Conservare L'Arte Contemporanea Problemi, Metodi, Materiali, Ricerche
Oscar Chiantore & Antonio Rava
Electa (Milano) 2006
324 pages, 190 illustrations ( € 39,00)
Language: Italian
The translation of the book title is: "Conserving contemporary art. Problems, methods, materials, investigations".
The content is divided in the following chapters:
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Restoring contemporary art (by Francesco Poli)
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The aesthetics of contemporary
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The new materials in contemporary art
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The recognition of the problem
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Methodological approach
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The development of the international debate
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Materials deterioration in contemporary artworks
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The contemporary sculpture
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Paintings on canvas
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The cleaning problem
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The pictorial reintegration
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Varnish in modern and contemporary paintings
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Conservation of installations
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The conservation of the idea
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Net art: conserving the informations (by V. Dell'Aquila, M. Ferronato, L.
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Lampo, A. Mininno)
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Maintenance and preventive conservation
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Interviewing the artists
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The scientific research
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Contemporary artists and conservation problems: Rauschenberg, Klein, Rothko, Merz, Gastini, Cèsar, Tinguely, Gallizio, Kiefer, Boetti, Tàpies, Schifano, Newman, Gilardi, Carol Rama, Siqueiros.