Ethics and practice of conservation: manual for the conservation of ethnographic and multi-material assets

Abstract

Manual for the conservation of ethnographic and multi-material assets. The fruit of experiences and important professional results gathered in recent years by the Vatican Museums Ethnological Materials Laboratory, this volume, available in Italian, English and Spanish, is a genuine manual for the restoration of ethnographic material, richly illustrated with colour photographs. The first part deals with ethical issues, along with 16 case studies of ethnological materials Vatican restoration laboratory that introduce the practice of conservation. The second part picks up comparisons between several case studies of some of the most prestigious restoration workshops in the world. The third part outlines the situation of the current methodology, gathering the best practices of conservation and assuming the future prospects in the field of heritage preservation.--Publisher