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General Books on Conservation Issues, Forgeries, Art Materials, and Collections Care:

Jones, M., ed., Fake? The Art of Deception, The Trustees of the British Museum, 1990

Oddy, A.,ed., The Art Of The Conservator, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC,1992

Mayer, Ralph The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques, 9th ed., Viking, NY, 1991

Caring for Your Collections (by The National Committee to Save American's Cultural Collections) Harry N. Abrams (I 992), New York, ISBN 0-8 109-3174-5

Bachmann, Konstanze, ed., Conservation Concerns: A Guide for Collectors and Curators, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London, 1992, ISBN 1-56098-174-1

Watson, Wendy M., Altered States: Conservation, Analysis, and the Interpretation of Works of Art, Mount Holyoke College, 1994

Ward, Philip, The Nature of Conservation: A Race Against Time, Getty Conservation Institute, 1986 (1989, second printing), ISBN 0-941103-00-5

Snyder, Jill (revised edition), Caring for Your Art: A Guide for Artists, Collectors, Galleries and Art Institutions, Allworth Press, N.Y. (1996), ISBN 1-880559-47-1

Kirsh, Andrea, and Rustin S. Levenson, Seeing Through Paintings, Yale University Press (2000), New Haven, ISBN 0-300-08046-8

Caring forYour Family Treasures, Heritage Preservation, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Books on paintings:

Bomford, David, Conservation of Paintings (from the Pocket Guides Series), National Gallery P Publications, London, 1997, ISBN 1-85709-164-7

Carr, Dawson W. and Mark Leonard, Looking at Paintings: A Guide to Technical Terms, by, The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992, ISBN 0-7141-1725-0

Byrne, Allan, Conserving Paintings: Basic Technical Information for Contemporary Artists, Australia Council for the Arts, published by Craftsman House, 1995

Art in the Making series (all published by the National Gallery, London):
Bomford, David et al., Italian Painting Before 1400, 1989, ISBN 0-947645-67-5
Bomford, David et al., Rembrandt, 1988, ISBN 0-947645-49-7
Bomford, David et al., Impressionism, 1990, ISBN 0-300-05036-4

Techniques of the World's Great Painters (ed. by Waldemar Januszczak), Chartwell Books, 1980

Dover reprints:

Stout, George L., The Care of Pictures

Cennini, Cennino d'Andrea (translated by Daniel V. Thompson, Jr.), The Craftsman's Handbook

Thompson, Jr., Daniel V., The Practice of Tempera Painting

Thompson, Jr., Daniel V., The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting

Gettens. Rutherford J. and George L. Stout, Painting Materials: A Short Encyclopedia
Books on Prints and Drawings:

Ellis, Margaret Holben, The Care of Prints and Drawings, ASLH Press, Nashville TN, 1987 ISBN O-910050-79-1

Goldman, Paul, Looking at Prints, Drawings and Watercolors: A guide to Technical Terms,
British Museum Publications in Association with the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1988. ISBN 0-7141-1638-6

Cohn, Marjorie B. ed., Old Master Prints and Drawings: A Guide to Preservation and
Conservation, Amsterdam University Press, 1997. ISBN 90 5356 243 5

Gascoigne, Bamber, How to Identify Prints: A complete guide to manual and mechanical processes from woodcut to ink-jet, Thames and Hudson, New York, 1991. Library of Congress Catalog card Number: 86-50519

Griffiths, Antony, Prints and Printmaking: An Introduction to the History and Techniques, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1996. I SBN 0-520-20714-9

Hunter, Dard, Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft, Dover Publications, New York, 1947. ISBN 0-486-23619-6

Ivans, Jr., William M., Revised by Marjorie Cohn, How Prints Look, Beacon Press Boston, 1987. ISBN 0-8070-6647-8
Weeks, Ursula, Techniques of Drawing, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1999. ISBN 1 85444 113 2

Books on Photography:

Crawford, William, The Keepers of Light: A History and Working Guide to Early Photographic Processes, Morgan and Morgan, Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1979. ISBN 8 7100-158-6

Reilly, James M., Care and Identification of 19th-Century Photographs, Kodak, 1986. ISBN 0-87985-365-4
Book on Textiles:

Mailand, Harold F. and Dorothy Stites Alig. Preserving Textiles: A Guide for the Non-Specialist, Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1999. ISBN 0936260718.

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