Reviews

"It is hard to imagine how you could come up with a more useful one-volume book on painting conservation than this."—Museum Practice

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