Conservation of Easel Paintings

Herausgeber: Stoner, Joyce Hill; Rushfield, Rebecca

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Produktbeschreibung

Conservation of Easel Paintings, 2nd edition provides a much-anticipated update to the previous edition, which has come to be known internationally as an invaluable and comprehensive text on the history, philosophy and methods of the treatment of easel paintings.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Series in Conservation and Museology
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 948
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 195mm x 52mm
• Gewicht: 2152g
• ISBN-13: 9780367023799
• ISBN-10: 0367023792
• Artikelnr.: 60020973

Autorenporträt

Joyce Hill Stoner is Rosenberg Professor in the Art Conservation Department at the University of Delaware/Winterthur Museum, where she has taught paintings conservation since 1976. She was awarded the American Institute for Conservation's Lifetime Achievement award in 2003 and the CAA/Heritage Preservation Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation in 2011. Rebecca Rushfield is a New York City-based conservation consultant with an interest in the history and literature of the field. She is active in the work of the American Institute for Conservation and the ICOM Committee for Conservation, and received the Gettens Award for outstanding service to the AIC.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Technical Art History, Examination, Documentation, and Scientific
Analysis 1. Art Technological Source Research: Documentary Sources on
European Painting to the Twentieth Century, with Appendices I-VII 2.
Exploring the Grammar of Oil Paint through the use of Historically Accurate
Reconstructions 3. Collecting and Archiving Information from Living Artists
for the Conservation of Contemporary Art A History of Western Easel
Painting Materials from the Early Renaissance to 2020 4. History and Use of
Panels or other Rigid Supports for Easel Paintings 5. History of Fabric
Supports 6. Stretchers, Tensioning, and Attachments 7. Grounds, 1400-1900
Including: Grounds in the Twentieth Century and Beyond 8. Pigments in
Western Easel Painting 9. Ageing and Deterioration of Traditional Oil and
Tempera Paints 10. Modern Paints 10.1 Modern Synthetic Polymer Paints 10.2
Modern Oil Paints 11. A Brief Survey of Historical Varnishes 12. Varnishing
of Acrylic Paintings by Artists Techniques of Examination and Documentation
used by the Conservator and Conservation Scientist 13. Written
Documentation for Paintings Conservation 14. Image Documentation for
Paintings Conservation 15. Notes on the History of Conservation
Documentation: Examples from the UK and USA 16. The Classification of
Craquelure Patterns 17. The Technical Examination and Documentation of
Easel Paintings 18. Optical Microscopy 19. Identification of Textile Fibres
found in Common Painting Supports 20. Cross-Section Microscopy Analysis and
Fluorescent Staining 21. A History of Early Scientific Examination and
Analysis of Painting Materials ca.1780 to the Mid-Twentieth Century 22.
Research and Analysis of the Materials of Easel Paintings Part II: Methods
and Approaches For The Treatment and Care of Easel Paintings Structural
Conservation of Easel Paintings 23. Consolidation of Flaking Paint and
Ground 24. Tear Mending and other Structural Treatments of Canvas
Paintings, before or instead of Lining 25. Lining Easel Paintings 26. The
Structural Conservation of Paintings on Wooden Panel Supports The Cleaning
of Easel Paintings 27. Picture Cleaning: Positivism and Metaphysics 28.
Research on the Pettenkofer Method and the Historical Understanding of
Paint Film Swelling and Interaction 29. Considerations on Removing or
Retaining Overpainted Additions and Alterations 30. Aqueous Methods for the
Cleaning Of Paintings 31. Removal of Varnish: Organic Solvents as Cleaning
Agents 32. Case Study in the use of Lasers to remove Overpaint from Ad
Reinhardt's Abstract Painting, 1960-66 33. Cleaning Concerns for Acrylic
Emulsion Paints Compensation: Filling, Retouching/Inpainting, Varnishing
(Or Not) 34. History of Visual Compensation for Paintings 35. Filling 36.
The Imitative Retouching of Easel Paintings 37. Varnishing as Part of the
Conservation Treatment of Easel Paintings Part III: Preventive
Conservation, Health and Safety, Outreach, and Professional Organizations
38. Travelling Exhibitions and Transporting Paintings 39. Storage of Easel
Paintings 40. The Lighting of Easel Paintings 41. Understanding the
Deterioration of Paintings by Microorganisms and Insects 42. The
Sustainable Conservation Management of Exhibitions 43. Emergency
Preparedness and Recovery 44. Framing, Glazing, Backing, and Hanging of
Paintings on Canvas 45. Framing and Microclimate Enclosures for Panel
Paintings 46. 10 Health and Safety Concerns in the Paintings Conservation
Studio 47. International Public Outreach Projects 48. Recommending
Materials to Artists 49. Conservation Organizations and Professional
Standards