Securing the past : conservation in art, architecture and literature /
Eggert, Paul, 1951-
Securing the past : conservation in art, architecture and literature / Paul Eggert. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xi, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-284) and index.
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buildings and the restoration of the churches -- The new Ruskinians and the new aesthetes -- Forgery and authenticity : historical documents, literary works, and paintings -- Conservators and agency : their role in the work -- Subtilising authorship : Rembrandt, scientific evidence, and modern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.
9780521898089 9780521725910 (pbk.) 0521898080 0521725917 (pbk.)
2008035216
GBA8B1870 bnb
014760309 Uk
Arts and history.
Historic preservation.
Authenticity (Philosophy)
NX180.H57 / E38 2009
363.6/9
Securing the past : conservation in art, architecture and literature / Paul Eggert. - Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xi, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-284) and index.
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buildings and the restoration of the churches -- The new Ruskinians and the new aesthetes -- Forgery and authenticity : historical documents, literary works, and paintings -- Conservators and agency : their role in the work -- Subtilising authorship : Rembrandt, scientific evidence, and modern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.
9780521898089 9780521725910 (pbk.) 0521898080 0521725917 (pbk.)
2008035216
GBA8B1870 bnb
014760309 Uk
Arts and history.
Historic preservation.
Authenticity (Philosophy)
NX180.H57 / E38 2009
363.6/9