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which placed emphasis on the overwhelming influences of physical geography on the molding of the region's civilizations

Photography and Sculpture: The Art Object in Reproduction studies aspects of these questions from the perspectives of sixteen leading art historians

67 color and 23 b/w 
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Bruce Redford re-creates the vibrant culture of connoisseurship in Enlightenment England by investigating the multifaceted activities and achievements of the Society of Dilettanti

The Restoration of Paintings in Paris, 1750-1815: Practice, Discourse, Materiality Mother's Day 2025 Imprint: Getty Conservation InstituteNomie 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