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Author Caple, Chris

Title Conservation Skills for the 21st Century Judgement, Method, and Decision-Making
Edition 2nd ed
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (313 p.)
Contents Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- 1. Reasons for Preserving the Past -- The Importance of the Past -- Remains (Objects and Sites) -- Narrative -- Heritage and the Past -- Valuing the Past -- Devaluing the Past -- Authenticity -- Preservation Mechanisms: Legislation, Preservation in Situ, and Collection -- Legislation -- Preservation in Situ -- Collection -- Biases in Collections and Displays -- Notes -- 2. The History of Conservation -- Conservation's Prehistory -- The 'Three-Legged Stool' -- Conservation Emerges: 1888-1950
Conservation Evolves: 1950-Present -- The Emergence of Formal Conservation Training -- Notes -- 3. Conservation Aims and Ethics -- Conservation: A Definition -- Charters, Ethical Codes, and Guidelines for Practice -- Shared Themes and Evolving Concepts -- Controversial and Enduring Concepts -- True Nature -- Reversibility and Retreatability -- Minimum Intervention -- Implementing Ethics -- Revelation, Investigation, Preservation (RIP) -- The Conservation Process -- Factors Influencing Conservation -- The Initial Desired Outcome -- Durham Cathedral Doors -- The Envelope(s) of Possibility
Context -- Notes -- 4. Objects: Their Investigation and Recording -- Objects and Society -- The Structure and Decay of Objects -- Investigation -- Visual Examination -- Non-Visual Physical Properties -- Analysis -- Sampling -- Reporting Analytical Results -- Purpose and Nature of Documentation -- The Conservation Record -- Notes -- 5. Cleaning -- Cleaning -- Soiling -- Removing Soiling -- Original Surface: A Concern When Cleaning -- Overpaint -- Varnishes, Lacquers, and Painting Cleaning -- Cleaning Processes -- Risk/Benefit Analysis -- The Goldilocks Principle -- Cleaning: Concluding Thoughts
Notes -- 6. Restoration -- Restoration -- The Development of Restoration -- Restoration in Practice -- Challenges Presented in the Purpose, Acceptability, and Extent of Restoration -- Alternative Approaches -- Replication -- Notes -- 7. Stabilisation -- The Nature of Survival and Stability -- Survival -- Stability -- Change -- The Nature of Stabilisation -- Biological -- Chemical -- Physical -- Treatments -- Stability of Conservation Materials -- Assessing Stabilisation Effectiveness -- When Stabilisation Is Not Possible -- Notes -- 8. Preventive Conservation and Storage
Preventive Conservation -- Ideal Museum Standards -- Risk Management -- Disaster Planning and Response -- Storage -- Condition Surveys -- Sustainable Storage -- Notes -- 9. Preserving Intangible Heritage: Working and Socially Active Objects -- Working/Dynamic Objects -- Working Objects in Museum Contexts -- Balancing the Roles of Working Objects -- Socially Active Objects -- People-Centred Conservation and Consultation -- Notes -- 10. Perception, Judgement, and Decision-making -- Perception -- Learnt Behaviours -- Judgement -- Learning -- Limitations and Biases in Perception and Judgement
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Improving Judgement in Conservation
Subject Antiquities -- Collection and preservation
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration
Cultural property -- Protection
Antiquities -- Collection and preservation.
Cultural property -- Protection.
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration.
Form Electronic book
Author Williams, Emily
ISBN 9781000876734
100087673X