Fabienne Meyer, Sibylle Wulff & Martina Leykamm
How to Rescue Art?
Art is known to save the world. But who saves art? Works of art are unique and irreplaceable. No copy is as good as the original, for it usually remains soulless. Yet works of art are exposed to dangers from all sides: ravenous mites, the ravages of time, sometimes malicious, sometimes clumsy people. The saviours and guardians of art are restorers. They take care of damage and try to prevent it from happening in the first place.
The restorers Fabienne Meyer and Sibylle Wulff, together with the illustrator Martina Leykam, report on the means they use to achieve this, all the things they have to take into account and all the things that can happen to a work of art.
A fabulously instructive as well as virtuously illustrated book that changes the way big and small museum visitors look at and deal with works of art. And a book of the heart, because only by preserving art do we preserve the memory of humanity!
Karl Rauch Verlag
Non-Fiction
Original title: Wie rettet man Kunst?
Age 8+
80 pp | € 30
hc | 240 x 320 mm
Publication: March 2023
Authors: Fabienne Meyer & Sibylle Wulff
Illustrator: Martina Leykamm
Rights sold: Chinese (simpl.), Japanese, Korean, Russian
- How are the Mona Lisa and other works of art protected?
- How do you repair damages?
- With lots of background information
- Art - irreplaceable and part of our society
Awards
- 7 Best Books for Young Readers, April '23
- Toad of the Month (Kröte des Monats), March 2023
- Leselotse, July 2023
- Nominated for Science Book of the Year 2024
- Nominated for the German-French Children's Literature Award 2024
“Incredible insights. Pollutants, fungi, dirt, sunlight, etc. affect works of art. Two conservators report on their care work, which is often as exciting as a thriller. An original, visually highly varied journey of discovery interspersed with a lot of humour.” – Leselotse
“[…] shows that publishers can also create courageous projects, far from the mainstream. […] The fact that all pages, some with an elaborate fold-out function, are kept in a very chic colour spectrum, a mixture of comic, picture and non-fiction book, is a stroke of luck in terms of design and communication.” Christine Paxmann, Eselsohr, February 2023
“As restorers, Meyer and Wulff not only know exactly what they are talking about – they also do it in an exciting and understandable way. Art as a thriller!” – Katja Kraft, Münchner Merkur
” … of course, the better we know art, the more we will enjoy it in terms of our cultural memory. This terrific non-fiction book is not only the first step in this direction, but also an entire art thriller.” – STUBE
“An instructive and excitingly illustrated book about art, the memory of mankind.” – 7 Best Book for Young Readers
“The large format, including elaborate fold-out pages, is spacious enough to show in all its breadth how works are restored and what happens in a museum around an art collection. […] Everything forms a complete work of art, to be read with a wink of the eye. What more could you want!” – Renate Grubert, Börsenblatt
“A lot that is worth knowing, drawn, collaged almost like a graphic novel. Quite interesting, instructive, lovingly executed. […] And the book itself is already a work of art.” – Jürgen Kanold, Südwest Presse
“How to Rescue Art – the title of this large-format and magnificent non-fiction book. […] Such an incredible wealth […] incredibly cleverly composed […] This book belongs in every household. […] Very funny.” – Deutschlandfunk
“Look, read, marvel […] Because the design is simply amazing.” – Sophia Feldmer, Freundin
“Very enjoyable, it simply gives incredibly good insights and a lot of background information.” – Dr Stefan Hauck, Podcast Kinderbuchpraxis
“Magnificently illustrated in the style of a graphic novel, with fold-out pages, photos and collages, everything revolves around the methods of art appreciation […] this book is a work of art about art.” – Marion Klötzer, Badische Zeitung
” […] The non-fiction book itself also has an artistic materiality. It relies on high-quality paper, a graphically sophisticated layout, creative digressions and numerous fictional insertions.” – Heidi Lexe, 1001. Das Magazin für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
“In this opulent children’s non-fiction book, the two authors share their extensive knowledge as restorers and tell the story of art as a thriller.” – Britta Selle, MDR Kultur
“Look, read, marvel […] Because the design is simply awesome.” – Sophia Feldmer, Freundin
“A wonderful and instructive book: it makes you want to discover art, the museum and even an exciting profession, the full versatility of which can be discovered here.” – Eva Hepper, Deutschlandfunk
By the same author and illustrator