A laboratory for art : Harvard's Fogg Museum and the emergence of conservation in America, 1900-1950 / Francesca G. Bewer.
Published / Created:
Harvard's Fogg Museum and the emergence of conservation in America, 1900-1950.Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Art Museum ; c2010.New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.
Physical Description:
365 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Edward Forbes takes on flaking paint (1899-1910) -- The museum as laboratory (1910s) -- Good chemistry : attracting like minds (1920s) -- A department for conservation and technical research (1930s) -- War as a catalyst for conservation (1940s).
Subject Terms:
Fogg Art Museum -- History. | Art restorers -- Training of -- Massachusetts -- Boston. | Art -- Conservation and restoration.