
Flood in Florence, 1966
A Fifty-Year Retrospective
Maize Books (Publisher)
Published on 29. June 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-60785-456-2 (ISBN)
Description
On November 4, 1966, the Arno River in Florence, Italy, flooded its banks, breaching the basements and first floors of museums, libraries, and private residences and burying centuries of books, manuscripts, and works of art in muck and muddy water. Flood in Florence, 1966documents a symposium held to mark the 50th anniversary of a natural disaster that served as an impetus for the modern library and museum conservation professions. The proceedings feature illustrated, first-person remembrances of the flood; papers on book conservation, the conservation of works of art, disaster preparedness and response, and the continuing needs for education and training; and a keynote that points toward a future where original artifacts and digital technologies intersect. Providing new insights on a touchstone event by three generations of preservation and conservation professionals, the proceedings deepen our understanding of major advances in conservation practice and shed light on some of the most important lessons from those advances for future generations and the digital age.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Michigan Publishing Services
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
~200 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60785-456-2 (9781607854562)
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