This work presents a broad survey of the architectural history and cultural resources found throughout the South American continent on a country-by-country basis, with the intention of increasing awareness about common regional problems and innovative local solutions. General challenges faced in...Read more
Following successful collaboration on a dozen preservation projects around Europe, in 1987, the Kress Foundation and World Monuments Fund (WMF) launched a formal partnership in the form of the Kress Foundation European Preservation Program, administered by WMF and sponsored by the Kress Foundation...Read more
This report surveys the cultural heritage sites found in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on a country-by-country basis, recognizing that by the end of the 1990’s, tourism of such sites had become the largest single industry of member nations. At the same time, soaring...Read more
Tracing the origins of World Monuments Fund (WMF) to 1965, this publication explains how James A. Gray, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, created the non-profit, New York-based International Fund for Monuments, the first private organization to focus on the conservation of important buildings,...Read more
This volume was published to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of World Monuments Fund (WMF), the first private, non-profit organization that sponsoring worldwide preservation activities. It consists of a series of project profiles from the defining WMF projects completed or in progress as...Read more
The International heritage community conducted a vigorous campaign to oppose selection of Venice or the Veneto region as the site for Expo 2000, a four-month celebration planned for the turn of the millennium. The UNESCO office in Venice produced a booklet, for distribution throughout Italy and...Read more
Written in narrative form, this report summarizes the technical findings on the condition of the bronze Triumphal Quadriga located on the Basilica of Saint Mark in Venice, Italy. The report describes the metallurgical techniques likely used to cast the statuary, and identifies issues in that...Read more
Designed by Giorgio Massari in 1735, the Church of Santa Maria della Visitazione or the Pietà was built to support the work of the Ospedale della Pietà, a foundling shelter in Venice. Here, foundling girls expertly trained in music would perform for the public, raising...Read more
Following the Venice floods of 1966, the International Fund for Monuments (now World Monuments Fund), raised one-hundred thousand dollars for the restoration of the church of Santa Mari del Giglio, repairing the roof, consolidating the façade, and restoring interior decorations damaged...Read more
Part of an effort to raise awareness about monuments damaged in the Venice floods of 1966, this booklet provides a summary of the life of Bartolomeo Colleoni, perhaps the most famous of the condottieri, or military commanders, of fifteenth century Italy. While fighting for the Serenissima of Venice...Read more