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245 0 0 _aAdvances in the protection of museum collections from earthquake damage: papers from a symposium held at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Villa on May 3- 4, 2006/
_cedited by Jerry Podany
260 _aLos Angeles:
_bJ. Paul Getty Museum,
_cc2008.
300 _aviii, 208 p. :
_bill., col. maps ;
_c28 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _tForeword /
_rMichael Brand --
_tThe Challenge /
_rJerry Podany --
_tNew Developments in Seismology: The Ground Motion Environment of the Los Angeles Region /
_rPaul G. Somerville and Robert W. Graves --
_tSeismic Isolation and Damping Systems: Improving Earthquake Performance of Buildings /
_rCharles A. Kircher and Alex G. Tarics --
_tDevelopments in Seismic Protection of Historic Structures /
_rWilliam S. Ginell --
_tSeismic Protection of Museums and Museum Collections in India /
_rO. P. Agrawal --
_tSeismic Mount Making: A Review of the Protection of Objects in the J. Paul Getty Museum from Earthquake Damage /
_rMcKenzie Lowry, B. J. Farrar, David Armendariz and Jerry Podany --
_tFinalizing the Design of Seismic Isolators for the Antiquities Collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum /
_rMatthew J. Schoettler and Andreas Stavridis --
_tThe Seismic Isolation of Rodin's The Gates of Hell /
_rKimio Kawaguchi --
_tSeismic Risk Mitigation in Istanbul Museums /
_rMustafa Erdik, Neura Erturk and Eser Durukal --
_tSeismic Mitigation at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco /
_rDonna Strahan --
_tCase Study: A Review of Seismic Mitigation Efforts for Museums in Greece /
_rConstantine Spyrakos, Ioannis Koutromanos and Charilaos Maniatakis --
_tSeismic Isolation System for the Statue of Hermes at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia /
_rVlasis Koumousis --
_tEarthquake Mitigation at the Seattle Art Museum /
_rNicholas Dorman --
_tCase Studies: The Conservator's Role in Seismic Mitigation of Artwork at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art /
_rJohn W. Hirx --
_tEarthquake Protection of Historic House Collections in California State Parks /
_rNancy Mendez, Karen Hildebrand and Robert Sieger --
_tProtecting Temporary Exhibitions from Earthquakes: Jean-Antoine Houdon: Sculptor of the Enlightenment /
_rBrian Considine and Ziyad Duron --
_tPerformance Expectations for Microcrystalline Waxes for the Seismic Protection of Art Objects /
_rAnne Crowley and Debra F. Laefer --
_tCase Study: Low-Budget Seismic Mitigation Methods for a Museum in Ithaca /
_rVictoria McGuinness.
650 0 _aArt
_xConservation and restoration
650 0 _aMuseum buildings
_xEarthquake effects
650 0 _aEarthquake resistant design
700 _aPodany, Jerry, ed.
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