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  2. Conservation and restoration of cultural property - Wikipedia

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    Examples of sustainable material choices and practices include: Using biodegradable products or those with less environmental impact where possible; Using 'green solvents' instead of more toxic alternatives, or treatment strategies that use much smaller amounts of solvents - for example, semi-rigid aqueous gels, emulsions or nano materials; [34 ...

  3. Conservation and restoration of movable cultural property

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    Water causes damage and results from natural occurrences, technological hazards, or mechanical failures. Many cases of water damage can be traced to accidents or neglect. "A great many of the materials that museum objects are made of are highly susceptible to contact with water and can be severely damaged by even brief contact, while others may be exposed to water for longer periods without harm.

  4. Elements of art - Wikipedia

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    There are different types of lines artists may use, including, actual, implied, vertical, horizontal, diagonal and contour lines, which all have different functions. [3] Lines are also situational elements, requiring the viewer to have knowledge of the physical world in order to understand their flexibility, rigidity, synthetic nature, or life. [1]

  5. Conservation and restoration of immovable cultural property

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    In this sense, the term refers to the "professional use of a combination of science, art, craft, and technology as a preservation tool" [1] and is allied with – and often equated to – its parent fields, of historic environment conservation and art conservation.

  6. Cultural property - Wikipedia

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    (a) movable or immovable property of great importance to the cultural heritage of every people, such as monuments of architecture, art, or history, whether religious or secular; archaeological sites; groups of buildings which, as a whole, are of historical or artistic interest; works of art; manuscripts, books and other objects of artistic ...

  7. Ecological art - Wikipedia

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    Ecological art is an art genre and artistic practice that seeks to preserve, remediate and/or vitalize the life forms, resources and ecology of Earth. Ecological art practitioners do this by applying the principles of ecosystems to living species and their habitats throughout the lithosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere, including wilderness, rural, suburban and urban locations.

  8. 6 Dog Breeds that Look Completely Different as Puppies - AOL

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    "The Tibetian Terrier, closely related to Lhasa Apso, belongs to the Utility group, despite its name. It was brought to the UK by a surgeon working on the Indian/Tibetan border in the early 1920s ...

  9. Form (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    For example, arrival of construction iron essentially created a set of new core-forms, and many architects got busy inventing the matching art-forms. [6] Similarly, introduction of reinforced concrete , steel frame , and large plates of sheet glass in the 20th century caused creation of radically new space and mass arrangements.