Condition: the ageing of art
type: CreativeWork
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126582
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320127733
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320131840
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320132886
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320132899
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  alternate name: Peinture--Détérioration
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Peinture--Conservation et restauration
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Peinture--Expertise
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Painting--Deterioration
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Painting--Expertising
about: DefinedTerm
  alternate name: Painting--Conservation and restoration
abstract: "The paintings we see today in museums, galleries, churches and temples are often much altered by the centuries. Pictures can split, rot, be eaten by woodworm, warp, blister, crack, cup, flake, darken, blanch, discolor, become too translucent and disappear under a centuries-old varnish; and they can also suffer from the efforts of their owners to rectify these situations: they might be transferred, relined, ironed, abraded or repainted. Anyone writing about a work of art needs to establish at the outset how much it has changed since it was first made. This act of understanding is far from easy. We need to develop a knowledge of the physical and chemical processes which have brought paintings to their current state, in the hope that we can imagine their reversal. And we have to look as much as we can, at a wide variety of paintings, so we can learn to distinguish those in a worse or better state of preservation; we have to try to understand what it is about a picture that differentiates good and bad condition. Theories of art history have been built on works which are little more than repaint and decay, and the beginner needs to be warned about the many pitfalls dug by time for the unwary. A great deal has been written about conservation and restoration, but this is the first book to approach the issue from the viewer’s standpoint, and to discuss changes in appearance that affect our understanding and appreciation of works of art. This book is highly illustrated so as to make its points extremely clear. It should appeal to anyone with an interest in art"--Provided by publisher.
author: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310112179
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310112179
language: chi
language: eng
name: Condition: the aging of art
name: Yi shu pin de shuai lao
name: 艺术品的衰老 @zh-hani
subject of: Statement
  additional type: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300435416
  text: Includes translation
subject of: Statement
  additional type: lang
  text: Text in Chinese with some English.
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301319410

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