A.S. Bisht
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This book on "Conservation of Ethnographic Objects an attempt to make available text book for readers who may have some interest in conservation of cultural heritage especially for the conservation students of all the faculties of the National Museum Institute (A Deemed University) and many others from the various museums, Museology and allied Departments of the country and abroad. Ethnography is a vast subject which covers dance and drama as an intangible ...
Indian Documentary Heritage earlier was based on spiritual knowledge by Shurti and Smiriti although manuscript tradition in India was based on our ancient texts as Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas, Vedanta etc. and their dating on scientific lines could not be concluded authentically. However, as per some scholars it has been mentioned to be at least 3000 years before Christ. The book mentions many aspects which were simple myths even though there are so many unknown ...
This is the book which was intended to come in two separate titles but I had to publish it in a joint title namely "Conservation of textiles, Bone and Ivory" for reasons not my control. We have first to understand them in totality and know how these have been made, what materials have been used in them, how the various parameters of our tropical environment affect them and start their decay process.We try our best to restore them very near to their ...
It is a misnomer to say that artifacts or monuments or documentary heritage get preserved by giving them protection only. Conservation which includes preservation and restoration is a systematic knowledge today. Conservation has become a multidisciplinary approach and hence has become an applied science. This book discusses the responsibilities of all connected with Art, Archaeology and Archives including people at large. Conservation science is not confined to ...
Conservation of artifacts is the need of the hour but equally important is its scientific study to understand better the materials used to make artifacts, their decay process, their method of making, by recording their present state of preservation through scientific photography using combination of visible lighting procedures besides using invisible radiations such as U.V., IR and X-rays to record even what is not seen by the naked eye. Various components of an ...
Miniature Paintings in India got their inspiration from the Illustrated Manuscripts which are their source initially. These art works are scattered in various Indian collections and even abroad. These may be in individual possession or possession of various institutes governmental or non-governmental. Many organizations and individuals, therefore, need a comprehensive book to take care of their valuable holdings. This book fulfils this demand since they would ...
The book deals exhaustively with conservation of our ancient heritage existent in the form of wooden artefacts. This volume contains four chapters. The first chapter deals with the history of use of wood, location of wooden artefacts and the need to review our policy of acquisition of artefacts. The second highlights the information on the source of wood, identification, properties of wood, and techniques of making wooden objects. The third one explains the ...