This volume on paintings conservation includes more than seventy texts rangingfrom the fifteenth century to the present day. Some are classic and highlyinfluent... » 

This volume on paintings conservation includes more than seventy texts rangingfrom the fifteenth century to the present day. Some are classic and highlyinfluential writings others although little known when first published inretrospect reflect important themes and issues in the historyof the field. Many appear here in English for the first time includingtranslations of D. Vicente Polero y Toledos 1855 essay Arte de laRestauracion The Art of Restoration and Victor BauerBoltons treatise from1914 Sollen fehlende Stellen bei Gemalden erganzt werden? Should MissingAreas of Paintings Be Made Good?.The book is divided into six sections An Historical Miscellany History of theProfession Study of Artists Materials and Techniques StructuralInterventions Philosophical and Practical Approaches to Cleaning andRestoration and Cleaning Controversies.This is the second volume to appear in the Getty Conservation InstitutesReadings in Conservation series which publishes texts considered fundamentalto an understanding of the history philosophies and methodologies ofconservation. «