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Museum Lighting: A Guide for Conservators and Curators

Museum Lighting: A Guide for Conservators and Curators

$70.00 at The Getty Museum.

David Saunders Author David Saunders, former keeper of conservation and scientific research at the British Museum, explores how to balance the conflicting goals of visibility and preservation under a variety of conditions. Beginning with the science of how light, color, and vision function and interact, he proceeds to offer detailed studies of the impact of light on a wide range of objects, including paintings, manuscripts, textiles, bone, leather, and plastics. With analyses of the effects of light on…