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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Art Conservation"”.
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Colorimetric sensor arrays: development and application to art conservation
… on their use in the cultural heritage and art conservation communities. One of Society's most important cultural responsibilities is the preservation of the past for the future. The surest way to protect a cultural heritage material from damage is to control the environment in which it is …
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Investigation into the use of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for organic dye analysis
In art conservation, color is essential to understanding a society's culture and history-as an indicator of beauty, status, religion, and more-but has a tendency to fade and diminish over time. Analytical techniques, particularly that of pigment identification, can reveal the artifact's original …
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Application of FTIR microscopy to cultural heritage materials
Research in art conservation has been developed from the early 1950s, giving a significant contribution to the conservation-restoration of cultural heritage artefacts. In fact, only through a profound knowledge about the nature and conditions of constituent materials, suitable decisions on the …
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Degradation of Cd-yellow pigment: an ab initio study of defects and adsorption of oxygen and water on CdS
… play in the application of materials science to art conservation.
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A Dire Request: The Effects of Public Outreach on the Professionalization of Conservation in the United States
… public representations of modern scientific art conservation to determine their effect on the field’s professionalization efforts, on public understanding of conservation and museums, and how these effects impacted the development of conservation as a profession and a practice in the United …
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Applying Graph Theory to Conservation Documentation
Conservation is the management of change (UNESCO et al 2013). Heritage assets—which include tangible and intangible objects and places–are recognised as non-renewable resources. As conservators, we are merely stewards of these shared assets and the notes and records we create contribute to their …
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How Conservation Has Changed From 1975 to 2005
… of the changes that took place within paper conservation, a section of the practice/occupation of material conservation, in the United Kingdom during the period from 1975 to 2005. In the 1970s, conservation emerged as a distinct practice within the museum sector from two sources: semi-skilled …
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The Reeves Collection: An Investigation into Chinese Botanical Drawings, Their Identification and Conservation
… research revealed their later history. An art historical approach was taken to describe the scientific and aesthetic aspects of the paintings. Materials were investigated using polarized light microscopy (PLM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and chemical tests. Possible …
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A Chemical Comparison of Two Different Oxidizing Bleaches and the History of Early European Paper and Papermaking
… and controversial treatment employed in the conservation of art. The use of a bleach may greatly enhance the quality of an image but at a cost of lost structural integrity. In order to fully consider the ramifications of bleaching a paper artifact, a historical study of early European paper …
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Recovering From Modesty: A Response to theAlteration of An Old Master At Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery
… 1959, the Bob Jones University Gallery of Sacred Art acquired St. Francis Receiving the Christ Child from the Virgin, a large altarpiece by Denys Calvaert. The painting was altered during restoration, as someone painted a wisp of fabric to cover the exposed genitals of the nude Christ Child. Bob …
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State of the art: museum additions and their impact on occupant experience
… takes a critical look at the effects of art museum additions on occupants by addressing key questions: How does museum addition design affect visitors’ and museum employees’ perceptions and experiences of “front stage” areas such as art galleries compared to employees perceptions and …
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Two case studies of the manufacturing techniques & conservation of Baroque wall painting in Malta : Leonello Spada & Mattia Preti
… out over the years and the present state of conservation (through examination of detachments and delamination of the paint layer, salts, flaking paint). Historical research, visual observation of the paintings and diagnostic investigations on the samples collected from these were carried out …