Interactions of water with paintings / edited by Rhiannon Clarricoates, Helen Dowding and Adèle Wright.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clarricoates, Rhiannon, editor.

Dowding, Helen, editor.

Wright, Adèle, editor.

Institute of Conservation. Paintings Group.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting--Conservation and restoration.

Painting.

Physical Description:

ix, 121 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Archetype Publications in association with the Icon Paintings Group, 2019.

Contents:

The conservation legacy of the flood of 1966: the experience of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure in Florence through the restoration of The Last Supper by Giorgio Vasari p. 1 / Andrea Santacesaria

Twenty-five years after the Perth Museum and Art Gallery flood: reflections p. 16 / Clare Meredith

The conservation of two water-sensitive, 14th-century Italian fresco fragments by Spinello Aretino, previously treated and displayed as easel paintings in the 19th century p. 19 / Eric Miller and Lynne Harrison and Helen Howard

The challenges of reconstructing water-damaged paint layers on painted wooden paneling p. 32 / Maja Sucevic Miklin

Oil-based paint under a layer of water: a rare miniature painting technique from the 18th century p. 37 / Tatjana Wischniowski

The application of water-based cleaning systems in the treatment of George Stubbs' wax paintings p. 44 / Annie Cornwell

Methodology for monitoring the impact of moisture on lined canvas paintings in historic houses p. 54 / Vladimir Vilde and David Thickett and David Hollis and Emma Richardson

Bulging in wax-resin impregnated canvas paintings p. 66 / Cecil Krarup Andersen and Christine Slottved Kimbriel and Karen-Marie Henriksen and Cecilia Gregers-Høegh and Marie Christensen and Martin N. Mortensen

Paintings affected by mould at the Palace of Westminster p. 78 / Alison Seed and Sally Higgs

Edvard Munch's monumental Aula paintings: a review of soiling and surface cleaning issues and the search for new solutions p. 85 / Lena Porsmo Stoveland and Maartje Stols-Witlox and Bronwyn Ormsby and Francesco Caruso and Tine Frøysaker

'It is a formal problem to represent water, to describe water, because it can be anything': watery subjects, media, materials and conservation solutions for paintings by David Hockney p. 100 / Rebecca Hellen and Rachel Scott and Bronwyn Ormsby

Using high molecular weight polysaccharides to clean vinyl paintings: a case study on a mixed-media contemporary artwork and experimental tests p. 115 / Paola Carnazza and Serena Francone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781909492691

1909492698

OCLC:

1099803901