Coping with the Past

Creative Perspectives on Conservation and Restoration

by Pasquale Gagliardi and Bruno Latour

Book cover: Coping with the Past

Extent: 226 pages

Publisher: Casa Editrice Leo S. Olschki

Subjects: Art & Art History

Series: Fondazione Giorgio Cini - Civilta veneziana. Studi

Series volume number: 52

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(June 2010)

ISBN: 9788822259936

Price: $29.00

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This book is based on the 2007 Dialogo di San Giorgio Inheriting the past. Tradition, translation, betrayal, innovation, which explored the relationship between original and copy, and the contribution that new technologies can offer to preserve our cultural heritage, with regards to visual arts, music, ecosystems and texts. Essays by world renowned scholars and artists such as Frederick Brenk, Steven Feld, Carlo Ginzburg, Joseph Koerner, Bruno Latour, Adam Lowe, Pedro Memelsdorff, Richard Powers, Shirley Strum, David Western, Albena Yaneva.

  • By (author) Pasquale Gagliardi
  • By (author) Bruno Latour