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Dyes in History and Archaeology 21
edited by Jo Kirby
The trade in dyestuffs has played an important role in the economic history of many nations. In medieval Europe this is demonstrated by the important place held by woad in the...
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Preparation for Painting
edited by Joyce H. Townsend, Tiarna Doherty, Gunnar Heydenreich and Jacqueline Ridge
The aesthetic qualities of a painted work of art are determined by composition, the colours used and the application method. Equally important are the support and its preparat...
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Greek Painting Techniques and Materials
by Ioanna Kakouli
A technical study of ancient Greek painting techniques in comparison with Egyptian and Roman methods, which provides a greater understanding of the social and technical struct...
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Paint and Piety
edited by Noëlle L.W. Streeton and Kaja Kollandsrud
These collected essays on medieval painting and polychrome sculpture draw on a spectrum of vantage points and methodologies for studying the phenomena of painting over c.450 y...
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Medieval Painting in Northern Europe
edited by Jilleen Nadolny
An in-depth analysis of many aspects of medieval painting technique, at the same time providing a much-needed entry into the rich Scandinavian scholarship which has been large...
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Structure, Design and Technique of the Bamiyan Buddhist Caves
edited by Kazuya Yamauchi and Tamaki Suzuki
Since the two Giant Buddhas at the Bamiyan site in Afghanistan were tragically ravaged in March 2001, international specialists from Japan, Germany and Italy, under the coordi...
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Mural Paintings of the Silk Road
edited by Tomoko Uno, Yoko Taniguchi and Kazuya Yamauchi
Along the great Silk Road, numerous objects of cultural heritage survive as witnesses to the mingling of indigenous cultures with 'foreign' cultures. One type of surviving wit...
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Drawing Archaeological Finds
edited by Nick Griffiths and Anne Jenner
This ever popular handbook is aimed at students and others who wish to learn the techniques of artefact illustration, regardless of their level of ability or previous experien...
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Arab Paper
by Joseph von Karabacek
Bibliophiles in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century began to take a serious interest in the manuscripts of the Middle East and the paper on which they were written. Pe...
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Lining Paintings
edited by Caroline Villers
The Conference on Comparative Lining Techniques held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich is legendary. It was the first major conference solely concerned with the struc...
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Dyes in History and Archaeology 19
edited by Jo Kirby
At what point does romantic invention become tradition, legend blend into historical fact? Surely the tartan of Bonnie Prince Charlie, that epitome of folklore, was dyed in th...
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The Fabric of Images
edited by Caroline Villers
During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, painting on textile supports was carried out side by side with panel painting all over Europe. So few works survive that this im...
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Dyes in History and Archaeology 20
edited by Jo Kirby
Until the 19th century, the dyes available to decorate all the objects of art and everyday life were obtained from naturally occurring raw materials. It was well known that so...
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Dyes in History and Archaeology 18
by Jo Kirby
Indigo has a powerful hold on the imagination - as evidenced by the traditional picture of Ancient Britons coloured blue with woad indigo - but, until now, the actual applicat...
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Protein Facts
by Mary-Lou E. Florian
This book is designed to help collections managers, conservators, curators, collectors and students (of materials and material culture) to understand the properties of the mat...
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Cleaning Painted Surfaces
by Richard Wolbers
There is no layer of a painting where we are fully satisfied with our present understanding of its material structure, and its deterioration over time. Most research carried o...
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Conservation of Paintings
by Gustav A. Berger and William H. Russell
Gustav Berger is internationally recognized as one of the most innovative thinkers in the field of paintings conservation. As an active contributor to professional conferences...
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Scientific Research in the Field of Asian Art
edited by Paul Jett
The realm of Asian art is vast, covering half the world, from the edge of Europe east to the tip of North America and from the Artic Circle south to the equator. In time, too,...
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Changing Pictures
by Margriet van Eikema Hommes
Today, 15th-17th-century oil paintings usually look different from the way they looked originally due to the ageing of the pigments and media used by the artist. While some ar...
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The Transfer of Wall Paintings
by Isabelle Brajer
The heyday of detaching and transferring wallpaintings is over, a result of shifting values in conservation and the development of solutions for in situ treatment. Transfers w...
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Pigments of English Medieval Wall Painting
by Helen Howard
In Pigments of English Medieval Wall Painting, Helen Howard demonstrates that the techniques of wall painting in medieval England were far more complex than had previously bee...
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The Broad Spectrum
edited by Harriet K. Stratis and Britt Salvesen
Three hundred conservators, conservation scientists, curators, art historians, and students from twenty-two countries assembled at The Art Institute of Chicago in October 1999...
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State Beds and Throne Canopies
by Val Davies
State Beds and Throne Canopies: Care and Conservation is the first publication to concentrate solely on state beds and throne canopies in England, covering not only their hist...
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Microanalysis of Parchment
edited by René Larsen
Parchment in the form of manuscripts, scrolls, charters, book covers and substrata for artworks, makes a major contribution to the most valuable objects of European cultural h...
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The Art of All Colours
by Mark Clarke
Much was written in mediaeval times concerning the preparation and use of artists' materials, and we are fortunate that many of these manuscripts survive. They vary from lengt...
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Gilded Metals
edited by Terry Drayman-Weisser
Gold has been celebrated as a symbol of luxury, wealth, and power throughout history and around the world. This rare metal is prized for its color, its unique luster, its spec...
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Conservation and Maintenance of Contemporary Public Art
edited by Hafthor Yngvason
While the public art field has grown rapidly over the last three decades, little attention has been paid to preservation. Artworks that were installed with great effort are no...
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Scientific Analysis of Ancient and Historic Textiles
edited by Rob Janaway and Paul Wyeth
Papers in this volume cover various aspects of the deterioration of textiles and the different scientific techniques that can be applied to investigate the characteristics of ...
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Barkcloth
edited by Margot M. Wright
Barkcloth or 'tapa' has a history that spans centuries, countries and a multitude of uses: from ceremonial dress in Papua New Guinea and Tahiti to a low-status substitute for ...
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Practical Gilding
by Ann Mactaggart and Peter Mactaggart
The aim of Practical Gilding is to demystify the processes of gilding. Descriptions and explanations of the materials, equipment and traditional, professional methods of oil a...
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Conservation Science 2002
edited by Joyce H. Townsend, Katherine Eremin and Annemie Adriaens
The recently established Institute of Conservation Science (ICS) celebrated its formation with a conference held in Edinburgh in May 2002, attended by conservation scientists ...
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In the Saddle
edited by Lauren Gilmour
There is no need to delve deeply into English history to appreciate the importance of the horse and its saddle. Saddles carried Roman, Saxon and Norman invaders across Britain...
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Artists' Pigments c. 1600-1835
by R.D. Harley
Between the late sixteenth century and early nineteenth centuries the artist's world underwent great and significant change; by the end of this period the transition from medi...
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Painted Altar Frontals of Norway, 1250 - 1350, Volumes 1-3
by Anne Wichstrom, Nigel J. Morgan, Erla B. Hohler and Unn Plahter
This handsome, lavishly illustrated, three-volume boxed set is the culmination of research by an international team of art historians and scientists.
Painted alta...
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Pollutants in the Museum Environment
by Pamela B. Hatchfield
For centuries the world's art and artifacts have been brought into museums and collections in an attempt to preserve them and the cultural history they represent. Yet it has b...
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Dyes in History and Archaeology 16/17
edited by Jo Kirby
Interest in all aspects of dyestuffs has grown considerably since an informal meeting of researchers twenty years ago developed into the annual meetings of Dyes in History and...
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Natural Dyes
by Dominique Cardon
At a time when more and more plants and animals are threatened with extinction by humanity's ever-increasing pressure on the land and oceans of the planet, this book sets out ...
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Art of the Past
edited by Mark Clarke, Joyce H. Townsend and Ad Stijnman
Recipe books, treatises and manuals on artists' materials, tools and methods are of fundamental importance for an understanding of how art objects were made. Historically accu...
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Modern Art
edited by IJsbrand Hummelen and Dionne Sillé
The conservation of contemporary art should not be a static process carried out behind closed doors but dynamic and open to discourse. New media and new materials constantly p...
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Big Pictures
edited by Sally Woodcock
Big pictures offer challenges far greater than an enlarged surface area and outsize dimensions, and this publication documents situations faced by both conservators and curato...
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Paint Research in Building Conservation
edited by Line Bregnhoi, Helen Hughes, Jenni Lindbom, Tone Marie Olstad and Edwin Verweij
Over the past twenty years, architectural paint research has developed rapidly as a discipline that provides insights into the use of historic paint and the history and develo...
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Conservation and Care of Glass Objects
by Stephen P. Koob
This book is designed to aid conservators in understanding the materials used in the conservation and restoration of glass objects. Principles and methods involved in the clea...
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All Manner of Murals
edited by Robert Gowing and Robyn Pender
Terrifying beasts, imaginary landscapes, portraits and ornaments - All Manner of Murals celebrates the many ways we have decorated our day-to-day lives with wall paintings. Mu...
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Retouching of Art on Paper
by Tina Grette Poulsson
Retouching, the process employed by paper conservators to replace damaged or lost areas of media, is carried out directly on the original item or on paper infills. Interventiv...
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The Nebamun Wall Paintings
edited by Andrew Middleton and Ken Uprichard
The eleven wall painting fragments from the tomb-chapel of Nebamun that were brought to the British Museum in the early 19th century have long been recognised as some of the f...
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The Public Face of Conservation
edited by Emily Williams
Despite conservation's long history of outreach and the energy that is currently going into presenting the field to museum audiences and others, outreach remains underrepresen...
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The Future of the 20th Century
edited by Cordelia Rogerson and Paul Garside
The papers in this volume consider the existence and preservation of modern materials in the textile field. This publication presents modern textiles as a subject in its own r...
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Metals and Mines
edited by Susan La Niece, Duncan Hook and Paul T. Craddock
In the 30 years since the first British Museum volume dedicated to the scientific study of early metallurgy, there has been great progress in understanding the diversity of pr...
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Scientific Research on the Sculptural Arts of Asia
edited by Janet G. Douglas, Paul Jett and John Winter
Throughout Asia's history, sculptural arts have encompassed a variety of processes, including carving, modeling, casting, and assembling. Scientific investigations presented i...
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Artists' Pigments
edited by Barbara H. Berrie
This is the fourth volume in the series Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of their History and Characteristics published by National Gallery of Art in association with Archetype P...
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Trade in Artists' Materials
edited by Jo Kirby, Susie Nash and Joanna Cannon
Where did artists buy their materials? Who prepared them? What did they cost? Where did they come from, and how? This volume draws together the international research in this ...
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Textiles and Text
edited by Maria Hayward and Elizabeth Kramer
This publication focuses on the interrelationship between archival and bibliographic research and the study of extant objects. Papers consider how archival and bibliographic r...
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The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 1
edited by David Saunders
This bulletin, is the first volume of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bul...
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Art Technology
edited by Stefanos Kroustallis, Joyce H. Townsend, Elena Cenalmor Bruquetas, Ad Stijnman and Margarita San Andres Moya
The study of art technology has gained importance in recent decades as a relevant source of information, not only for determining the material history of an art object, but al...
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East Asian Paintings
by John Winter
This book brings together what is known of the material aspects of the paintings of East Asia (China, Japan and Korea), covering the components used, painting structures, cert...
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Conservation Science 2007
edited by Joyce H. Townsend, Lucia Toniolo and Francesca Cappitelli
Conservation Science 2007 was organised jointly by the Institute of Conservation (Icon) Heritage Science Group (formerly the Institute of Conservation Science, ICS, at the tim...
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The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 2
edited by David Saunders
This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers...
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Emblems for a Queen
by Michael Bath
The many pieces of embroidery by Mary Queen of Scots or by Elizabeth Countess of Shrewsbury ('Bess of Hardwick') are among the best-known and most fascinating examples of hist...
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Blue Pigments
by François Delamare
In the natural world, blue rocks from which objects can be fashioned are rare - a few marbles, lapis-lazuli and related rocks, and minerals containing copper. However those wh...
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Architectural Finishes in the Built Environment
edited by Mary A. Jablonski and Catherine R. Matsen
Architectural paint research is a field that has grown and expanded beyond painted finishes into the wider realm of architectural finishes. As research continues in the field,...
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Holding It All Together
edited by Janet Ambers, Catherine Higgitt, Lynne Harrison and David Saunders
Understanding the choices, materials and techniques involved when an object was originally put together and the repair and renewal processes that it has undergone can be vital...
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The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 3
edited by David Saunders
This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers...
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Metallurgy and Civilisation
edited by Jianjun Mei and Thilo Rehren
The papers presented here provide a good overview of the breadth and depth of current archaeometallurgical research related to Asia and beyond. Many of the issues raised in th...
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Mixing and Matching
edited by Rebecca Ellison, Patricia Smithen and Rachel Turnbull
Methods of retouching, or inpainting, vary according to personal preference - the media, pigments and techniques used are each chosen to suit the individual object. A wealth o...
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Art, Conservation and Authenticities
edited by Erma Hermens and Tina Fiske
To identify exactly what constitutes an artwork's 'authentic' state can be problematic and challenging; maintaining or displaying it as such even more so. 'Authenticity' is on...
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Sources and Serendipity
edited by Erma Hermens and Joyce H. Townsend
The papers in this volume focus on the exploration of artists' practice found in the evidence recorded in visual and written documents, treatises, manuals, correspondence, led...
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Die Reinigung von Malschichtoberflächen
by Richard Wolbers
Wir können nicht behaupten, mit unserem gegenwärtigen Wissen über Materialstrukturen von Malschichten und deren zeitbedingtem Abbau wirklich zufrieden zu sein. Der Grosst...
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The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 4
edited by David Saunders
This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers...
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Pigments and Power in the Andes
by Gabriela Siracusano
This book is the result of a study of cultural practices related to the uses of colouring materials in the South American Andean region during the colonial period (sixteenth-e...
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Decorated Surfaces on Ancient Egyptian Objects
edited by J. Dawson, Christina Rozeik and M.M. Wright
From monumental tomb paintings to delicate ivories, ancient Egyptian objects are some of the most complex and fragile encountered by archaeologists, curators and conservators....
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Italian Renaissance Drawings
edited by Janet Ambers, Catherine Higgitt and David Saunders
The drawings discussed in this book, published in association with the British Museum, were included in the exhibition, Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance Drawings,...
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Early Metal Mining and Production
by Paul T. Craddock
This book provides a comprehensive history of the early development of extractive metallurgy, and has become the standard textbook for many students of ancient metallurgy. The...
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East Asian Lacquer
edited by Shayne Rivers, Rupert Faulkner and Boris Pretzel
A key consequence of the western discovery of sixteenth-century Japan was the emergence of workshops producing lacquerware for the European market. As with East Asian porcelai...
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Studying Old Master Paintings
edited by Marika Spring
The papers in this volume constitute a substantial body of work that provides a wide-ranging overview of current research on the technology and practice of Old Master painting...
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Mediaeval Painters' Materials and Techniques
by Mark Clarke
The anonymous Montpellier Liber diversarum arcium ('Book of Various Arts') contains the most complete set of instructions in the craft of medieval painting to have survived to...
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Historical Technology, Materials and Conservation
edited by Nigel Meeks, Caroline Cartwright, Andrew Meek and Aude Mongiatti
In the decades since it was first used to examine works of art and archaeological pieces, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has become an essential tool in any museum or gall...
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Damascene 'ajami Rooms
by Anke Scharrahs
This beautifully illustrated volume provides a unique insight into a sophisticated historical technique which was employed to adorn private interiors in traditional Arab court...
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The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 5
edited by David Saunders
This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers...
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Ciencia para los restauradores
translated by Laura Fuster-Lopez and Dolores Julia Yusa-Marco
Este libro es una guía que introduce a los restauradores en todas aquellas cuestiones científicas implícitas tanto en los mecanismos de deterioro que experimentan las obras de...
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English Panel Paintings 1400-1558
by Audrey M. Baker
The art of East Anglia was pre-eminent during the late thirteenth and the first half of the fourteenth century. Wooden screens with painted panels were one of the most essenti...
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Perspectives on the Painting Technique of Jan van Eyck
by Noëlle L.W. Streeton
Conservators and art historians have relied heavily on scientific evidence from the Ghent Altarpiece to support theories about the working methods and materials of Jan van Eyc...
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Engraving and Etching 1400-2000
by Ad Stijnman
This book, published by Archetype Publications in association with HES & DE GRAAF Publishers, surveys the history of the techniques of engraving, etching and plate printing - ...
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Scientific Research on Ancient Asian Metallurgy
edited by Paul Jett, Blythe McCarthy and Janet G. Douglas
The use of scientific methods to study works of art began at the Freer Gallery of Art in 1951 with the work of R. J. Gettens. While Mr. Gettens was active in many fields of re...
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The Artist's Process
edited by Sigrid Eyb-Green, Joyce H. Townsend, Mark Clarke, Jilleen Nadolny and Stefanos Kroustallis
The overall theme of this volume is the artistic process as manifested in the artwork itself and as documented in visual and written sources. While many of the papers look at ...
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Artists' Pigments
edited by Robert L. Feller
This is the first volume in the series Artists' Pigments: A Handbook of their History and Characteristics published by National Gallery of Art in association with Archetype Pu...
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On the Trail of Bosch and Bruegel
edited by Erma Hermens
The four paintings investigated in this book all depict Christ driving the traders from the temple. They are alike yet different with echoes of Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Hi...
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Turquoise in Mexico and North America
edited by J.C.H. King, Max Carocci, Caroline Cartwright, Colin McEwan and Rebecca Stacey
Turquoise, as a gemstone or as a decorative part of an object, has a fascinating history of discovery and use in Mexico and North America. This blue-green opaque mineral has b...
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The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 6
edited by David Saunders
This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers...
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Conservation of Archaeological Ships and Boats
by Per Hoffmann
Behind each archaeological shipwreck recovery lies a team of highly skilled specialists: divers, archaeologists, engineers, scientists, conservators, curators, historians, des...
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The Luminous Trace
by Thea Burns
The origins of metalpoint (silverpoint, goldpoint, etc.) drawing are widely thought to lie in classical antiquity. The Luminous Trace investigates the artefactual and literary...
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Moving Collections
edited by Ida Antonia Tank Bronken, Susan Braovac, Tone Marie Olstad and Anne Apalnes Ørnhoi
Moving Collections: Processes and Consequences is the result of an initiative from the Norwegian section of the Nordic Conservators Association (NKF-N) which organised a confe...
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In Artists' Footsteps
edited by Lucy Wrapson, Jenny Rose, Rose Miller and Spike Bucklow
In Artists' Footsteps explores the technical study and reconstruction of Old Master paintings and pigments from the medieval to the modern period. The contributions from exper...
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Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks IX
edited by David Saunders, Matija Strlic, Capucine Korenberg, Naomi Luxford and Karen Birkhölzer
The papers in this volume were presented as papers or posters at the ninth meeting dedicated to the use of lasers in the conservation of artworks (LACONA), hosted by the Briti...
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Adhesives and Consolidants in Painting Conservation
edited by Angelina Barros D'Sa, Lizzie Bone, Rhiannon Clarricoates and Alexandra Gent
Adhesives and consolidants used in the conservation of paintings (e.g. for lining, the laying down of paint flakes, the application of temporary facings etc, can have very var...
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Desalination of Historic Buildings, Stone and Wall Paintings
edited by Alison Heritage, Adrian Heritage and Fulvio Zezza
The papers collected in this volume are the fruits of the Desalination project - a European research project which involved representatives of the private sector, universities...
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Setting the Scene
edited by Nicola Costaras and Christina Young
The potential for large sizes, portability and versatility for religious objects including banners, hangings, altarpieces and palls was the impetus for the emergence of fabric...
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Conservation in the Nineteenth Century
edited by Isabelle Brajer
The papers in this volume, presented at the conference Conservation in the Nineteenth Century, suggest that we should not think of the nineteenth century as a time solely mark...
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Art of Merit
edited by David Park, Kuenga Wangmo and Sharon Cather
Buddhist art - its nature, creation, function, conservation and contemporary manifestations - was the subject of the Buddhist Art Forum, a major conference held at The Courtau...
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The Renaissance Workshop
edited by David Saunders, Marika Spring and Andrew Meek
The papers in this volume illustrate the way in which various types of technical evidence, derived from scientific examination and analysis, can contribute to the understandin...
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The World of Iron
edited by Jane Humphris and Thilo Rehren
Iron continues to be one of the most important materials produced and used by humanity. Its ductility when heated and its strength when cooled has allowed those with the neces...
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Unravelling Textiles
by Foekje Boersma
This book (first published in the Netherlands as Op de keper beschouwd. Handboek voor het behoud van textielcollecties), sets out to present the basic information necessary fo...
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Authenticity and Replication
edited by Rebecca Gordon, Erma Hermens and Frances Lennard
What is the 'real thing' in cultural heritage? The papers in this book address the concepts of authenticity and replication for the interpretation, display and conservation of...
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Climate for Collections
edited by Jonathan Ashley-Smith, Andreas Burmester and Melanie Eibl
The debate about environmental standards for museum collections has by no means been resolved. Climate change, ever increasing energy bills, the complexity of air-conditioning...
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Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin number 4, 2013
by Lucy Wrapson
This volume is the fourth in what is now to become a regular biennial publication which will present the recent research of past and present staff and students (including earl...
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The Four Seasons Tapestries at Hatfield House
by Michael Bath
Woven for Sir John Tracy of Toddington, Gloucestershire, in the late-sixteenth or early-seventeenth century, the Four Seasons tapestries - now at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire...
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French Bronze Sculpture
edited by David Bourgarit, Jane Bassett, Francesca Bewer, Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, Philippe Malgouyres and Guilhem Scherf
The papers in this volume shed light on the production of important French bronze sculptures, as well as decorative and utilitarian objects, dating between the 16th and 18th c...
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Inca Sacred Space
edited by Frank Meddens, Katie Willis, Colin McEwan and Nicholas Branch
This book focuses on one of the most significant manifestations of Inca sacred space - the 'ushnu' - a place of sacrifice, ritual and celebration, where the sun god was worshi...
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European Paintings 15th-18th Century
edited by Erma Hermens
Inspired by the European project, Bosch & Bruegel: Four Paintings Magnified, this book contains papers from the international conference Copying, Replicating & Emulating Paint...
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The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 7
edited by David Saunders
This bulletin, is part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum. The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin offers...
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Textiles, Technical Practice, and Power in the Andes
edited by Denise Y. Arnold and Penny Dransart
This book explores the importance of textiles in Andean societies, past and present, as vital indicators of regional ideas about technique and technology, and the ways these i...
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Between Formula and Freestyle
by Troels Filtenborg
As the most important Danish history painter, Nicolai Abildgaard (1743-1809) worked in a century that saw marked shifts in the styles of painting, from the late Baroque via Ro...
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For Tomorrow
edited by Ruxandra Demetrescu, Diana Dochia and Roxana Radvan
Alexandru Radvan, a man with astounding creative energies, is one of the most prominent contemporary artists in Romania and his art not only fits into the art historical tradi...
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Let the Material Talk
This book, published in association with the Doerner Institut, is the English language edition of Die Sprache des Materials, published by Deutscher Kunstverlag, and presents t...
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Paintings in the Laboratory
by Karin Groen
This volume reflects and celebrates the life of Karin Groen (1941-2013) and her work in the scientific examination of paintings. It contains a selection of her ground breaking...
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Natural Colorants for Dyeing and Lake Pigments
by Jo Kirby, Maarten van Bommel and André Verhecken
How did textiles dyers manipulate the natural dyes at their disposal to obtain the colours we see on fabrics and tapestries in museum collections today? How did colour makers ...
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Architectural Paint Research
edited by Rachel Faulding and Sue Thomas
The 4th International Architectural Paint Research Conference in 2010 illustrated the developing maturity of a discipline confident in its position within the heritage sector....
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Conserving Context
edited by Gerry Alabone
The conference papers contained in this volume explore the manner in which the significance of objects relates to their collection and setting as interdependent elements of th...
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Material Characterization Tests
by Werner S. Zimmt, Scott Carroll and Nancy Odegaard
The first edition of this book was welcomed not only by the conservation profession but also by those working in archaeology and museums who need to know from what materials o...
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Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin number 5, 2014
edited by Jenny Rose and Lucy Wrapson
This volume is the fifth in what is now to become a regular biennial publication which presents the recent research into the conservation, structure, materials, history etc. o...
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Integrated Pest Management in Cultural Heritage
by David Pinniger
Integrated Pest Management in Cultural Heritage is a practical, colour- illustrated, working handbook for the curator, conservator and all persons concerned with the managemen...
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The Picture so Far
edited by Abigail Granville, Laura Hinde, Sophie Plender, Hayley Tomlinson and Nancy Wade
The conference papers in this volume look back over the people, places and occurrences which shaped the first 50 years of painting conservation practice and development - part...
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Identification of Vegetable Fibres
edited by Dorothy Catling and John Grayson
Identification of plants or parts of plants is essential to disciplines ranging from forensic science to paper technology and art conservation. In this book (an Archetype repr...
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Cennino Cennini's Il Libro dell'Arte
by Lara Broecke
This book, a new translation (with introduction and notes) of Il Libro dell'Arte, marks a great step forward in our understanding of Cennino Cennini - his life and times - and...
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Current Technical Challenges in the Conservation of Paintings
edited by Angelina Barros D'Sa, Lizzie Bone, Rhiannon Clarricoates and Helen Dowding
As artists have increasingly utilised modern materials and techniques, it has presented the conservator with a host of new and complex problems that need to be addressed. As s...
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Sources on Art Technology
edited by Sigrid Eyb-Green, Joyce H. Townsend, Stefanos Kroustallis, Kathrin Pilz and Idelette van Leeuwen
A collection of papers from the 2014 biennial ATSR symposium investigating the uses of source material for historical research and the conservation of art today.
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A Perfect Ground
by Maartje Stols-Witlox
Grounds, or preparatory layers, form the basis upon which all artistic paintings are executed and can have a great impact on the 'success' of a painting, influencing both its ...
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Authenticity in Transition
edited by Erma Hermens and Frances Robertson
This volume contains papers from the NeCCAR 2014 conference "Authenticity in Transition". The papers debate the various ways that changing artistic practices affect our interp...
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The British Museum Technical Research Bulletin, Volume 9
edited by David Saunders
This bulletin, part of an annual series which Archetype Publications publishes in association with the British Museum, offers a forum to show a dynamic behind-the-scenes glimp...
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Public Paintings by Edvard Munch and his Contemporaries
edited by Tine Froysaker, Noëlle L.W. Streeton, Harmut Kutzke, Françoise Hanssen-Bauer and Biljana Topalova-Casadiego
The papers in this book (published in association with University of Oslo Conservation Studies (IAKH)) address the changes in appearance in Munch's 19th- and 20th-century pain...
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Northern European Metalpoint Drawings
edited by Joanna Russell, Judith Rayner and Jenny Bescoby
This volume presents the results of a comprehensive non-invasive technical examination of 30 northern European metalpoint drawings in the collection of the British Museum, mos...
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Colour Change in Paintings
edited by Rhiannon Clarricoates, Helen Dowding and Alexandra Gent
Changes in colour may completely alter the way we see a painting. From blue leaves in a still life, to the blue walls in Van Gogh's bedroom, our perception of a painting can b...
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Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin number 6, 2016
edited by Lucy Wrapson
This volume is the sixth in this biennial series which presents the recent research into the conservation, structure, materials, history etc. of paintings by past and present ...
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Dyes from Nature
by Riikka Raisanen, Anja Primetta and Kirsi Niinimaki
Plants, algae, fungi and insects have been used as dye sources for centuries. Focusing on the sources of dyes that grow wild, or are suitable for cultivation, in Northern Euro...
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Iron and Steel in Art
by Gerhard Eggert and David A. Scott
This book will be of interest to all who seek to further their understanding of iron artefacts, their corrosion, conservation and pigments based on iron compounds, which manki...
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Compositiones variae
by Thea Burns
The 'Compositiones variae' is the earliest extant medieval collection of artisanal recipes. Translated into Latin from a Hellenistic source and copied at Lucca, it is said to ...
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Picasso, Picabia, Ernst
edited by Joyce H. Townsend, Annette King and Adèle Wright
Picasso, Picabia and Ernst were what might be described as true Europeans, settled in Paris but with origins in other European countries, bringing their own culture and experi...
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Gels in the Conservation of Art
edited by Lora Angelova, Bronwyn Ormsby, Joyce H. Townsend and Richard Wolbers
This book contains the pre-printed papers and posters which were then presented at the Gels in Conservation conference, London 2017, plus an Appendix by Richard Wolbers 'Termi...
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Early Indian Metallurgy
by K.T.M. Hegde, L.K. Gurjar, L. Willies, edited by P. T. Craddock
Most studies of ancient technology have hitherto been based on the civilisations of the Mediterranean and Middle East, especially those of Egypt, Greece and Rome.
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Studying the European Visual Arts 1800-1850
edited by Joyce H. Townsend and Abbie Vandivere
The papers in this volume were presented at the CATS two-day technical art history conference which had as its theme Technology & Practice: Studying the European Visual Arts 1...
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The Diversity of Dyes
edited by Jo Kirby Atkinson
Historical and archaeological research has revealed the importance of colour for our forefathers in every aspect of life. Much of this colour was provided by dyes, initially f...
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A Changing Art
edited by Nicola Costaras, Kate Lowry, Helen Glanville, Pippa Balch, Victoria Sutcliffe and Polly Saltmarsh
Paintings made in the 19th century are an extremely diverse group, and have frequently been found to present particular challenges to the conservator. These papers (which were...
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Engaging Conservation
edited by Nina Owczarek, Molly Gleeson and Lynn A. Grant
When conservators and allied professionals act as a unified force, the synergistic effect offers greater creativity, flexibility, and diplomacy than any single voice can creat...
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The Conservation of Sculpture Parks
edited by Sagita Sunara and Andrew Thorn
The contributions to this volume address aspects relating to the preservation, maintenance and protection of open-air sculpture and sculptural landscapes based on case studies...
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Tempera Painting 1800 - 1950
edited by Patrick Dietemann, Wibke Neugebauer, Eva Ortner, Renate Poggendorf, Eva Reinkowski-Häfner and Heike Stege
The papers and posters in this volume were presented at the international conference Tempera Painting between 1800 and 1950: Experiments and Innovations from the Nazarene Move...
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Macro to Micro
edited by Mary A. Jablonski and Kirsten Travers Moffitt
The papers in this volume were presented by paint analysts, painters and decorators, architectural and art conservators, preservation architects, heritage managers, materials ...
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Art on Paper
edited by Judith Rayner, Joanna M. Kosek and Birthe Christensen
Mounting and housing of works of art on paper have always had an important influence on both the survival and the appreciation of the work. Many dangers of a physical, biologi...
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Biodeterioration and Preservation
edited by Ralph Mitchell and Jennifer Clifford
The world's monuments, art objects and archaeology are at increasing risk of deterioration from environmental threats e.g. climate change, air pollution, and tourism.
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Tricks of the Medieval Trades
by Mark Clarke
The anonymous Trinity Encyclopedia (translated here from Middle English for the first time) is a collection of unusually detailed 14th century English craft recipes, collected...
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Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin number 7, 2018
edited by Lucy Wrapson, Adèle Wright, Spike Bucklow and Christine Braybrook
This volume is the seventh in this biennial series which presents the recent research into the conservation, structure, materials, history etc. of paintings by past and presen...
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Migrants
edited by Lucy Wrapson, Victoria Sutcliffe, Sally Woodcock and Spike Bucklow
Artistic production and the preservation of cultural property have always been subject to the ebb and flow of international influences. Major factors have included the supply ...
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Interactions of Water with Paintings
edited by Rhiannon Clarricoates, Helen Dowding and Adèle Wright
This volume contains the papers presented at the ICON Paintings Group conference 'Wet Paint - Interactions between Water and Paintings' held in Edinburgh on 12th October 2018....
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On the Ethics of Cultural Heritage Conservation
by Salvador Muñoz Viñas
On the Ethics of Cultural Heritage Conservation is a collection of previously published papers, original texts based on lectures delivered by the author and several pieces wri...
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Trading Paintings and Painters' Materials 1550-1800
edited by Anne Haack Christensen and Angela Jager
The papers in this volume were presented at the CATS international technical art history conference Trading Paintings and Painters' Materials 1550-1800 which explored internat...
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Woven Tapestry
by Ksynia Marko
From the Middle Ages, tapestries with figurative or other ornament were used by royalty and aristocrats to furnish their palaces and houses. While often observed as two dimens...
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Tales of the Unexpected
edited by Mary Kempski, Jo Kirby, Victoria Leanse and Kristina Mandy
Conservators' prolonged proximity to paintings makes them ideally placed to notice anything unusual or surprising which might arise during examination or treatment. Ensuing in...
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Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin number 8, 2020
edited by Adèle Wright, Sally Woodcock, Lucy Wrapson, Christine Braybrook and Felicity Campbell
This volume is the eighth in this biennial series which presents the recent research into the conservation, structure, materials, history etc. of paintings by past and present...
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Rembrandt Conservation Histories
edited by Esther Van Duijn and Petria Noble
Important masterpieces in museum collections, such as the paintings by Rembrandt, often have the dubious honour of having undergone numerous conservation treatments in the pas...
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Cultural Heritage Microbiology
edited by Ralph Mitchell, Jennifer Clifford and Archana Vasanthakumar
This volume focuses on recent developments in the investigation of the role of microbes associated with historic materials. Contributions from world-renowned scientists descri...
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Scientific Studies of Pigments in Chinese Paintings
edited by Blythe McCarthy and Jennifer Giaccai
This book is the first in-depth study of colorants in Chinese paintings on silk or paper and for the first time they have been compiled into a single volume which provides an ...
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Ground Layers in European Painting 1550-1750
edited by Anne Haack Christensen, Angela Jager and Joyce H. Townsend
The majority of the papers in this volume were presented at the CATS international technical art history conference in June 2019 titled Mobility Creates Masters - Discovering ...
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Dyes in History and Archaeology 33/34
edited by Jo Kirby
The nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a time of change in the technology of dyes and dyeing: brilliantly coloured synthetic dyes came onto the market and were welc...
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Dyes in History and Archaeology 35/36
edited by Jo Kirby
Sources of yellow natural dyes provide a leitmotif running through the papers contained inthis volume. Sawwort is the source of a yellow dye that played an important part in t...
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Arms and Armour
edited by Alan Williams and Keith Dowen
This volume brings together papers written by curators, conservators and scientists who have worked very closely with European and Oriental arms and armour from some of the wo...
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Integrated Pest Management for Collections
edited by Suzanne Ryder and Amy Crossman
This collection of papers and posters presented at the ICON conference A Pest Odyssey - The Next Generation is evidence that integrated pest management (IPM) has been adopted ...
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Greener Solvents in Conservation
edited by Gwendoline R. Fife
This handbook, published in association with Sustainability in Conservation focusses on organic solvents, their impact on human health and the environment and how they might p...
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Contemporary Issues in Book and Paper Conservation
edited by Pamela Murray, Leah Humenuck, William Bennett and Lauren Moon-Schott
The papers in this volume were presented at the Icon Book & Paper Group Third Triennial Conference 2021 entitled Mod Cons: Modern Conservation. Modern Conveniences. Modern Con...
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Early Painting in the Northern Netherlands
by Arie Wallert
This volume published in association with the Rijksmuseum contains the results of investigations by the author and other scientists, conservators and art historians, many from...
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Conservation Mounting for Prints and Drawings
edited by Joanna M. Kosek
As long ago as the 1850s, an attendant in the Printed Room at the British Museum devised the sunk mount to protect the stored prints and drawings from the adverse effects of h...
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The Wall Paintings of Bamiyan, Afghanistan
by Yoko Taniguchi and Marine Cotte
The site of Bamiyan in Afghanistan site has suffered numerous disasters throughout its history which have resulted in the loss of many of its cultural treasures, especially ma...
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Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin No. 9, 2022
by Lucy Wrapson, Adèle Wright and Christine Braybrook
This volume is the ninth in this biennial series which presents the recent research into the conservation, structure, materials, history etc. of paintings carried out by past ...
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Conservation of Plaster Casts
edited by Jakub Doubal
This book, which includes a wide range of illustrations, focuses on the issues associated with the conservation, storage and display of plaster casts, reflecting on the past a...
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Dyes in History and Archaeology 37/40
edited by Jo Kirby
Deep in the past, in South America and Mesopotamia, textile fibres were being given colour, purple and red, to make them attractive and interesting and to give pleasure to tho...
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Archaeological Footwear
by Marquita Volken
This comprehensive volume delves deep into the cutting patterns, shoe style and chronology revealed by the author's interpretation of archaeological and other discoveries of r...
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Research on Early Chinese Lacquer Buddhas
edited by Donna Strahan and Blythe McCarthy
The practice of using lacquer to form Buddhist sculptures dates back several hundred years with the earliest known sculpture associated with the late sixth-century Sui dynasty...
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Standards in Architectural Paint Research
edited by Lisa Nilsen and Kathrin Hinrichs Degerbald
The implications of globalisation include the growing necessity for people everywhere to be working in a more 'global' way. The increased international cooperation between pro...
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The Pigments of British Medieval Illuminators
edited by Richard Gameson
Written by Richard Gameson, Andrew Beeby, Flavia Fiorillo, Catherine Nicholson, Paola Ricciardi and Suzanne Reynolds
With contributions from Mila Crippa, Anna Maz...
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Soft Paint and the Care of Paintings
by Ida A. T. Bronken
Bronken investigates the phenomenon of soft and dripping paint found in 20th-century oil paintings - a challenge for both the conservator and curator. The constituents of the ...
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Preserving Vasa
by Emma Hocker
The story of Vasa began almost four hundred years ago. On 10 August 1628, the Vasa, newly built flagship of the Swedish King Gustav II Adolf, set sail in Stockholm harbour. Le...
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Examining the Built World through Architectural Finishes
edited by Mary A. Jablonski and Brooke Young Russell
The papers in this volume were presented at the 7th International Architectural Finishes Research Conference held virtually in Tel Aviv in 2021. They provide ample evidence of...
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Past Forward, from Paint to Finishes
edited by Bernice Crijns, Kathrin Hinrichs Degerblad and Phillipa McDonnell
This volume contains papers presented at the 8th International Architectural Finishes Research Conference held in Amsterdam in 2024. The title of this book reflects the change...
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Hand in Hand
edited by Miranda Brain, Alexandra Gent, Amy Griffin, Lucy Odlin, Caroline Rae and Claire Shepherd
One stereotypical image of a conservator - or an artist - is of a lone figure absorbed in their work at an easel. This is, of course, rarely the full picture: whether in the m...
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Hamilton Kerr Institute Bulletin No. 10, 2024
edited by Adèle Wright, Lucy Wrapson, Emma Boyce Gore and Sally Woodcock
This volume is the tenth in this biennial series which presents the recent research into the conservation, structure, materials, history etc. of paintings carried out by past ...
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Bridging the Gap
edited by Birgitte Sauge, Thierry Ford, Tine Froysaker and Klaas Jan van den Berg
This volume contains papers and posters presented at the conference Bridging the Gap: Synergies between Art History and Conservation, which was held at the National Museum, Os...
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Blue Paper
by Thea Burns
This book studies the early modern phenomenon of the increasing production and consumption of blue-hued paper, a material used widely in Italy as a drawing, writing and printi...
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Look After the Pennies
edited by Dana Goodburn-Brown and Julie Jones
This book comprises papers presented at a one-day seminar at the Museum of London, which highlighted change and development in the field of the scientific analysis and conserv...
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Plastics
edited by Brenda Keneghan and Louise Egan
Over the course of the past 150 years, the development and use of artificial plastics has burgeoned. Plastics are now ubiquitous and unavoidable, from the plastic bag and othe...
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Scientific Research on the Pictorial Arts of Asia
edited by Paul Jett, John Winter and Blythe McCarthy
Investigations into a variety of materials and techniques used in creating pictorial art from various parts of Asia are presented in this volume: painted reliefs in a Cambodia...
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Studies in the History of Painting Restoration
edited by Christine Sitwell and Sarah Staniforth
Published information about the restoration of paintings prior to the twentieth century has been very limited despite the fact that extensive documentation exists in the archi...
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The Invention of Pastel Painting
by Thea Burns
Chalks and pastels are particularly appropriate materials for portraits because they appear effortlessly to convey the warm tones and soft, matte velvety surface of skin. Port...
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Trade in Antiquities
by Patrick J. O'Keefe
In May 1994, the Intergovernmental Committee for Promoting the Return of Cultural Property to Its Countries of Origin or Its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation recom...
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Studying 18th-Century Paintings and Works of Art on Paper
edited by Helen Evans and Kimberley Muir
CATS Proceedings, II, 2014
This is the second CATS Conference Proceedings with papers from the international conference: Technology & Practice: Studying 18th Century Pai...
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Expression and Sensibility
edited by Christoph Krekel, Joyce H. Townsend, Sigrid Eyb-Green, Jo Kirby and Kathrin Pilz
The period between 1850 and 1940 is characterised by completely new artistic ideas and concepts as well as the introduction of many new products such as tubes of oil, tempera-...
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Making and Transforming Art
edited by Hélène Dubois, Joyce H. Townsend, Jilleen Nadolny, Sigrid Eyb-Green, Stefanos Kroustallis and Sylvie Neven
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 ...
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Studying and Conserving Paintings
This is the first volume of Occasional Papers on the Samuel H. Kress Collection and is published in the memory of Mario Modestini who died on January 28, 2006 in New York. The...
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The Conservation of Hair
edited by Louise Bacon, Emilia Kingham, Deborah Phipps and Vicky Purewal
Hair is found in many forms in many collections throughout the museum world, and can present various problems of preservation and conservation. The range of papers in this pub...
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Archaeology and Digital Communication
edited by Chiara Bonacchi
Archaeologists now face a myriad of digital ways of engaging with the public social media, online TV channels, games, etc. It is critical that this potential and its limitatio...
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Archaeology and Digital Communication
edited by Chiara Bonacchi
Archaeologists now face a myriad of digital ways of engaging with the public social media, online TV channels, games, etc. It is critical that this potential and its limitatio...
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The Standing Caliph Coinage
edited by Tony Goodwin
The Standing Caliph coinage of the late seventh century has a unique place in Islamic numismatics and in the early history of the Umayyad empire. It is arguably the first trul...
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Macro to Micro
edited by Mary A. Jablonski and Kirsten Travers Moffitt
The papers in this volume were presented by paint analysts, painters and decorators, architectural and art conservators, preservation architects, heritage managers, materials ...
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