Abstract
In paintings conservation, reconstruction plays a role as a treatment,
when it serves to complete the structural image of a lost or damaged
area or object, and in research, where reconstructions are employed, for
instance, to investigate the impact of conservation treatments or for their
innovation. The conservation field has developed several strategies to
deal with questions of validity, truthfulness and relevance. By example
of a number of recent conservation and conservation research projects,
this chapter discusses terminology adopted for reconstruction practices
within the field, strategies developed by conservators to deal with ethical
and practical issues surrounding the use of reconstructions, and relates
these strategies to the ethical framework that guides conservators in
their daily work.
when it serves to complete the structural image of a lost or damaged
area or object, and in research, where reconstructions are employed, for
instance, to investigate the impact of conservation treatments or for their
innovation. The conservation field has developed several strategies to
deal with questions of validity, truthfulness and relevance. By example
of a number of recent conservation and conservation research projects,
this chapter discusses terminology adopted for reconstruction practices
within the field, strategies developed by conservators to deal with ethical
and practical issues surrounding the use of reconstructions, and relates
these strategies to the ethical framework that guides conservators in
their daily work.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Reconstruction, Replication and Re-enactment in the Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Editors | Sven Dupré, Anna Harris, Julia Kursell, Patricia Lulof, Maartje Stols-Witlox |
| Publisher | Amsterdam University Press |
| Chapter | 6 |
| Pages | 169-198 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789048543854 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- conservation treatment
- conservation research
- code of ethics
- terminology
- retouching
- digital reconstruction