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Additional chapters discuss such topics as the management of cultural sites

Imprint: Getty Conservation Institute

Bruce Redford re-creates the vibrant culture of connoisseurship in Enlightenment England by investigating the multifaceted activities and achievements of the Society of Dilettanti

he purportedly turned his birthright over to younger brother Max in favor of committing some of the family's vast financial resources to scholarship

The Restoration of Paintings in Paris, 1750-1815: Practice, Discourse, Materiality Mother's Day 2025 “A fine blend of textNomie tienne The decades following the 1973 publication of Alessandro Contis Storia del Restauro have seen considerable scholarly interest in the development of restoration in France in the second half of the eighteenth century. A number of technical treatises and biographies of restorers have offered insight into restoration practice. The Restoration of Paintings in Paris, 17501815, however, is the first book to situate this work within the broader