Lessons Learned: Reflecting on the Theory and Practice of Mosaic Conservation

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Название:Lessons Learned: Reflecting on the Theory and Practice of Mosaic Conservation

Издательство:J. Paul Getty Museum

Автор:Aïcha Ben Abed, Martha Demas, Thomas Roby

Год:2008

Количество страниц:440

Язык:English

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The ninth triennial meeting of the International Committee for the Conservation of Mosaics (ICCM), organized by the Getty Conservation Institute and the Institut National du Patrimoine (INP) of Tunisia and held in 2005 in Hammamet, Tunisia, November 29–December 3, 2005, focused on assessing past practices of mosaic conservation, both in situ and in museums.

This handsome, plentifully illustrated proceedings volume provides a comprehensive record of the conference. The volume’s fifty-three papers, with contributions from over eighty leading professionals in the field, reflect the conference’s principal themes: Evaluating Mosaic Practice, Caring for Mosaics in Museums, Documenting and Assessing Sites at Risk, Managing Sites with Mosaics, Sheltering Mosaics, Training of Conservation Practitioners, and Case Studies. Papers are presented in either English or French, with abstracts of all papers in both languages. The volume will be of interest to conservators and site managers as well as art historians and archaeologists of the Roman world.

Table of Contents

Foreword / Avant-propos

Timothy P. Whalen and Mohammed Béji Ben Mami

Acknowledgments / Remerciements

Aïcha Ben Abed, Martha Demas, and Thomas Roby

Opening Remarks of the President of the ICCM on the Occasion of the 9th Conference / Allocution d’ouverture du Président de l’ICCM à l’occasion de la 9e Conférence

Demetrios Michaelides

Introduction / Introduction

Aïcha Ben Abed, Martha Demas, and Thomas Roby

PART ONE

Evaluating Mosaic Practice

Mosaic Conservation: Fifty Years of Modern Practice

Gaël de Guichen and Roberto Nardi

Learning from Past Interventions: Evaluation of the Project to Conserve the Orpheus

Mosaic at Paphos, Cyprus

Martha Demas, Thomas Roby, Neville Agnew, Giorgio Capriotti, Niki Savvides, and Demetrios Michaelides

Bilan d’opérations réalisées par l’Atelier de Saint-Romain-en-Gal

Évelyne Chantriaux, Marion Hayes, Christophe Laporte, Andréas Phoungas et Maurice Simon

Learning from the Literature: A Review of Published Works on Mosaic Deterioration and Conservation Treatments

Francesca Piqué, Rachel Burch, Thomas Roby, and Martha Demas

Orbe-Boscéaz (Canton de Vaud, Suisse) 1975–2005: 30 ans de réflexions sur la conservation d’anciennes et de nouvelles mosaïques

Denis Weidmann

Villa of the Birds Five Years Later: Early Roman Mosaics in Alexandria, Egypt

Jarostaw Dobrowolski

Lessons Learned in Theory and Practice of Mosaic Treatments: The Case of the Wall

Mosaics in the Church of the Holy Apostles, Thessaloniki, Greece

Charalambos Bakirtzis, Pelagia Mastora, Styliani Vassiliadou, and Nikos Pitsalidis

Discussion

PART TWO

Caring for Mosaics in Museums

Conservation et restauration des mosaïques romaines au Portugal—Quelques exemples dans les collections de musées

Maria de Fátima Abraços

Conservation d’un ensemble d’emblemata du Musée Archéologique National

Carmen Dávila Buitrón et M. Antonia Moreno Cifuentes

Inadequate Storage Conditions: Causes of Deterioration of Mosaics in a Museum Environment

Maja Frankovic

Coopération algéro-française pour la préservation de collections anciennes de mosaïques des musées algériens

Marie-Laure Courboulès, Abdelkader Bensalah, Mouloud Derram et Mohamed Chérif Hamza

Conservation and Display of Three Mosaics in the Greco-Roman Museum, Alexandria, Egypt

Robert (Chip) Vincent

Where Theory Meets Practice: The Conservation and Presentation of a Roman Floor Mosaic at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

C. Mei-An Tsu, Pamela Hatchfield, Christine Kondoleon, and Craig Barnes

Discussion

PART THREE

Documenting and Assessing Sites at Risk

The Mosaic Corpus of Turkey: A New International Research Project

Mustafa Sahin, Derya Sahin, David Parrish, and Werner Jobst

La gestion des pavements de mosaïques découverts fortuitement : Déposer ou conserver in situ?

Fathi Bejaoui

Mosaic Floors Unearthed at Rescue Excavations in Turkey: A Philosophical and

Ethical Evaluation of the Decision-Making Process

Hande Kökten

PART FOUR

Managing Sites with Mosaics

Conservation and Preservation of Mosaics in Syria: The Case for a Multidisciplinary Approach—or New Strategies for Old Problems

Amr Nawar Al Muayyad Al-Azm

Um Er-Rasas (Um Al-Rasas): Preservation of the Mosaics at a New World Heritage Site in Jordan

Mervat Ma’moun Ha’obsh

Conservation and Restoration of the Nikopolis Mosaics: A Program for Integrated Management and Presentation of the Archaeological Site

Konstantinos L. Zachos

Les mosaïques de Volubilis (Maroc) : Planification de la conservation et de la gestion

Hassan Limane et Gaetano Palumbo

The Legacy of Nora, Sardinia: A Project for the Conservation, Restoration, and Maintenance of Mosaics

Chiara Zizola

Discussion

PART FIVE

Sheltering Mosaics

Rapid Assessment of Shelters over Mosaics: Methodology and Initial Results from England

John Stewart

Rapid Assessment of Shelters over Mosaics: Initial Results from Israel

Jacques Neguer and Yael Alef

Protective Shelters over Archaeological Sites: A Review of Assessment Initiatives

Sibylla Tringham and John Stewart

Lessons Not Learned: The Shelters at Kourion, Cyprus

Demetrios Michaelides and Niki Savvides

Une nouvelle approche pour la préservation in situ des mosaïques et vestiges archéologiques au Liban : La crypte de l’église Saint-Georges à Beyrouth

Isabelle Skaf et Yasmine Makaroun Bou Assaf

140 Years of Mosaic Conservation at Chedworth Roman Villa, United Kingdom

Philip Bethell

Discussion

PART SIX

Training of Conservation Practitioners

Questions d’actualité : La conservation des mosaïques dans le territoire de Gaza, formation de personnel et travaux d’intervention et de préservation des mosaïques in situ

Patrick Blanc et Hani Najar

Experiences in Mosaic Conservation Training in the Middle East

Osama Hamdan, Tagrid Shaaban, and Carla Benelli

Training of Technicians for the Maintenance of in Situ Mosaics: An Assessment of the Tunisian Initiative after Three Years

Thomas Roby, Livia Alberti, Elsa Bourguignon, and Aïcha Ben Abed

Une stratégie tunisienne pour conserver la mosaïque

Aïcha Ben Abed

Discussion

PART SEVEN

Case Studies

The Study of Hydraulic Lime Mortars for the Conservation of Mosaics

Michele Macchiarola and Gianluigi Fiorella

Reburial versus Sheltering: Experiments in Preventive Conservation of the Mosaics in the Roman Villa of Rabaçal, Penela, Portugal

José Lourenço Gonçalves

Consolidation in situ de la mosaïque de la grande basilique de Tipasa, Algérie

Sabah Ferdi et Mohamed Chérif Hamza

Les mosaïques de Lambèse, Algérie

Amina-Aïcha Malek et Marie-Laure Courboulès

La mosaïque de Grand (Vosges, France) : Un exemple ancien pour la conservation des vestiges archéologiques sur site

Patrick Blanc

Backing Roman Mosaics with Glass Fiber Reinforced Cement

Kent Severson and Diane Fullick

Discussion

PART EIGHT

Summary Conclusions and Recommendations

Summary Conclusions and Recommendations / Conclusions et recommendations

Jeanne Marie Teutonico and Roberto Nardi

PART NINE

Posters

Mosaic Icons in Greece: Techniques and Methods of Conservation

Panayota Assimakopopoulou-Atzaka, Eleni Chrysafi, Christine Papakyriakou, Magda Parcharidou-Anagnostou, and Anastassia Pliota

L’emblem découvert en mer, au large d’Agde : Technique de fabrication—traitement de conservation

Luc Long, Véronique Blanc-Bijon, Patrick Blanc et Marie-Laure Courboulès

La restauration de la mosaïque du VIe siècle de Qabr Hiram (Liban) par l’atelier de restauration de mosaïques de Saint-Romain-en-Gal

Évelyne Chantriaux, Marion Hayes, Christophe Laporte, Andréas Phoungas et Maurice Simon

Study of the Mineralogical and Chemical Characteristics of Materials Used in the Construction of Roman Mosaics in Volubilis, Morocco, with a View toward Their Conservation

Abdelilah Dekayir, Marc Amouric, Juan Olives, and Abdelkader Chergui

The Lifting Procedure of the Bacchus Mosaic from the Roman Villa in Barrio Jarana, Cádiz, Spain

Salvador Domínguez-Bella, Maria Luisa Millán Salgado, and Ana Durante Macias

Comparison of Conventional and Photogrammetric Documentation of Mosaics at the Agora of Perge

Işil R. Işiklikaya

Un emblem a provenant d’Utique conservé au Musée du Louvre

Laurence Krougly et J. M. Monraval

The Project for the Conservation, Maintenance, and Utilization of the Pavement of the Cathedral in Spoleto, Italy

Ilaria Pennati, Carlo Lalli, Annamaria Giusti, Giancarlo Raddi delle Ruote, Giordana Benazzi, and Michele Macchiarola

Problématique posée par les réintégrations des lacunes dans la mosaïque des Monstres marins de Lambèse-Tazoult, Algérie

Aurélie Martin

The Byzantine Painted Floor in Salamiya Syria: Possibilities for Conservation and Presentation

Ewa Parandowska

The Syrian Mosaic Pavement Documentation Training Program

Konstantinos D. Politis, Amr Nawar Al Muayyad Al-Azm, and Charalambos Bakirtzis

Étude sur l’état de conservation des mosaïques du Musée National d’Iran à partir de vestiges du site archéologique sassanide de Bîchâpour

Elyas Saffaran

Archaeometric Analysis and Weathering Effects on Pompeii’s Nymphaea Mosaics

Cristina Boschetti, Anna Corradi, Bruno Fabbri, Cristina Leonelli, Michele Macchiarola, Andrea Ruffini, Sara Santoro, and Paolo Veronesi

An Assessment of Recent in Situ Conservation Treatments of Mosaics in Turkey

Y. Selçuk Sener

An Evaluation of the Preservation of Reburied Mosaics in Cilicia

Füsun Tülek

The Lifting of a Mosaic from the Site of Letoon and Its Replacement with a Replica

Sehrigül Yeşil Erdek

Authors / Auteurs

List of Conference Participants/Liste des participants à la conférence

About the Authors

Aïcha Ben Abed est directrice des monuments et des sites à l’lnstitut National du Patrimoine. Elle est responsable de quatre sites antiques et codirige trois fouilles tuniso-françaises. Ancien conservateur du Musée du Bardo, elle est auteur et co-auteur de six fascicules du Corpus des mosaïques de Tunisie et de plusieurs ouvrages et articles sur l’architecture domestique et les mosaïques tunisiennes. Elle est l’initiatrice d’une collaboration INP-GCI visant à former des techniciens à la restauration de mosaïques in situ.

Martha Demas is a senior project specialist at the Getty Conservation Institute. She received her Ph.D. in Aegean archaeology from the University of Cincinnati and an M.A. in historic preservation at Cornell University, specializing in the conservation of archaeological heritage. In addition to the GCl’s Mosaics in Situ Project, she is currently involved in conservation projects in China and Egypt.

Thomas Roby is an architectural conservator with training from the University of Virginia, the University of York, and ICCROM. He has worked for twenty years on archaeological sites in the Mediterranaean area, primarily as a private conservator on excavation projects. Since 2001 he has worked for the Getty Conservation Institute and has managed the training project for mosaic maintenance technicians in collaboration with the Institut National du Patrimoine of Tunisia.