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Securing the past : conservation in art, architecture and literature / Paul Eggert.

By: Eggert, Paul, 1951-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. Description: xi, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780521898089; 9780521725910 (pbk.); 0521898080; 0521725917 (pbk.)Subject(s): Arts and history | Historic preservation | Authenticity (Philosophy)DDC classification: 363.6/9 LOC classification: NX180.H57 | E38 2009
Contents:
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buildings and the restoration of the churches -- The new Ruskinians and the new aesthetes -- Forgery and authenticity : historical documents, literary works, and paintings -- Conservators and agency : their role in the work -- Subtilising authorship : Rembrandt, scientific evidence, and modern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.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books The BIAA David H. French Library
Shelf 38 - Main Room 		G2d EGGER 29523 Not for loan BOOKS-000000022488

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buildings and the restoration of the churches -- The new Ruskinians and the new aesthetes -- Forgery and authenticity : historical documents, literary works, and paintings -- Conservators and agency : their role in the work -- Subtilising authorship : Rembrandt, scientific evidence, and modern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.