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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Digital imaging for cultural heritage preservation Digital imaging for cultural heritage preservation Filippo Stanco "This edition presents the most prominent topics and applications of digital image processing, analysis, and computer graphics in the field of cultural heritage preservation. The text assumes prior k… OL15991505W
Scientific methods and cultural heritage Scientific methods and cultural heritage Gilberto Artioli Artioli provides an introduction to the methods and rationales of the scientific investigation of cultural heritage materials, with an emphasis placed on the analytical strategies, modes of operation… OL16140229W
Cultural emergency in conflict and disaster Cultural emergency in conflict and disaster Berma Klein Goldewijk,Els van der Plas,Georg Frerks The guiding principle of "Cultural emergency in conflict and disaster" is that culture is a basic need. International heritage specialists, relief workers and politicians discuss the importance of pr… OL16565519W
Ishi in three centuries Ishi in three centuries Clifton B. Kroeber,Karl Kroeber,Karl Kroeber Brings together a range of insightful and unsettling perspectives and the research to personalize our understanding of one of the famous Native Americans of the modern era - Ishi, the last Yahi. This… OL16797550W
Saving Italy Saving Italy Robert M. Edsel When Hitler's armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind's greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the… OL16811128W
New Frontiers of Intellectual Property Law New Frontiers of Intellectual Property Law Christopher Heath This book, arising from the collaboration between the IEEM in Macao and the Max Planck Institute in Munich, provides up-to-date information on developments in global intellectual property law and pol… OL16930684W
The idea of cultural heritage The idea of cultural heritage Derek Gillman "The idea of cultural heritage has become widespread in many countries, justifying government regulation and providing the background to disputes over valuable works of art and architecture. In this … OL18714689W
The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis David E. Fishman xv, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm OL19332996W
The monuments men The monuments men Robert M. Edsel "In a race against time, a group of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others--called the Monuments Men--risked their lives scouring Europe to prevent the destructio… OL19971954W
The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Heritage Research The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Heritage Research S. Watson,E. Waterton xxvi, 560 pages ; 25 cm OL20740675W
A history of the restoration and conservation of works of art A history of the restoration and conservation of works of art Alessandro Conti Charts the practices and underlying philosophies of conservation and "restored" works of art from the Middle Ages to the end of the 19th century. OL2298282W
Vanishing histories Vanishing histories Colin Amery "Dedicated to the preservation of our planet's architectural treasures, the World Monuments Watch was established in 1996 to aid in the rescue of endangered cultural sites. Breathtaking full-color ph… OL2417527W
God's Gold God's Gold Sean Kingsley God's Gold explores the fate of the greatest biblical treasure in history, the central icons of the Jewish faith looted from the Temple of Jerusalem. The Golden candelabrum, silver trumpets, and the … OL276617W