Examples of conservation in the following topics:
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- The activities involved in this profession include examination, documentation, treatment, and preventative conservation.
- The conservator acts as a sort of steward for these objects, which range from archaeological to artistic.
- In addition, numerous organizations create standardized methodologies for the conservation of art objects, such as the International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works and the American Institute for Conservation.
- Conservators are often involved in what is termed "preventative conservation," which refers to protecting art and cultural works from damage from environmental conditions, such as temperature, humidity, and exposure to light.
- "Interventive conservation" refers to any act that involves a direct interaction between the conservator and the cultural material, such as cleaning, stabilizing, repairing, or replacing of parts.
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- The term culture war in the United States generally refers to the conflict between conservative and liberal values.
- In American usage the term culture war is used to claim that there is a conflict between those values considered traditionalist or conservative, and those considered progressive or liberal.
- Some say that extreme conservative rhetoric of the Christian Coalition hurt then-president George H.W.
- On the other hand, conservative cultural warriors' rhetoric helped Republicans gain control of Congress in 1994, and the subsequent impeachment of Clinton by Congress over a sex scandal is widely understood as having been a divisive culture war battle.
- Some say that extreme conservative rhetoric of the Christian Coalition hurt then-president George H.W.
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- In 1996, Congress cut NEA funding to $99.5 million as a result of pressure from conservative groups.
- An NEA-funded Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition was labeled obscene and a poor use of taxpayer money by conservative groups.
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- All artistic mediums have a branch of associated conservation theory, which may or may not be congruent with the original intentions of the object's maker.
- Similarly, if a Guru Granth Sahib, a Sikh religious text, is repaired by a conservator, instead of ceremoniously destroyed, its cultural meaning is likewise obliterated.
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- The Sienese School of painting was more conservative than painting in Florence, but nonetheless important, flourishing between the 1200s and 1400s.
- Despite this, the school was still more conservative than painting in Florence.
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- Green architecture seeks to minimize the negative environmental impact of buildings by conserving energy, and using sustainable materials.
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- The Week of Modern Art festival, held in São Paulo in 1922, was received with fiery criticism by conservative sectors of the society, but it was a landmark in the history of Brazilian art.
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- Beaux-Arts architecture depended on sculptural decoration along conservative modern lines, employing French and Italian Baroque and Rococo formulas, combined with an impressionistic finish and realism.
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- For instance, Ansel Adams' photographs of national parks such as Yosemite and Yellowstone helped raise public awareness of conservation concerns .
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- Deeply devoted to classical techniques, Ingres is known to have believed himself to be a conservator of the style of the ancient masters, as opposed to an innovator of any sort.