New publication: Historical Perspectives in the Conservation of Works of Art on Paper

The Getty Conservation Institute is pleased to announce the
publication of "Historical Perspectives in the Conservation of Works
of Art on Paper," edited by Margaret Holben Ellis.

This book is the seventh in the Readings in Conservation series,
which gathers and publishes texts that have been influential in the
development of thinking about the conservation of cultural heritage.
The present volume provides a selection of more than ninety-five
texts tracing the development of the conservation of works of art on
paper.

Comprehensive and thorough, the book relates how paper conservation
has responded to the changing place of prints and drawings in
society.  The readings include a remarkable range of historical
selections from texts such as Renaissance printmaker Ugo da Carpi's
sixteenth-century petition to the Venetian senate on his invention
of chiaroscuro, Thomas Churchyard's 1588 essay in verse "A Sparke of
Frendship and Warme Goodwill," and Robert Bell's 1773 piece
"Observations Relative to the Manufacture of Paper and Printed Books
in the Province of Pennsylvania." These are complemented by
influential writings by such figures as A.H. Munsell, Walter
Benjamin, and Jacques Derrida, along with a generous representation
of recent scholarship.

Each reading is introduced by short remarks explaining the rationale
for its selection and the principal matters covered, and the book is
supplemented with a helpful bibliography.

Margaret Holben Ellis is Eugene Thaw Professor of Paper Conservation
at the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York
University; she also serves as director of the Thaw Conservation
Center, Morgan Library and Museum, New York.

The book is available for purchase for $70 USD.

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Anna Duer
Research Associate
The Getty Conservation Institute
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 700
Los Angeles CA 90049-1684
310-440-6710


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