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Critical Issues in Art Conservation: The Power of Hate-Barr
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation. Sunday, May 9, 2010. The Power of Hate-Barr. Built in 1566 by Ottoman architect Mimar Harjrudin, the Stari Most was feat of engineering genius. Sadly, the reconstruction of the library has been plagued with difficulties including financial and logistical problems. Dr. Eunes Kujundzic, the director of the National andnd University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has stressed the urgency to rebuild. It was especially important for the extreme Serbs to raze the site a...
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation: January 2010
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation. Saturday, January 23, 2010. The course introduces students to some of the critical issues concerning art conservation theory and practice. Main topics to be considered include the following: How does conservation change the meaning and interpretation of objects and sites? Whose values are considered when conserving an artifact or site? Do objects live, die or have spiritual needs, and how does contemporary conservation practice cope with this? View my complete profile.
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation: May 2010
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation. Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Conservation at the National Museum of the American Indian - Carambelas. Pipebag, c.1890. Hide, glass beads, porcupine quills, sinew. Oglala Lakota: South Dakota. 78 cm x 19 cm x 2 cm. Collection of the NMAI. Interview with Marian Kaminitz, Head of Conservation at NMAI. Interview with Jessica Johnson, Senior Object Conservator at NMAI. Talk by Marian Kaminitz. Parfleche Bag, c.1875. Rawhide, paint, wool cloth, cotton, sinew. 24 cm x 20 cm x 11 cm.
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation: February 2010
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation. Saturday, February 27, 2010. What Cleaning Art Can Reveal or Take Away—Spiegel. Before (above) and After (below) Cleaning. A conservator must weigh the benefits against the risks. What is more important: minimal intervention or aesthetics? Should irreversible steps be taken to preserve an object for the long-term even if that means removing potentially valuable or historically significant dirt or corrosion? What about the question of the artist’s original intent?
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation: Indian Peace Medals: Issues with Ownership and Repatriation--Spiegel
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation. Monday, May 10, 2010. Indian Peace Medals: Issues with Ownership and Repatriation- Spiegel. Red Jacket with 1792 George Washington Indian Peace Medal. Printed by McKenney and Hall. 1834. The peace medal is now in the collection of the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. The second, which also involves a Jefferson peace medal, has a more disputed provenance, but it too is believed to have been found in a grave site. Currently in the possession of the Oregon...
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation: March 2010
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation. Sunday, March 28, 2010. How Do We Know An Artist's Intent? Davenport’s “Impossible Liberties” brings out many of the important questions about artist’s intentions for their work in their lifetime and beyond, especially in regards to contemporary artwork in which the intent or concept is more important than the actual material object. As in the instance of Duane Hanson’s Sunbather. Is it because the work is done from the hands of the artist himself? Alleged Jackson Pol...
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation: The Symbolic Meaning of Mosques in Iraq: Cultural Heritage Turned Political Identity – Ashton
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation. Sunday, May 9, 2010. The Symbolic Meaning of Mosques in Iraq: Cultural Heritage Turned Political Identity – Ashton. Robert Bevan discusses in his book The Destruction of Memory. All share in common the way in which, though built as monuments of religion and cultural heritage, they have been transformed into political symbols due to the atrocities commit to them or around them during U.S. occupation. Golden Mosque of Samarra (before destruction on left, after on right).
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation: Conservation at the National Museum of the American Indian -- Carambelas
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Critical Issues in Art Conservation. Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Conservation at the National Museum of the American Indian - Carambelas. Pipebag, c.1890. Hide, glass beads, porcupine quills, sinew. Oglala Lakota: South Dakota. 78 cm x 19 cm x 2 cm. Collection of the NMAI. Interview with Marian Kaminitz, Head of Conservation at NMAI. Interview with Jessica Johnson, Senior Object Conservator at NMAI. Talk by Marian Kaminitz. Parfleche Bag, c.1875. Rawhide, paint, wool cloth, cotton, sinew. 24 cm x 20 cm x 11 cm.
