The Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper

The Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper
Author: Max Schweidler
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2006
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780892368358

Ever since its original publication in Germany in 1938, Max Schweidler's Die Instandetzung von Kupferstichen, Zeichnungen, Buchern usw has been recognized as a seminal modern text on the conservation and restoration of works on paper. To address what he saw as a woeful dearth of relevant literature and in order to assist those who have 'set themselves the goal of preserving cultural treasures, ' the noted German restorer composed a thorough technical manual covering a wide range of specific techniques, including detailed instructions on how to execute structural repairs and alterations that, if skilfully done, can be virtually undetectable. By the mid-twentieth century, curators and conservators of graphic arts, discovering a nearly invisible repair in an old master print or drawing, might comment that the object had been 'Schweidlerized.' This volume, based on the authoritative revised German edition of 1949, makes Schweidler's work available in English for the first time, in a meticulously edited and annotated critical edition. The editor's introduction places the work in its historical context and probes the philosophical issues the book raises, while some two hundred annotati

Prints & People

Prints & People
Author: Alpheus Hyatt Mayor
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 497
Release: 1971
Genre: Art and society
ISBN: 0870991086

Discusses the significance and history of printmaking and evaluates 700 prints.

The Best Portraits in Engraving

The Best Portraits in Engraving
Author: Charles Sumner
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2020-08-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3752422823

Reproduction of the original: The Best Portraits in Engraving by Charles Sumner

How to Identify Prints

How to Identify Prints
Author: Bamber Gascoigne
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2004
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780500284803

Arranged in self-contained sections the book simplifies accurate identification of any printed image. Included are manual methods, and also the mechanical processes that constitute the vast majority of printed images. Essential aspects of printing history and the printmaking craft are covered and examples are given of the identifying features that help to reveal the type of print.