Title Conservation of ancient sites on the Silk Road : proceedings of the second International Conference on the Conservation of Grotto Sites, Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang, People's Republic of China, June 28-July 3, 2004 / edited by Neville Agnew

Published Los Angeles : Getty Conservation Institute, c2010

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 516 p.) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) Series Getty Publications virtual library. CMalG Contents Master plan for the conservation and management of the Mogao Grottoes : preparation and achievements / Fan Jinshi -- Managing cultural heritage sites : some parameters for success / Sharon Sullivan -- China's policy in relation to international exchange and cooperation in cultural heritage conservation in China / Zhang Wenbin -- Choices and judgment : the professional conservator at the interface / Sharon Cather -- UNESCO support for cultural heritage conservation in China / Du Xiaofan, translated by Naomi Hellmann -- International cooperation for the protection of China's cultural heritage / Huang Kezhong -- Deterioration and treatment of wall paintings in grottoes along the Silk Road in China and related conservation efforts / Li Zuixiong -- Safeguarding Silk Road sites in Central Asia / Laurent Lévi-Strauss and Roland Lin -- Nomination of the Silk Road in China to UNESCO's World Heritage List : proposals for a strategic approach and reference framework for heritage routes / Ron van Oers -- The content and theoretical significance of the Principles for the conservation of heritage sites in China / Jin Hongkui -- The Principles for the conservation of heritage sites in China -- a critique / Jean-Louis Luxen -- The role of Hebei Province in developing and implementing the China Principles / Zhang Lizhu -- A place of safekeeping? : the vicissitudes of the Bezeklik murals / Susan Whitfield -- Perspectives on photography's contribution to archaeology in Central Asia / John Falconer -- Harps on the ancient Silk Road / Bo Lawergren -- Stein and Trinkler on the Rawak Vihara : a mandala style moves east / Fred H. Martinson -- Conservation and management of cultural heritage sites on the Silk Road in Kyrgyzstan / Ludmila Akmatova and Jumamedel Imankulov -- Visitor surveys at Mogao : pioneering the process, 2002-2004 / Li Ping ... [et al.] -- The challenge of managing visitors at the Mogao Grottoes / Kirsty Altenburg ... [et al.] -- Sustainable visitation at the Mogao Grottoes : a methodology for visitor carrying capacity / Martha Demas ... [et al.] -- Social and environmental monitoring as a tool for managing visitor impact at Jenolan Caves, Australia / Rickard Mackay -- Nature and distribution of cohesion forces in earthen building materials / Henri Van Damme ... [et al.] -- Geology and hydrogeology at the Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang / Chikaosa Tanimoto ... [et al.] -- The influence of water on the stone carvings of the Yungang Grottoes / Huang Jizhong -- A Chinese-German cooperative project for the preservation of the cultural heritage of Shaanxi Province : conservation of the polychrome clay sculpture and investigation of painting materials in the Great Hall of the Shuilu'an Buddhist temple / Catharina Blaensdorf and Ma Tao -- Two methods for the conservation of the polychromy of the terracotta army of Qin Shihuang : electron beam polymerization of methacrylic monomers and consolidation using polyethylene glycol / Daniela Bathelt and Heinz Langhals -- The stone armor from the burial complex of Qin Shihuang in Lintong, China : methodology for excavation, restoration, and conservation, including the use of cyclododecane, a volatile temporary consolidant / Sandra Bucher and Xia Yin -- The development of ancient synthetic copper-based blue and purple pigments / Heinz Berke ... [et al.] -- Ishkor glazes of Uzbekistan / Pamela B. Vandiver ... [et al.] -- Digital acquisition, reconstruction, and virtual interpretation of Dunhuang murals / Lu Dongming ... [et al.] -- High-resolution photography at the Dunhuang Grottoes : Northwestern University's role in the Mellon International Dunhuang Archive / Harlan Wallach -- Dunhuang Grottoes conservation and computer technologies / Pan Yunhe, Fan Jinshi, and Li Zuixiong -- Multispectral imaging for easel and wall paintings / Haida Liang ... [et al.] -- Scientific examination of the traditional materials and techniques used in Yuan dynasty wall paintings / Rocco Mazzeo ... [et al.] -- Documentation and emergency treatment of wall paintings in the Chamba Lakhang (Maitreya temple) : developing a methodology to conserve mural paintings in India's Ladakh district / Sanjay Dhar -- Surveying paradise : the conservation survey of a Yuan dynasty wall painting on a clay base / Kathleen M. Garland -- Determining the internal condition of the Leshan Buddha statue / Zhong Shihang and Huang Kezhong -- Types of weathering of the Huashan rock paintings / Guo Hong ... [et al.] -- A study of support materials for mural paintings in humid environments / Ma Qinglin ... [et al.] -- Study and conservation of the Dazhao temple wall painting, Inner Mongolia / Du Xiaoli, translated by Naomi Hellmann -- Pigment analysis and environmental monitoring of murals in the Tang dynasty Huiling Mausoleum / Yang Mangmang and Zhang Yongjian -- Indian wall paintings : analysis of materials and techniques / Sekhar Chandra Set -- Conservation of mural paintings transferred from a royal mausoleum of the Western Han dynasty at Shiyuan, Henan Province / Tie Fude -- Condition, conservation, and reinforcement of the Yumen Pass and Hecang earthen rums near Dunhuang / Wang Xudong, Li Zuixiong, and Zhang Lu -- Research and application methods for comprehensive control of wind-borne sand at the Mogao Grottoes / Wang Wanfu ... [et al.] -- Restoration and consolidation of historic earthen structures : the upper and middle temple complexes at the Mogao Grottoes / Sun Yihua, Wang Wanfu, and Fu Qingyuan -- Consolidation studies on sandstone in the Zhongshan Grotto / He Ling ... [et al.] -- Nonaqueous dispersions and their antiweathering performance for earthen buildings, monuments, and archaeological sites / Zhou Shuanglin ... [et al.] -- Consolidation methods for cracks at the Qin terracotta army earthen site / Zhang Zhijun -- The conservation program for the castle ruins of the Guge kingdom in Ali, Tibet / Wang Hui -- Objectives of the cave 85 project / Neville Agnew and Li Zuixiong -- The significance of cave 85 / Wang Jinyu -- Conservation history and condition survey of cave 85, Mogao Grottoes / Xu Shuqing ... [et al.] -- Causes and mechanisms of deterioration and damage in cave 85 / Neville Agnew, Shin Maekawa, and Shuya Wei -- Methodology for the conservation of the wall paintings in cave 85 / Francesca Piqué, Lorinda Wong, and Su Bomin -- The role of in situ examination in the technical and investigation of the cave 85 paintings / Lisa Shekede ... [et al.] -- Analytical research in cave 85 / Michael R. Schilling ... [et al.] -- Asian organic colorants : a collaborative research project / Cecily M. Grzywacz ... [et al.] -- Evaluating the light sensitivity of paints in selected wall paintings at the Mogao Grottoes : caves 217, 98, and 85 / James R. Druzik -- Origins of moisture affecting the wall paintings in cave 85 / Shin Maekawa ... [et al.] -- Development and testing of the grouting and soluble-salts reduction treatments of cave 85 / Stephen Rickerby ... [et al.] -- Implementation of grouting and salts-reduction treatments of cave 85 wall paintings / Stephen Rickerby ... [et al.] -- A rapid means of measuring residual salt after grouting and poulticing wall paintings / Chen Gangquan ... [et al.] -- The information management system for the cave 85 project / Lorinda Wong ... [et al.] Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Restricted Unrestricted online access star CMalG Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 CMalG digitized 2013 Getty Publications committed to preserve pda CMalG Description based on print version record Subject Mural painting and decoration, Chinese -- Conservation and restoration -- China -- Dunhuang Caves -- Congresses Buddhist art -- Conservation and restoration -- China -- Dunhuang Caves -- Congresses Buddhist cave temples -- Conservation and restoration -- China -- Dunhuang Caves -- Congresses Cave paintings -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses Cultural property -- Protection -- China -- Congresses Cultural property -- Protection -- Silk Road -- Congresses SUBJECT Dunhuang Caves (China) -- Antiquities -- Congresses Silk Road -- Antiquities -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses Form Electronic book Author Agnew, Neville, 1938- Getty Conservation Institute.

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