New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

architecture, landscape � conservation
Values and Criteria in Heritage Conservation
Proceedings of the International Conference of ICOMOS,
ICCROM, Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco.
Florence March 2nd–4th 2007
edited by Andrzej Tomaszewski
Session topics: Values of Heritage and Great Religious-Cultural Areas; Evolution of Values
and Criteria; Systems of Classification of Cultural Property; Authenticity: Outstanding
Italian Philosophy; Values in Restoration; Outstanding Universal Values (OUV); Dilemma
of Values of Post-Totalitarian Heritage; World Heritage Evaluation Criteria.
440p, b/w illus, paperback, 9788859604495, $50.00(s), Edizioni Polistampa,
December 2008.
Atti del Workshop
Wondermasonry 2007
edited by Paolo Spinelli
and Antonello de Luca
The volume gathers the proceedings of
the workshop coordinated with the aim of
promoting ideas exchanges and discussion
among scholars in the field of modeling and
design of interventions on masonry structure.
There are always more Italian researchers
who help the advancement of knowledge in
the field of modeling the mechanical behavior of masonry. In parallel there is to
gain an increasing need to support the design of structural rehabilitation interventions,
especially on monuments. Text in Italian and English.
532p, b/w illus, hardback, 9788859605355, $64.00(s), Edizioni Polistampa,
October 2009.
Giardini di Svezia
Passione e cultura del verde
dall’Ottocento ai giorni nostri
by Sonia Santella
This work examines how the gardens and
parks of Sweden reflect its people’s intimate
relationship with nature, from the
nineteenth century to today. Sonia Santella
follows the history of the country’s great
gardens and landscape architects, a history
that reflects a unique approach and respect
for the environment and the simple desire to take advantage of fleeting opportunities
for enjoying the sun, flowers and colors of nature. Italian text.
176p, col illus, paperback, 9788859605393, $26.50(s), Edizioni Polistampa,
December 2008.
Storie di Restauri Nella Chiesa
Conventuale di San Giovanni
Battista a la Valletta
edited by Guido Sante
and Giuseppe Mantella
The Cappella d’Italia project is the last in a
series of important conservation projects
that were financed through the Italo-Maltese
Financial Protocol. The restoration work on
the Cappella d’Italia within the Conventual
Church of the Order of St. John is a unique
and fully integrated conservation project. It introduced innovative environmental
monitoring in the Co-Cathedral to ensure proper scientific solutions. The restoration
brought together various specialized restoration disciplines, ensuring a holistic
restoration approach. Italian text.
492p, col illus, hardback, 9789993272021, $285.00(s), Midsea Books,
December 2008.
L’invenzione del paesaggio toscano
Immagine culturale e realtà fisica
by Maria Rita Gisotti
A landscape can be interpreted as a combination of physical characteristics and
the images and thoughts that give them meaning. Maria Rita Gisotti compares
and reconciles two nineteenth-century approaches to the Tuscan landscape: the
contemplative production of foreigners living in and around Florence, and the
more utilitarian efforts of the Georgofili Academy to document rural conditions.
Italian text.
176p, 30 col pls, paperback, 9788859604426, $23.00(s), Edizioni Polistampa,
December 2008.
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