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This book is about the destruction of art, both in terms of objects that have been destroyed -- lost in fires, floods or vandalism -- and the general concept of art operating through object and form. Through re-examinations of such events as the Momart warehouse fire in 2004 and the activities of art thief Stephane Breitwieser, the book proposes an idea of solvent form hinging on the dual meaning in the words solvent and solvency, whereby art, while attempting to make secure or fixed, simultaneously undoes and destroys through its inception. Ultimately, the book questions what is it that may be perceived in the destruction of art and how we understand it, and further how it might be linked to a more general failure.

Art and society. --- Art --- Defacement of art --- Mutilation of art --- Malicious mischief --- Mutilation --- Vandalism --- Art and sociology --- Society and art --- Sociology and art --- Mutilation, defacement, etc. --- Defacement --- Social aspects --- art [fine art] --- defacement --- mutilation --- philosophy of art --- art [discipline] --- Art and loss. --- Art. --- Contemporary art. --- Destruction of art. --- Destruction. --- Disappearance. --- Gallery of lost art. --- Georges Bataille. --- Georges Perec. --- Jake and Dinos Chapman. --- Lost Art. --- Momart warehouse fire. --- Momart. --- Remainder. --- Sacrifice. --- Sarah Winchester. --- Solvency. --- Tom McCarthy. --- Winchester Mystery House.

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"Much of what is known about the past often rests upon the chance survival of objects and texts. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the fragments of medieval manuscripts re-used as bookbindings in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Such fragments provide a tantalizing, yet often problematic glimpse into the manuscript culture of the Middle Ages. Exploring the opportunities and difficulties such documents provide, this volume concentrates on the c. 50,000 fragments of medieval Latin manuscripts stored in archives across the five Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. This large collection of fragments (mostly from liturgical works) provides rich evidence about European Latin book culture, both in general and in specific relation to the far north of Europe, one of the last areas of Europe to be converted to Christianity. As the essays in this volume reveal, individual and groups of fragments can play a key role in increasing and advancing knowledge about the acquisition and production of medieval books, and in helping to distinguish locally made books from imported ones. Taking an imaginative approach to the source material, the volume goes beyond a strictly medieval context to integrate early modern perspectives that help illuminate the pattern of survival and loss of Latin manuscripts through post-Reformation practices concerning reuse of parchment. In so doing it demonstrates how the use of what might at first appear to be unpromising source material can offer unexpected and rewarding insights into diverse areas of European history and the history of the medieval book."--Provided by publisher.

Manuscripts, Medieval --- Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Manuscript fragments --- Manuscripts --- Books --- Bookbinding --- Scandinavia --- Mutilation, defacement, etc. --- History. --- Church history.

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Placing the responsibilities of preservation on every staff member in each department, Higginbotham and Wild assert that by decentralizing preservation activities and integrating them into ongoing library functions, you will preserve materials effectively, efficiently, and with buy-in from staff. Apply their proven strategies to:. Create an ''around-the-building'' approach to preservation. Implement preventative ''on-the-job''' techniques. Identify ''who-does-what'' following the functional listing in the table of contents. Libraries of all types and sizes cannot afford to not involve all libr

Books. --- Conservation and restoration. --- Library materials. --- Library Science. --- Library materials --- Books --- Library & Information Science --- Social Sciences --- Book repairing --- Book-worms --- Conservation of library materials --- Preservation of library materials --- Conservation and restoration --- Care --- Repairing --- Mutilation, defacement, etc. --- Preservation

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This book explores the untold history of women, art, and crime. It has long been widely accepted that women have not played an active role in the art crime world, or if they have, it has been the part of the victim or peacemaker. Women, Art, and Crime overturns this understanding, as it investigates the female criminals who have destroyed, vandalised, stolen, and forged art, as well as those who have conned clients and committed white-collar crimes in their professional occupations in museums, libraries, and galleries. Whether prompted by a desire for revenge, for money, the instinct to protect a loved one, or simply as an act of quality control, this book delves into the various motivations and circumstances of women art criminals from a wide range of countries, including the UK, the USA, New Zealand, Romania, Germany, and France. Through a consideration of how we have come to perceive art crime and the gendered language associated with its documentation, this pioneering study questions why women have been left out of the discourse to date and how, by looking specifically at women, we can gain a more complete picture of art crime history.

Culture --- Art. --- Culture. --- Gender. --- Crime --- Criminal sociology --- Criminology --- Sociology of crime --- Sociology --- Cultural sociology --- Sociology of culture --- Civilization --- Popular culture --- Art, Occidental --- Art, Visual --- Art, Western (Western countries) --- Arts, Fine --- Arts, Visual --- Fine arts --- Iconography --- Occidental art --- Visual arts --- Western art (Western countries) --- Arts --- Aesthetics --- Cultural studies --- Study and teaching. --- Sociological aspects. --- Sociological aspects --- Social aspects --- Female offenders. --- Art thefts --- Art --- History. --- Mutilation, defacement, etc. --- Forgeries. --- Art forgeries --- Forgery of works of art --- Counterfeits and counterfeiting --- Forgery of antiquities --- Defacement of art --- Mutilation of art --- Malicious mischief --- Mutilation --- Vandalism --- Art robberies --- Art stealing --- Plunder of the arts --- Theft --- Delinquent women --- Offenders, Female --- Women --- Women criminals --- Women offenders --- Criminals --- Reproduction --- Defacement --- Thefts --- Motion pictures. --- Arts. --- Crime—Sociological aspects. --- Sociology. --- Audio-Visual Culture. --- Crime and Society. --- Gender Studies. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Arts, Occidental --- Arts, Western --- Humanities --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- History and criticism --- Arts, Primitive --- Art thefts. --- Women criminals. --- Art thieves. --- Thieves, Art --- Thieves

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Schrifttragende Artefakte sind einer Vielzahl von Praktiken ausgesetzt, durch die sie in der einen oder anderen Form beschädigt werden. Dabei können die Absichten, Hintergründe und Kontexte dieser Praktiken stark variieren, sodass durch die Zeiten hindurch in verschiedenen kulturellen Kontexten, Situationen und Diskursen vielfältige Ausprägungen zu beobachten sind. Solche Fälle sind keineswegs darauf beschränkt, Missbilligung gegenüber Inhalten oder Autoren auszudrücken oder das Andenken an Personen auszulöschen. Anhand von detailliert aufgearbeiteten Fallbeispielen, die vom antiken Ägypten, Mesopotamien und dem Mittelmeerraum über das alte China, das europäische Mittelalter und die Neuzeit sowie islamische Traditionen bis zum heutigen Bali reichen, werden verschiedene Facetten der unterschiedlichen Praktiken und ihrer Motivationen erarbeitet und eine übergreifende Systematik entwickelt. Ziel ist es, eine an praxeologischen Kriterien orientierte Phänomenologie von Schriftzerstörung aufzustellen. Das Hauptaugenmerk liegt auf Praktiken in non-typographischen Gesellschaften, also in Kulturen, in denen Schriftdokumente nicht mittels Buchdruck und vergleichbaren Verfahren fast beliebig vervielfältigt, sondern von Hand einzeln angefertigt wurden.

Writing --- Paleography --- Written communication --- Books --- Legal documents --- Language and languages --- History. --- Mutilation, defacement, etc. --- Destruction and reconstruction --- Orthography and spelling --- Manuscripts --- Documents --- Documents, Legal --- Authentication --- Commercial documents --- Legal instruments --- Legalization --- Codices --- Nonbook materials --- Archival materials --- Charters --- Codicology --- Diplomatics --- Illumination of books and manuscripts --- Transmission of texts --- Library materials --- Publications --- Bibliography --- Cataloging --- International Standard Book Numbers --- Bücherverbrennung. --- Damnatio Memoriae. --- Schluckbilder. --- Urkundenvernichtung. --- Book burning --- damnatio memoriae --- document destruction --- swallowing pictures