26 February 2011

e-conservation 18 (2011)

Title: e-conservation
Issue: 18
Year: 2011
Download: http://www.e-conservationline.com/... (pdf, 8.53 Mb)


Table of Contents:

Editorial
By Rui Bordalo

News & Views
By Daniel Cull

Reviews
Review by Tomasz Kozielec

The Conference Series: “Das architektonische Erbe – zum aktuellen Umgang mit den Bauten der Moderne”
Review by Maria Bostenaru Dan

News

Events
Upcoming Events: March - April 2011

Articles
By Christian Dietz, Gianluca Catanzariti and Alfredo Jimeno Martínez

By Cristina Cabello-Briones

By Lucian Cristian Ratoiu

By Daniela Cristina Pintilie


Preservation of Wax Moulages (2009)


Title: Recommendations for the Preservation of Wax moulages at Universities and Hospitals and in Museums and other Collections
Year: 2009
Pages: 31
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From the Introduction:
These recommendations, drawn up within the framework of the project “Wax Moulages: A Valuable Handicraft Threatened with Extinction,” were formulated by an interdisciplinary group of experts from the fields of restoration and conservation, medicine and medical history, natural sciences, cultural studies, and curatorship.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Objective and Starting Point

I. Commentary
1. The survey
2. Preventive conservation
3. Active conservation
4. Restoration

II. Recommendations
Basic Requirements
1. The survey
2. Preventive conservation
2.1. Climate
2.2. Light
2.3. Storage
2.4. Use
2.5. Transport, packing, lending and temporary exhibition
3. Active conservation
3.1. Inclusion of all components of a moulage, various types of damage
3.2. Assigning Work and calling for bids
4. Restoration
4.1. PReservation of authenticity
4.2. Assigning Work and calling for bids
Appendix 1
Appendix 2