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Butabu
Among the Batammaliba of Togo, the word butabu describes a process of moistening earth with water in preparation for building - the prefix and siffix bu referring to the earth and all that is associated with it. Wet earth construction is a complex art based on a sound knowledge of structure and the...Read moreThe Science of Saving Venice
In the old days of the Venetian Republic, the doge would board his golden barge on Ascension Day to be rowed out beyond the lagoon into the waters of the Adriatic. There, he would throw a consecrated ring into the sea, saying “Desponsamus te, mare,” (We wed thee, O sea). On the night of 3 November...Read moreTwo Cheers for London
This past December, two extraordinary mid-eighteenth-century lead sculp - tures from the historic Portuguese pal - ace of Queluz (see ICON, Spring 2004) returned to their native London where they are undergoing a dramatic restora - tion at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Cast by renowned British...Read moreWater Snakes and Killer Spiders
An extraordinary polychromed relief recently found within the Temple of the Moon—a massive ceremonial complex on Peru’s arid North Coast—is providing a window into the ceremonial life of the Moche, whose culture flourished in the early first millennium a.d in the many river valleys that crisscross...Read moreSt. George's Hall, Liverpool
Described by the architectural historian Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as the greatest neoclassical building in the world, St. George’s Hall in Liverpool, England, had been a source of civic pride since its construction in the mid-nineteenth century, housing the city’s law courts, along with a town hall and...Read moreWorld Monuments Fund: Protecting the World’s Treasures
Intervención is an academic journal from the Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía in Mexico, created by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH). It is dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge, research, reflection, and new developments and practices in...Read more