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art conservation and restoration — Maintenance and preservation of works of art, their protection from future damage, deterioration, or neglect, and the repair or renovation of works that have deteriorated or been damaged. Research in art history has relied heavily on 20th and… … Universalium
Restoration ecology — is the study of renewing a degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystem through active human intervention. Restoration ecology specifically refers to the scientific study that has evolved as recently as the 1980s. Land managers, laypeople, and… … Wikipedia
Restoration — may refer to:In government / politicsA restoration is a historical episode whereby a previous government over an area or jurisdiction is reinstated. Restoration is inclusive also of the period immediately following that episode. For example, the… … Wikipedia
Restoration of the Everglades — The restoration of the Everglades is an ongoing effort to remedy damage inflicted on the environment of southern Florida during the 20th century. As of 2008, it is the most expensive and comprehensive environmental repair attempt in history.… … Wikipedia
repair — Verb: To restore to a sound condition that which is decayed, dilapidated, injured, or partially destroyed. 48 Am J1st Spec A § 47. To restore by renewal or replacement of subsidiary parts of a whole. Hammond v El Dorado Springs, 362 Mo 530, 242… … Ballentine's law dictionary
repair — Restoration of diseased or damaged tissues naturally by healing processes or artificially, as by surgical means. [M.E., fr. O.Fr., fr. L. re paro, fr. re , back, again, + paro, prepare, put in order] chemical r. conversion of a free radical to a… … Medical dictionary
Neues Museum Restoration by David Chipperfield, Berlin (Germany), 2009 — Historical Context The Neues Museum (New Museum) is one of five museums in the Museum Island World Heritage site of Berlin, Germany. Friedrich Wilhelm IV, the “Romantic on the Prussian Throne”, envisioned Museum Island as an internationally… … Wikipedia
repair — I noun adjustment, alteration, amelioration, betterment, correction, cure, fixing, improvement, melioration, mending, overhaul, patching, reanimation, reassembling, reconditioning, reconstruction, recovery, rectification, redintegration,… … Law dictionary
Repair — Re*pair , n. 1. Restoration to a sound or good state after decay, waste, injury, or partial restruction; supply of loss; reparation; as, materials are collected for the repair of a church or of a city. [1913 Webster] Sunk down and sought repair… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Kagyu Samyé Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre — NOTOC Kagyu Samyé Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre is a Tibetan Buddhist complex associated with the Kagyu school located at Eskdalemuir, near Langholm, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.HistoryThe building that now houses Samyé Ling was… … Wikipedia
