Contemporary theory of conservation (Record no. 55590)
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| fixed length control field | 04060 a2200169 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780750662246 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 702.88 |
| Item number | VIN |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Vinas, Salvador Munoz |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Contemporary theory of conservation |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Routledge |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2011 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiii,239p. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>Acknowledgements <br/>Preface xi <br/>Chapter 1 What is conservation? 1<br/>A brief history of conservation 1<br/>Issues in the definition of conservation 7<br/>Too many tasks 7<br/>Too many objects 8<br/>Too many professionals 9<br/>Conservators' conservation 13<br/>A note on the use of the terms 14<br/>Preservation and restoration 15<br/>Preservation 15<br/>Restoration 16<br/>Preservation and restoration act together 18<br/>Preservation and restoration are different 19<br/>Preventive and informational preservation 21<br/>Preventive preservation 21<br/>Informational preservation. 23<br/>Chapter 2 The objects of conservation 27<br/>What shall be conserved? 27<br/>The Mustang paradox 27<br/>The evolution of conservation objects 29<br/>Problems of traditional categories 31<br/>Art, archaeology and antiquities 31<br/>Historic works 35<br/>Riegl's 'monuments' 36<br/>Heritage 37<br/>The nihilist turn 41<br/>The communicative turn 43<br/>What is a symbol? 45<br/>Webs of meaning 46<br/>Too many symbols 50<br/>Refining the communicative turn 50<br/>Symbolic strength as a criterion 50<br/>Which meanings make up a conservation object? 51<br/>Mechanisms of symbolization 55<br/>Changing meanings. 57<br/>Two exceptions: Riegl's 'deliberate monuments' and recent artworks 58<br/>Ethno-historical evidence 59<br/>Summing up 62<br/>Chapter 3 Truth, objectivity and scientific conservation 65<br/>The pursuit of truth in classical theories of conservation 65<br/>Aestheticist theories 67<br/>Scientific conservation 69<br/>An observation on the role of architects in conservation theory 71<br/>What is 'scientific conservation'? 74<br/>The (missing) theoretical body of scientific conservation 78<br/>The principles of scientific conservation 81<br/>Material fetichism 82<br/>Belief in scientific enquiry 87<br/>The pragmatic argument 88<br/>Summing up. 89<br/>Chapter 4 The decline of truth and objectivity 91<br/>The tautological argument: authenticity and truth in conservation objects 91<br/>Legibility 99<br/>The notion of damage under scrutiny 101<br/>The argument of unsuitability: subjective and intangible needs in conservation 105<br/>Chapter 5 A brief excursion into the real world 115<br/>Conservation and science 115<br/>Lack of communication 117<br/>The insufficiency of hard sciences 120<br/>Complexity 120<br/>An infinite variety of objects 125<br/>A vindication of conservators' technical knowledge 129<br/>Lack of technological knowledge 141<br/>Technoscience 144<br/>Chapter 6 From objects to subjects. 147<br/>Radical subjectivism 147<br/>Re-examining the problem: inter-subjectivism 150<br/>The expert's zone: objectivism and authority 153<br/>From the experts' zone to the trading zone: the emergence of the subject 158<br/>Affected people 158<br/>The stakeholders 160<br/>The trading zone 163<br/>Clashes in meanings: inter- and intra-cultural issues in conservation 165<br/>Chapter 7 The reasons for conservation 171<br/>Reasons for conservation 171<br/>From the conservation of truths to the conservation of meanings 173<br/>Expressive conservation 176<br/>Functional and value-led conservation 177<br/>Chapter 8 Sustainable conservation 183<br/>The criticism of reversibility. 183<br/>Minimum intervention. 188<br/>From minimum intervention to maximum benefit 191<br/>The principle of sustainability 194<br/>Chapter 9 From theory to practice: a revolution of common sense 199<br/>Discernible restoration 199<br/>Adaptiv ethics 202<br/>The risks of negotiatory conservation 205<br/>Evidential conservation 205<br/>Genial Conservation 206<br/>Demagogic conservation 208<br/>Exerting authority : the role of the experts in contemporary conservation 209<br/>Conclusion : a revolution of common sense 212<br/>Bibliography 215<br/>Subject index 229<br/>Proper names index 233<br/>Author index 237<br/><br/> |
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| Country | UK |
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| Topic | FA |
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