This Is The First Comprehensive Collection Of Texts On The Conservation Of Art And Architecture To Be Published In The English Language. Designed For Students Of Art History As Well As Conservation, The Book Consists Of Forty-five Texts, Some Never Before Translated Into English And Many Originally Published Only In Obscure Or Foreign Journals. The Thirty Major Art Historians And Scholars Represented Raise Questions Such As When To Restore, What To Preserve, And How To Maintain Aesthetic Character. The Eye's Caress : Looking, Appreciation, And Connoisseurship -- Original Intent Of The Artist -- The Emergence Of Modern Conservation Theory -- Historical Perspective -- Restoration And Anti-restoration -- Reintegration Of Losses -- Idea Of Patina -- The Role Of Science And Technology. Edited By Nicholas Stanley Price, M. Kirby Talley, Jr., Alessandra Melucco Vaccaro. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 451-471) And Index.