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

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...

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Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors Weiler, Katharina (Editor), Gutschow, Niels (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
SeriesTranscultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context,
Subjects
Social sciences.
Cultural heritage.
Cultural studies.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319305233
ISSN2191-656X
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-30523-3
Physical DescriptionXXIV, 345 p. 180 illus., 140 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Architectural Heritage Conservation in South and East Asia and Europe. Contemporary Practices
  • The Impulse to Remember: Thoughts on the Conservation of World War II Ruins in Germany
  • Part I: Case Studies from South Asia
  • The Idea of Place in the Practice of Restoration and Replication in India
  • Humayun's Tomb: Conservation and Restoration
  • Sompura: Traditional Master Builders of Western India
  • Contested Evaluations: Authenticity and the "Living Traditions" of Master Builders and Stone Masons in India
  • Material Authenticity and Conservation Traditions in Nepal
  • Part II: Case Studies from East Asia
  • Authenticity and Heritage Conservation in China: Translation, Interpretation, Practices
  • Restoration and Conservation of the Yisu Society Theater in Xi'an
  • Aspects of Architectural Authenticity in Chinese Heritage Theme Parks
  • "Repair by Disassembly" (Jap. kaitai shūri) in Japan
  • Authenticity in Japan
  • Part III: Interviews
  • Changes in Basic Attitudes to Monument Preservation in Germany: A Conversation with Architectural Conservationist Gottfried Kiesow
  • Essential Architectural Values: A Conversation with the Architect Raj Rewal
  • The Conservation of Humayun's Tomb in Delhi: A Debate On-Site
  • Conclusion.

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