TY - GEN AU - Stubbs, John H. TI - Time honored : a global view of architectural conservation SN - 9780470260494 U1 - 363.69 PY - 2009/// CY - New Jersey PB - John Wiley & Sons KW - Historic preservation KW - Architecture--Conservation and restoration N1 - Content Preface ix Foreword xi Acknowledgments xii PART I: Conserving History in Changing Contexts 1 Chapter 1: Introduction 3 Inevitable Change 5 Globalization and Cultural Heritage Conservation 9 Cultural Sensibility 13 Chapter 2: What Is Architectural Conservation? 21 Origins and Concerns of Architectural Conservation 25 Chapter 3: What Do We Conserve? 33 Determining Significance and Value 34 Types of Value or Significance 37 Associative Values: Historic and Commemorative 42 Chapter 4: Why Conserve Buildings and Sites? 51 To Save the Prototype 54 Historical, Religious, and National Respect 56 Aesthetic Appreciation 57 Romanticism and Nostalgia 57 Shortcomings in Modern Architecture and Planning 58 Practicality 60 Tourism 60 Chapter 5: Who Owns the Past? 65 A Heritage of Universal Importance 66 Chapter 6: History, Historiography, and Architectural Conservation 71 History and the Passage of Time: Facts, Values, and Notions of History 71 Viewing Time Through the Lens of History 72 Perceptions of Time 73 Perceptions of History 74 Historiography Until Its Professionalization 75 Historical Method and the Elusive Ideal of Accuracy 77 Antiquarianism: Putting the Past on a Pedestal 78 Archaeology as a Path to Historical Certainty 80 History and Heritage Conservation 86 PART II: Problems, Principles, and Process 91 Chapter 7: Perils to Built Heritage 93 An Evolution of Awareness 93 The Destructive Actions of Time and Nature 95 Destructive Actions of Humans 98 Cultural Bias 108 Risk Preparedness and Response 115 Chapter 8: Options for Involvement 121 Levels of Participation 123 Degrees of Intervention 125 Chapter 9: Principles, Charters, and Ethics 131 Philosophical Approaches 132 Legislation 133 Codification of Principles and Doctrine 135 Five Influential Architectural Conservation Charters and Documents 136 Ethics and Professionalism 140 Chapter 10: The Conservation Process 145 Chapter 11: Participants in Architectural Conservation 149 Structure of the Field 151 The Architectural Conservation Professional Defined 152 PART Ill: Conservation of the Built Environment: An Enduring Concern 155 Chapter 12: Prehistory Through the Fourteenth Century 157 An Instinct to Preserve? 157 Prehistoric Through Hellenistic Times 159 Reuse and Preservation in Ancient Rome 166 The Middle Ages in Europe 172 Chapter 13: Fifteenth Through the Eighteenth Centuries 183 The Renaissance, 1300 to 1600 183 The Baroque Period Through the Enlightenment, 1600 to 1780 192 Chapter 14: The Forging of a Discipline: The Late Eighteenth to Early Twentieth Centuries 203 Italy 206 France 211 Great Britain 218 The German States and Austria 226 PART IV: Contemporary Architectural Conservation Practice 239 Chapter 15: International Activities and Cooperation 241 Contemporary International Architectural Conservation Practice-Origins 242 International Agencies and Frameworks 252 Other Regional and International Organizations 256 European Heritage Conservation Principles Abroad: Action and Reaction 260 International Training in Architectural Conservation 272 Chapter 16: A Multidimensional Field for the Twenty-First Century 279 Chapter 17: A Summary Global Tour of Contemporary Practice: Challenges and Solutions 285 Europe 286 North Africa and Western Asia 300 Sub-Saharan Africa 309 Central and South Asia 316 East and Southeast Asia 324 Austro-Pacific Region 334 North America 341 Latin America and the Caribbean 349 The Polar Regions 358 Chapter 18: The Past in the Future 367 Meeting the Challenge and Beyond 367 Going Forward 370 Appendix A: Nomenclature Used in International Architectural Conservation Practice 375 Appendix B: Organizations and Resources Relating to International Architectural Conservation 391 Appendix C: International and Regional Conventions, Charters, and Recommendations 401 Appendix D: Annotated Bibliography of One Hundred Selected Titles 405 Photo Credits 417 Index 423 ER -