Symposium hosted by the Villa La Pietra and the Conservation Center of the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The United States Heritage Emergency National Task Force: disaster recovery now and in the future / Debra Hess Norris, Jane S. Long, Mary Rogers 178. An account of the flood and the days that followed / Sandro Pintus 10 -- The development of mass treatments: an overview of the experience of book and paper conservators / Sheila Waters 16 -- The work of the restoration centre in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze 1967-1971 / Anthony Cains 29 -- Training in book conservation after the flood / Christopher Clarkson 71 -- Where is the Progress? / Joe Nkrumah 85 -- Improvements in the treatment of individual books as a result of the flood: a personal review / Dag-Ernst Petersen 89 -- The Florence flood in the popular imagination / Joanna Hines 97 -- The Florence flood: some personal recollections / Marco Grassi 102 -- Restoration in Florence following the flood / Giorgio Bonsanti 111 -- The rescue of statues and sculptures in Florence and Venice / Kenneth Hempel 116 -- New methods of paintings conservation developed in response to the flood / Andrea Rothe 129 -- The flood and the Palazzo Davanzati laboratories / Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti 134 -- Transfer of panel paintings after the flood / Erling Skaug 141 -- The Italian Art and Archives Rescue Fund / Frances Clarke 152 -- Building a network of support for conservation: the Committee to Rescue Italian Art / Fred Licht 154 -- Experiences from a selection of disasters from 1966 to 2003 / Alan M. Farancz 156 -- The experience of an American mud angel / Peter Mallory 164 -- Recovery of the panel paintings of Florence / Cristina Acidini 168 -- The United States Heritage Emergency National Task Force: disaster recovery now and in the future / Debra Hess Norris, Jane S. Long, Mary Rogers 178.
Summary:
"While some of the papers in this volume deal with specific treatment problems ... many of [them] touch on broader challenges that relate to other major art disaster scenarios including: difficulties in procuring specialized materials; retrofitting suitable spaces; training personnel; and overcoming language and cultural barriers. ..."--Back cover.
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