Conservation and care of museum collections /
Features art objects that tell their histories with particular force, bringing readers behind the scenes into the studios and laboratories of museum conservators. Fifty-one works from the comprehensive collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, are explored and illustrated, revealing the secret...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
MFA Publications,
[2011]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | MFA highlights.
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| Summary: | Features art objects that tell their histories with particular force, bringing readers behind the scenes into the studios and laboratories of museum conservators. Fifty-one works from the comprehensive collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, are explored and illustrated, revealing the secrets of conservation and how museum scientists spot a fake. |
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| Physical Description: | 184 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780878467297 0878467297 |