Conservation of plaster casts / edited by Jakub Ďoubal with Renata Tišlová, Petra Zítková, Pavel Mrověc, Martin Kulhánek, Barbora Glombová, Petr Rejman and Aneta Kokstejnová ; translated by Kristina Slezacek and Jakub Doubal.

London : Archetype Publications in association with the University of Pardubice, 2023.

133 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 30 cm

"This book, which includes a wide range of illustrations, focuses on the issues associated with the conservation, storage and display of plaster casts, reflecting on the past and reporting on the present. It examines the role that plaster itself plays in the process of making a sculpture, outlines, the history of plaster casts and deals with the techniques of conservation including cleaning, consolidation, gluing, reintegration and preventive conservation and conservation surveys. The authors refer to the available published knowledge on the subject and add their new findings based on many years of experience and the evaluation of laboratory tests"-- Back cover.nd16

English

January 31, 2023

Includes bibliographical references.