Reintegration Technique (Missing Parts): In Conservation-Restoration of Antiquities

Lotfi Khaled Hassan

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Reintegration Technique (Missing Parts): In Conservation-Restoration of Antiquities

Lotfi Khaled Hassan

Published in International Journal of Archaeology (Volume 10, Issue 2)

Received: 29 September 2022 Accepted: 17 October 2022 Published: 30 October 2022

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Abstract

The conservation, protection and enhancement of the historical values present in the archaeological and cultural heritage should be the only important concern. It is important to emphasize that, wherever possible during the integration and reintegration phases, the historical and aesthetic aspects of the monument are respected. The aim of restoration is not only to conserve the integrity of the resource, but also to reveal its cultural values and to improve the legibility of its original design. The aim of modern restoration - to reveal the original state within the limits of still existing material-thus differs from the past aim of bringing back the original by rebuilding a lost form. Therefore, any work on an object must be preceded by the studies of the physical and documentary evidences, object’s condition and significance of its cultural value. The regular maintenance of the Cultural heritage objects, both recently restored and non-restored, it is of great significance in the preservation and enhance of object’s durability. The treatment of gaps is not just the final act in a restoration, but must be viewed in a preliminary vision of the work of the relevant aspects of degradation and conservation, before and after the restoration. Reintegration intervention in the restoration, still have not found a unique methodology and precise, but it still relies on a case-by-case basis. Reintegration itself is an act of bringing together the components of painting or objects, stone or other materials, into a single fully seen harmony with the missing parts functioning as one.

Published in	International Journal of Archaeology (Volume 10, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ija.20221002.12
Page(s)	38-45
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Conservation, Archaeology, Egyptology, Heritage, Conservation Science, Integration, Restoration, Art

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The Epigraphic Survey, The Oriental Institute, Chicago University, Chicago, USA

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