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Review by Jenny Mathiasson
Culture is Bad for You: Inequality in the cultural and creative industries
By Orian Brook, Dave O’Brien and Mark Taylor
Manchester University Press, 2020
Paperback / 384 pages / £11.99
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4416-4
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Reviewed by Marc Holly
Book Conservation and Digitization – The Challenges of Dialogue and Collaboration.
By / Ed. Alberto Campagnolo (and Contributors)
ARC Humanities Press, 2020
300 Pages, 109 € / 125 USD
ISBN: 9781641890533
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Reviewed by Alexandra Taylor
Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt: Emerging Research from the APPEAR Project
Edited by Marie Svoboda and Caroline R. Cartwright
J. P. Getty Museum, Los Angeles
US publication Date: August 25, 2020
UK Publication Date: September 29, 2020
196 pages / 169 colour illustrations / 26 diagrams and tables
Paperback: US $60.00, UK £45.00 / Free in digital formats (online, PDF, E-book)
ISBN: 978-L-60606-654-6
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Review by Joyce Townsend
On Canvas: Preserving the Structure of Paintings
By Stephen Hackney
The Getty Conservation Institute, 2020
256 pages / $50 Getty Store / £40 Amazon / Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-60606-626-3
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Review by Joyce Townsend
Museum Lighting: A Guide for Curators and Conservators
David Saunders
The Getty Conservation Institute, 2020
328 pages / $70 Getty Store / £55 Amazon / Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-60606-637-9
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Review by Diane Knauf
David Saunders
Museum Lighting: A Guide for Conservators and Curators
Los Angeles, CA: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2020
328 pages/ $70.00 (USD) / Paperback
ISBN 978-1-60606-637-9
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Review by Amber Kerr
Current Technical Challenges in the Conservation of Paintings
Edited by Angelina Barros D’Sa, Lizze Bone, Rhiannon Clarricoates, Helen Dowding
London: Archetype publications, Ltd., 2015
136 pages / £32.50 / Paperback
ISBN: 9781909492318
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CONSERVATION IN CONTEXT: A TALE OF TWO VILLAS
Review by Graham Voce
Buried by Vesuvius – the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum
Edited by Kenneth Lapatin
Los Angeles: J Paul Getty Museum, 2019
276 pages / $65.00 / Hardcover
ISBN 978-1-60606-592-1
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Reviewed by Leah Humenuck
The Medieval Girdle Book
By Margit J. Smith
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2017
384 pages / $95.00 / Hardcover
ISBN: 1584563680
ISBN: 9781584563686
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Review by Kloe Rumsey
Magnetic Mounting Systems for Museums and Cultural Institutions
By Gwen Spicer
Spicer Art Books, Delaware, USA (2019)
402 pages / Softcover / $120 (USD)
ISBN: 978-0-578-46017-8
