Theory and History of Conservation. Part II

The book continues to provide the ability to approach restoration of historic architecture in a methodical way starting from basic concepts in terminology. In the different chapters will be addressed the theoretical aspects of restoration from Critical Restoration to Pure Conservation, with Critical Conservative Restoration, the maintenance/repair pristine-state, and Reconstruction, with some practical examples in Italy and Europe. The current trends in Restoration is presented in different countries, from the Second World War, in different conception and through its main protagonists. The principal Charters of Restoration will be described and studied. With contributions by Susana Mora Alonso-Muñoyerro, Cecilia Antonini Lanari Julià Esteban Chapapría, Antoni González Moreno-Navarro Alfonso Jiménez Martín, Paul Mahringer, Nigel Walter, Graziella Del Duca