QUALITY PARAMETERS IN CONSERVATION-RESTORATION CHOICES – THE CASE OF THE TOWER OF THE WINDS IN ATHENS
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Issue No. 8 (2019)
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„OPEN FOR CONSERVATION”: LIVE EXPERIENCES
79-88
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THE ETHICAL PROBLEMS OF ARCHITECTURAL RECONSTRUCTION – HUNGARIAN CASE STUDIES
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ON PRINCIPLES AND OBJECTIVITY
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REFLECTION ON CONSERVATION-RESTORATION PRACTICE TODAY. A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
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AFTER BRANDI – UMBERTO BALDINI AND THE MODERN THEORY OF CONSERVATION-RESTORATION IN ITALY
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PROFESSIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY POSITION AND ROLE OF ACADEMIC CONSERVATOR-RESTORERS IN THEORY AND PRACTICE Methodical symbiosis and transdisciplinary cooperation using the example of the rebuilding and conservation of two Ottoman palaces in Istanbul
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INTEGRATION OF BRANDI’S THEORY IN THE CONTEXT OF EASTERN RELIGIONS AND CULTURES
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RETHINKING MAIURI: ENHANCEMENT OF STUCCO FINDINGS FROM THE HERCULANEUM ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARKq
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THE METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CONSERVATION DATA FOR STUCCO ARTIFACTS
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THE STUCCO DECORATION OF THE MONUMENTAL ARCH ON THE DECUMANUS MAXIMUS AT HERCULANEUM
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THE CONSERVATION-RESTORATION OF ARCHITECTURAL STATUARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ETHICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE
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LUCIO FONTANA AND ARCHITECTURE
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AWARENESS OF MATERIALITY IN TIME AND CONDITION. THOUGHTS ON THE RELATION BETWEEN ART HISTORY AND CONSERVATION
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CONSERVATION-RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION SCIENCE - THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSDISCIPLINARITY
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QUALITY PARAMETERS IN CONSERVATION-RESTORATION CHOICES – THE CASE OF THE TOWER OF THE WINDS IN ATHENS
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The chemistry- and physics-based approach of conservation has led to the view that conservator-restorers use quantitative criteria which provide objective choices. Today, however, there is a shift of focus from material-centred to people-oriented approaches within the field of heritage preservation. This shift leads to a redefinition of the conservation-restoration field and its ethics in relation to society and calls for the adoption of diverse methodologies. Within this context, this paper discusses the qualitative factors which inform decision-making processes in conservation-restoration practice. More specifically, the paper examines the case of the so called “Tower of the Winds” in Athens and looks at the quality parameters which informed conservation-restoration work carried out at the Tower during 2014-2015. Overall, it is shown that the prominence of the quality parameters which inform contemporary conservation-restoration practice reveals the subjective dimension of conservation-restoration choices. The research has also showed that current trends tend to emphasize the historical rather than the aesthetic or other values of monuments.