{"product_id":"9781606065273","title":"Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage","description":"This volume is the first comprehensive collection of texts on the conservation of art and architecture to be published in the English language. Designed for students of art history as well as conservation, the book consists of forty-six texts, some never before translated into English and many originally published only in obscure or foreign journals.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The thirty major art historians and scholars represented raise questions such as when to restore, what to preserve, and how to maintain aesthetic character. Excerpts have been selected from the following books and essays: John Ruskin, \u003ci\u003eThe Seven Lamps of Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e; Bernard Berenson, \u003ci\u003eAesthetics and History in the Visual Arts\u003c\/i\u003e; Clive Bell, \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetic Hypothesis\u003c\/i\u003e; Cesare Brandi, \u003ci\u003eTheory of Restoration\u003c\/i\u003e; Kenneth Clark, \u003ci\u003eLooking at Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e; Erwin Panofsky, \u003ci\u003eThe History of Art as a Humanistic Discipline\u003c\/i\u003e; E. H. Gombrich, \u003ci\u003eArt and Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e; Marie Cl. Berducou, \u003ci\u003eThe Conservation of Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e; and Paul Philippot, \u003ci\u003eRestoration from the Perspective of the Social Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e. The fully illustrated book also contains an annotated bibliography and an index.","brand":"J. Paul Getty Trust, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177870737648,"sku":"9781606065273","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781606065273_p0.jpg?v=1763828292","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781606065273","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}