Cloonan - The monumental challenge of preservation: the past in a volatile world

Yang Yueluan, Hebei Shanhaiguan, March 18, 2010, section of the Great Wall of China. Courtesy of Elmar Seibel, Ars Libri

The Monumental Challenge of Preservation

The Past in a Volatile World

The MIT Press

Cambridge, Massachusetts

London, England

2018 Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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ISBN: 978-0-262-03773-0

To Sidney and Aaron Berger, and the memory of Raphael (Rafe) Berger

Contents

Illustration Credits

Frontispiece

Chapter 1

• Aspects of preservation. Image by Vanessa Reyes and Michle V. Cloonan
• Chinese Railroad Workers Memorial Monument, Gold Run, CA. Photo by Sidney E. Berger and Michle V. Cloonan, February 12, 2017
• The Great Sphinx of Giza, Egypt. Photo by Michle V. Cloonan, 1980
• Tour buses and dogs near the Great Sphinx of Giza. Photo by Michle V. Cloonan, 1980
• Minor commercial buildings and signs on The Strip, 1965, by Denise Scott Brown. Permission of MIT Press
• Stardust Hotel and Casino, 1965, by Denise Scott Brown. Permission of MIT Press
• Vietnam Wall with offerings. Permission of Kathy Brendel Morse, photographer
• Powerless Structure, by Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset. From Flickr Creative Commons
• Panels from the AIDS Memorial Quilt, n.d. Permission of the NAMES Project Foundation
• De Provincie Bamian. Image from De Aardbol: Magazijn van heden daagsche land-en volkenkunde 9 (1839). Permission of Europeana
• Bamiyan Buddha after March 11, 2001. Permission of Europeana
• Section of the Great Wall of China, Hebei Shanhaiguan, January 28, 2013, by Yang Yueluan. Courtesy of Elmar Seibel, Ars Libri

Chapter 2

• In the Beginning, the Book of Kells, MS58 fol. 8r, 800 C.E. Permission of the Board of Trinity College Dublin
• The Book of Kells was formerly displayed in a less prominent area, n.d. Permission of the Board of Trinity College Dublin
• Part of todays exhibition area, n.d. Permission of the Board of Trinity College Dublin
• The Book of Kells is a major tourist attraction, 2017. Permission of Alexa Zellentin, photographer
• Russians tearing down Yakov Sverdlov Monument, 1991. Permission of Leonard Kniffel, photographer
• Statues of Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin. From Flickr Creative Commons
• Muzeon Park of Arts, 2011. Permission of Anna Okulist, photographer
• Vandalized Stalin. From Flickr Creative Commons
• Good-bye Party Comrades! by Antanas Sutkus, 1991. Gelatin silver print. Permission of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chapter 3

• Eleanor Roosevelt and the UDHR. Courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
• The International Court of Justice, Old Building, 2014. Permission of Robert Smith, photographer
• Raphael Lemkin, back row on the far right. Permission of the United Nations Photo Library

Chapter 4

• a) Zaher Omareen, Faceless 82, n.d. b) Sulafa Hijazi, Untitled, 2012. c) Khalil Younes, Untitled 5, 2011. Permission of the artists. These images originally appeared in Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline, ed. Malu Halasa, Zaher Omareen, and Nawara Mahfoud (London: Saqi Books, 2014).
• The Sykes-Picot Line Map (1918). Permission of the National Archives (UK)
• The Blue Shield. Courtesy of the International Committee of the Blue Shield

Chapter 5

• Louisine Havemeyer and Her Daughter Electra, 1895, by Mary Cassatt. Pastel on wove paper, 24" 30 1/2". Photography by Bruce Schwarz. Permission of the Shelburne Museum
• Cabinet of Curiosity, Prague, 2016. Photo courtesy of Erica Ruscio, photographer
• Portrait of Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1860. Permission of the Grolier Club, New York City
• The Rotunda, University of Virginia (exterior and interior), 2016 and 2018. Photos courtesy of Jane Penner, photographer
• Jean Brown, n.d. Photo courtesy of Jonathan Brown

Chapter 6

• Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago, IL. Exterior Detail. Richard Nickel, photographer. File # 201006_110816028. Richard Nickel Archive, Ryerson and Burnham Archives. Permission of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Chicago Stock Exchange Building, Chicago, IL. Removal of Terra-Cotta Cornice Ornament. File # 201006_110816009. Richard Nickel Archive, Ryerson and Burnham Archives. Permission of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Detail, the Trading Room as Reconstructed in the Art Institute of Chicago, 197677, Chicago, IL. File # 201006_120808017. Richard Nickel Archive, Ryerson and Burnham Archives. Permission of Bob Thaw, photographer
• Plaque at the Newberry Library. Permission of Linda M. Chan, photographer
• The Mecca Hotel. Photo courtesy of the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, from the Mecca Flat Blues exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center, February 15May 25, 2014.
• Nickel with Large Format Camera, Chicago, IL. File # 201006_161213001. Richard Nickel Archive, Ryerson and Burnham Archives. Permission of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Adler & Sullivan, Building for Richard Knisely, 1883. Richard Nickel, photographer. File # 201006_110815072. Ryerson and Burnham Archives. Permission of the Art Institute of Chicago
• H. H. Richardsons Glessner House, 1887. Pastel by Jane Steele, 1983. Photo: Paul Gulla; image courtesy of Suzy Steele Born
• Marina City, Chicago, IL. File # 200203.081229310. Bertrand Goldberg Archive, Ryerson and Burnham Archives. Permission of the Art Institute of Chicago
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Exterior View of Prentice Womens Hospital and Maternity Center, Chicago, IL. File # 200203.081229421. Ryerson and Burnham Archives. Permission of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chapter 7

• Cut-and-paste fragment from the Wikipedia entry on Copying, in the original Arial 10.5 typeface
• Cloud computing. Graphic by Vanessa Reyes, used with permission

Chapter 8

• How Long Is Now (Berlin). Photograph by Michle V. Cloonan, 2016

Chapter 9

• Portrait of John Ruskin, attributed to J. Lindsay Barry. Courtesy of the Ruskin Foundation, Ruskin Library, Lancaster University
• Clouds-over-Skyline, gelatin silver print, by Vik Muniz. Permission of Art Vik Muniz/Licensed by VAGA, New York

Chapter 11

• Bust of Queen Nefertiti. Photograph, Rol Agency, France. Courtesy of Europeana
• Italian bust at the Bode Museum, damaged in the May 1945 bombings. Image by Michle V. Cloonan, April 2016
• The dome of the Reichstag. Image by Michle V. Cloonan, April 2016