Durability and change : the science, responsibility, and cost of sustaining cultural heritage
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Durability and change : the science, responsibility, and cost of sustaining cultural heritage
(Dahlem workshop reports)(Environmental sciences research report, ES 15)
John Wiley, c1994
Available at 5 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
"Report of the Dahlem Workshop on Durability and Change: The Science, responsibility, and cost of sustaining cultural heritage, December 6-11, 1992."
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The interaction of living materials with inanimate materials via physical and chemical reactions poses an acute danger for the longevity of our cultural heritage, as long as it exists in the material form and not in that of the invincible word. Thus our concern for cultural heritage must reach the same level as our current concern for the conservation of the natural environment, both through public education and through the development of guidelines for scientists, restorers, and conservators. To this end, this volume explores the status of scientific and humanistic approaches to our cultural heritage and the disequilibria in research and related disciplines. Particular areas discussed include the processes of aging and decay, the durability of material objects, the acceleration of the patina and decay processes in cultural materials through environmental and biological hazards, and the techniques that are both available now and under development for protecting, conserving, and restoring our cultural heritage. This volume is a multidisciplinary attempt to set up dialogue between those who do research and those who practice conservation and restoration. It will be of interest to anyone interested in cultural heritage and, in particular, to those art historians, archeologists, architects, communication scientists, chemists, biologists, mineralogists, and physicists who are also seeking to bridge this gap. Goal of this Dahlem Workshop: to evaluate processes that contribute to change in objects, cultural materials, and artifacts, and to find appropriate ways of conserving them.
Table of Contents
Partial table of contents:
Preservation of Books and the Electronic Storage of Information (F.Westheimer).
Durability and Change: A Biochemist's View (F. Cramer).
The Value of Age and Decay (D. Lowenthal).
The Nature of Changes Caused by Physical Factors (W. Ginell).
Microbiological Impacts on the Cultural Heritage (C. Urzi & W.Krumbein).
The Role of the Conservation Scientist in Enhancing the Practice ofPreventive Conservation and the Conservation Treatment of Artifacts(N. Tennent).
The Architect's Role in Conservation (M. Schuller).
Selling Cultural Heritage: Conflicts and Possibilities (B.Goodey).
Appendices.
Indexes.
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