Research Catalog

Title

Monuments and the millennium : proceedings of a joint conference / organized by English Heritage and the United Kingdom Institute for Conservation ; [edited by Jeanne-Marie Teutonico and John Fidler, consultant editor, Kate Macdonald].

Publication

London : James & James (Science Publishers), ©2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Teutonico, Jeanne Marie.
• Fidler, John, 1952-
• English Heritage.
• United Kingdom Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.

Description

xi, 244 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Subject

• Monuments > Conservation and restoration > Congresses
• Outdoor sculpture > Conservation and restoration > Congresses
• Monuments > Conservation and restoration
• Outdoor sculpture > Conservation and restoration

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Note

• "Monuments and the Millennium, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 20-22 May 1998"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Preface / John Fidler -- Introduction to the conference / Robert White -- Foreword / Jocelyn Stevens -- 1. Monuments and dilemmas: The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association National Recording Project / Johanna Darke -- 2. The National Inventory of War Memorials: Profile of a national recording project / Nick Hewitt -- 3. From here to eternity: Save outdoor sculpture for the next century / Susan K. Nichols -- 4. Leeds: patronising the arts and encouraging the sciences / Dorcas Taylor and Samantha Sportun -- 5. Do monuments still speak in Picasso's Vallauris from museum, courtyard, park and street? / Helen E. Beale -- 6. Heroes and kitsch in post-war monuments / Margaret Garlake -- 7. Destruction or preservation? The destruction and/or preservation of British imperial monuments in Dublin / Paula Murphy -- 8. Paradoxes of form and function in modern public monuments / Sergiusz Michalski -- 9. Contemporary monuments of the millennial kind / Vivien Lovell -- 10. Modern conservation of outdoor bronze sculpture / Andrew Naylor -- 11. The conservation of public sculpture in Aberdeen / Jennifer Melville -- 12. Laser removal of paint layers from corroded copper: Possible applications to bronze sculpture cleaning / M.I. Cooper -- 13. Protective coatings for outdoor bronze sculptures: Available materials and new developments / Hannelore Romich and Monika Pilz -- 14. Bronze conservation in the United States at the dawn of the new century / Dennis R. Montagna -- 15. Melbourne's monuments: Conservation issues and approaches / Robyn Riddett -- 16. The role of conservation in the design of conceptual monuments / Glenn Wharton -- 17. Cleopatra's needles, London and New York: Their histories, conditions and futures / Nicola Ashurst -- 18. The Scott Monument, East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh: The cleaning debate / Ingval Maxwell -- 19. The application of cathodic protection to historic masonry structures: A case study / Bill Martin -- 20. The Albert Memorial: Saved but not restored / Alasdair Glass -- 21. Sculpture and the afterlife / Benedict Read -- 22. Conservation of monuments: Where are we going? / Roberto Nardi -- 23. Commissioning public sculpture in historic Lincoln: A proposal for the millennium / Vincent Shacklock -- 24. That sacred turf: War memorial gardens as theatres of war (and peace) / Paul Gough -- Closing remarks and questions/comments from the floor, 22nd May 1998 / John Fidler.

ISBN

• 1873936974
• 9781873936979

OCLC

• ocm47796837
• 47796837
• SCSB-1421859

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library