Authenticity in Architectural Heritage Conservation : Discourses, Opinions, Experiences in Europe, South and East Asia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Weiler, Katharina. (Editor), Gutschow, Niels. (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Cultural heritage.; Cultural studies.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319305233
• Physical Description: XXIV, 345 p. 180 illus., 140 illus. in color. online resource.

The book contributes to a recontextualization of authenticity by investigating how this value is created, reenacted, and assigned. Over the course of the last century, authenticity figured as the major parameter for the evaluation of cultural heritage. It was adopted in local and international chart...