Securing the past : conservation in art, architecture and literature

1. Verfasser: Eggert, Paul, 1951-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Umfang/Format: xi, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • The witness of historic buildings and the restoration of the churches
  • The new Ruskinians and the new aesthetes
  • Forgery and authenticity : historical documents, literary works, and paintings
  • Conservators and agency : their role in the work
  • Subtilising authorship : Rembrandt, scientific evidence, and modern connoisseurship
  • Materialist, performance, or literary Shakespeare?
  • Modes of editing literary works : conflicts in theory and practice
  • Readers and editors : new directions in scholarly editing
  • The editorial gaze and the nature of the work.