Title & Author:

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:

Description:

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

Notes:
"Monuments and the Millennium, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 20-22 May 1998"--Title page verso
"Monuments and the Millennium, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 20-22 May 1998"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

1873936974 (pbk.)
9781873936979 (pbk.)

Subject:

Monuments Conservation and restoration Congresses.
Outdoor sculpture Conservation and restoration Congresses.
Monuments Conservation et restauration Congrès.
Sculpture en plein air Conservation et restauration Congrès.
Monuments Conservation and restoration.
Outdoor sculpture Conservation and restoration.

Form/genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Added entries:

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

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257486
Call No.: BIB 187983
Status: Available