Making and Transforming Art

This volume presents papers from the conference Innovation
through Baseline Proficiencies, addressing the challenges of standardising
practices in Architectural Paint Research amid increasing global collaboration.

The papers in this volume, presented at the Royal Institute of Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA) in Brussels in November 2012, focus on major transformations of works of art, such as updates of format, function, iconography or appearance and their documentation by historical documentary sources. They cover a wide range of art, periods, sources and approaches, from Dioscorides to contemporary installations: Tinguely’s explosive Homage to New York; the evolution and transformation of harpsichords in France in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; the art of anatomical wax models in Spain and neo-Gothic polychromies. The skilful combination of source research with experimental reconstruction and analysis is illustrated in studies of anthocyanin colorants in medieval European illuminators’ workshops, and of tempera paint around 1900. Research on artists’ materials such as vermilion and zinc white, refers to patents, inventories, diaries and chronicles. The interpretation and transmission of sources in central to several papers. Innovative databases of art technological sources are also presented.

Standards, Working procedures, demands in tendering processes

Baseline proficiencies for Architectural Paint Research: Replacing the ‘Goldilocks Standard’ - Helen Hughes

Promoting Architectural Paint Research in Sweden through accessibility of samples and results - Kathrin Hinrichs Degerblad

Establishing Standards for Architectural Paint Research at Historic New England - Benjamin Haavik

It’s Open to Interpretation: A Study in Writing Paint Research Reports for the Entire Project Team - Jennifer Cappeto

Tracing the making of the painted stone portal of Ryning palace, Stockholm - Anna Henningsson and Alexandru Babos

Identification of zinc-based paints in cross-section: a comparative study of autofluorescent behavior, TSQ fluorochrome stain and elemental composition with SEM-EDS - Kirsten Travers Moffitt and Catherine Matsen

The use of fire retardant surface treatment in and on historic buildings - Barbro Wedvik

Exterior colour schemes of dwellings in the historic centre of Visby 1860–1930: architectural paint research and the preservation of townscape - Max Laserna

Interdisciplinary communication between professionals

Architectural Paint Research – How to improve the interaction between client, commissioner and executor - Keynote speaker: Jon Brænne

Facilitating awareness of a shared challenge - Bernice Crijns

Architectural Paint Research: Exploring the architectural qualities of colour - Angelique Friedrichs

Gunnebo House: Historic interiors research for conservation of architectural paint through an international, interdisciplinary collaboration following proposed APR standards - Stephan Günther and Maria Höijer

Architectural Paint Research in the ceiling of the Gallery of Charles XI – what we learned - Kristin Fyrand

Twelve Years in Topeka: Struggles and Successes in a Phased Restoration - Bryon Roesselet

How communication of research findings resulted in reconstruction of Chipolin painted surfaces at the Hermitage Castle in Denmark - Line Bregnhøi

Old National Archives - Ewa Björdell and Johan Rittsel

Addressing the Challenges of Modern Paint Materials: Paint Colour Quality - Craig Oleszewski

Promoting architectural paint research to users and public, empowering and educating decision makers

Collaborating to Reveal, Interpret and Restore 1860s Decoration in Richard Upjohn’s Grace Church (Brooklyn, New York) - Amanda Stauffer Park

From Pauper to Prince: Re-interpreting St. John’s Colonial Building through Decorative Finishes - Stephanie M. Hoagland

Changing minds through sharing research: the preservation of historic Damascene Ê¿ajami rooms - Anke Scharrahs

Danish church interiors, research into colour change, and knowledge of colour history used as tools in the decision-making process toward preserving church cultural heritage - Karin V. Kristiansen

Tartu Art College’s role in Historic Interior Research in Estonia - Heli Tuksam

The Van Doesburg Rinsema project in Drachten and Amsterdam. An unorthodox consonant - Mariël Polman, Luc Megens, Paulo Martina and Arie Wallert

• Edited by Hélène Dubois
• Edited by Joyce H. Townsend
• Edited by Jilleen Nadolny
• Edited by Sigrid Eyb-Green
• Edited by Stefanos Kroustallis
• Edited by Sylvie Neven