Moisture has been one of the leading causes of deterioration for fresco wall paintings, causing them to fall apart to the point where their meaning becomes lost. Many frescos contain highly symbolic moral or social messages that reflect the attitudes and perspectives of the time of their creation, and thus contribute to art, history, sociology, and teaching. The hope for these remarkable works of art is to reduce the need for large-scale interventions and ensure sustainable conservation solutions so they can remain in the context of their building or site, preserving the messages and artistic and technical merit of the heritage that created it.
Wednesday, 18 January 2017
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Looted objects? NO CONSERVATION!
Abstract: Although reasons for both "treating" or "not treating" looted artifacts may be compelling, most conservators agree that conserving looted objects may help the looting of archaeological sites. From a broad point of view, we could say that conservators are responsible not only for individual objects but for all objects, archaeological sites, histories and civilizations. Professional ethics indicate that conservators should try to help the fight against looting.
CONSERVATION OUTREACH IN SCHOOLS: CREATING NETWORKS
As conservation remains mostly unknown to the general public, it is important to tackle the problem from various angles. This poster illustrates how conservators can collaborate with schools to establish the foundations of a diverse network that would allow more awareness towards cultural heritage conservation in a sustainable and inexpensive way.
Approaches to conservation practice and theory
The poster is about frameworks and guidance practice. It asks questions to foster discussion between attendees at a conference. It is intended to be mildly provocative. The choice of images relates to discussion within the accompanying essay regarding cleaning, functionality, in-painting and subjectivity. Five of the six images have an emphasis on texture. The intention is to suggest the pleasure in the materiality of things that conservators have. With thanks to the British Museum and Tate.
Outside the comfort zone: The social context of conservation and its influence on decision-making.
Most heritage conservators recognise that their practice is not neutral to differing ideologies in society. In this poster, I explore why conservation decisions vary in different social contexts by applying a value-based model system to a case study of the drastic changes made to a Prussian Palace in Communist- and Post-Communist Poland. This illustrates some contextual issues that affected decision-making in this specific case, and may assist conservators in analysing how cultural circumstances shape priorities in the care of cultural heritage.
What's Gone Is Forever Gone: The Role of Conservation Treatment in Looted Antiquities
This poster explores how conservators treat looted objects by making a comparison with the ideal conservation process. Although looted objects may seem to be intact in shape and form, there is something important missing: the context, the history, and the associated values. I chose the case of Kanakaria mosaics to demonstrate a restoration treatment focused solely on economic value.
I also want to thank Renata F Peters, Kathryn Walker Tubb and Laura Chaillie for their support and advise.
Deliberate Damage of Cultural Heritage in Conflict: The Bamiyan Buddhas
Deliberate
damage to cultural heritage for symbolic purposes during times of conflict has
a long history, but international frameworks for preventing it have been slow
to develop. The destruction of the
Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban in 2001 highlights some of the problems facing
conservation of conflict damage, including the important meaning of the damage
itself and the difficulty of creating general international laws that can conform
to the case-by-case nature of heritage.
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