Monuments and the Millennium: Proceedings of a Joint Conference Organised by English Heritage and the United Kingdom Institute for Conservation

Jobn Fidler (Head of Building Conservation and Research, English Heritage) p.v, Introduction to the Conference Robert White (Chairman, United Kingdom Institute for Conservation) p.vi, Foreword Sir Jocelyn Stevens (Chairman, English Heritage) p.ix, Part 1: Context and Inventory: 1. Monuments and dilemmas: The Public Monuments and Sculpture Association National Recording Project Johanna Darke (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association), p.3, 2. The National Inventory of War Memorials: Profile of a national recording project Nick Hewitt (The National Inventory of War Memorials, Imperial war Museum) p.13, 3. From here to eternity: Save outdoor sculpture for next century Susan K Nichols (Save Outdoor Sculpture) p.23, 4. Leeds: patronizing the arts and encouraging the sciences Dorcas Taylor (Yorkshire Sculpture Park) and Samantha Sportun (Conservation Centre, National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside) p.26, Part 2: History and Interpretation: 5. Do monuments still speak in Picasso's Vallauris from museum courtyard, park and street? Helen E Beale (Department of French, The University of Stirling) p.39, 6. Heroes and kitsch in post-war monuments Margaret Garlake p.48, 7. Destruction or preservation? The destruction and preservation of British irnperial monuments in Dublin Paula Murphy (Department of History Art University College Dublin) p.55, 8. Paradoxes of frorm and function in modern public monuments Sergiusz Michalski (Technical University of Braunschweig) p.66, 9. Contemporary monuments of the millennial kind Viven Lovell (Modus Operandi) p.77, Part 3: Technical Approaches 10. Modern conservation of outdoor bronze sculpture Andrew Naylor (Janet Naylor – Andrew Naylor. Sculpture and Conservation Consultancy) p.91, 11. The conservation of public sculpture in Aberdeen Jennifer Melville ( Aberdeen Art Gallery) p.97, 12. Laser removal of paint layers from corroded copper: Possible applications to bronze sculpture cleaning M I Cooper (Laser Technology, Conservation Centre, National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside) p.12, 13. Protective coatings sculptures: Available materials and new developments HanneloreRomich and Monika Pilz (Fraunhofer - Institut fur Silicatforschung [ISC] Wurzburg) p.120, 14. Bronze conservation in the United States at the dawn of the new century Dennis R Montagna (National Park Service) 15. Melbourne’s monuments: Conservation issues and approaches Robyn Riddett (Allom Lovell and Associates Pty Ltd, conservation Architects) p.138, Part 4: Case Studies: 16. The role of conservation in the design of conceptual monuments Glenn Wharton (Center for Advanced Studies, University of California) p.149, 17. Cleopatra's needles, London and New York: Their histories, conditions and futures Nicola Ashurst (Adriel Consultancy) p.158, 18. The Scott Monument, East Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh: The cleaning debate Ingval Maxwell (Historic Scotland) p.173, 19. The application of cathodic protection to historic masonry structures: A case study Bill Martin (English Heritage) p.192, 20. The Albert Memorial: Saved but not restored Alasdair Glass (English Heritage) p.197, Part 5: The Future of Public Monuments 21. Sculpture and the afterlife Benedict Read (Department of Fine Art, University of Leeds) p.207, 22. Conservation of monuments: Where are we going? Roberto Nardi (Centro di Conservazione Archeologica) p.214, Commissioning public sculpture in historic Lincoln: A proposal for the Millennium Vincent Shacklock (The School of Art and Design, De Montfort University) p.220, 24. That sacred turf: War memorial gardens as theatres of war (and peace) Paul Gough (Faculty of Art, Media and Design, University of the West of England) p.228